LEADER 03747nam 22006494a 450 001 9910780447103321 005 20230617024027.0 010 $a1-282-75917-5 010 $a9786612759178 010 $a0-520-92948-9 010 $a1-59734-480-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520929487 035 $a(CKB)111090529079568 035 $a(EBL)224736 035 $a(OCoLC)55749134$z(OCoLC)475931833$z(OCoLC)228064291 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140320 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10044938 035 $a(PQKB)10013534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224736 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30764 035 $a(DE-B1597)519566 035 $a(OCoLC)55749134 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520929487 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058525 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275917 035 $a(OCoLC)475931833 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529079568 100 $a20021021d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA bat man in the tropics$b[electronic resource] $echasing El Duende /$fTheodore H. Fleming 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aOrganisms and environments ;$v7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23606-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Up a Quebrada without a Paddle --$t2. Year of the Marmosa --$t3. Along the Río Corobici --$t4. El Duende --$t5. Three Hundred Nights of Solitude --$t6. Anastasio's Last Stand --$t7. Vampyrum --$t8. Fooling Around with Flying Foxes --$t9. Tracy's Hypothesis --$t10. Along the Nectar Trail --$t11. In the Blink of an Eye --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix 1. A Brief Overview of Bat Diversity --$tAppendix 2. Some Common and Scientific Names Used in the Text --$tReferences --$tSubject Index --$tName Index 330 $aThe euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets. Yet euphoria is rarely expressed in scientific publications. This book, a personal account of more than thirty years of fieldwork by one of the world's leading bat biologists, wonderfully conveys the thrill of scientific discovery. Theodore Fleming's work to document the lives and ecological importance of plant-visiting bats has taken him to the tropical forests of Panama, Costa Rica, and Australia, and to the lush Sonoran Desert of northwest Mexico and Arizona. This book tells the story of his fascinating career and recounts his many adventures in the field. Fleming weaves autobiographical reflections together with information on the natural history and ecology of bats and describes many other animals and plants he has encountered. His book details the stresses and rewards of life in scientific field camps, gives portraits of prominent biologists such as Dan Janzen and Peter Raven, and traces the development of modern tropical biology. A witness to the destruction and development of many of the forests he has visited throughout his career, Fleming makes a passionate plea for the conservation of these wild places. 410 0$aOrganisms and environments ;$v7. 606 $aBats$zTropics 615 0$aBats 676 $a599.4 700 $aFleming$b Theodore H$01146837 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780447103321 996 $aA bat man in the tropics$93706407 997 $aUNINA