Australian Bats

Australian Bats
Author: Sue Churchill
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1741766974
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An identification guide to all 75 known species of Australian bats. Species are illustrated with colour photographs, and each species account includes a detailed description of the bat, measurements, a distribution map and notes on where they live, what they eat, and how they find food and reproduce. Australian Bats also provides general information on these fascinating animals: their evolution, why they hang upside down, roosting and reproduction, echolocation, and how to catch, survey and care for bats, including health hazards for carers. An identification key to the bat families is included, with important features illustrated by line drawings and photographs, as well as illustrated keys to all the species.

A Natural History of Australian Bats

A Natural History of Australian Bats
Author: Steve Parish
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0643103767
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To hold a little microbat in your hand, its body the size of the end of your thumb, is nothing but astounding. Its head is nearly the size of a man’s fingernail, its tiny ears are twitching as it struggles to get free, and then it bares its teeth to try and scare you into letting it go. Inside that tiny head is a powerhouse of information. Some of our little bats know the entire landscape of our east coast, and can pinpoint a cave entrance in dense forest 500 km from its last home. When they get there they know what to do – where to forage, which bat to mate with and how to avoid local predators. A Natural History of Australian Bats uncovers the unique biology and ecology of these wonderful creatures. It features a description of each bat species found in Australia, as well as a section on bat myths. The book is enhanced by stunning colour photographs from Steve Parish, most of which have never been seen before.

Flying Foxes

Flying Foxes
Author: Leslie S. Hall
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780868405612
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Sometimes kept as family pets, flying foxes are much beloved in Australia. This work covers issues such as descriptions of Australia's 13 species of flying foxes and blossom bats, their physiology of flight, ecology, diet and behaviour, and management of populations.

The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats
Author: Bradley Law
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0980327245
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This book, the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats, follows from the successful 3-day forum of the same name held in April 2007 at the Australian Museum. The forum was organised jointly by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW and the Australasian Bat Society.

A Bat's End

A Bat's End
Author: John Woinarski
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486308651
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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.

Australian Bats

Australian Bats
Author: Jill Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 47
Release: 1992
Genre: Bats
ISBN: 9780947304089
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Little Red Flying-fox - Tube-nosed Fruit Bat - Queensland Blossom Bat - Ghost Bat - Little Bent-wing Bat - Gould's Wattle Bat - Tasmanian Pipistrelle.

A Natural History of Australian Bats

A Natural History of Australian Bats
Author: Greg Richards
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0643103740
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This is the first book on Australian bats that focuses on their natural history. It describes the bioregions, describe what bats do in them and the ecosystem services that they provide. The book features a description of the 80.90 species in Australia, a section on bat myths and stories and rock art from indigenous Australians.

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats
Author: Akbar Zubaid
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006-01-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780198035244
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Every three years a major international conference on bats draws the leading workers in the field to a carefully orchestrated presentation of the research and advances and current state of understanding of bat biology. Bats are the second most populous group of mammalia species, after rodents, and they are probably the most intensively studied group of mammals. Virtually all mammologists and a large proportion of organismic biologists are interested in bats. The earlier two edited books deriving from previous bat research conferences, as well as this one, have been rigorously edited by Tom Kunz and others, with all chapters subjected to peer review. The resulting volumes, published first by Academic Press and most recently by Smithsonian, have sold widely as the definitive synthetic treatments of current scientific understanding of bats.

The Action Plan for Australian Bats

The Action Plan for Australian Bats
Author: Australia. Environment Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1999
Genre: Bats
ISBN: 9780642546364
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Medicine of Australian Mammals

Medicine of Australian Mammals
Author: Larry Vogelnest
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2008-08-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 064309797X
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In Medicine of Australian Mammals, more than 30 experts present the most current information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals. This comprehensive text is divided into two parts. The first includes chapters on general topics relevant to the medical management of captive and free-ranging Australian native mammals such as: veterinary considerations for the rescue, treatment, rehabilitation and release of wildlife; veterinary aspects of hand-rearing orphaned marsupials; marine mammal strandings and the role of the veterinarian; and wildlife health investigation and necropsy of Australian mammals. The second part covers the medicine of specific taxa of Australian native mammals. Detailed information on taxonomy, distribution, biology, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, husbandry, nutrition, physical and chemical restraint, clinical pathology, hand-rearing, diseases, zoonoses, therapeutics, reproductive management and surgery is included. This practical, one-source reference is complemented by detailed photographs and illustrations, as well as tables listing reproductive and physiological data, diets, haematology and biochemistry values, and drug formularies. Appendices include a checklist of the mammals of Australia and its territories and a guide to the identification of common parasites of Australian mammals. Medicine of Australian Mammals is clinically oriented and is a must-have for veterinary clinicians, no matter how experienced. The book will also be of use to veterinary students, researchers, biologists, zoologists, wildlife carers and other wildlife professionals.