LEADER 04849nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910816665403321 005 20240516123126.0 010 $a0-643-10376-7 010 $a1-280-67744-9 010 $a9786613654373 010 $a0-643-10375-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000207467 035 $a(EBL)865084 035 $a(OCoLC)768384225 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12262230 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10727005 035 $a(PQKB)10209801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10619855 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365437 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000207467 100 $a20121023d2012 ky 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA natural history of Australian bats $eworking the night shift /$fGreg Richards and Les Hall ; principal photographer, Steve Parish 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollingwood, Vic. $cCSIRO Pub.$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-643-10374-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $acover; contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Significant events in bat research history; Bat bioregions; Chapter 2: Travelogue; Cape York - Wet Tropics; Top End and Kakadu; Kimberley; Deserts; Great Dividing Range; Murray-Darling Basin; Significant islands; Lord Howe Island; Christmas Island; Bats in major cities; Brisbane; Sydney; Canberra; Melbourne; Hobart; Adelaide; Perth; Darwin; Finding bats in cities and towns; Chapter 3: How bats are designed and how they work; How bats are designed; Interesting anatomical facts; Keeping clean; Skulls and teeth; Ears 327 $aTails and feetNoses and nose-leaves; Seeing in the dark; Eyes and vision; Echolocation - 'seeing with sound'; Chapter 4: Breeding; Maternity groups; Female bats, birth andnurture of young; Male reproductive anatomy; Chapter 5: Bat ecology; What bats eat and how they get it; Food - fruit and foliage; Directional smelling with astereo nose; Food - nectar; Food - insects; Carnivory; The fishing bat; The spider specialist; Flight and foraging; Microbat design tells us where and how they feed; Generalists and specialists; Reducing competition; Forest foraging niches; Roosting sites; Open habitats 327 $aTreeless habitatsMines, cliffs, cracks and crevices; Darwin's mozzie munchers; The price of gold and Ghost Bats; One in a crowd; Tree and foliage roosts; Life in the fog - Flute-nosed Bats; Bird nest thieves - Golden-tipped Bats; Tree hollows, bark and buildings; Life in the Pandanus; Old wooden bridges; Chapter 6: Trials andtribulations of being a bat; Predators and mortality; Predators; Mortality; Shooting; Poisoning; Cave disturbance; Conservation; Impacts of climate change; Travelling south - a global warming effect?; Chapter 7: Bats in historyand in our lives today 327 $aBats of the past - fossil historyBiogeography; Bats and people; First Australians; Bats in Australian prehistory - the Bradshawflying-fox and boabs; Bats and our explorers; Human interactions; Bats in houses; Diseases and parasites; Impacts of urbanisation; Bats in care; Contributions to research; Bat houses; Batty tales andbusted myths; Early days of embarrassment; The 'bats in your hair' myth; Bat penises in the kitchen; Freezer surprises; The bat in the shower; Myths about bat anatomy and behaviour; Chapter 8: Facts about batsand species profiles; Important facts about bats 327 $aHow big are microbats?Australian bat families; Megabats; Sheath-tailed bats; Ghost bat; Horseshoe bats; Leaf-nosed bats; Bentwing bats; Evening bats; Free-tail bats; Further reading and study; List of photographers; Glossary; Index 330 $aThis is the first book on Australian bats that focuses on their natural history. It describes the bioregions, describe what bats do in them and the ecosystem services that they provide. The book features a description of the 80.90 species in Australia, a section on bat myths and stories and rock art from indigenous Australians. 517 3 $aBats 606 $aBats$zAustralia$xHistory$vPictorial works 606 $aBats$xEcology$zAustralia 615 0$aBats$xHistory 615 0$aBats$xEcology 676 $a599.40994 676 $a599.49 700 $aRichards$b Gregory C.$f1949-$01611641 701 $aParish$b Steve$01611642 701 $aHall$b Leslie$g(Leslie S.)$0369780 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816665403321 996 $aA natural history of Australian bats$93939985 997 $aUNINA