Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World / edited by Christian C. Voigt, Tigga Kingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voigt, Christian C., Editor.

Contributor:

Voigt, Christian C., Editor.

Kingston, Tigga, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation biology.

Ecology.

Vertebrates.

Animal migration.

Climatology.

Conservation Biology.

Vertebrate Zoology.

Animal Migration.

Climate Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Conservation Biology.

Vertebrate Zoology.

Animal Migration.

Climate Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 606 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contributors highlight the roles that taxonomy, conservation networks and conservation psychology have to play in conserving this imperilled but vital taxon. With over 1300 species, bats are the second largest order of mammals, yet as the Anthropocene dawns, bat populations around the world are in decline. Greater understanding of the anthropogenic drivers of this decline and exploration of possible mitigation measures are urgently needed if we are to retain global bat diversity in the coming decades. This book brings together teams of international experts to provide a global review of currentunderstanding and recommend directions for future research and mitigation. .

Contents:

Bats in the Anthropocene

Urbanisation and its effects on bats – a global meta-analysis

Bats and roads

Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation

Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation

Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats

Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations

White-nose syndrome in bats

Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats

Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective

Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine

The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation

Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats

Conservation ecology of cave bats

The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation

Networking networks for global bat conservation

Cute, Creepy, or Crispy – how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. .

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC

ISBN:

9783319252209

3319252208

OCLC:

1076264595

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access