Volume 3: Biologie (English, German, Book)

This third Part (62) of Volume VIII (Mammalia) of the Handbook of Zoology completes the series on bats. In this volume Erwin Kulzer presents the biology of bats, drawing on the profound knowledge from a lifetime of study. The contents reach from egg maturation to birth, from nutrition and its acquisition to social behavior and communicative relationships. In each chapter numerous figures and tables supplement the text. An extensive reference list of more than 1300 titles makes the book an indispensable reference work.