Islands are ideal systems to model temporal changes in biodiversity and reveal the influence of humans on natural communities. Although theory predicts biodiversity on islands tends towards an equilibrium value, the recent extinction of large proportions of island biotas complicates testing this model. The well-preserved subfossil record of Caribbean bats—involving multiple insular radiations—provides a rare opportunity to model diversity dynamics in an insular community. Here, we reconstruct the diversity trajectory in noctilionoid bats of the Greater Antilles by applying a dynamic model of colonization, extinction and speciation to phylogenetic and palaeontological data including all known extinct and extant species.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/recent-extinctions-disturb-path-equilibrium-diversity-caribbean-bats
[2] http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0026
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/luis-valente
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rampal-s-etienne
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/liliana-m-d%C3%A1valos
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-ecology-evolution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/islands
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/caribbean
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossils
