Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …

Bats are unique among mammals, possessing some of the rarest mammalian adaptations,
including true self-powered flight, laryngeal echolocation, exceptional longevity, unique …

The precise pattern and timing of speciation events that gave rise to all living placental
mammals remain controversial. We provide a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of …

Previous analyses of relations, divergence times, and diversification patterns among extant
mammalian families have relied on supertree methods and local molecular clocks. We …

Species richness varies widely across extant clades, but the causes of this variation remain
poorly understood. We investigate the role of diversification rate heterogeneity in shaping …

Bats (Chiroptera) represent the largest diversification of extant mammals after rodents. Here
we report the results of a large-scale phylogeny of bats based on unconstrained searches …

Order Chiroptera is the second most diverse and abundant order of mammals with great
physiological and ecological diversity. They play important ecological roles as prey and …

Despite their obvious utility, detailed species-level phylogenies are lacking for many groups,
including several major mammalian lineages such as bats. Here we provide a cytochrome b …

Abstract Comprising more than 1,400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among
mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity, and extraordinary immunity. Some …

Bats are among the most recognizable, numerous, and widespread of all mammals. But
much of their fossil record is missing, and bat origins remain poorly understood, as do the …