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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

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

Pteropodidae

Hipposideridae

Rhinonycteridae

Rhinolophidae

Megadermatidae

Suborder Vespertilioniformes

Emballonuridae

Nycteridae

Molossidae

Miniopteridae

Cistugidae

Vespertilionidae

GLOSSARY

LIST OF SPECIMENS

REFERENCES

Index