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xvii, 901 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Methods of capturing and handling bats / Thomas H. Kunz, Robert Hodgkison, and Christa D. Weise -- Methods and devices for marking bats / Thomas H. Kunz and Christa D. Weise -- Radiotelemetry : techniques and analysis / Sybill K. Amelon, David C. Dalton, Joshua J. Millspaugh, and Sandy A. Wolf -- Techniques for photographing bats / J. Scott Altenbach and David C Dalton -- Detecting, recording, and analyzing the vocalizations of bats / Stuart Parsons and Joseph M. Szewczak -- Survey and monitoring of bats / John P. Hayes, Holly K. Ober, and Richard E. Sherwin -- Methods for assessing colony size, population size, and relative abundance of bats / Thomas H. Kunz, Margrit Betke, Nickolay I. Hristov, and Maarten J. Vonhof -- Population dynamics and survivorship in bats / Colin F.J. O'Donnell -- Application of dynamic population models to bats / Thomas G. Hallam and Paula Federico -- Analysis of species diversity of bat assemblages / Tigga Kingston -- Spatial methods for the macroecological study of bats / Michael R. Willig, S. Kathleen Lyons, and Richard D. Stevens -- Reproductive assessment of bats / Paul A. Racey -- Methods for assessing prenatal growth and development in bats / Rick A. Adams -- Methods for assessing size at birth and postnatal growth and development in bats / Thomas H. Kunz, Rick A. Adams, and Wendy R. Hood -- Methods for age estimation and the study of senescence in bats / Anja K. Brunet-Rossinni and Gerald S. Wilkinson -- Maintaining bats for captive studies / Susan M. Barnard -- Behavioral studies of bats in captivity : methodology, training, and experimental design / Bjö̈rn M. Siemers and Rachel A. Page -- Field-based observations and experimental studies of bat behavior / Gerald Kerth and Dina K.N. Dechmann -- Analysis of bat morphology / Wieslaw Bogdanowicz -- Biomechanical approaches and ecological research for the study of bats / Elizabeth R. Dumont and Sharon M. Swartz -- Flight dynamics of bats / Marc W. Holderied and Gareth Jones -- Analyzing bat migration / Paul A. Cryan and Robert H. Diehl -- Study and analysis of odor involved in the behavioral ecology of bats / Elisabeth K.V. Kalko and Manfred Ayasse -- Environmental contaminants and bats : investigating exposure and effects / Thomas J. O'Shea and John J. Johnston -- Methods of measuring milk composition and yield in small mammals / Wendy R. Hood, Mary Beth Voltura, and Olav T. Oftedal -- Hormone analysis in bats / DeeAnn M. Reeder and Eric P. Widmaier -- Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats / John O. Whitaker Jr., Gary F. McCracken, and Björn M. Siemers -- Dietary analysis of plant-visiting bats / Christian C. Voigt, Detlev H. Kelm, Brenda J. Bradley, and Sylvia Ortmann -- Nutritional ecology and analysis of the diets of plant-visiting bats / Suzanne L. Nelson -- Energetic analysis of bats / Christian C. Voigt and Ariovaldo Cruz-Neto -- Techniques for studying thermoregulation and thermal biology in bats / Craig K.R. Willis and Christine E. Cooper -- Methods for investigating water balance in bats / John E. Bassett, Berry Pinshow, and Carmi Korine -- Body composition analysis of bats / D. Scott Reynolds and Carmi Korine -- Parentage and ainship analysis in bats / Stephen J. Rossiter -- Phylogenetic tools for examining character and clade evolution in bats / Kate E. Jones and Emma C. Teeling -- Phylogeographic analysis of bats / Manuel Ruedi and Gary F. McCracken -- Karyotyping and studying chromosomes of bats / Marianne Volleth, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, and Robert J. Baker -- Methods for assessing diseases in bats / Gudrun Wibbelt, Stephanie Speck, and Hume Field -- Methods for the study of bat endoparasites / Scott L. Gardner and F. Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz -- Collecting and preserving bat ectoparasites for ecological study / John O. Whitaker Jr., Christopher M. Ritzi, and Carl W. Dick -- Public health concerns and bat researchers, with emphasis on rabies / Linda J. Demma, Ann Schmitz, Cathleen Hanlon, and Charles E. Rupprecht -- Collection, preparation, and fixation of bat specimens and tissues / Nancy B. Simmons and Robert S. Voss -- Methods to promote bat conservation, outreach and education through science- and research-based activities / Allyson L. Walsh and Patricia A. Morton. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Thomas H. Kunz is a professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University. He is the editor of Bat Biology and Conservation and Bat Ecology. Stuart Parsons is a senior lecturer in biological sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand -- Jacket. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. 2nd ed. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)753429559 |