Overview
- Comprehensive overviews of each European bat species’ biology
- Each species account includes a distribution map, a photograph and key literature
- For academics, students, & professionals in mammal research, conservation, & management
Part of the book series: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe (HDBME)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European bat species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European bats and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Danilo Russo is an animal ecologist mainly working on vertebrates (especially bats and more recently rodents) but also on a flagship long-horned beetle, the Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina). His research interests cover a range of topics, including habitat selection, resource partitioning, sensory ecology, social behaviour, evolutionary biology, biogeography and conservation biology. He is currently leading Wildlife Research Unit at University of Naples Federico II.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chiroptera
Editors: Danilo Russo
Series Title: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44029-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44028-2Published: 01 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44029-9Published: 30 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-7387
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7395
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 963
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 170 illustrations in colour
Topics: Zoology, Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Biodiversity