Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

✍ Scribed by Lisa Noelle Cooper, Karen E. Sears (auth.), Rick A. Adams, Scott C. Pedersen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 549
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Recent advances in the study of bats have changed the way we understand this illusive group of mammals. This volume consist of 25 chapters and 57 authors from around the globe all writing on the most recent finding on the evolution, ecology and conservation of bats. The chapters in this book are not intended to be exhaustive literature reviews, but instead extended manuscripts that bring new and fresh perspectives. Many chapters consist of previously unpublished data and are repetitive of new insights and understanding in bat evolution, ecology and conservation. All chapters were peer-reviewed and revised by the authors. Many of the chapters are multi-authored to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the topics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
How to Grow a Bat Wing....Pages 3-20
Time’s Arrow in the Evolutionary Development of Bat Flight....Pages 21-46
Evolution of Echolocation....Pages 47-70
Nasal-Emission and Nose leaves....Pages 71-91
Bat Facial and Lip Projections: Unique Integumentary Morphology....Pages 93-109
Bat Molecular Phylogenetics: Past, Present, and Future Directions....Pages 111-128
Of Bats and Molecules: Chromosomal Characters for Judging Phylogenetic Relationships....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Aeroecology....Pages 149-167
Response of Bat Diversity to Forest Disturbance in Southeast Asia: Insights from Long-Term Research in Malaysia....Pages 169-185
Modeling the Colonization of Hawaii by Hoary Bats ( Lasiurus cinereus )....Pages 187-205
Learning and Memory in Bats: A Case Study on Object Discrimination in Flower-Visiting Bats....Pages 207-224
Cooperation and Conflict in the Social Lives of Bats....Pages 225-242
Decision-Making and Socioemotional Vocal Behavior in Bats....Pages 243-270
New Advances in the Study of Group Behavior in Bats....Pages 271-291
Recent Advances in Bat Migration Research....Pages 293-313
Speciation Dynamics of the Fruit-Eating Bats (Genus Artibeus ): With Evidence of Ecological Divergence in Central American Populations....Pages 315-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Considering Human Development, Socialization, and Enculturation in Educational Intervention Design for Wildlife Conservation: A Case for Bats....Pages 343-361
Threats to Bats and Educational Challenges....Pages 363-391
Virology and Immunology of Bats....Pages 393-412
White-Nose Syndrome: A Deadly Emerging Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats....Pages 413-434
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: Implications for Conservation....Pages 435-456
Responses of Bats to Climate Change: Learning from the Past and Predicting the Future....Pages 457-478
Challenges of Using Bioacoustics to Globally Monitor Bats....Pages 479-499
On Estimating the Economic Value of Insectivorous Bats: Prospects and Priorities for Biologists....Pages 501-515
Bat Conservation: Past, Present and Future....Pages 517-532
Back Matter....Pages 533-547

✦ Subjects

Evolutionary Biology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Animal Ecology