عنوان

Bat evolution, ecology, and conservation /

(Number (ISBN

1461473969 (alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781461473961 (alk. paper)

Number

b431252

Title Proper

Bat evolution, ecology, and conservation /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Rick A. Adams, Scott C. Pedersen, editors

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 547 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I. Evolutionary patterns. 1. How to grow a bat wing / Lisa Noelle Cooper and Karen E. Sears ; 2. Time's arrow in the evolutionary development of bat flight / Rick A. Adams and Jason B. Shaw ; 3. Evolution of echolocation / M. Brock Fenton ; 4. Nasal-emission and nose leaves / Scott C. Pedersen and Rolf Müller ; 5. Bat facial and lip projections : unique integumentary morphology / Gary G. Kwiecinski, James D. German, and J. Timothy Cannon ; 6. Bat molecular phylogenetics : past, present, and future directions / Ronald A. Van Den Bussche and Justin B. Lack ; 7. Of bats and molecules : chromosomal characters for judging phylogenetic relationships / Marianne Volleth -- Part II. Ecology and behavior. 8. Aeroecology / Winifred F. Frick, Phillip B. Chilson, Nathan W. Fuller, Eli S. Bridge, and Thomas H. Kunz ; 9. Response of bat diversity to forest disturbance in Southeast Asia : insights from long-term research in Malaysia / Tigga Kingston ; 10. Modeling the colonization of Hawaii by hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) / Frank J. Bonaccorso and Liam P. McGuire ; 11. Learning and memory in bats : a case study on object discrimination in flower-visiting bats / Georgina Ross and Marc W. Holderied ; 12. Cooperation and conflict in the social lives of bats / Gerald G. Carter and Gerald S. Wilkinson ; 13. Decision-making and socioemotional vocal behavior in bats / Jagmeet S. Kanwal, Zhenzhen Zhang, and Jiang Feng ; 14. New advances in the study of group behavior in bats / Nickolay I. Hristov, Louise C. Allen, and Brad A. Chadwell ; 15. Recent advances in bat migration research / Jennifer J. Krauel and Gary F. McCracken ; 16. Speciation dynamics of the fruit-eating bats (genus Artibeus) : with evidence of ecological divergence in Central American populations / Peter A. Larsen, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, and Robert J. Baker -- Part III. Conservation and education. 17 Considering human development, socialization, and enculturation in educational intervention design for wildlife conservation : a case for bats / Sarah M. Bexell and Rui Xi Feng ; 18. Threats to bats and educational challenges / Merlin D. Tuttle ; 19. Virology and immunology of bats / Tony Schountz ; 20. White-nose syndrome : a deadly emerging infectious disease of hibernating bats / DeeAnn M. Reeder and Marianne S. Moore ; 21. Impacts of wind energy development on bats : implications for conservation / Edward B. Arnett and Erin F. Baerwald ; 22. Responses of bats to climate change : learning from the past and predicting the future / Gareth Jones and Hugo Rebelo ; 23. Challenges of using bioacoustics to globally monitor bats / Charlotte L. Walters, Alanna Collen, Tim Lucas, Kim Mroz, Catherine A. Sayer, and Kate E. Jones ; 24. On estimating the economic value of insectivorous bats : prospects and priorities for biologists / Justin G. Boyles, Catherine L. Sole, Paul M. Cryan, and Gary F. McCracken ; 25. Bat conservation : past, present and future / Paul A. Racey

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Bats-- Conservation

Bats-- Ecology

Bats-- Evolution

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Book number

Book number

Adams, Rick A., (Rick Alan)

Pedersen, Scott C., (Scott Campbell),1960-

Date of Transaction

20150105132132.0

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rda

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[Book]

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