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New paperback edition of this essential text on bat ecology.

From the publisher's announcement:

In recent years researchers have discovered that bats play key roles in many ecosystems as insect predators, seed dispersers, and pollinators. Bats also display astonishing ecological and evolutionary diversity and serve as important models for studies of a wide variety of topics, including food webs, biogeography, and emerging diseases. World-renowned bat scholars present an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative review of this research. Covers the life history and behavioural ecology of bats, from migration to sperm competition and natural selection; functional ecology, including ecomorphology, feeding, and physiology; macroecological issues such as the evolution of ecological diversity, range size, and infectious diseases (including rabies); and conservation challenges facing these fascinating flying mammals.

Contributors:
John D. Altringham, Robert M. R. Barclay, Tenley M. Conway, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Peggy Eby, Abigail C. Entwistle, Theodore H. Fleming, Patricia W. Freeman, Lawrence D. Harder, Gareth Jones, Linda F. Lumsden, Gary F. McCracken, Sharon L. Messenger, Bruce D. Patterson, Paul A. Racey, Jens Rydell, Charles E. Rupprecht, Nancy B. Simmons, Jean S. Smith, John R. Speakman, Richard D. Stevens, Elizabeth F. Stockwell, Sharon M. Swartz, Donald W. Thomas, Otto von Helversen, Gerald S. Wilkinson, Michael R. Willig, York Winter