Karyotype comparison and phylogenetic relationships of Pipistrellus-like bats, Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera: Mammalia. Volleth, M.; Bronner, G.; Gopfert, M.C.; Heller, K.G.; von Helversen; Yong, H.S. Chromosome Research, 2001, v. 9 (1), p. 25-46. ISSN: 0967-3849.
NAL call no: QH600.C47
Descriptors: karyotype, phylogenetic relationships.
Biology of Bats. Neuweiler, Gerhard; Covey, Ellen, New York: Oxford University Press Inc., Jan. 2000, 320 p. ill. ISBN: 0195099516.
NAL call no: QL737 C5W5
Descriptors: bats, biology.
Changes in body composition during reproduction and postnatal growth in the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Reynolds, D. Scott; Kunz, Thomas H. Ecoscience, 2000, v. 7 (1), p. 10-17. ill. ISSN: 1195-6860.
NAL call no: QH540.E366
Descriptors: weight, water content, lipids, pregnancy, development, fat content.
Effects of body mass and reproduction on the basal metabolic rate of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus). McLean, Jennifer A.; Speakman, John R. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Jan.-Feb. 2000, v. 73 (1), p. 112-121. ill. ISSN: 1522-2152.
NAL call no: QL1 P52
Descriptors: weight, metabolic rate, basal, reproduction, body mass, morphological variation, captive females.
Functional significance of emergence timing in bats. Duverge, P.L.; Jones, G.; Rydell, J.; Ransome, R.D. Ecography, 2000, v. 23 (1), p. 32-40. ISSN: 0906-7590.
NAL call no: QH540 H6
Descriptors: emergence, predation, light intensity, energetics, sex differences.
Phylogony of phyllostomid bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Data from diverse morphological systems, sex chromosomes, and restriction sites. Wetterer, Andrea L.; Rockman, Matthew, V.; Simmons, Nancy B. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Mar. 2000, v. 248, p. 1-200. ISSN: 0003-0090.
NAL call no: 500 N483B
Descriptors: sensory system, uterus, sex chromosomes, reproductive system.
Post-natal growth and breeding biology of the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus). Koehler, Catherine E.; Barclay, Robert M.R,, Journal of Mammalogy, Feb. 2000, v. 81 (1), p. 234-244. ill. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: biology, breeding season, growth rate, parental care, weaning.
Postnatal growth and development of thermoregulative ability in the Japanese greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum nippon, related to maternal care. Sano, Akira. Mammal Study, Jun. 2000, v. 25 (1), p. 1-15. ill. ISSN: 1343-4152.
Descriptors: thermoregulation, parental care, young development, mortality.
Reproductive Biology of Bats. Crichton, Elizabeth G.; Krutzsch, Philip H., San Diego: Academic Press, Inc., Mar. 2000, 500 p. ISBN: 0121956709.
Descriptors: bats, generative organs.
Torpor, thermal biology, and energetics in Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilus). Geiser, F.; Brigham, R.M. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Mar. 2000, v. 170 (2), p. 153-162. ill. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: oxygen consumption, temperature relationships, torpor, temperature.
What it takes to fly: The structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats. Maina, J.N. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2000, v. 203 (20), p. 3045-3064. ISSN: 0022-0949.
NAL call no: 442.8 B77
Descriptors: flight, functional morphology, Aves, Chiroptera, Reviews.
Energy budgets of lactating and non-reproductive Brown Long-Eared Bats (Plecotus auritus) suggests females use compensation in lactation.Mclean, J.A.; Speakman, J.R. Functional Biology, 1999, v. 13 (3), p. 360-372. ref. ISSN: 0269-8463.
NAL call no: QH540.F85
Descriptors: lactation, reproduction, feed intake, energy.
Field metabolic rates and water uptake in the blossom-bat, Syconycteris australis (Megachiroptera). Geiser, F.; Coburn, D.K. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Mar. 1999, v. 169 (2), p. 133-138. ill. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: metabolic rate, ion and water relations, energy expenditure.
Metabolic physiology of euthermic and torpid lesser long-eared bats, Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Hosken, David J.; Withers, Philip C. Journal of Mammalogy, Feb. 1999, v. 80 (1), p. 42-52. Ill. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823.
Descriptors: oxygen consumption, whole animal physiology, ion and water relations, evaporative water loss, respiratory function, temperature relationships.
Metabolism and thermoregulation of individual and clustered long-fingered bats, Miniopterus schreibersii, and the implications for roosting. Brown, C.R. South African Journal of Zoology, Oct. 1999, v. 34 94), p. 166-172. ill. ISSN: 0254-1858.
NAL call no: QL336 Z6
Descriptors: oxygen consumption, thermoregulation, hibernation.
Olfaction and the use of chemical signals in bats. Bloss, Johanna. Acta Chiropteroligica, 1999, v. 1 (1), p. 31-45. ISSN: 1508-1109.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, literature review, chemoreception, chemical signals.
Parturition, parental behavior, and pup development in Indian false vampire bats, (Megaderma lyra). Goymann, W.; Leippert, D.; Hofer, H., Zeitschrift Fuer Saeugetierkunde, Dec. 1999, v. 64 (6), p. 321-331. Ill. ISSN: 0044-3486.
Descriptors: birth, parental care, young development, growth rate, contact calls.
Plasma leptin decreases during lactation in insectivorous bats. Kunz, T.H.; Bicer, E.; Hood, W.R.; Axtell, M.J.; Harrington, W.R.; Silvia, B.A.; Widmaier, E.P. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Feb. 1999, v. 169 (1), p. 61-66. ill. ISSN: 9174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: weight, proteins, body mass, energy budget, mammary glands, lactation.
The relationships between echolocation calls, morphology and diet in insectivorous bats. Bogdanowicz, W.; Fenton, M.B.; Daleszczyk, K. Journal of Zoology, London, Mar. 1999, v. 247 (3), p. 381-393. ISSN: 0952-8369.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: behavior, sensory reception, body size, diet.
Resource use by two morphologically similar insectivorous bats (Nycteris thebaica and Hipposideros caffer). Bowie, Rauri C.K.; Jacobs, David S.; Taylor, Peter J. South African Journal of Zoology, Jan. 1999, v. 34 (1), p. 27-33. ISSN: 0254-1858.
NAL call no: QL336 Z6
Descriptors: bats, resource use, morpholgy.
Thermoregulation in the Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus: A small mammal that uses hot roosts. Maloney, Shane K.; Bronner, Gary N.; Buffenstein, Rochelle. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Jul.-Aug. 1999, v. 72 (4), p. 385-396. ill. ISSN: 1522-2152.
NAL call no: QL1 P52
Descriptors: thermoregulation, temperature, roosting, torpor.
Topographic organization of extrastriate areas in the flying fox: Implications for the evolution of mammalian visual cortex. Rosa, Marcello, G.P. Journal of Comparative Neurology, Aug. 30, 1999, v. 411 (3), p. 503-523. ISSN: 0021-9967.
NAL call no: QP351.J68
Descriptors: extrastriate cortex, nervous system, visual area, evolution.
Bat biology and conservation. Kunz, Thomas H. & Racey, Paul A. (eds). Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998, i-xvi, p. 1-365. ill. ISBN: 1560988258.
NAL call no: QL737 C5B367 1998
Descriptors: Chiroptera, Bat research conference, symposia papers, meetings.
Chiropteran hindlimb morphology and the origin of blood feeding in bats. Schutt, William A. Jr.; Kunz, Thomas H. & Racey, Paul A. (eds.) Bat Biology and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. 1998: i-xvi, p. 1-365. chapter pagination: 157-168. ill. ISBN 1560988258.
NAL call no: QL737 C5B367 1998
Descriptors: hindlimbs, skeletal musculature, blood diet, evolution, skeleton.
The effect of GABA and Glu on the evoked electrical activity in the inferior collicular neurons of bat. Xy, Lijing; Sun, Xinde. Acta Biophysica Sinica, Sept. 1998, v. 14 (3), p. 473-477. ill. ISSN: 1000-6737.
Descriptors: brain, neurons, inferior collicular neurons, neurotransmitters.
Energetic costs of hovering flight in a nectar-feeding bat measured with fast-response respirometry. Winter, Y. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology, Aug. 1998, v. 168 (6), p. 434-444. ill. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33 J681
Descriptors: biomechanics, energy expenditure, flight, hovering flight energetic costs.
Evolutionary implications of developmental and functional integration in bat wings. Adams, Rick A. Journal of Zoology, London, Oct. 1998, v. 246 (2), p. 165-174. ill. ISSN: 0952-8369.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: wings, forelimb skeleton, foraging, development, evolution., flight.
Morphological adaptations for flight in bats. Norberg, Ulla M. Kunz, Thomas H. & Racey, Paul A. (eds). Bat Biology and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1998, i-xvi, p. 1-365. Chapter pagination: 93-108. ill. ISBN: 1560988258.
NAL call no: QL737 C5B367 1998
Descriptors: Chiroptera, general morphology, wings, biomechanics, skeletal musculature.
New World nectar-feeding bats: Biology, morphology and craniometric approach to systematics. Solmsen, Ernst Hermann. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 1998, v. 44, p. 1-118. ill. ISSN: 0302-671X.
Descriptors: Phyllostomatidae, skull morphology, nectar feeding, food plants, feeding behavior, morphology, craniometric data.
Protein kinase A from bat skeletal muscle: A kinetic study of the enzyme from a hibernating mammal. Holden, Clark P.; Storey, Kenneth B. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oct. 15, 1998, v. 358 (2), p. 243-250. ISSN: 0003-9861.
NAL call no: 381 AR2
Descriptors: protein, kinase A, catalytic subunit, enzymology.
Skin and bones: Functional, architectural, and mechanical differentiation in the bat wing. Swartz, Sharon M. Kunz, Thomas H. & Racey, Paul A. (eds.) Bat biology and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1998, i-xvi, p. 1-365. Chapter pagination: 109-126. ill. ISBN: 1560988258.
NAL call no: QL737 C5B367 1998
Descriptors: Chiroptera, wings, biomechanics, skeleton & skin, bat biology.
Vocal learning by greater spear-nosed bats. Boughman, Janette Wenrick. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, Feb. 7, 1998, v. 265 (1392) p. 227-233. ill. ISSN: 0962-8452, 0080-4649.
NAL call no: 501 L84B
Descriptors: group coordination, learning, vocal learning, acoustic signals.
Behavioral relevance of perineal glandular chemosignals of the Indian fruit bat, Pteropus giganteus. Jayaprakash, M.; Alexander, K.M. Journal of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Jun. 1997, v. 44 (1), p. 9-11. ill. ISSN: 0021-8804.
NAL call no: 444.8 J823
Descriptors: integumentary glands, perineal gland structure & function.
Difference in chromosomal distribution of telomeric (TTAGGG)-n sequences in two species of the vespertilionid bats. Ono, Takao; Yoshida, Michihiro C. Chromosome Research, 1997, v. 5 (3), p. 203-205. ISSN: 0967-3849.
NAL call no: QH600.C47
Descriptors: chromosomal distribution, differences, genetics, telometric sequences.
A unique parotid gland in Hart’s little fruit bat, Enchistenes hartii. Tandler, Bernard; Nagato, Toshikazu; Phillips, Carleton, J. Anatomical Record, Nov. 1997, v. 249 (3), p. 349-358. ISSN: 0003-276X.
NAL call no: 447.8 AN1
Descriptors: digestive system, evolution, adaptation, parotid gland.
Facultative hypothermia as a thermoregulatory strategy in the phyllostomid bats, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium. Audet, D.; Thomas, D.W., Journal of Comparative Physiology: B: Biochemical, Systematic, and Environmental Physiology, Feb., 1997, v. 167 (2), p. 146-152. ill. ISSN: 0174-1578.
NAL call no: QP33.J681
Descriptors: care in captivity, captive stress, facultative hypothermia, thermoregulatory mechanism, temperature.
Intensity of bats Vespertilio pipistrellus energetic metabolism at different environmental temperatures. Kuchkarov, A.; Akhmerov, R.N.; Almatov, K.T. Ubzekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1, 1997, P. 56-59. ill. ISSN: 0042-1685.
Language: Russian.
NAL call no: 442.8 UZ1
Descriptors: oxygen consumption, hibernation, temperature.
How hot is a hibernaculum? A review of the temperatures at which bats hibernate. Webb, P.I.; Speakman, J.R.; Racey, P.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology Review, 1996, v. 74 (4), p. 761-765. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: Chiroptera, torpor, air temperature.
Skull growth and the presence of auxiliary fontanels in rhinolophoid bats, Microchiroptera. Pedersen, Scott C. Zoomorphology, Berlin, 1996, v. 116 (4), p. 205-212. ISSN: 0720-213X.
NAL call no: 442.8 Z33
Descriptors: development, morphology, skeletal system, fontanels.
Basal rates of metabolism of nectarivorous bats (Phyllostomidae) from a semiarid thorn forest in Venezuela. Arends, A.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Genoud, M. Journal of Mammalogy, 1995, v. 76 (3), p. 947-956. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no.: 410 J823
Descriptors: metabolic rate, thermoregulation, microenvironments, roosts.
Bat biology and conservation. Kunz, Thomas H.; Racey, P.A., International Bat Research Conference (10th: 1995, Boston University). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998, xiv, 365 p., ill., maps. ISBN: 1560988258 (alk paper).
NAL call no: QL737.C5B367 1998
Descriptors: Bats Congress, wildlife conservation.
Intraspecific variation in wing loading affects habitat use by little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Kalcounis, M.C.; Brigham, R.M. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1995, v. 73 (1), p. 89-95. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: wing loading, foraging, food availability, habitat utilization.
Age estimation of pteropodid bats (Megachiroptera) from hard tissue parameters. Cool, S.M.; Bennett, M.B.; Romaniuk, K. Wildlife Research, 1994, v. 21 (3), p. 353-364. ill. ISSN: 1035-3712.
NAL call no: S960 W5
Descriptors: age determination, hard tissue parameters evaluation, bone, skeleton.
Connections of somatosensory cortex in megachiroptean bats: The evolution of cortical fields in mammals. Krubitzer, L.A.; Calford, M.B.; Schmid, L.M. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1993, v. 327 (4), p. 463-506. ISSN: 0021-9967.
NAL call no: QP351.J68
Descriptors:
cortex-somatosensory, connections, cortex, anatomy.
The dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in the mustache bat: Monaural properties. Markovitz, Nancy S.; Pollak, George D. Hearing Research, 1993, v. 71 (1-2), p. 51-63. ISSN: 0378-5955.
Descriptors: auditory physiology, monaural response, neuron.
Molecular phylogenetics of Stenodermatinin bat genera: Congruence of data from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Van den Bussche, R.A.; Baker, R.J.; Wichman, H.A.; Hamilton, M.J. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Sept. 1993, v. 10 (5), p. 944-959. ISSN: 0737-4038.
NAL call no: QH506.M642
Descriptors: Chiroptera, DNA genetics, mitochondrial genetics, phylogeny.
Post-natal growth and energetics of suckling bats. Kunz, T.H., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, etc., 1987. p. 395-420. ill.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, thermoregulation, nutrition, energy requirements, biology.
Circannual cycles of body mass food intake and reproductive condition in male pallid bats. Beasley, L.J.; Zucker, I. Physiol Behav, 1986, v. 38 (5), p. 697-702. ISSN: 0031-9384.
NAL call no: QP1.P4
Descriptors: circannual cycles, body mass, food intake, reproductive condition.
Factors affecting the resting and postflight body temperature of little brown bats, Myotis lucifugus. Kurta, A. Physiological Zoology, 1986, v. 59 (4), p. 419-438.
NAL call no: 410 P56
Descriptors: resting, post flight, body temperature, bats.
Manoeuverability and ecological segregation in the little brown Myotis lucifugus and Yuma M. yumanensis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Aldridge, Hugh. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Sept. 1986, v. 64 (9), p. 1878. ISSN: 0008-4301..
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: manoeuverability, ecological segregation.
Reproductive biology of Pteropus rodricensis. West, C.C. Myotis, 1986, v. 23-24, p. 156-157. ill.
Descriptors: reproductive biology.
The secret world of bats. Hines, J.; Hines, M., Methuen, London, 1986, p. 1-64. ill.
Descriptors: wildlife management, roost box construction, care in captivity, physiology.
Socio-ecology of bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis). Malcolm, J.R., Journal of Zoology Series A, 1986, v. 208 (3), p. 457-467. ill. ISSN: 0269-364X.
NAL call no: QL1 J68
Descriptors: foraging, breeding patterns, diet, care of young, behavior, weight.
Social organization and biased primary sex ratio of the evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis. Bain, J.R.; Humphrey, S.R. Florida Scientist, 1986, v. 49 (1), p. 23-31.
NAL call no: 500 F66
Descriptors: social organization, sex ratio.
Activation of osteoclasts and the repopulation of bone surfaces following hibernation in the bat, Myotis lucifugus. Doty, S.B.; Nunez, E.A. Anat Rec, Dec. 1985, v. 213 (4), p. 481-495. ISSN: 0003-276X.
NAL call no: 447.8 AN1
Descriptors: osteoclasts, activation, hibernation, bone surfaces.
The physiology and energetics of bat flight. Thomas, S.P. Proceedings of the International Bat Research Conference 5, 1980, p.393-402.
NAL call no: QL737 C5I55 1978
Descriptors: Chiroptera, metabolic rate, heart rate, flight, physiology, thermoregulation.
Sensory basis for spatial memory in bats. Mueller, H.C.; Mueller, N.S. Journal of Mammalogy, 1979, v. 60 (1), p. 198-201. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: orientation, visual stimuli, echolocation.
Canine tooth wear in captive big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Clark, D.R. Journal of Mammalogy, Nov. 1976, v. 57 (4), p. 778-780. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: Chiroptera, cuspid, tooth abrasion.
The Laboratory Biology of the Long-Tongued Fruit Bat, Glossophaga sorincina: Maintenance Procedures, Estivation, the Menstrual Cycle, Histophysiology of the Oviduct and Intramural Implantation. Rasweiler, J.J. IV. PhD Thesis, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University, 1970.
Descriptors: laboratory biology, maintenance, histopathology.
Longevity records for Artibus jamaicensis and Myotis nigricans. Wilson, D.E.; Tyson, E.L. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 51, p. 203. 1970. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: longevity records, Artibus, Myotis.
Energy utilization in a captive silver-haired bat. Neuhauser, H.N.; Brisbin, I.L. Bat Research News, 1969, v. 10, p. 30-31.
NAL call no: QL737.C5 B328
Descriptors: energy utilization, captive silver-haired bat.
Energy utilization in a captive hoary bat. Brisbin, I.L. Journal of Mammalogy, 1966, v. 47, p. 719-720. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: hoary bat, captive, energy utilization.
Observations on the vampire bat with special reference to longevity in captivity. Trapido, H. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 27 (3), p. 217-219. 1946. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823.
Descriptors: vampire bat, longevity in captivity, observations.
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