04155nam 2200637 450 991082271270332120230828222354.00-19-770114-01-280-50222-31-4237-6146-40-19-803524-11-4337-0061-1(CKB)1000000000363034(EBL)279794(OCoLC)314202792(SSID)ssj0000159667(PQKBManifestationID)11154616(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159667(PQKBWorkID)10158800(PQKB)10808123(Au-PeEL)EBL4703197(CaPaEBR)ebr11273810(OCoLC)65178170(MiAaPQ)EBC4703197(EXLCZ)99100000000036303420161014h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFunctional and evolutionary ecology of bats /edited by Akbar Zubaid, Gary F. McCracken, and Thomas H. KunzNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2006.©20061 online resource (359 p.)"This volume is the outgrowth of three symposia that were convened at the 12th International Bat Research Conference, hosted by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from August 5 to 9, 2001, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia"--Preface.0-19-515472-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Contents; Contributors; PART I: Physiological Ecology; 1 Energetics, Thermal Biology, and Torpor in Australian Bats; 2 Temperature, Hibernation Energetics, and the Cave and Continental Distributions of Little Brown Myotis; 3 Daily Heterothermy by Temperate Bats Using Natural Roosts; 4 Exploring the Evolution of the Basal Metabolic Rate in Bats; 5 Quantifying Relationships between Form and Function and the Geometry of the Wear Process in Bat Molars; 6 Dynamic Complexity of Wing Form in Bats: Implications for Flight Performance7 Performance Analysis as a Tool for Understanding the Ecological Morphology of Flower-Visiting Bats8 Quadrupedal Bats: Form, Function, and Evolution; 9 The Correlated Evolution of Cranial Morphology and Feeding Behavior in New World Fruit Bats; PART III: Roosting Ecology and Population Biology; 10 Social and Population Structure in the Brown Long-Eared Bat, Plecotus auritus; 11 Relatedness, Life History, and Social Behavior in the Long-Lived Bechstein's Bat, Myotis bechsteinii; 12 Causes and Consequences of Genetic Structure in the Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum13 Population Genetic Structure of Very Large Populations: The Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis14 Evolutionary Dynamics of the Short-Nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Pteropodidae): Inferences from the Spatial Scale of Genetic and Phenotypic Differentiation; 15 Conflicts and Strategies in the Harem-Polygynous Mating System of the Sac-Winged Bat, Saccopteryx bilineata; 16 Flexibility and Specificity in the Roosting Ecology of the Lesser Long-Eared Bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi: A Common and Widespread Australian Species17 Causes and Consequences of Tree-Cavity Roosting in a Temperate Bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, from New ZealandIndexes; Species Index; Author Index; Subject IndexEvery 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 the state of understanding of bat biology. Virtually all mammologists and a large proportion of organismic biologists are interested in bats.BatsEcologyCongressesBatsEcology599.4/17Kunz Thomas H.McCracken Gary F(Gary Frederick),1948-Zubaid AkbarMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822712703321Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats731571UNINA