By combining data on fossil and extant caribbean bats, the authors confirm predictions that island biodiversity across this archipelago should reach an equilibrium value through time, but that. The challenge now is to describe the natural history and ecology of newly described malagasy bat species so that conservation as sessments and. Racey the university of chicago press chicago and london theodore h. The distribution of bats on islands of the caribbean, as defined by baker and. Archaeology, historical ecology and anthropogenic island. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earths biological diversity.
Archaeology, historical ecology and anthropogenic island ecosystems volume 44 issue 3 todd j. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earths history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and. Bat evolution, ecology, and conservation springerlink. Evolution, ecology, and conservation, fleming, racey. Evolution, ecology, and conservation, edited by theodore h. Pdf the second largest order of mammals, chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Recent advances in the study of bats have changed the way we understand this illusive group of mammals. Recent extinctions disturb path to equilibrium diversity. This volume consist of 25 chapters and 57 authors from around the globe all writing on the most recent finding on the evolution, ecology and conservation of bats. The british crown colony of montserrat is a small 100 km2 island located in the northern lesser antilles 1645. Island bats island bats evolution, ecology, and conservationedited bytheodore h. Island bats island bats evolution, ecology, and conservation edited by theodore h.
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