Assessing the distribution of a species‐rich group in a continental‐sized megadiverse country: Bats in Brazil

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Aim: The effective conservation and management of any given species frequently requires basic knowledge on its distribution, which is problematic for highly mobile, species- and ecologically-rich groups, like bats. Moreover, to produce detailed distributions for continental-sized, bat species-rich countries, like Brazil, is difficult, especially considering that ~60% of the country has not a single formal bat record. Using Species Distribution Modelling (SDM), we assessed the potential distribution of >100 species of Brazilian bats.