Long-eared bats

Author(s)

    • Swift, Susan M.

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Long-eared bats

Susan M. Swift ; with illustrations by Ruth Lindsay

(Poyser natural history)

T & A D Poyser, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Examining the biology, ecology and behaviour of two European bat species - "Plecotus auritus" and "Plecotus austriacus" - this book investigates their behaviour and considers the full range of conservation issues relating to the species. Topics covered include, identifying the species, foraging, reproductive biology, social organization, and the effects of man-made alterations to the environment and proposed conservation methods.

Table of Contents

  • Who's who - an introduction to long-eared bats
  • recognition and design features
  • gleaning and diet
  • foraging behaviour
  • reproduction
  • social organization and beahaviour
  • population biology
  • hibernation
  • long-eared bats and man. Appendices: scientific names of bats
  • care of stranded or injures bats
  • useful contact addresses in Britain.

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