Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii) is among the most threatened bats worldwide. As the species is an important pollinator and seed disperser of Comoros plants with a crucial role in forest regeneration, it is critical to understand how human‐induced habitat disturbance impacts genetic structure at fine spatial scales in order to define conservation strategies. In this study, we assessed the level of genetic structure between eight colonies of the species and found that this was strong genetic structures between roosts that can be explained by isolation due both to distance and habitat fragmentation. Mitigation measures should aim to restore population connectivity.

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栖息地破碎化增加了果蝠亚群之间的遗传距离

利文斯顿果蝠（利氏狐蝠）是全球最受威胁的蝙蝠之一。由于该物种是科摩罗植物的重要传粉者和种子传播者，在森林再生中发挥着至关重要的作用，因此了解人类引起的栖息地干扰如何在精细空间尺度上影响遗传结构至关重要，以便制定保护策略。在这项研究中，我们评估了该物种的八个群体之间的遗传结构水平，发现栖息地之间存在很强的遗传结构，可以用由于距离和栖息地破碎而导致的隔离来解释。缓解措施应旨在恢复人口连通性。