Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats

Contents......Page 11
Contributors......Page 15
PART I: Physiological Ecology......Page 19
1 Energetics, Thermal Biology, and Torpor in Australian Bats......Page 23
2 Temperature, Hibernation Energetics, and the Cave and Continental Distributions of Little Brown Myotis......Page 41
3 Daily Heterothermy by Temperate Bats Using Natural Roosts......Page 56
4 Exploring the Evolution of the Basal Metabolic Rate in Bats......Page 74
PART II: Functional Morphology......Page 109
5 Quantifying Relationships between Form and Function and the Geometry of the Wear Process in Bat Molars......Page 111
6 Dynamic Complexity of Wing Form in Bats: Implications for Flight Performance......Page 128
7 Performance Analysis as a Tool for Understanding the Ecological Morphology of Flower-Visiting Bats......Page 149
8 Quadrupedal Bats: Form, Function, and Evolution......Page 163
9 The Correlated Evolution of Cranial Morphology and Feeding Behavior in New World Fruit Bats......Page 178
PART III: Roosting Ecology and Population Biology......Page 197
10 Social and Population Structure in the Brown Long-Eared Bat, Plecotus auritus......Page 203
11 Relatedness, Life History, and Social Behavior in the Long-Lived Bechstein’s Bat, Myotis bechsteinii......Page 217
12 Causes and Consequences of Genetic Structure in the Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum......Page 231
13 Population Genetic Structure of Very Large Populations: The Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis......Page 245
14 Evolutionary Dynamics of the Short-Nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Pteropodidae): Inferences from the Spatial Scale of Genetic and Phenotypic Differentiation......Page 266
15 Conflicts and Strategies in the Harem-Polygynous Mating System of the Sac-Winged Bat, Saccopteryx bilineata......Page 287
16 Flexibility and Specificity in the Roosting Ecology of the Lesser Long-Eared Bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi: A Common and Widespread Australian Species......Page 308
17 Causes and Consequences of Tree-Cavity Roosting in a Temperate Bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, from New Zealand......Page 326
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