50 years of bat research : foundations and new frontiers / / Burton K. Lim [and seven others] |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 374 p. 63 illus., 52 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 599.4 |
Collana | Fascinating Life Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Bats - Research
Bats |
ISBN | 3-030-54727-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction and implementation of harp traps signal a new era in bat research -- Chapter 2. Bats as Hosts of Important Unicellular Endoparasites -- Chapter 3. A global review of phylogeographic studies on bats -- Chapter 4. All the Better to Eat You With: The Legacy of James S. Findley’s Phenetic Approach to Bat Biology -- Chapter 5. Fur, wings, and flowers: development and progress on nectarivorous bat research in the last 50 years -- Chapter 6. The Winter Worries of Bats: Past and Present Perspectives on Winter Habitat and Management of Cave Hibernating Bats -- Chapter 7. Integrating physiological and behavioral traits with ontogeny, phylogenetic history, and survival and fitness to understand heterothermy in bats -- Chapter 8. Molecular biology in the evolution of bats: a historical perspective -- Chapter 9. Molecular biology in the evolution of bats: a historical perspective -- Chapter 10. The evolution of acoustic methods for the study of bats -- Chapter 11. Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi: Exploring Uncharted Waters -- Chapter 12. Bats and the Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Resource Spatio-temporal Predictability (STP) -- Chapter 13. There and Back Again: Homing in Bats Revisited -- Chapter 14. A NASBR history of radiotelemetry–how technology has contributed to advances in bat biology -- Chapter 15. Bats Flying at High Altitudes -- Chapter 16. Contributions of Women and Creating a Culture of Inclusivity at the North American Society for Bat Research -- Chapter 17. Pioneers of bat habitat and resource selection -- Chapter 18. NASBR Origins 1970-2020: From an Informal Gathering to a Scientific Society -- Chapter 19. The Importance of Water Availability to Bats: Climate Warming and Increasing Global Aridity -- Chapter 20. Bats as reservoirs of viral zoonoses -- Chapter 21. Bats in temperate forests: where are the trends in bat populations? -- Chapter 22. How noise affects bats and what it reveals about their biosonar systems. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484388103321 |
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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The secret lives of bats : my adventures with the world's most misunderstood mammals / / Merlin Tuttle |
Autore | Tuttle Merlin D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 569/.4074 |
Soggetto topico |
Bats
Bats - Research |
ISBN | 0-544-81559-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Teenage discoveries -- Saving the gray myotis -- Tracking bat nightlife -- Investigating vampire bats -- Bats through a camera's eye -- Discovering frog-eating bats -- Finding America's most elusive bats -- Cacti that compete for bats -- Free-tailed bat caves and pest control -- African adventures -- Bat-loving monks, tigers, and poachers -- Mysteries of bat-guiding flowers -- Bat foresters -- Fruit grower complaints -- A national park for bats -- Epilogue: Hope for the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792575203321 |
Tuttle Merlin D.
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Boston : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2015 | ||
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The secret lives of bats : my adventures with the world's most misunderstood mammals / / Merlin Tuttle |
Autore | Tuttle Merlin D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 569/.4074 |
Soggetto topico |
Bats
Bats - Research |
ISBN | 0-544-81559-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Teenage discoveries -- Saving the gray myotis -- Tracking bat nightlife -- Investigating vampire bats -- Bats through a camera's eye -- Discovering frog-eating bats -- Finding America's most elusive bats -- Cacti that compete for bats -- Free-tailed bat caves and pest control -- African adventures -- Bat-loving monks, tigers, and poachers -- Mysteries of bat-guiding flowers -- Bat foresters -- Fruit grower complaints -- A national park for bats -- Epilogue: Hope for the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819532003321 |
Tuttle Merlin D.
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Boston : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2015 | ||
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