| Description |
xvi, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- [ch.] 1. Introducing bats : their anatomy, origins and flight -- [ch.] 2. Studying bats -- [ch.] 3. Echolocation : the sonar sight of bats -- [ch.] 4. Other senses, orientation and migration -- [ch.] 5. What bats eat -- [ch.] 6. Where bats roost -- [ch.] 7. Social organization, family life and communication -- [ch.] 8. Bat populations : productions, predators and parasites -- [ch.] 9. And now some bats -- [ch.] 10. Vampire bats -- [ch.] 11. Bats and public health -- [ch.] 12. Bat conservation -- [ch.] 13. Learning and bats -- [ch.] 14. Images of bats -- appendix. Common and scientific names of bats in text -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Bats.
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| Indexed Term |
Bats |
| ISBN |
0816026793 (acid-free paper) : $45.00 ($55.00 Can.) |
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