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" Island bats : "
edited by Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey.
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BL
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1025816
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b780186
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Island bats : : evolution, ecology, and conservation /\ edited by Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (549 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color)
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0226253317
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: 1282534742
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: 9780226253312
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: 9781282534742
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: 9786612534744
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0226253309
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9780226253305
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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, Susan Hisheh, Agustinus Suyanto, Maharadatunkamsi, Christopher N. Newbound, Darrell J. Kitchener, and Richard A. How -- 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, Steven J Presley, Christopher P. Bloch, and Hugh H. Genoways -- 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, Gary G. Kwiecinski, Peter A. Larsen, Mathew N. Morton, Rick A. Adams, Hugh H. Genoways, and Vicki J. Swier -- 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, Simon P. Mckleburgh, Wes Sechrest, and Allyson L. Walsh.
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The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth's biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world's island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth's history has affec.
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Bats-- Conservation.
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Bats-- Ecology.
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Bats-- Islands of the Pacific.
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Bats-- West Indies.
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Bats.
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Island animals.
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Bats-- Conservation.
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Bats-- Ecology.
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Bats.
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Island animals.
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NATURE-- Animals-- Mammals.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- Mammals.
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Pacific Ocean, Islands of the Pacific.
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West Indies.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.4/1752
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QL737.C5I85 2009eb
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Fleming, Theodore H.
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Racey, P. A.
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