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Bat Ecology
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Description for Bat Ecology
Paperback. Bats display astonishing ecological and evolutionary diversity and serve as important models for studies of a wide variety of topics. In this book, world-renowned bat scholars present a comprehensive review of this research. The first part covers the life history and behavioral ecology of bats. Editor(s): Kunz, Thomas H.; Fenton, M.Brock. Num Pages: 798 pages, 19 halftones, 112 line drawings, 28 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Bats 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 ... Read more
Bats 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
798
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
798
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226462073
SKU
V9780226462073
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About Unknown
Thomas H. Kunz is professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University. He is coeditor, most recently, of Bat Biology and Conservation. M. Brock Fenton is professor of biology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of, among other books, The Bat: Wings in the Night Sky and Bats, ... Read more
Reviews for Bat Ecology
Kunz and Fenton have enlisted an outstanding group of bat biologists, who, without exception, have done a superb job summarizing and synthesizing the material in their respective chapters.... This is a very valuable book. - John O. Whitaker Jr., Ecology