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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Gene Flow and Vertical Stratification of Pollination in the Bat-Pollinated Liana

Malika Gottstein, Sarina Thiel, Jan Lukas Vornhagen, Christina Mengel, Marco Tschapka, Eckhard W Heymann, Katrin Heer

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Malika GottsteinEva Mayr-Stihl Professorship for Forest Genetics, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0359-7730
Sarina ThielDepartment of Biology, Conservation Ecology Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-9083
Jan Lukas VornhagenDepartment of Biology, Conservation Ecology Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany.
Christina MengelDepartment of Biology, Conservation Ecology Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany.
Marco TschapkaInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University of Ulm Ulm Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-6775
Eckhard W HeymannVerhaltensökologie & Soziobiologie Deutsches Primatenzentrum-Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung Göttingen Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4259-8018
Katrin HeerEva Mayr-Stihl Professorship for Forest Genetics, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-599X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pollen dispersal is a key driver of gene flow in plant populations, shaping their spatial genetic structure (SGS). In tropical forests, plant-pollinator interactions vary across vertical strata due to differences in microclimate, resource availability, and foraging behavior. Bats are an important tropical pollinator group and have been observed to exhibit vertical stratification in their foraging activity, with interaction frequencies differing across forest layers. They are highly mobile and expected to transport pollen over long distances; however, their actual contribution to gene flow has rarely been investigated.

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Amazon rainforestchiropterophilyforest stratapollen dispersalpollinator‐mediated gene flowspatial genetic structure

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PMID40860232
PMCPMC12374130

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