A Guide to the Bats of South Australia
Author: Terence B. Reardon
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13:
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Australian Bats
Author: Sue Churchill
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2009-02-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1741766974
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn identification guide to all 75 known species of Australian bats. Species are illustrated with colour photographs, and each species account includes a detailed description of the bat, measurements, a distribution map and notes on where they live, what they eat, and how they find food and reproduce. Australian Bats also provides general information on these fascinating animals: their evolution, why they hang upside down, roosting and reproduction, echolocation, and how to catch, survey and care for bats, including health hazards for carers. An identification key to the bat families is included, with important features illustrated by line drawings and photographs, as well as illustrated keys to all the species.
Field Guide to the Bats of the Amazon
Author: Adrià López-Baucells
Publisher: Bat Biology and Conservation
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781784271657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA species identification guide to the 160 species of bat described in the Amazon region, including a morphological identification key with stunning photographs and an acoustic key for Amazonian bats illustrated with the echolocation spectrogram of most species.
Flying Foxes
Author: Leslie S. Hall
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780868405612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSometimes kept as family pets, flying foxes are much beloved in Australia. This work covers issues such as descriptions of Australia's 13 species of flying foxes and blossom bats, their physiology of flight, ecology, diet and behaviour, and management of populations.
Bats
Author: Marianne Taylor
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1782405577
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis extravagantly illustrated handbook features the work of famed nature photographer Merlin D. Tuttle and in-depth profiles of megabats and microbats.
Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats
Author: Akbar Zubaid
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-01-05
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 019515472X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery three years a major international conference on bats draws the leading workers in the field to a carefully orchestrated presentation of the research and advances and current state of understanding of bat biology. Bats are the second most populous group of mammalia species, after rodents, and they are probably the most intensively studied group of mammals. Virtually all mammologists and a large proportion of organismic biologists are interested in bats. The earlier two edited books deriving from previous bat research conferences, as well as this one, have been rigorously edited by Tom Kunz and others, with all chapters subjected to peer review. The resulting volumes, published first by Academic Press and most recently by Smithsonian, have sold widely as the definitive synthetic treatments of current scientific understanding of bats.
The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia
Author: David Andrew
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2015-12-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1486305407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also spotting of perennial tourist favourites such as koalas and kangaroos. Birdwatchers have for many years known of sites where special or difficult-to-see species may be reliably located. However, despite their comparative abundance and spectacular diversity, many of Australia's unique mammals remain under-appreciated because there has been little available information on where to see them – until now. For the first time ever, The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia advises interested amateurs and professionals where to locate many of Australia's mammals. The book describes Australia's best mammal-watching sites state-by-state. It also includes a complete, annotated taxonomic list with hints on finding each species (or why it won't be easy to see); sections on travel and logistics in Australia; and appendices with hints on finding and photographing mammals. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to observe or photograph Australian mammals in the wild, mammal enthusiasts, biological field workers and volunteers, tourists and ecotourists.
A Bat's End
Author: John Woinarski
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2018-09-01
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1486308651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island. Scientists, desperate about its conservation, set up a maze of netting to try to catch it. It is a forlorn and futile exercise – even if captured, there is little future in just one bat. But the bat evades the trap easily, and continues foraging. It is not recorded again that night, and not at all the next night. The bat is never again recorded. The scientists search all nearby areas over the following nights. It has gone. There are no more bats. Its corpse is not, will never be, found. It is the silent, unobtrusive death of the last individual. It is extinction. This book is about that bat, about those scientists, about that island. But mostly it is an attempt to understand that extinction; an unusual extinction, because it was predicted, witnessed and its timing is precise. A Bat's End is a compelling forensic examination of the circumstances and players surrounding the extinction of the Christmas Island pipistrelle. A must-read for environmental scientists, policy-makers, and organisations and individuals with an interest in conservation.
Bats of Southern and Central Africa
Author: Ara Monadjem
Publisher: Wits University Press
Published: 2020-06-01
Total Pages: 728
ISBN-13: 1776145828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation have been updated, citing dozens of recently published papers. The book covers the latest systematic and taxonomic studies, ensuring that the names and relationships of bats in this new edition reflect current scientific knowledge. The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements and diagnostic characters as well as detailed information about the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology and reproduction of each species. The updated species distribution maps are based on 116 recorded localities. A special feature of the 2010 publication was the mode of identification of families, genera and species by way of character matrices rather than the more generally used dichotomous keys. Since then these matrices have been tested in the field and, where necessary, slightly altered for this edition. New photographs fill in gaps and updated sonograms aid with bat identification in acoustic surveys. The bibliography, which now contains more than 700 entries, will be an invaluable aid to students and scientists wishing to track down original research.
Australian Mammal Society
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Publisher:
Published: 1990-06
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13:
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