Distribution patterns of bats in the Eastern Mediterranean Region through a climate change perspective.

The article presents the study on how climate change affect the 16 types of bat species in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It states that the population of bats residing in the glacial refugia will greatly reduce which will affect their genetic variability. The bat genus Pipistrellus will benefit from the predicted climate change because they are known to adapt to a wide array of ecological conditions while Rhinopoma genus adopts to the desert and arid conditions. It also mentions that the changes in biodiversity are economically damaging.