Bats of Southern and Central Africa : a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis / Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F.P.D. (Woody) Cotterill, M. Corrie Schoeman.
This revised edition supplements the original account of bat species found in Southern and Central Africa with eight newly described species, bringing the total to 124. Updates to information on their evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation are based on the latest original research and wil...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Bats of Southern and Central Africa : |b a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis / |c Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F.P.D. (Woody) Cotterill, M. Corrie Schoeman. |
| 250 | |a Second edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Johannesburg : |b Wits University Press, |c 2020. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2020 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xiv, 714 pages) : |b color illustrations, color maps | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a FRONT COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Geographical scope -- Classification and taxonomy -- Conservation status -- MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND PIONEERING RESEARCHERS -- Researcher gallery -- The value of specimens -- Chiroptera collections -- Databases and authors' contributions -- BAT BIOLOGY -- Overview -- Migration -- Torpor and hibernation -- Reproduction -- Predation -- Foraging ecology and associated ecological services -- Roosting habits -- Foliage-roosting bats | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Hollow-roosting bats -- Crevice-roosting bats -- Specialised roost sites -- BIOGEOGRAPHY -- Geology -- Ancient basement rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Rift valleys -- Geomorphology -- Escarpments -- Drainage systems -- Climates past and present -- Vegetation -- Grassland -- Savanna -- Forest -- ECHOLOCATION -- Echolocation systems -- Types of bat echolocation pulses -- Ecology of bat echolocation and flight -- Recording echolocation calls -- Spectrum analysis -- Bat detectors -- Spectrograms and echolocation -- SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- Suborder Pteropodiformes -- Pteropodidae -- Hipposideridae | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Rhinonycteridae -- Rhinolophidae -- Megadermatidae -- Suborder Vespertilioniformes -- Emballonuridae -- Nycteridae -- Molossidae -- Miniopteridae -- Cistugidae -- Vespertilionidae -- GLOSSARY -- LIST OF SPECIMENS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BACK COVER | |
| 520 | |a This revised edition supplements the original account of bat species found in Southern and Central Africa with eight newly described species, bringing the total to 124. Updates to information on their evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation are based on the latest original research and will be invaluable to students and scientists. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022). | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Bats |z Africa, Central |v Identification. | |
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| 651 | 7 | |a Southern Africa |2 fast | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Cotterill, Fenton, |e author. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Schoeman, M. Corrie, |e author. | |
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