Island bats
Subtitle: evolution, ecology, and conservation
By: edited by Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey.
Contributors: Fleming, Theodore H.; Racey, P. A.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226253305
Subjects: Bats; Bats -- Ecology; Bats -- Conservation; Bats -- Islands of the Pacific; Bats -- West Indies; Island animals
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to island bats / Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey; title: Evolution of island bats; title: New perspectives on the long-term biogeographic dynamics and conservation of Philippine fruit bats / Lawrence R. Heaney and Trina E. Roberts; title: 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; title: Earth history and the evolution of Caribbean bats / Liliana M. Dávalos; title: Phylogeography and genetic structure of three evolutionary lineages of West Indian phyllostomid bats / Theodore H. Fleming, Kevin L. Murray, and Bryan Carstens; title: Ecology of island bats; title: Physiological adaptation of bats and birds to island life / Brian K. Mcnab; title: The role of pteropodid bats in reestablishing tropical forests on Krakatau / Louise A. Shilton and Robert J. Whittaker; title: 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; title: Bat assemblages in the West Indies: the role of caves / Armando Rodríguez-Durán; title: 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; title: 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; title: Flying fox consumption and human neurodegenerative disease in Guam / Sandra Anne Banack, Paul Alan Cox, and Susan J. Murch; title: Conservation of island bats; title: The ecology and conservation of Malagasy bats / Paul A. Racey, Steven M. Goodman, and Richard K. B. Jenkins; title: Conservation threats to bats in the tropical Pacific islands and insular Southeast Asia / Gary J. Wiles and Anne P. Brooke; title: The ecology and conservation of New Zealand bats / Colin F.J. O'Donnell; title: Global overview of the conservation of island bats: importance, challenges, and opportunities / Kate E. Jones, Simon P. Mckleburgh, Wes Sechrest, and Allyson L. Walsh.