Bat EcologyThomas H. Kunz, M. Brock Fenton In recent years researchers have discovered that bats play key roles in many ecosystems as insect predators, seed dispersers, and pollinators. Bats also display astonishing ecological and evolutionary diversity and serve as important models for studies of a wide variety of topics, including food webs, biogeography, and emerging diseases. In Bat Ecology, world-renowned bat scholars present an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative review of this ongoing research. The first part of the book covers the life history and behavioral ecology of bats, from migration to sperm competition and natural selection. The next section focuses on functional ecology, including ecomorphology, feeding, and physiology. In the third section, contributors explore macroecological issues such as the evolution of ecological diversity, range size, and infectious diseases (including rabies) in bats. A final chapter discusses conservation challenges facing these fascinating flying mammals. Bat Ecology is the most comprehensive state-of-the-field collection for scientists and researchers. Contributors: John D. Altringham, Robert M. R. Barclay, Tenley M. Conway, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Peggy Eby, Abigail C. Entwistle, Theodore H. Fleming, Patricia W. Freeman, Lawrence D. Harder, Gareth Jones, Linda F. Lumsden, Gary F. McCracken, Sharon L. Messenger, Bruce D. Patterson, Paul A. Racey, Jens Rydell, Charles E. Rupprecht, Nancy B. Simmons, Jean S. Smith, John R. Speakman, Richard D. Stevens, Elizabeth F. Stockwell, Sharon M. Swartz, Donald W. Thomas, Otto von Helversen, Gerald S. Wilkinson, Michael R. Willig, York Winter |
Contents
Ecology of Cavity and Foliage Roosting Bats | 3 |
Sensory Ecology and Communication in the Chiroptera | 90 |
Sexual Selection and Sperm Competition | 128 |
Ecology of Bat Migration | 156 |
Life in the Slow Lane | 209 |
Comparative and Experimental Approaches | 257 |
Interactions between Echolocating Bats | 301 |
Costs and Benefits | 346 |
Trophic Strategies Niche Partitioning and Patterns | 536 |
Patterns of Range Size Richness and Body Size in the Chiroptera | 580 |
Bats Emerging Virus Infections and the Rabies Paradigm | 622 |
Conservation Ecology of Bats | 680 |
Acknowledgments | 721 |
List of Contributors | 745 |
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An Ecomorphological Approach | 398 |
Physiological Ecology and Energetics of Bats | 430 |
Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Bats | 493 |
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