Data for: Reflections of Grinnellian and Eltonian niches on the distribution of phyllostomid bats in Atlantic Forest of South America

Abstract

Aim:  Ecological niches are complex and the product of interactions with biotic and abiotic environments across the entire geographic range of species.  One recent distinction is between Grinnellian niche characteristics that reflect influences at large spatial scales such as climate and Eltonian niche characteristics that reflect influences at the local level such as distribution of resources and how they are shared among species.  Aims of this research were to estimate Grinnellian and Eltonian niche characteristics of phyllostomid bats distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest, examine degree of phylogenetic non-independence of distribution and niche characteristics, and estimate relative contribution of niche characteristics to distribution of bats across this large Neotropical region.\

Location:  The Atlantic Forest

Taxon: Phyllostomid bats

Methods:  Canonical correlation analysis was used to characterize association between Grinnellian and Eltonian niche chara...