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    Bats of Southern and Central Africa - A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis

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    AuthorsAra Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, Fenton P.D. Cotterill, M. Corrie Schoeman, Steven M. Goodman (Foreword By)
    ISBN9781776145829
    PublisherWits University Press
    LanguageEnglish
    Pages714
    Size170 x 244 (mm)
    FormatHardcover
    Images   Colour images and illustrations
    Year published2020, 2nd Revised edition

    This revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation have been updated, citing dozens of recently published papers. The book covers the latest systematic and taxonomic studies, ensuring that the names and relationships of bats in this new edition reflect current scientific knowledge. The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements and diagnostic characters as well as detailed information about the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology and reproduction of each species. The updated species distribution maps are based on 6,100 recorded localities.

    A special feature of the 2010 publication was the mode of identification of families, genera and species by way of character matrices rather than the more generally used dichotomous keys. Since then these matrices have been tested in the field and, where necessary, slightly altered for this edition. New photographs fill in gaps and updated sonograms aid with bat identification in acoustic surveys. The bibliography, which now contains more than 700 entries, will be an invaluable aid to students and scientists wishing to track down original research.

    Content

    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 author’s contributions

    BAT BIOLOGY
    Overview
    Migration
    Torpor and hibernation
    Reproduction
    Predation
    Foraging ecology and associated ecological services
    Roosting habits
    Foliage-roosting bats
    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
    Rhinonycteridae
    Rhinolophidae
    Megadermatidae
    Suborder Vespertilioniformes
    Emballonuridae
    Nycteridae
    Molossidae
    Miniopteridae
    Cistugidae
    Vespertilionidae

    GLOSSARY
    LIST OF SPECIMENS
    REFERENCES
    INDEX

    Specifications

    Article number
    9781776145829
    EAN
    9781776145829

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