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Description: |
xix, 779 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Ecology of cavity and foliage roosting bats / Thomas H. Kunz and Linda F. Lumsden -- Sensory ecology and communication in the Chiroptera / John D. Altringham and M. Brock Fenton -- Bats and balls : sexual selection and sperm competition in the Chiroptera / Gerald S. Wilkinson and Gary F. McCracken -- Ecology of bat migration / Theodore H. Fleming and Peggy Eby -- Life histories of bats : life in the slow lane / Robert M.R. Barclay and Lawrence D. Harder -- Ecomorphology of bats : comparative and experimental approaches relating structural design to ecology / Sharon M. Swartz, Patricia W. Freeman and Elizabeth F. Stockwell -- Attack and defense : interactions between echolocating bats and their insect prey / Gareth Jones and Jens Rydell -- Glossophagine bats and their flowers : costs and benefits for plants and pollinators / Otto von Helversen and York Winter -- Bats and fruit: an ecomorphological approach / Elizabeth R. Dumont -- Physiological ecology and energetics of bats / John R. Speakman and Donald W. Thomas -- Evolution of ecological diversity in bats / Nancy B. Simmons and Tenley M. Conway -- Trophic strategies, niche partitioning, and patterns of ecological organization / Bruce D. Patterson, Michael R. Willig and Richard D. Stevens -- Patterns of range size, richness, and body size in the Chiroptera / Michael R. Willig, Bruce D. Patterson and Richard D. Stevens -- Bats, emerging virus infections, and the rabies paradigm / Sharon L. Messenger, Charles E. Rupprecht and Jean S. Smith -- Conservation ecology of bats / Paul A. Racey and Abigail C. Entwistle. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: 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. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/2002011945.html |
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/uchi051/2002011945.html |
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Additional Information at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0226462064 |