Phylogeny is a stronger predictor of activity than allometry in an African mammal community

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dc.contributor.authorKasozi, Herbert
dc.contributor.authorMoll, Remington J.
dc.contributor.authorKityo, Robert M.
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Robert A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-09T12:20:00Z
dc.date.available2022-09-09T12:20:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn promoting coexistence, sympatric species often partition shared resources along spatio-temporal domains. Similarly sized and phylogenetically close species, for instance, partition the times of day in which they are active to limit interference competition. Given that variation in species body mass has evolutionary underpinnings, species activity levels (time spent active in a 24-h daily cycle) within animal communities might be structured by phylogeny. However, few studies have tested this hypothesis across animal communities, and none among mediumsized to large mammals. We quantified the relative contributions of phylogeny and body mass in predicting activity levels in a community of 22 sympatric mammal species in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. We show that phylogeny is a stronger predictor of species activity levels than body mass. Our findings provide empirical evidence for the phylogenetic structuring of mammal activity in diverse communities. More broadly, our results suggest that evolutionary relationships mask allometry in predicting species traits in diverse animal communities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKasozi, H., Moll, R. J., Kityo, R. M., & Montgomery, R. A. (2022). Phylogeny is a stronger predictor of activity than allometry in an African mammal community. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135(3), 599-609.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/135/3/599/6486824
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4658
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBiological Journal of the Linnean Societyen_US
dc.subjectActivity levelen_US
dc.subjectBody massen_US
dc.subjectCoexistenceen_US
dc.subjectMammalsen_US
dc.subjectPhylogenyen_US
dc.subjectTemporal niche partitioningen_US
dc.titlePhylogeny is a stronger predictor of activity than allometry in an African mammal communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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