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Author : Anthony Michael Hutson
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831705958
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microchiropteran Bats written by Anthony Michael Hutson and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sylvia A. Johnson
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780822595007
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bats written by Sylvia A. Johnson and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the varied characteristics and habits of bats and the importance of their roles as pollinators and seed dispersers.
Author : Rick A. Adams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521626323
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ontogeny, Functional Ecology, and Evolution of Bats written by Rick A. Adams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the importance of understanding developmental processes in analyses of bat ecology and evolution.
Author : Michael J. Harvey
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421401916
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bats of the United States and Canada written by Michael J. Harvey and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the forty-seven species of bats found in United States and Canada, including overview of classification, biology, feeding behavior, habitats, migration, and reproduction.
Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1782405577
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bats written by Marianne Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extravagantly illustrated handbook features the work of famed nature photographer Merlin D. Tuttle and in-depth profiles of megabats and microbats.
Author : William Wimsatt
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323151191
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Biology of Bats written by William Wimsatt and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biology of Bats, Volume I, examines most of the basic characteristics related to the anatomy, physiology, behavior, and ecology of the bat. It covers the animal's evolution, as well as karyology, bioeconomics, zoogeography, principles of classification, and procedures and issues involved in the care and management of bats as research subjects in the laboratory. Organized into 10 chapters, this volume begins with a historical overview of bat origins and evolution, karyotypic trends in bats, and the role of karyotypes in studying the biology of bats. It then discusses the bat skeletal and muscular systems; flight patterns and aerodynamics; prenatal and postnatal development; migration and homing; ecology and physiological ecology of bat hibernation; thermoregulation and metabolism; and the urinary system, including gross anatomy and embryology, histophysiology, and renal physiology. It also looks at morphological contrasts between the skulls and dentitions of different families and genera of bats. This book will benefit biologists, zoologists, teachers, and others concerned with the general biology of Chiroptera.
Author : Thomas H. Kunz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226462066
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bat Ecology written by Thomas H. Kunz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years researchers have discovered that bats play key roles in many ecosystems as insect predators, seed dispersers, and pollinators. Bats also display astonishing ecological and evolutionary diversity and serve as important models for studies of a wide variety of topics, including food webs, biogeography, and emerging diseases. In Bat Ecology, world-renowned bat scholars present an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative review of this ongoing research. The first part of the book covers the life history and behavioral ecology of bats, from migration to sperm competition and natural selection. The next section focuses on functional ecology, including ecomorphology, feeding, and physiology. In the third section, contributors explore macroecological issues such as the evolution of ecological diversity, range size, and infectious diseases (including rabies) in bats. A final chapter discusses conservation challenges facing these fascinating flying mammals. Bat Ecology is the most comprehensive state-of-the-field collection for scientists and researchers. Contributors: John D. Altringham, Robert M. R. Barclay, Tenley M. Conway, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Peggy Eby, Abigail C. Entwistle, Theodore H. Fleming, Patricia W. Freeman, Lawrence D. Harder, Gareth Jones, Linda F. Lumsden, Gary F. McCracken, Sharon L. Messenger, Bruce D. Patterson, Paul A. Racey, Jens Rydell, Charles E. Rupprecht, Nancy B. Simmons, Jean S. Smith, John R. Speakman, Richard D. Stevens, Elizabeth F. Stockwell, Sharon M. Swartz, Donald W. Thomas, Otto von Helversen, Gerald S. Wilkinson, Michael R. Willig, York Winter
Author : T.H. Kunz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461334217
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ecology of Bats written by T.H. Kunz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among living vertebrates bats and birds are unique in their ability to fly, and it is this common feature that sets them apart ecologically from other groups. Bats are in some ways the noctumal equivalents of birds, having evolved and radiated into a diversity of forms to fill many of the same niches. The evolution of flight and echolocation in bats was undoubtedly a prime mover in the diversification of feeding and roosting habits, reproductive strategies, and social behaviors. Bats have successfully colonized almost every continential region on earth (except Antarctica), as weIl as many oceanic islands and archipelagos. They comprise the second largest order of mammals (next to rodents) in number of species and probably exceed all other such groups in overall abundance. Bats exhibit a dietary diversity (including insects, fruits, leaves, flowers, nectar and pollen, fish. other vertebrates, and blood) unparalleled among other living mammals. Their reproductive pattems range from seasonal monestry to polyestry, and mating systems inelude promiscuity, monogamy, and polygyny. The vast majority of what we know about the ecology of bats is derived from studies of only a few of the approximately 850 species, yet in the past two decades studies on bats have escalated to a level where many important empirical pattems and processes have been identified. This knowledge has strengthened our understanding of ecological relationships and encouraged hypothesis testing rather than perpetuated a catalog of miscellaneous observations.
Author : Merlin D. Tuttle
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292712805
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)
Download or read book America's Neighborhood Bats written by Merlin D. Tuttle and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication in 1988, America's Neighborhood Bats has changed the way we look at bats by underscoring their harmless and beneficial nature. In this second revised edition, Merlin Tuttle offers bat aficionados the most up-to-date bat facts, including a wealth of new information on bat house design and current threats to bat survival.
Author : John D. Altringham
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bats written by John D. Altringham and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-quarter of all mammals are bats. This study of the natural history of bats illustrates how their lives exemplify processes and principles of broad biological relevance
