Bibliography of Chiroptera

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Adams, R. A., and S. C. Pedersen, eds. 2000. Ontogeny, functional ecology and evolution of bats. Cambridge Univ. Pr., New York. 410 pp.

Allen, G. M. 1940. Bats. Harvard Univ. Pr., Cambridge. 368 pp.

Altenbach, J. S. 1979. Locomotor morphology of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus. Amer. Soc. Mammal., Spec. Publ. 6: 137 pp.

Altringham, J. D. 1996. Bats: Biology and behaviour. Oxford Univ. Pr., N. Y. 262 pp. QL737.C5A4 1996

Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, 2nd ed. Vol. I: Megachiroptera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 854 pp.

Baker, R. J., M. J. Novacek, and N. B. Simmons. 1991. On the monophyly of bats. Syst. Zool., 40: 216-231.

Baron, G., H. Stephan, and H. D. Frahm. 1996. Comparative neurobiology in Chiroptera. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin.

  • Vol. 1. Macromorphology, brain structurre, tables and atlases. p. 1-529.
  • Vol. 2. Brain characteristics in taxonomic units. p. 530-1074.
  • Vol. 3. Brain characteristics in functional systems, ecoethological adaptation, and adaptive radiation and evolution. P. 1075-1596.

Barquez, R. M., M. A. Mares, and J K. Braun. 1999. The bats of Argentina. Special Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ 42: 275 pp.

Crighton, E. G., and P. H. Krutzsch. 2000. Reproductive biology of bats. Academic Pr., New York. 510 pp. QL737.C5R47 2000

Fenton, M. B. 1992. Bats. Facts On File, Inc., New York. 207 pp. QL737.C5F44 1992

Fenton, M. B. 1985. Communication in the Chiroptera. Indiana Univ. Pr., Bloomington. 161 pp. QL737.C5F45 1985

Fenton, M. B., P. Racey, and J. M. V. Rayner, eds. 1987. Recent advances in the study of bats. Cambridge Univ. Pr., New York. 470 pp. QL737.C5R29 1987

Findley, J. S. 1992. Bats: A community perspective. Cambridge Univ. Pr., New York (Cambridge Studies in Ecology). 200 pp.

Fleming, T. H. 1988. The short-tailed fruit bat, a study in plant-animal interactions. Univ. Chicago Pr., Chicago. 365 pp. QL737.C57F48 1988

Griffin, D. R. 1986. Listening in the dark. Comstock Publ. Assoc., Cornell Univ. Pr., Ithaca. 415 pp. QL737.C5G696 1986

Griffiths, T. A., and D. Klingener, eds. 1991. Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 206. (various papers).

Hanak, V. I. I. Horacek, and J. Gaisler, eds. 1989. European bat research, 1987. Charles Univ. Pr., Praha. [Papers presented at the fourth European Bat Research Symposium, Prague, Aug. 18-23, 1987] QL737.C5 E94 1987

Hill, J. E., and J. D. Smith. 1984. Bats, a natural history. Univ. Texas Pr., Austin. 243 pp.

Koopman, K. F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics. Handb. Zool., 8 Mammalia, Pt. 60. New York, Walter de Gruyter. 217 pp.

Kunz, T. H. 1982. Ecology of bats. Plenum Pr., New York. 425 pp.

Kunz, T. H., ed. 1988. Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D. C. 533 pp.

Kunz, T. H., and P. A. Racey, eds. 1998. Bat biology and conservation. Smithsonian Inst. Pr., Washington, DC. 576 pp.

Mickleburgh, S. P., A. M. Hutson, and P. A Racey, compilers. 1992. Old World fruit bats. An action plan for their conservation. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Chiroptera Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC). Gland, Switzerland. 252 pp.

Popper, A. N., and R. R. Fay, eds. 1995. Hearing by bats. Springer-Verlag, New York. 515 pp. QL737.C5H435 1995

Racey, P. A., and S. M. Swift, eds. 1995. Ecology, evolution and behaviour of bats. Symp. Zool. Soc. London no. 67. Clarendon Pr., Oxford. 421 pp. QL1Z733 no. 67

Richarz, K., and A. Limbrunner. 1993. The world of bats. [original in German, 1992.] T.F.H. Publ., Inc., Neptune City, N. J. 192 pp. QL737.C5R513 1993

Robertson, J. 1990. The complete bat. Chatto and Windus, London. 165 pp.

Simmons, N. B. 1994. The case for chiropteran monophyly. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 3103: 1-54.

Simmons, N. B., and J. H. Geisler. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Icaronycteris, Archaeonycteris, Hassianycteris and Palaeochiropteryx to extant bat lineages, with comments on the evolution of echolocation and foraging strategies in Microchiroptera. Bul. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 235: 182 pp.

Simmons, N. B., M. J. Novacek, and R. J. Baker. 1991. Approaches, methods, and the future of the chiropteran monophyly controversy: A reply to J. D. Pettigrew. Syst. Zool., 40: 239-243.

Tuttle, M. D. 1988. America's neighborhood bats. Univ. Texas Pr., Austin. 96 pp. QL737.C5T88 1988

Wible, J. R., and M. J. Novacek. 1988. Cranial evidence for the monophyletic origin of bats. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2911: 1-19.

Wimsatt, W. A., ed. 1977. Biology of bats. Vol. III. Academic Pr., New York. 651 pp. QL737.C5B56

Yalden, E. W., and P. A. Morris. 1975. The lives of bats. David and Charles, London. 247 pp.


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