America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them

America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them
ISBN-10
0292712804
ISBN-13
9780292712805
Category
Nature
Pages
98
Language
English
Published
2005-09-01
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Author
Merlin D. Tuttle

Description

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.

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