Article
Noninvasive sampling reveals landscape genetic structure in the threatened ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) in an ore-rich region of Western Australia.
The Journal of heredity - 21 Jul 2025
Umbrello Linette, Thavornkanlapachai Rujiporn, McArthur Shelley, Prada Diana, Knuckey Chris, Shaw Robyn, B S Spencer Peter, Ottewell Kym
Abstract excerpt
Bat species are expected to exhibit low genetic structuring due to their high mobility. Thus, habitat connectivity is important to maintain gene flow and genetic diversity to retain evolutionary potential. The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) is a large carnivorous bat endemic to Australia. Listed as Vulnerable, the species has a disjunct distribution across northern Australia and is patchily distributed at local...
Topics
- Animals
- Chiroptera
- Western Australia
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Haplotypes
- Bayes Theorem
- Genetics, Population
- Endangered Species
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Ecosystem
- Genotype