Habitat fragmentation increases genetic distance between fruit bat subpopulations

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI:10.1111/aje.13261

Mohamed Thani Ibouroi, Véronique Arnal, Claudine Montgelard, Aurélien Besnard

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Abstract

Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii) is among the most threatened bats worldwide. As the species is an important pollinator and seed disperser of Comoros plants with a crucial role in forest regeneration, it is critical to understand how human-induced habitat disturbance impacts genetic structure at fine spatial scales in order to define conservation strategies. In this study, we assessed the level of genetic structure between eight colonies of the species and found that this was strong genetic structures between roosts that can be explained by isolation due both to distance and habitat fragmentation. Mitigation measures should aim to restore population connectivity.

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栖息地破碎化增加了果蝠亚群之间的遗传距离

利文斯通果蝠（Pteropus livingstonii）是全球受威胁最严重的蝙蝠之一。由于该物种是科摩罗植物的重要授粉者和种子传播者，在森林再生中起着至关重要的作用，因此了解人类引起的栖息地干扰如何在精细的空间尺度上影响遗传结构，对于确定保护策略至关重要。在这项研究中，我们评估了该物种八个群落之间的遗传结构水平，发现栖息地之间的遗传结构很强，这可以用距离和栖息地破碎化造成的隔离来解释。缓解措施应以恢复种群连通性为目标。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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