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Author: Peter John Taylor Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 234
Book Description
Public appreciation of the ecological value and remarkable biological adaptations of bats is rapidly changing. Bat-watching is one of the world's fastest growing specialist wildlife interests, and bat conservation groups have sprung up all over the world. This book was written to raise public awareness of bats in southern Africa, and to dispel some popular myths about them. It provides the prospective bat-watcher with both an authoritative species identification guide and a practical handbook. Bats of Southern Africa contains species accounts for all the region's 74 species of bats, with descriptions and diagnostic features as well as information on habitat, social and roosting habits, diet, reproduction, echolocation call, distribution and conservation status. Superb photographs by world bat expert Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle and illustrations by Christeen Grant are supplemented by distribution maps and sonograms of ultrasound echolocation.
Author: Peter John Taylor Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 234
Book Description
Public appreciation of the ecological value and remarkable biological adaptations of bats is rapidly changing. Bat-watching is one of the world's fastest growing specialist wildlife interests, and bat conservation groups have sprung up all over the world. This book was written to raise public awareness of bats in southern Africa, and to dispel some popular myths about them. It provides the prospective bat-watcher with both an authoritative species identification guide and a practical handbook. Bats of Southern Africa contains species accounts for all the region's 74 species of bats, with descriptions and diagnostic features as well as information on habitat, social and roosting habits, diet, reproduction, echolocation call, distribution and conservation status. Superb photographs by world bat expert Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle and illustrations by Christeen Grant are supplemented by distribution maps and sonograms of ultrasound echolocation.
Author: Ara Monadjem Publisher: Wits University Press ISBN: 1776145828 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 728
Book Description
This revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation have been updated, citing dozens of recently published papers. The book covers the latest systematic and taxonomic studies, ensuring that the names and relationships of bats in this new edition reflect current scientific knowledge. The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements and diagnostic characters as well as detailed information about the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology and reproduction of each species. The updated species distribution maps are based on 116 recorded localities. A special feature of the 2010 publication was the mode of identification of families, genera and species by way of character matrices rather than the more generally used dichotomous keys. Since then these matrices have been tested in the field and, where necessary, slightly altered for this edition. New photographs fill in gaps and updated sonograms aid with bat identification in acoustic surveys. The bibliography, which now contains more than 700 entries, will be an invaluable aid to students and scientists wishing to track down original research.
Author: Chris Stuart Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1775847292 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
Following the success of earlier ‘Quick Guide’ books, this slim little volume tackles one of the few groups of mammals that can fly. Divided into large fruit bats and smaller insect-eating bats, this ultimate quick identification guide covers Africa’s 12 bat families. An informative introduction touches on evolution, flight, echolocation and reproduction, demystifying an animal that is all too often misunderstood. The text describes the facial characteristics and wing shapes common to each family and points out features that can help to distinguish between them. But it is the photographs and annotated line drawings that are most useful for identification. They include bats in flight and roosting sites, and close-ups of facial structures and wings that highlight key diagnostic attributes. An added extra is a photographic section showing the skulls of a variety bats.
Author: Ara Monadjem Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110301911 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 1102
Book Description
This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements.
Author: Chris Stuart Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1775842665 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 456
Book Description
Greater southern Africa has a wealth of mammal species, almost 400 – all of which are covered in this fully updated, comprehensive field guide. Now expanded to include species found in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, it has also been extensively revised to include: • the most recent research and taxonomy • revised distribution maps and many new images • colour-coded grouping of families • spoor and size icons • skull photographs, grouped for easy comparison • detailed descriptions of each species, offering insight into key identification characters, typical behaviour, preferred habitat, food choice, reproduction and longevity.
Author: Hassan Aburaida Babiker Salata Publisher: ISBN: Category : Bats Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Environmental factors limiting the distribution of 37 of the 56 bat species in a warm temperate region (South Africa) were determined using GIS software and the Maximum Entropy modelling technique (MaxEnt). Undertaking such a study in a warm temperate region like South Africa is essential as the outcomes of this study could inform our general understanding of distributions of other animals in other parts of the world. Hypotheses related to the ecological niche-based characteristics of species were tested to identify the most important variables influencing the distribution of South African bats and to predict the probability of occurrence for bat species in South Africa. A database that included locality records for bat species from different museums in South Africa was compiled and then combined with the researcher's own data for the Northern Cape Province as there was insufficient knowledge of bat distributions in this province. A total of 23 environmental variables were considered, of which 20 were downloaded from the WorldClim database as potential environmental variables influencing the contemporary distribution of bats in South Africa based on previous studies that use environmental variables from WorldClim to predict the distribution of species. The environmental variables were grouped into broad categories, temperature, precipitation, and biophysical (i.e., vegetation biomes, land use/land cover, geology) variables. As predicted, taxonomic affiliations appear to have no bearing on which factors influenced the geographic distribution of South African bat species. The distributional limits of even closely related species within the same genus appear to be influenced by disparate environmental factors. Geology appeared to be the most important limiting factor for 15 of the 37 species, all of which are known to use roosts associated with geological features (i.e., caves, mines and rock crevices). Land use/land cover influenced the distribution of six bat species.
Author: J. D. Skinner Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107394058 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 900
Book Description
This comprehensive volume covers all mammals that occur naturally on the African mainland south of the Cunene and Zambezi rivers, and also in the subregion's coastal waters. Extensively revised and updated for the new edition, it now includes the latest data from from mammal research in southern Africa along with the radical taxonomic changes across all levels of mammalian classification. Containing contributions from specialists on each mammalian order, each species description has been reviewed by a range of independent and internationally recognised authorities. Along with the latest taxonomic information, the distribution maps and illustrations have been updated and redrawn, several new colour plates have been added, and the whole design has been enhanced to aid access to key information. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of southern-African mammals and forms an essential reference for zoologists, evolutionary biologists and anyone wanting an overview of the region's wildlife.
Author: Peter John Taylor
Author: Peter John Taylor
Author: Ara Monadjem
Author: Chris Stuart
Author: Ara Monadjem
Author: Ara Monadjem
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Author: Chris Stuart
Author: Hassan Aburaida Babiker Salata
Author: J. D. Skinner