LEADER 00000cam a2200625Mu 4500 001 on1202468510 003 OCoLC 005 20220114043859.0 006 m o d 007 cr -n--------- 008 201031s2020 sa o ||| 0 eng d 019 1198893098|a1261398548|a1266669474 020 9781776145836 020 1776145836 020 |z9781776145829|qhardback 035 (OCoLC)1202468510|z(OCoLC)1198893098|z(OCoLC)1261398548 |z(OCoLC)1266669474 037 22573/ctvvtcd97|bJSTOR 040 EBLCP|beng|cEBLCP|dUKAHL|dYDX|dN$T|dJSTOR|dOCLCF|dS2H|dP@U |dLUN|dK6U 043 fs----- 049 RIDW 050 4 QL737.C5|bB3786 2020eb 082 04 599.40967 090 QL737.C5|bB3786 2020eb 100 1 Monadjem, Ara.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n99908348 245 10 Bats of Southern and Central Africa :|bA Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis, Second Edition. 250 2nd ed. 264 1 Johannesburg :|bWits University Press,|c2020. 300 1 online resource (730 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 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 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 Rhinonycteridae -- Rhinolophidae -- Megadermatidae -- Suborder Vespertilioniformes -- Emballonuridae -- Nycteridae -- Molossidae -- Miniopteridae -- Cistugidae -- Vespertilionidae -- GLOSSARY -- LIST OF SPECIMENS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BACK COVER 520 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. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Bats|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012393 |zAfrica, Southern.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85001653-781 650 0 Bats|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012393 |zCongo (Democratic Republic)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n80061022-781 650 7 Bats.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/828821 651 7 Southern Africa.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1239519 651 7 Congo (Democratic Republic)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/1208723 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Taylor, Peter John.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79054279 700 1 Cotterill, Fenton (Woody). 700 1 Schoeman, M. Corrie.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names /no2021099690 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMonadjem, Ara|tBats of Southern and Central Africa : A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis, Second Edition|dJohannesburg : Wits University Press,c2020 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=2359020|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20220127|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 6019|lridw 994 92|bRID