naa a22 4500 510744877 CHVBK 20180411083042.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13364-012-0093-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13364-012-0093-x Coexistence of Rhinolophus affinis and Rhinolophus pearsoni revisited [Elektronische Daten] [Tinglei Jiang, Guanjun Lu, Keping Sun, Jinhong Luo, Jiang Feng] Abstracts: The investigation of mechanism of species coexistence promotes understanding of the mechanistic processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Niche theory declares that species coexistence within a community must partition the resources of their environment. Two sympatric and morphologically similar bat species, Rhinolophus affinis and Rhinolophus pearsoni, provided a unique opportunity to test the causal mechanism of coexistence. Previous study showed that their coexistence was promoted not by the trophic and spatial niche differentiation but the relatively high abundance of prey resources, which was not in accord with the prediction of niche theory. Here, therefore, we reanalyzed the dietary composition by fecal analysis and surveyed the feeding time of both species. Our results showed that R. affinis and R. pearsoni hunt mainly mostly on Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, and there was a very high overlap (0.84) of trophic niche between the two species. However, significant difference in the duration of the activity period between both species was detected, which illustrated that temporal partitioning of prey resource use facilitated their coexistence. Additionally, our work highlighted the importance of integration of the traditional methods and next-generation sequencing methods for identifying dietary composition of carnivores, and suggested that ongoing studies of species coexistence must consider simultaneously multiple niche axes. Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland, 2012 Bats nationallicence Niche nationallicence Coexistence nationallicence Dietary composition nationallicence Next generation sequencing nationallicence Jiang Tinglei Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut Lu Guanjun Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut Sun Keping Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut Luo Jinhong Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut Feng Jiang Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut Acta Theriologica Springer-Verlag 58/1(2013-01-01), 47-53 0001-7051 58:1<47 2013 58 13364 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0093-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0093-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiang Tinglei Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lu Guanjun Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sun Keping Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luo Jinhong Key Laboratory for Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feng Jiang Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St., 130024, Changchun, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Theriologica Springer-Verlag 58/1(2013-01-01), 47-53 0001-7051 58:1<47 2013 58 13364 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer