Titlebook: Bats; In a World of Echoes Johan Ekl?f,Jens Rydell Book 2017 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017 bat evoluti

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Flight and Morphology,e of its sensory organs. The leaf-nosed bat’s nasal outgrowths, the horseshoe bat’s peculiar physiognomy, and the large eyes of the flying foxes are all examples of how bats have become adapted to a life in dim light.

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Hunting and Feeding,f energy is roughly the same as a person eating 30–40 hamburgers. Suckling females need an especially high-energy intake and can eat even more. So as not to put on excess weight, bats are careful to only eat what gives them most energy. Fruit eaters spit out fibrous matter, stones, and pips, and ins

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Reproduction,one season to the next. In northern latitudes, there is hardly any food at all during the colder half of the year, while the warmer offers an excess. The fluctuation is not as pronounced in the tropics, but there can still be great differences between the dry and rainy seasons, so there too it is im

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Roosts,ays to roofs, from termite mounds in the African savannah to palm leaves in the South American rainforest. Bats choose their roosts with great care and spend much of their lives in them. A roost provides not just a roof over the head but also a potential nursery, mating ground, and place of rest and

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Of Bats and Men, draws up its own red list, there are also global and regional lists, for example, in the EU. Bats are as vulnerable to the rapid depletion of the earth’s biological diversity as other plants and animals, and as usual the worst affected areas are in the tropics. Threats include deforestation, the in

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