Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Adams, Rick A. (Editor ), Pedersen, Scott C. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.