Research Catalog

Title

Bat biology and conservation / edited by Thomas H. Kunz and Paul A. Racey.

Publication

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Kunz, Thomas H.
• Racey, P. A.
• International Bat Research Conference (10th : 1995 : Boston University)

Description

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Bats > Congresses
• Wildlife conservation > Congresses

Note

• "This volume derives from four symposia convened at the Tenth International Bat Research Conference, which was held at Boston University on August 6-11, 1995"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Phylogeny and Evolution -- Introduction / Nancy B. Simmons and Suzanne J. Hand. 1. A Reappraisal of Interfamilial Relationships of Bats / Nancy B. Simmons. 2. In the Minotaur's Labyrinth: Phylogeny of the Bat Family Hipposideridae / Wieslaw Bogdanowicz and Robert D. Owen. 3. Phylogeny of Neotropical Short-Tailed Fruit Bats, Carollia spp.: Phylogenetic Analysis of Restriction Site Variation in mtDNA / Burton K. Lim and Mark D. Engstrom. 4. Phylogenetic Accuracy, Stability, and Congruence: Relationships within and among the New World Bat Genera Artibeus, Dermanura, and Koopmania / Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Jeremy L. Hudgeons and Robert J. Baker. 5. A Southern Origin for the Hipposideridae (Microchiroptera)? Evidence from the Australian Fossil Record / Suzanne J. Hand and John A. W. Kirsch -- Pt. 2. Functional Morphology -- Introduction / Sharon M. Swartz and Ulla M. Norberg. 6. Morphological Adaptations for Flight in Bats / Ulla M. Norberg.
• 7. Skin and Bones: Functional, Architectural, and Mechanical Differentiation in the Bat Wing / Sharon M. Swartz. 8. Chiropteran Muscle Biology: A Perspective from Molecules to Function / John W. Hermanson. 9. Form, Function, and Evolution in Skulls and Teeth of Bats / Patricia W. Freeman. 10. Chiropteran Hindlimb Morphology and the Origin of Blood Feeding in Bats / William A. Schutt, Jr. 11. Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation in Echolocation Call Frequency and Morphology of Horseshoe Bats, Rhinolophus and Hipposideros / Charles M. Francis and Jorg Habersetzer -- Pt. 3. Echolocation -- Introduction / Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler and Cynthia F. Moss. 12. How Echolocating Bats Search and Find Food / Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko. 13. How Echolocating Bats Approach and Acquire Food / Elisabeth K. V. Kalko and Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler. 14. Computational Strategies in the Auditory Cortex of the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus / Steven P. Dear.
• 15. Sensorimotor Integration in Bat Sonar / Doreen E. Valentine and Cynthia F. Moss. 16. Adaptation of the Auditory Periphery of Bats for Echolocation / Marianne Vater -- Pt. 4. Conservation Biology -- Introduction / Elizabeth D. Pierson and Paul A. Racey. 17. Ecology of European Bats in Relation to Their Conservation / Paul A. Racey. 18. Impacts of Ignorance and Human and Elephant Populations on the Conservation of Bats in African Woodlands / M. Brock Fenton and I. L. Rautenbach. 19. Conservation Biology of Australian Bats: Are Recent Advances Solving Our Problems? / Gregory C. Richards and Leslie S. Hall. 20. Brazilian Bats and Conservation Biology: A First Survey / Jader Marinho-Filho and Ivan Sazima. 21. The Middle American Bat Fauna: Conservation in the Neotropical-Nearctic Border / Hector T. Arita and Jorge Ortega. 22. Tall Trees, Deep Holes, and Scarred Landscapes: Conservation Biology of North American Bats / Elizabeth D. Pierson.
• 23. Conservation of Bats on Remote Indo-Pacific Islands / William E. Rainey. 24. Geographic Patterns, Ecological Gradients, and the Maintenance of Tropical Fruit Bat Diversity: The Philippine Model / Ruth C. B. Utzurrum -- Taxonomic Index.

ISBN

1560988258 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98022944

OCLC

• 39033462
• ocm39033462

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries