Chiroptera / edited by Danilo Russo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russo, Danilo.

Series:

Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, 2730-7395

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoology.

Ecology.

Conservation biology.

Biodiversity.

Conservation Biology.

Local Subjects:

Zoology.

Ecology.

Conservation Biology.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (961 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European bat species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European bats and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.

Contents:

Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) – European free-tailed bat

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) – greater horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) – lesser horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853 – Mediterranean horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866 – Blasius’ horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901 – Mehely’s horseshoe bat

Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) – barbastelle

Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774) – serotine

Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) – northern bat

Eptesicus bottae (Peters, 1869) – Botta’s serotine

Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837) – Savi’s pipistrelle

Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) – Schreiber’s bat, bent-winged bat

Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) –Daubenton’s bat

Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) – long-fingered bat

Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) – pond bat

Myotis brandtii (Eversmann, 1845) – Brandt’s bat

Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817) – whiskered bat

Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935 – steppe whiskered bat, Eastern whiskered bat

Myotis alcathoe von Helversen & Heller, 2001 – Alcathoe’s bat, nymph bat

Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806) – Geoffroy’s bat

Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) – Natterer’s bat

Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) – Bechstein’s bat

Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) – greater mouse-eared bat

Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) – lesser mouse-eared bat

Myotis punicus (Felten, 1977) – Maghrebian mouse-eared bat

Nyctalus azoreum (Thomas, 1901) – Azores noctule

Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) – noctule

Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) – Leisler’s noctule Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) – greater noctule

Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) – common pipistrelle, 45 kHz pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) – soprano pipistrelle, midge bat, 55 kHz pipistrelle

Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) – Nathusius’ pipistrelle

Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) – Kuhl’s pipistrelle

Pipistrellus maderensis Dobson, 1878 – Madeiran pipistrelle

Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamiton, 1907 – Canary long-eared bat

Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) – common long-eared bat, brown long-eared bat

Plecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829) – grey long-eared bat

Plecotus macrobullaris (Kusjakin, 1965) – Alpine long-eared bat

Plecotus kolombatovici (Dulic, 1980) – Kolombatovic’s long-eared bat, Balkan long-eared bat

Plecotus sardus Mucedda & Kiefer, 2002 – Sardinian long-eared bat

Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758 – parti-coloured bat.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Russo, Danilo Chiroptera

ISBN:

9783030440299

303044029X

OCLC:

1412623930