Bats : Disease-Prone but Beneficial / / Heimo Mikkola
| Bats : Disease-Prone but Beneficial / / Heimo Mikkola |
| Autore | Mikkola Heimo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : IntechOpen, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 599.4 |
| Soggetto topico | Bats |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910687995303321 |
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| London : , : IntechOpen, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bats : disease-prone but beneficial / / edited by Heimo Mikkola
| Bats : disease-prone but beneficial / / edited by Heimo Mikkola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : IntechOpen, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) |
| Disciplina | 599.4 |
| Soggetto topico | Bats |
| ISBN | 1-80355-013-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586649903321 |
| London, England : , : IntechOpen, , [2022] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bats [[electronic resource] ] : order: Chiroptera
| Bats [[electronic resource] ] : order: Chiroptera |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, MS : , : USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, , [1999] |
| Collana | Fish and wildlife habitat management leaflet |
| Soggetto topico | Bats - Habitat - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910691214703321 |
| Madison, MS : , : USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, , [1999] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bats : Disease-Prone but Beneficial
| Bats : Disease-Prone but Beneficial |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | IntechOpen |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585582903321 |
| IntechOpen | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A natural history of Australian bats [[electronic resource] ] : working the night shift / / Greg Richards and Les Hall ; principal photographer, Steve Parish
| A natural history of Australian bats [[electronic resource] ] : working the night shift / / Greg Richards and Les Hall ; principal photographer, Steve Parish |
| Autore | Richards Gregory C. <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina |
599.40994
599.49 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ParishSteve
HallLeslie (Leslie S.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bats - Australia - History
Bats - Ecology - Australia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-67744-9
9786613654373 0-643-10375-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
cover; 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
Tails 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 Treeless 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 Bats 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 How 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462653603321 |
Richards Gregory C. <1949->
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| Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A natural history of Australian bats [[electronic resource] ] : working the night shift / / Greg Richards and Les Hall ; principal photographer, Steve Parish
| A natural history of Australian bats [[electronic resource] ] : working the night shift / / Greg Richards and Les Hall ; principal photographer, Steve Parish |
| Autore | Richards Gregory C. <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina |
599.40994
599.49 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ParishSteve
HallLeslie (Leslie S.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bats - Australia - History
Bats - Ecology - Australia |
| ISBN |
0-643-10376-7
1-280-67744-9 9786613654373 0-643-10375-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
cover; 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
Tails 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 Treeless 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 Bats 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 How 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bats |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790303203321 |
Richards Gregory C. <1949->
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| Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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