Volume 3: Biologie

by Erwin Kulzer

Overview

This third Part (62) of Volume VIII (Mammalia) of the Handbook of Zoology completes the series on bats. In this volume Erwin Kulzer presents the biology of bats, drawing on the profound knowledge from a lifetime of study. The contents reach from egg maturation to birth, from nutrition and its acquisition to social behavior and communicative relationships. In each chapter numerous figures and tables supplement the text. An extensive reference list of more than 1300 titles makes the book an indispensable reference work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110199932
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	8 MB
Language:	German

About the Author

Erwin Kulzer , Tübingen.

Table of Contents

Ökologie, Biologie und Verhalten der Chiroptera:Wohnräume · Nährung und Ernährung · Fortpflanzung und Entwicklung · Temperaturregulation, Torpor und Winterschlaf · Soziale Strukturen und soziales Verhalten

Editorial Reviews

"[...] eine empfehlenswerte Informationsquelle für jeden Fledermausinteressierten."
R. Kraft in: Spixiana 3/2006

"[...] ein Standardwerk [...]"
Inken Karst in: Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt 2006

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