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Bat Island

Author : Rachel A. Page
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Bat Island written by Rachel A. Page and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring incredible photography and insight from an international team with long-term ties to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bat Island spotlights the unique beauty and environmental importance of the seventy-six species of bats on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island. For decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have studied the remarkable biodiversity of bats on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where an astonishing seventy-six species coexist. Now, for the first time, Smithsonian scientists’ expertise pairs with the stunning photography of National Geographic contributor Christian Ziegler for a captivating visual journey into the fascinating world of these elusive night creatures. Bats are unique among mammals: they have acquired true flight, provide essential ecosystem services, and represent the ecologically most diverse group of mammals worldwide. Synthesizing decades-worth of intensive study, Drs. Rachel Page, Dina Dechmann, Teague O’Mara, and Marco Tschapka provide authoritative insight alongside 150 photographs that showcase bats’ extraordinary environmental adaptations and rich natural history. OVER 150 STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS: National Geographic photographer and contributor Christian Ziegler has captured over a decade’s worth of images of the myriad of bat species living on Barro Colorado Island that capture these elusive animals in a variety of settings, from night shots of flight through the tropical rainforest to closeups of their remarkable wings and feeding patterns. WRITTEN BY SMITHSONIAN SCIENTISTS: All chapters of Bat Island are written by scientists long affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, one of the world’s leading tropical research organizations that spans a century. Topics include bats’ diverse sensory abilities, foraging strategies, roosting ecologies, and social systems. DECADES OF CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH: Bat Island, published in partnership with the Smithsonian, presents fascinating insights from scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, which boasts decades of study of the hyperdiverse bat population on Barro Colorado Island in addition to the most comprehensive and long-term datasets on tropical bats. CALL FOR CONSERVATION: Drs. Page, Dechmann, O’Mara, and Tschapka highlight how bats are threatened by habit fragmentation and land degradation, and communicate the initiatives needed to ensure the survival of these animals, which are critical to maintaining healthy, balanced ecosystems. RARE BEAUTY: Award-winning photojournalist Christian Ziegler’s photography illuminates the unique beauty and allure of bats and the tropical rainforest in Panama.

Bat Island

Author : Shawn DSouza
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 374875213X
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Bat Island written by Shawn DSouza and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of ex-college students plan to re-unite at Bat Island, one of the top most holiday destinations in Goa, India. They are thrilled with the idea of spending a night on the island. A very little do they know what's in store for them, a hint of suspense starts to kick in when the gang experiences mysterious occurrences in the woods within the vicinity of their camping site. The group encounters a shabby looking man who happened to suffer from amnesia, and had been wandering about the island for a year. After the stranger has been formally introduced by his boss, the gang learn that he seems to have a tragical past. With the help from the group and a zest of a miracle, the stranger revives his memory just in time to play his cards right. However, the group must be extra careful and avoid walking into unexpected problems.

Island Bats

Author : Theodore H. Fleming
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226253317
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Island Bats written by Theodore H. Fleming and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth’s biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world’s island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth’s history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.

A Bat's End

Author : John Woinarski
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486308651
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book A Bat's End written by John Woinarski and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island. Scientists, desperate about its conservation, set up a maze of netting to try to catch it. It is a forlorn and futile exercise – even if captured, there is little future in just one bat. But the bat evades the trap easily, and continues foraging. It is not recorded again that night, and not at all the next night. The bat is never again recorded. The scientists search all nearby areas over the following nights. It has gone. There are no more bats. Its corpse is not, will never be, found. It is the silent, unobtrusive death of the last individual. It is extinction. This book is about that bat, about those scientists, about that island. But mostly it is an attempt to understand that extinction; an unusual extinction, because it was predicted, witnessed and its timing is precise. A Bat's End is a compelling forensic examination of the circumstances and players surrounding the extinction of the Christmas Island pipistrelle. A must-read for environmental scientists, policy-makers, and organisations and individuals with an interest in conservation.

Big Bat Year

Author : Nils Bouillard
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784273112
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Big Bat Year written by Nils Bouillard and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can one undertake a round-the-world trip with conservation uppermost in the mind? This is exactly what Nils Bouillard sought to do in 2019, adapting a popular concept in birding known as the 'big year' and focusing instead on bats. This had never been done before and so became the ideal platform to spotlight countless conservation projects across the globe. In this engaging and inspiring account we follow Nils on his adventures – along the way discovering the extraordinary diversity of bat appearances and behaviour, and learning how we might help to protect these fascinating creatures. During his itinerary covering just shy of 30 countries, Nils was lucky enough to encounter no fewer than 400 bat species. But beyond the impressive list, Big Bat Year is a passionate tale about the people who are protecting bats all over the world, the amazing life of these animals and the unique and doughty journey it required to set a world record. Going off the beaten path isn’t difficult when it comes to bat watching, offering the chance for genuine exploration and even discovery – as evidenced by the important discovery of a species new to science while visiting Southeast Asia. This book will appeal to any nature enthusiast, regardless of whether you enjoy chasing new species.

Bat's legacy

Author : Bianca Taylor
Publisher : Booktango
ISBN 13 : 1468955365
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Bat's legacy written by Bianca Taylor and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will love the wacky adventures of Griffin the bat and his best buddy Connor, who fight to save their island home from an evil menace!

Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Author : Rick A. Adams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461473977
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation written by Rick A. Adams and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent advances in the study of bats have changed the way we understand this illusive group of mammals. 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 chapters in this book are not intended to be exhaustive literature reviews, but instead extended manuscripts that bring new and fresh perspectives. Many chapters consist of previously unpublished data and are repetitive of new insights and understanding in bat evolution, ecology and conservation. All chapters were peer-reviewed and revised by the authors. Many of the chapters are multi-authored to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the topics.

H.O. Pub

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book H.O. Pub written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

West Coasts of Central America and United States Pilot from Punta Mariato to Cape Flattery

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book West Coasts of Central America and United States Pilot from Punta Mariato to Cape Flattery written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Philippine Islands Sailing Directions. ...

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philippine Islands Sailing Directions. ... written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pacific Islands ...: Western groups

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Islands ...: Western groups written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pacific Islands. Sailing Directions

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Islands. Sailing Directions written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Australia Directory

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Australia Directory written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Bat Man in the Tropics

Author : Theodore Fleming
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520929489
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Bat Man in the Tropics written by Theodore Fleming and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-11-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets. Yet euphoria is rarely expressed in scientific publications. This book, a personal account of more than thirty years of fieldwork by one of the world’s leading bat biologists, wonderfully conveys the thrill of scientific discovery. Theodore Fleming’s work to document the lives and ecological importance of plant-visiting bats has taken him to the tropical forests of Panama, Costa Rica, and Australia, and to the lush Sonoran Desert of northwest Mexico and Arizona. This book tells the story of his fascinating career and recounts his many adventures in the field. Fleming weaves autobiographical reflections together with information on the natural history and ecology of bats and describes many other animals and plants he has encountered. His book details the stresses and rewards of life in scientific field camps, gives portraits of prominent biologists such as Dan Janzen and Peter Raven, and traces the development of modern tropical biology. A witness to the destruction and development of many of the forests he has visited throughout his career, Fleming makes a passionate plea for the conservation of these wild places.

No Species Is an Island

Author : Theodore H. Fleming
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816537550
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book No Species Is an Island written by Theodore H. Fleming and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the darkness of the star-studded desert, bats and moths feed on the nectar of night-blooming cactus flowers. By day, birds and bees do the same, taking to blooms for their sweet sustenance. In return these special creatures pollinate the equally intriguing plants in an ecological circle of sustainability. The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in the world. Four species of columnar cacti, including the iconic saguaro and organ pipe, are among its most conspicuous plants. No Species Is an Island describes Theodore H. Fleming’s eleven-year study of the pollination biology of these species at a site he named Tortilla Flats in Sonora, Mexico, near Kino Bay. Now Fleming shares the surprising results of his intriguing work. Among the novel findings are one of the world’s rarest plant-breeding systems in a giant cactus; the ability of the organ pipe cactus to produce fruit with another species’ pollen; the highly specialized moth-cactus pollination system of the senita cactus; and the amazing lifestyle of the lesser long-nosed bat, the major nocturnal pollinator of three of these species. These discoveries serve as a primer on how to conduct ecological research, and they offer important conservation lessons for us all. Fleming highlights the preciousness of the ecological web of our planet—Tortilla Flats is a place where cacti and migratory bats and birds connect such far-flung habitats as Mexico’s tropical dry forest, the Sonoran Desert, and the temperate rain forests of southeastern Alaska. Fleming offers an insightful look at how field ecologists work and at the often big surprises that come from looking carefully at a natural world where no species stands alone.

Pacific Islands ...

Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Islands ... written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mexico and Central America Pilot (west Coast) from the United States to Colombia Including the Gulfs of California and Panama

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexico and Central America Pilot (west Coast) from the United States to Colombia Including the Gulfs of California and Panama written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: