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list price: $21.95
edition:Paperback
category: Science
published: Jan 1993
ISBN:9780774804820
publisher:
UBC Press
Description
The Bats of British Columbia presents a comprehensive summary of what we do know about the sixteen species of bats in BC, eight of which occur nowhere else in Canada. Filled with a large number of beautiful and evocative drawings, the book includes descriptions, distributions, and natural histories for each species. It also contains a thorough discussion featuring lifestyle, echolocation, hibernation, roosting sites, conservation and public health issues regarding bats. External and cranial keys and illustrations aid in identification.
Contributor Notes
David W. Nagorsen, curator of mammalogy at the Royal British Columbia Museum, has done extensive research on bats in this province. R. Mark Brigham is a biologist at the University of Regina and regularly conducts field research in the interior of B.C.
Editorial Reviews
This work is ideal for generation an interest in science and encouraging readers to move away from myths and superstitions about bats toward a better understanding of all wildlife.
— G. Stevens
I particularly appreciated the key to the species by external features ... should be part of the library of any naturalist or mammalogist interested in the bats of British Columbia and adjacent areas. It also will prove valuable to the teacher looking for a good general introduction to bats.
— M.B. Fenton, Dept of Biology, York University
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