Long Island Fauna and Flora
Author | : Robert Cushman Murphy |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Bats |
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Author | : Robert Cushman Murphy |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Bats |
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Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Natural history |
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Author | : Robert Cushman Murphy |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Bats |
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Author | : Michael J. Lacki |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2007-05-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 080189168X |
Although bats are often thought of as cave dwellers, many species depend on forests for all or part of the year. Of the 45 species of bats in North America, more than half depend on forests, using the bark of trees, tree cavities, or canopy foliage as roosting sites. Over the past two decades it has become increasingly clear that bat conservation and management are strongly linked to the health of forests within their range. Initially driven by concern for endangered species—the Indiana bat, for example—forest ecologists, timber managers, government agencies, and conservation organizations have been altering management plans and silvicultural practices to better accommodate bat species. Bats in Forests presents the work of a variety of experts who address many aspects of the ecology and conservation of bats. The chapter authors describe bat behavior, including the selection of roosts, foraging patterns, and seasonal migration as they relate to forests. They also discuss forest management and its influence on bat habitat. Both public lands and privately owned forests are considered, as well as techniques for monitoring bat populations and activity. The important role bats play in the ecology of forests—from control of insects to nutrient recycling—is revealed by a number of authors. Bat ecologists, bat conservationists, forest ecologists, and forest managers will find in this book an indispensable synthesis of the topics that concern them.
Author | : Robert Cushman Murphy |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1913 |
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Author | : Hilda Wood Grinnell |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Bats |
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Author | : Brooklyn Museum |
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Museums |
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Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Total Pages | : 884 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Animals |
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Author | : Theodore H. Fleming |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226253317 |
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 affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.