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Ecology of Bats (Paperback, 1982 ed.)
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Ecology of Bats (Paperback, 1982 ed.)
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Among living vertebrates bats and birds are unique in their ability
to fly, and it is this common feature that sets them apart
ecologically from other groups. Bats are in some ways the noctumal
equivalents of birds, having evolved and radiated into a diversity
of forms to fill many of the same niches. The evolution of flight
and echolocation in bats was undoubtedly a prime mover in the
diversification of feeding and roosting habits, reproductive
strategies, and social behaviors. Bats have successfully colonized
almost every continential region on earth (except Antarctica), as
weIl as many oceanic islands and archipelagos. They comprise the
second largest order of mammals (next to rodents) in number of
species and probably exceed all other such groups in overall
abundance. Bats exhibit a dietary diversity (including insects,
fruits, leaves, flowers, nectar and pollen, fish. other
vertebrates, and blood) unparalleled among other living mammals.
Their reproductive pattems range from seasonal monestry to
polyestry, and mating systems inelude promiscuity, monogamy, and
polygyny. The vast majority of what we know about the ecology of
bats is derived from studies of only a few of the approximately 850
species, yet in the past two decades studies on bats have escalated
to a level where many important empirical pattems and processes
have been identified. This knowledge has strengthened our
understanding of ecological relationships and encouraged hypothesis
testing rather than perpetuated a catalog of miscellaneous
observations.
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