Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats / / edited by Akbar Zubaid, Gary F. McCracken, and Thomas H. Kunz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.4/17 |
Soggetto topico | Bats - Ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-50222-3
1-4237-6146-4 0-19-803524-1 1-4337-0061-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Performance
7 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 ferrumequinum 13 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 Species 17 Causes and Consequences of Tree-Cavity Roosting in a Temperate Bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, from New ZealandIndexes; Species Index; Author Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458241803321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats / / edited by Akbar Zubaid, Gary F. McCracken, and Thomas H. Kunz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.4/17 |
Soggetto topico | Bats - Ecology |
ISBN |
0-19-770114-0
1-280-50222-3 1-4237-6146-4 0-19-803524-1 1-4337-0061-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Performance
7 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 ferrumequinum 13 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 Species 17 Causes and Consequences of Tree-Cavity Roosting in a Temperate Bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, from New ZealandIndexes; Species Index; Author Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784668503321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats / / edited by Akbar Zubaid, Gary F. McCracken, and Thomas H. Kunz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.4/17 |
Soggetto topico | Bats - Ecology |
ISBN |
0-19-770114-0
1-280-50222-3 1-4237-6146-4 0-19-803524-1 1-4337-0061-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Performance
7 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 ferrumequinum 13 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 Species 17 Causes and Consequences of Tree-Cavity Roosting in a Temperate Bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, from New ZealandIndexes; Species Index; Author Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822712703321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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