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Just bats / M. Brock Fenton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fenton, M. Brock (Melville Brockett), 1943- author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bats.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Many biologists are becoming increasingly concerned about the survival of some species, but maintaining their numbers requires a change in people's attitudes. Just Bats will help.
- Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- WHY BATS?
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- Flight
- Echolocation
- Seeing and Smelling
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Diet
- Animal Protein
- Insects
- Fish
- Other Vertebrates
- Blood
- Plant Products
- Fruit
- Nectar and Pollen
- Energy and Survival
- Summer
- Winter
- Roosts
- Day Roosts
- Night Roosts
- Hibernation Sites
- Activity
- Migration and Navigation
- Migration
- Navigation
- Reproduction
- Populations
- Predation and Mortality
- Parasites
- Behaviour
- Sex
- Mother-young Interactions
- Communication
- Swarming
- Public Health
- Rabies
- Histoplasmosis
- Keeping Bats Out
- Conservation
- APPENDIX: COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF BATS
- SOURCES OF MORE INFORMATION
- Some Specialist Readings
- Some Books for Children
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5997-1
- 1-4426-5538-0
- OCLC:
- 903440949
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