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Sociality in Bats

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Editors:
  1. Jorge Ortega

    1. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, Mexico

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  • Brings together contributions by leading international authors

  • Broadens our understanding of bat societies

  • Richly illustrated throughout

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jack W. Bradbury
    Pages 1-7

  3. A Functional Analysis of Bat Sociality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Social Organization and Behavior of the Brown Long-Eared Bat Plecotus auritus

      • Joanna Furmankiewicz
      Pages 11-46

    3. Sex-Biased Dispersal and Social Systems of Neotropical Emballonurids

      • Martina Nagy, Mirjam Knörnschild
      Pages 47-63

    4. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Fission–Fusion Dynamics in Bats

      • Krista J. Patriquin, John M. Ratcliffe
      Pages 65-103

    5. Sociality, Parasites, and Pathogens in Bats

      • Quinn M. R. Webber, Craig K. R. Willis
      Pages 105-139

  4. Information Transfer to Communicate Bat Facts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. The Complex Songs of Two Molossid Species

      • Kirsten Bohn, Fernando Montiel-Reyes, Israel Salazar
      Pages 143-160

    3. Acoustic Communication and Group Cohesion in Spix’s Disc-Winged Bats

      • Gloriana Chaverri, Erin H. Gillam
      Pages 161-178

    4. Sexually Selected Vocalizations of Neotropical Bats

      • Mirjam Knörnschild, Maria Eckenweber, Ahana A. Fernandez, Martina Nagy
      Pages 179-195

    5. Daily and Seasonal Patterns of Singing by the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis

      • Michael Smotherman, Kirsten Bohn, Kaylee Davis, Kelly Rogers, Christine P. Schwartz
      Pages 197-209

    6. Social Learning and Information Transfer in Bats: Conspecific Influence Regarding Roosts, Calls, and Food

      • Genevieve Spanjer Wright
      Pages 211-230

  5. Ecological Aspects of Roosting and Foraging Social Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) Day Roost Selection in the Southeastern Ontario Lake Plain of New York State

      • Michael S. Fishman
      Pages 233-245

    3. Effects of Range, Habitat and Roosting Ecology in Patterns of Group Association in Bats

      • Maria Sagot
      Pages 247-259

    4. Responses of Bat Social Groups to Roost Loss: More Questions Than Answers

      • Alexander Silvis, Nicole Abaid, W. Mark Ford, Eric R. Britzke
      Pages 261-280

    5. The Influence of Sex and Reproductive Status on Foraging Behavior and Seed Dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

      • David Villalobos-Chaves, Frank J. Bonaccorso, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, Eugenia Cordero-Schmidt, Adriana Arias-Aguilar, Christopher M. Todd
      Pages 281-301
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About this book

This book provides new insights into the social behavior of bats - one of the most fascinating topics currently being pursued by researchers.  After an introduction reviewing the history of research in bat behavioral ecology, it covers three major themes: bat sociality per se (Part I), bat communication (Part II), and ecological aspects (Part III).  Part I offers a concise overview of the social organization and systems of bats, introducing readers to the complexity and dynamics of group structures.  Part II is devoted to the innovative field of social communication, focusing on bat songs, dialects and calls.  Part III discusses the influence of the environment on bat behavior, particularly with regard to roosting and foraging. This book addresses the needs of researchers working in behavioral sciences, evolution and ecology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, Mexico

    Jorge Ortega

About the editor

Dr. Jorge Ortega Reyes

Lab. Bioconservación y Manejo

Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Ciudad de México, México






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sociality in Bats

  • Editors: Jorge Ortega

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38953-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38951-6Published: 15 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81781-1Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-38953-0Published: 07 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 301

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Vertebrates, Animal Ecology

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