Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats

360 Pages·2006·6.18 MB·English

by  Akbar Zubaid

Functional and Evolutionary
Ecology of Bats
Akbar Zubaid
Gary F. McCracken
Thomas H. Kunz,
Editors
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
FUNCTIONAL
EVOLUTIONARY
AND
ECOLOGY BATS
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FUNCTIONAL
EVOLUTIONARY
AND
ECOLOGY BATS
OF
EDITED BY
Akbar Zubaid, Gary F. McCracken,
and Thomas H. Kunz
2006
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Preface
Researchonbatsduringthesecondhalfofthe20thcenturyhashadamarked
influence on how we now view these so-called secretive mammals. A new
generation of researchers has begun to advance our knowledge about bats
in disciplines including ecophysiology, functional morphology, population
biology, molecular ecology, and conservation biology, with increasing num-
bersofstudiesextendingtoremotecornersoftheEarth.Moreover,advances
in molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics, computational science, geo-
graphic information systems, sophisticated imaging systems, transponders,
and the miniaturization of radio-transmitters have provided new tools that
were unavailable to earlier generations of bat researchers.
The wealth of new technologies and information that has emerged from
both field and laboratory studies has had an enormous impact on how
research is now being conducted. Research on functional and evolutionary
ecology of bats has emerged from largely descriptive studies to emerging
emphases on hypothesis testing and experimentation in both the laboratory
and the field. In part, this reflects an increased recognition that bats provide
critical ecosystem services such as seed dispersal, pollination, and insect
control that sustain healthy populations. This is especially true in light of
growing concernover deforestation,habitat fragmentation,miningactivities,
andanincreasingthreattonaturalhabitatsfromair,water,andsoilpollution
and threats from global warming.
Thisvolumeistheoutgrowthofthreesymposiathatwereconvenedatthe
12th International Bat Research Conference, hosted by the Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia from August 5 to 9, 2001, held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. For this conference, the editors invited conveners to organize
symposia based on current research on functional and evolutionary ecology.
The conveners in turn selected speakers to present reviews and analyses of
their respective disciplines. Chapter authors were invited because they had
distinguished themselves by expanding their research beyond traditional
approaches.Theconvenerspreparedwrittenintroductionstotheirrespective
symposia so that the overall contributions could be framed in a broad
perspective.
The first section on physiological ecology focuses on thermal biology of
hibernation, energetics, daily heterothermy, and the evolution of basal
metabolicrate.Thenextsectiononmorphologyincludestopicsrangingfrom
formandfunctionofdentition,ecomorphology offlower-visitingbats,form,
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function, and phylogeny of quadrupedal bats, wing morphology and its
implications for flight performance, and the relationships between cranial
morphology and feeding ecology. The third section of the book on roosting
and population biology includes topics ranging from population genetic
structure, life-history traits, social behavior and relatedness, mating systems,
and roosting ecology.
This book would not have been possible without the dedication and
enthusiasmoftheconvenersofeachsessionwhohavehelpedcrafttheinvited
chapters into a synthetic whole. The convenors were not only instrumental
in inviting the participants but also arranged for reviewers, assisted in the
editing process, and wrote an introduction to their respective sessions. Each
manuscriptwasthoroughlyreadbyatleasttwoanonymousreviewers,andwe
thank our colleagues who reviewed one or more of the chapter manuscripts.
These individuals include Nadia Ayoub, Robert Barclay, Andy Biewener,
Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Mark Brigham, Tamsin Burland, Brock Fenton,
Rod Foster, Trish Freeman, Fritz Geiser, Erin Gillim, John Hermanson,
Anthony Herrel, Bruce Jayne, Kate Jones, Gerald Kerth, Barry Lovegrove,
Alex Menzel, Collin O’Donnell, Steve Rossiter, Amy Russell, Randy Small,
John Speakman, Tim Strickler, Carl Thulin, Don Thomas, Annie Tibbels,
Peter Ungar, Maarten Vonhof, Jerry Wilkinson, Craig Willis, and John
Winkelmann.
We also thank Bethany Bernasconi, Kristine Faloon, and Erin Ruppert
of Boston University’s Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology for
assisting in the final preparation of the book manuscript. We are grateful to
Kirk Jenson, who expressed enthusiasm for this project from the onset
and for his patience and forbearance. We especially thank Peter Prescott
who assumed responsibility for shepherding the final stages of this book
to completion. We also thank Kaity Cheng of the editorial and production
staff at Oxford University Press for her assistance in preparing the final
product. Finally, we thank our wives, Lisa Syarma Addini, Jamey Dobbs,
and Margaret Kunz, for their patience, tolerance, understanding, love, and
support.