The abundance of organisms (including bats) varies greatly between species but also within the same species, group sizes ranging sometimes solitary individuals to aggregations million individuals, they are often unevenly distributed across seemingly suitable habitat. Characterize the patterns of abundance, distribution and sociality has long fascinated ecologists but understanding the mechanisms responsible for these patterns are relatively poorly understood. Identify and understand the mechanisms that generate the observed patterns would improve our understanding of the forces shaping ecological communities and thus help to preserve the best.
wingi wa viumbe (ikiwa ni pamoja na popo) inatofautiana sana kati ya aina lakini pia ndani ya aina hiyo, ukubwa kundi kuanzia watu binafsi wakati mwingine faragha kwa aggregations milioni watu, wao ni mara nyingi unevenly kusambazwa katika inaonekana kufaa makazi . Tabia ya mifumo ya wingi, usambazaji na sociality ina mazingira katika muda mrefu fascinated lakini kuelewa taratibu kuwajibika kwa mwelekeo hizi ni kiasi haueleweki . Kutambua na kuelewa mifumo ili kuzalisha chati aliona ingekuwa kuboresha uelewa wetu wa majeshi kuchagiza jamii ya mazingira na hivyo kusaidia kuhifadhi bora .