Nocturnality and species survival.

作者: G. C. Daily , P. R. Ehrlich

DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.93.21.11709

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摘要: Surveys of butterfly and moth diversity in tropical forest fragments suggest that nocturnality confers a dispersal, possibly survival, advantage. The faunas smaller were depauperate; contrast, the species richness nocturnal moths was similar all even pasture. lack correlation between among (r2 = 0.005) is best explained by movements at night when ambient conditions pasture are most similar; butterflies face substantial daytime temperature, humidity, solar radiation barriers. This interpretation supported information on birds, beetles, bats.

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