Bats of southern and central Africa : a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis /
"[The book] includes chapters on the evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation of bats, and provides accounts for ... 116 bat species ... The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements, and diagnostic characters, as well as detailed information on the distribution, habitat, roo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Johannesburg :
Wits University Press,
2010.
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| Summary: | "[The book] includes chapters on the evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation of bats, and provides accounts for ... 116 bat species ... The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements, and diagnostic characters, as well as detailed information on the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology, and reproduction of each species."--Back cover. Geographic area covered in the book: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the southern half of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 596 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 576-585) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781868145089 1868145085 |