Urban Bats

Chapter Outlines.- Section 1: What is an Urban Bat? Morphological, Physiological, Behavioural and Genetic Adaptations.- Chapter 1: Physiological adaptation of bats to urban areas.- Chapter 2: Genetic impoverishment and species endangerment in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 3: Behavioral preadaptation of molossid bats to urban environments.- Chapter 4: The ecology of bats and their parasites in relation to urbanisation.- Chapter 5: Effect of urbanization on the social and mating system of bats.- Section 2: How do Bats Inhabit Urban Environments? Uses of Artificial Roosts, the Aerospace, and Green Spaces.- Chapter 6: Roost selection by urban bats.- Chapter 7: Bat boxes as roosting habitat in cities - 'thinking outside the box'.- Chapter 8: Woah, living in the air! Aerial habitats and aeroconservation for urban bats.- Chapter 9: What traits of greenspace in urban environments influence bat abundance and diversity?.- Chapter 10: Urban bats living in the city of Recife, Brazil.-Section 3: How do Bats and Humans Interact in Urban Environments? Human Perceptions, Public Health, and Ecosystem Services of Bats.- Chapter 11: Human dimension of bats in the city.- Chapter 12: Public health /conflicts between humans and bats.- Chapter 13: Ecosystem services of bats in urban habitats.- Chapter 14: The big picture, and moving forward with urban bat research, management, and conservation.

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• Planeamento urbano e municipal
• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• Zoologia e ciências animais
• Conservação do ambiente
• Genética (não médica)
• Evolução

Chirpotera;Urban bats;habitats;wildlife management;human-modified ecosystems;urbanisation