Island bats : evolution, ecology, and conservation / edited by Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fleming, Theodore H.
Racey, P. A.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Bats.
Bats > Ecology.
Bats > Conservation.
Bats > Islands of the Pacific.
Bats > West Indies.
Island animals.
Physical Description:vi, 549 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • An introduction to island bats / Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey
  • Evolution of island bats
  • New perspectives on the long-term biogeographic dynamics and conservation of Philippine fruit bats / Lawrence R. Heaney and Trina E. Roberts
  • Crossing the line: the impact of contemporary and historical sea barriers on the population structure of bats in Southern Wallacea / Lincoln H. Schmitt ... [et al.]
  • Earth history and the evolution of Caribbean bats / Liliana M. Dávalos
  • Phylogeography and genetic structure of three evolutionary lineages of West Indian phyllostomid bats / Theodore H. Fleming, Kevin L. Murray, and Bryan Carstens
  • Ecology of island bats
  • Physiological adaptation of bats and birds to island life / Brian K. Mcnab
  • The role of pteropodid bats in reestablishing tropical forests on Krakatau / Louise A. Shilton and Robert J. Whittaker
  • Macroecology of Caribbean bats: effects of area, elevation, latitude, and hurricane-induced disturbance / Michael R. Willig ... [et al.]
  • Bat assemblages in the West Indies: the role of caves / Armando Rodríguez-Durán
  • Islands in the storm: disturbance ecology of plant-visiting bats on the hurricane-prone island of Puerto Rico / Michael R. Gannon and Michael R. Willig
  • Bats of Montserrat: population fluctuation and response to hurricanes and volcanoes, 1978-2005 / Scott C. Pedersen ... [et al.]
  • Flying fox consumption and human neurodegenerative disease in Guam / Sandra Anne Banack, Paul Alan Cox, and Susan J. Murch
  • Conservation of island bats
  • The ecology and conservation of Malagasy bats / Paul A. Racey, Steven M. Goodman, and Richard K.B. Jenkins
  • Conservation threats to bats in the tropical Pacific islands and insular Southeast Asia / Gary J. Wiles and Anne P. Brooke
  • The ecology and conservation of New Zealand bats / Colin F.J. O'Donnell
  • Global overview of the conservation of island bats: importance, challenges, and opportunities / Kate E. Jones ... [et al.].