[ECOLOG-L] Comparison of dispersal/flight distances between flying vertebrates and insects

[Benjamin Ramage]

I’m working on a project that includes a comparison of dispersal/flight 
distances between flying vertebrates and insects in tropical forests. I’m 
guessing that birds and bats generally have greater dispersal/flight ability 
than insects (ants, dung beetles, moths, and bees in particular), but it is 
surprisingly difficult to find published cross-taxon comparisons. If any of 
you can provide insight or suggest relevant general references, I’d greatly 
appreciate it. Note that I’m looking for very coarse taxon-level estimates at 
this point, so accounts of oddball species with extremely short or long 
distance dispersal won’t help much.

Thanks!
Ben Ramage
bsram...@berkeley.edu