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Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Theodore H. Fleming (Ed.)
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Description for Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Hardcover. The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. This book focuses on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world's island ecosystems. Editor(s): Fleming, Theodore H.; Racey, Paul A. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 colour plates, 47 halftones, 49 line drawings, 46 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 907.
The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth's biological diversity. "Island Bats" is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world's island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth's history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how ... Read more
The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth's biological diversity. "Island Bats" is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world's island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth's history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226253305
SKU
V9780226253305
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About Theodore H. Fleming (Ed.)
Theodore H. Fleming is professor emeritus of biology at the University of Miami. Paul A. Racey is the Regius Professor of Natural History in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Reviews for Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
"Island Bats will be of great interest to ecologists, biogeographers, conservation biologists in general, and bat biologists in particular - especially those interested in the biology of island faunas. The new information presented in this book should stimulate the next generation of bat researchers to increase their efforts to protect and conserve these threatened faunas." - Thomas H. Kunz, editor ... Read more