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The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera)
According to Brown's hypothesis, generalists have high niche breadth and can tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions resulting in large geographic range sizes. Conversely, specialists have low niche breadth and small range sizes. I tested this hypothesis using African Horseshoe bats to d...
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| description | According to Brown's hypothesis, generalists have high niche breadth and can tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions resulting in large geographic range sizes. Conversely, specialists have low niche breadth and small range sizes. I tested this hypothesis using African Horseshoe bats to determine if differences in niche breadth can explain variation in geographic range size. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10070 The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) Aronson, Jonathan Jacobs, David S Zoology According to Brown's hypothesis, generalists have high niche breadth and can tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions resulting in large geographic range sizes. Conversely, specialists have low niche breadth and small range sizes. I tested this hypothesis using African Horseshoe bats to determine if differences in niche breadth can explain variation in geographic range size. 2014-12-26T06:23:37Z 2014-12-26T06:23:37Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10070 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Aronson, Jonathan The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| title_full | The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| title_short | The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) |
| title_sort | relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in african horseshoe bats rhinolophidae chiroptera |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10070 |
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