Sociality in Bats. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jorge Ortega.
• Editors: Ortega, Jorge
• Other Names: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
• Contents: Introduction -- The social organization and behavior of the brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus -- Sex-biased dispersal and social systems of Neotropical Emballonurids -- Should I stay or should I go? Fission-fusion dynamics in bats -- Sociality, parasite, and pathogens in bats -- The complex songs of two Molossid species -- Acoustic communication and group cohesion in Spix´s disc-winged bats -- Sexually selected vocalizations of Neotropical bats -- Daily and seasonal patterns of singing by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis -- Social learning and information transfer in bats: conspecific influence regarding roosts, calls, and food -- Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) day roost characteristics in the southeastern Ontario Lake plain of New York State -- Effects of range, habitat and roosting ecology in patterns of group association in bats -- Response of bat social groups to roost loss: More questions than answers -- The influence of sex and reproductive status on foraging behavior and seed dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). .
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 591.5; Life sciences; Behavioral sciences; Animal ecology; Vertebrates; Life Sciences; Behavioral Sciences; Vertebrates; Animal Ecology; Bats -- Behavior; Animal communication; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Zoology: Vertebrates; Animal ecology; Animal behavior; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Animal behaviour; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319389530
• Related ISBNs: 331938953X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.