Bats in the anthropocene : conservation of bats in a changing world /: conservation of bats in a changing world. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christian C. Voigt, Tigga Kingston, editors.
• Editors: Voigt, Christian C; Kingston, Tigga
• Contents: Bats in the anthropocene -- Bats in anthropogenically changed landscapes. 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 -- Emerging disesases. White-nose syndrome in bats -- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats -- Human-bat conflicts. 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 -- Conservation approaches, educational and outreach programs. 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : SpringerOpen
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 606 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 639.97/94; Bats -- Conservation; Bats -- Effect of human beings on; Bats -- Habitat -- Conservation; Bats -- Conservation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319252209; 3319252208
• Related ISBNs: 9783319252186; 3319252186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 20, 2016).
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