一つのオムニボアがすべてを支配することはない:フィロストミドコウモリの多様化における食事の差異化の大切さ

Diana M Ochoa-Sanz1, Danny Rojas2, Leonel Herrera-Alsina3

  • 1Laboratorio de Macroecología Evolutiva, Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, A.C, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.

まとめ

以前は進化の行き詰まりだと考えられていた 蝙蝠のオムニボリアは 特殊な食事への移行を可能にすることで 多様化を促進しました これはマクロ進化のシンク仮説に 異議を唱えている.

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