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Environmental Science

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Island size and isolation impact biodiversity of temperate mammal communities.

Comparative biogeography of volant and nonvolant mammals in a temperate island archipelago

Taylor R. Pichler, Elyse C. Mallinger, Morgan J. Farmer, Megan Morrison, Bijit Khadka, Parker J. Matzinger, Alan Kirschbaum, Katy R. Goodwin, William T. Route, Julie Van Stappen, Timothy R. Van Deelen, Erik R. Olson

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Island size and isolation affect biodiversity differently for flying and non-flying mammals in the Apostle Islands. Larger islands have more non-flying mammal species, but isolation doesn't impact small non-flying mammals. Winter inactivity and body size influence how non-flying mammals move around the islands. Life history traits play a big role in how mammals respond to island biogeography.