期刊
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 11, 期 22, 页码 16153-16164出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8296
关键词
acoustics; Chiroptera; diet; neotropics; Phyllostomidae; sensory ecology
资金
- UW Department of Biology
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
- Organization of Tropical Studies
- National Science Foundation [1456375]
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1456375] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The study examines the diversity of echolocation calls in neotropical leaf-nosed bats, showing that phylogeny and body size contribute to call parameter diversity, but most species can be correctly classified into different dietary guilds based on call parameters. Omnivores have the greatest theoretical minimum detectable prey size estimates (MDPSE), while insectivores have the smallest. There are differences in MDPSE among different dietary guilds and predator types, but these differences disappear when phylogeny is taken into account.
All organisms have specialized systems to sense their environment. Most bat species use echolocation for navigation and foraging, but which and how ecological factors shaped echolocation call diversity remains unclear for the most diverse clades, including the adaptive radiation of neotropical leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). This is because phyllostomids emit low-intensity echolocation calls and many inhabit dense forests, leading to low representation in acoustic surveys. We present a field-collected, echolocation call dataset spanning 35 species and all phyllostomid dietary guilds. We analyze these data under a phylogenetic framework to test the hypothesis that echolocation call design and parameters are specialized for the acoustic demands of different diets, and investigate the contributions of phylogeny and body size to echolocation call diversity. We further link call parameters to dietary ecology by contrasting minimum detectable prey size estimates (MDPSE) across species. We find phylogeny and body size explain a substantial proportion of echolocation call parameter diversity, but most species can be correctly assigned to taxonomic (61%) or functional (77%) dietary guilds based on call parameters. This suggests a degree of acoustic ecological specialization, albeit with interspecific similarities in call structure. Theoretical MDPSE are greatest for omnivores and smallest for insectivores. Omnivores significantly differ from other dietary guilds in MDPSE when phylogeny is not considered, but there are no differences among taxonomic dietary guilds within a phylogenetic context. Similarly, predators of non-mobile/non-evasive prey and predators of mobile/evasive prey differ in estimated MDPSE when phylogeny is not considered. Phyllostomid echolocation call structure may be primarily specialized for overcoming acoustic challenges of foraging in dense habitats, and then secondarily specialized for the detection of food items according to functional dietary guilds. Our results give insight into the possible ecological mechanisms shaping the diversity of sensory systems, and their reciprocal influence on resource use.
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