Processes that occur both within and between hosts can influence the ecological and
evolutionary dynamics of symbionts, a broad term that includes parasitic and disease …

Background Diversity patterns result from ecological to evolutionary processes operating at
different spatial and temporal scales. Species trait variation determine the spatial scales at …

Bats are the second-most species-rich mammal group numbering more than 1270 species
globally. Our knowledge of their geographic distributions and diversity patterns however is …

Metacommunity theory is an extension of metapopulation theory with the goal of
understanding how ecological communities vary through space and time. One off‐shoot of …

Aim Metacommunity theories attribute different relative degrees of importance to dispersal,
environmental filtering, biotic interactions and stochastic processes in community assembly …

Identification of mechanisms that shape parasite community and metacommunity structures
have important implications to host health, disease transmission, and the understanding of …

The study of altitudinal gradients has made enduring contributions to the theoretical and
empirical bases of modern biology. Unfortunately, the persistence of these systems and the …

An important aspect of conservation is to understand the founding elements and
characteristics of metacommunities in natural environments, and the consequences of …

Fragmentation per se due to human land conversion is a landscape‐scale phenomenon.
Accordingly, assessment of distributional patterns across a suite of potentially connected …

Mexico has higher mammalian diversity than expected for its size and geographic position.
High environmental hetero geneity throughout Mexico is hypothesized to promote high …