In this introduction, Gerhard Neuweiler surveys the most current information available on the physiology, ecology, and phylogeny of bats. The book features a detailed discussion of echolocation and describes numerous species from around the world.
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.
Biology of Bats
Csorba, Gábor, Peter Ujhelyi, and Nikki Thomas. Horseshoe Bats of the World (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). ... Lacki, Michael J., John P. Hayes and Allen Kurta (eds.). Bats in Forests: Conservation and Management.
These are accompanied by individual and/or group behavioral interactions, usually in response to environmental mechanisms essential to their reproductive success.
Topics discussed in this compilation include: chiroptophobia (the fear of bats); the reproductive biology of male bats; bats and rabies in Brazil; postnatal development, wing morphology and flight performance of the short-nosed fruit bat; ...
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. 68 pp. ... The ecology of bats in south-east Australian forests and potential impacts of forestry practices: a review. ... Challenges for managing bats in the State forests of New South Wales.
Bats are arguably the most diverse of all animals, comprising as much as one quarter of mammals. This book covers all the bats and their natural history, with a unique...
Given its scope, the book will appeal to the wider scientific community, environmental organizations, and government policymakers who are interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of biology and nature.
Accounting for nearly a quarter of living mammal species, bats are the focus of large-scale research efforts in almost every field of biology and have become increasingly recognized for their...
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 ...