Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
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Author(s): Adams, Rick A.
ISBN No.: 9781493942282
Pages: xvi, 547
Year: 201608
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 320.88
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Part 1. Evolutionary Patterns.- 1. How to Grow a Bat Wing.- 2. Time's Arrow in the Evolutionary Development of Bat Flight.- 3. Evolution of Echolocation.


- 4. Nasal Emission and Noseleaves.- 5. Bat Facial and Lip Projections: Unique Integumentary Morphology.- 6. Bat Molecular Phylogenetics: Past, Present, and Future Directions.- 7. Of Bats and Molecules: Chromosomal Characters for Judging Phylogenetic Relationships.


- Part 2. Ecology and Behaviour.- 8. Aeroecology.- 9. Response of Bat Diversity to Forest Disturbance in Southeast Asia: Insights from Long-term Research in Malaysia.- 10. Modeling the Colonization of Hawaii by Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus).


- 11. Learning and Memory in Bats: A Case Study on Object Discrimination in Flower-visiting Bats.- 12. Cooperation and Conflict in the Social Lives of Bats.- 13. Decision Making and Socioemotional Vocal Behavior in Bats.- 14. New Advances in the Study of Group Behavior in Bats.


- 15. Recent Advances in the Study of Bat Migration Research.- 16. Speciation Dynamics of the Fruit-eating Bats (Genus Artibeus): With Evidence of Ecological Divergence in Central American Populations.- Part 3. Conservation and Education.- 18. Considering Human Development, Socialization, and Enculturation in Educational Intervention for Wildlife Conservation: A Case for Bats.


- 19. Threats to Bats and Educational Challenges.- 20. Virology and Immunology of Bats.- 20. White-nose Syndrome: A Deadly Emerging Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats.- 21. Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: Implications for Conservation.


- 22. Response of Bats to Climate Change: Learning from the past and Predicting the Future.- 23. Challenges of Using Bioacoustics to Globally Monitor Bats.- 24. On Estimating the Economic Value of Insectivorous Bats: Prospects and Priorities for Biologists.- 25. Bat Conservation: Past, Present and Future.



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