A bat man in the tropics : chasing El Duende / Theodore H. Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Theodore H.

Series:

Organisms and environments ; 7.

Organisms and environments ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bats--Tropics.

Bats.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets. Yet euphoria is rarely expressed in scientific publications. This book, a personal account of more than thirty years of fieldwork by one of the world's leading bat biologists, wonderfully conveys the thrill of scientific discovery. Theodore Fleming's work to document the lives and ecological importance of plant-visiting bats has taken him to the tropical forests of Panama, Costa Rica, and Australia, and to the lush Sonoran Desert of northwest Mexico and Arizona. This book tells the story of his fascinating career and recounts his many adventures in the field. Fleming weaves autobiographical reflections together with information on the natural history and ecology of bats and describes many other animals and plants he has encountered. His book details the stresses and rewards of life in scientific field camps, gives portraits of prominent biologists such as Dan Janzen and Peter Raven, and traces the development of modern tropical biology. A witness to the destruction and development of many of the forests he has visited throughout his career, Fleming makes a passionate plea for the conservation of these wild places.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Up a Quebrada without a Paddle

2. Year of the Marmosa

3. Along the Río Corobici

4. El Duende

5. Three Hundred Nights of Solitude

6. Anastasio's Last Stand

7. Vampyrum

8. Fooling Around with Flying Foxes

9. Tracy's Hypothesis

10. Along the Nectar Trail

11. In the Blink of an Eye

Epilogue

Appendix 1. A Brief Overview of Bat Diversity

Appendix 2. Some Common and Scientific Names Used in the Text

References

Subject Index

Name Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612759178

9781282759176

1282759175

9780520929487

0520929489

9781597344807

159734480X

OCLC:

55749134