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Preface.. List of Contribution.. Part I. Monitoring and Tracking.. 1. Methods of Capturing and Handling Bats.. 2. Methods and Devices for Marking Bats.. 3. Radiotelemetry: Techniques and Analysis.. 4. Techniques for Photographing Bats.. 5. Detecting, Recording, and Analyzing Vocalizations of Bats.. 6. Survey and Monitoring of Bats.. Part II. Populations and Assemblages.. 7. Methods for Assessing Colony Size, Population Size, and Relative Abundance of Bats.. 8. Population Dynamics and Survivorship in Bats.. 9. Application of Dynamic Population Models to Bats.. 10. Analysis of Species Diversity of Bat Assemblages.. 11. Spatial Methods for the Macroecological Study of Bats.. Part III. Reproduction and Development.. 12. Reproductive Assessment of Bats.. 13. Methods for Assessing Prenatal Growth and Development in Bats.. 14. Methods for Assessing Size and Birth and Postnatal Growth and Development in Bats.. 15. Methods for Age Estimation and the Study of Senescence in Bats.. Part IV. Behavior and Bats in Captivity and in the Field.. 16. Maintaining Bats for Captive Studies.. 17. Behavioral Studies of Bats in Captivity: Methodology, Training, and Experimental Design.. 18. Field-based Observations and Experimental Studies of Bat Behavior.. Part V. Functional Morphology, Activity and Movement.. 19. Analysis of Bat Morphology.. 20. Biomechanical Approaches and Ecological Research for the Study of Bats.. 21. Flight Dynamics of Bats.. 22. Analyzing Bat Migration.. Part VI. Substance Analysis.. 23. Study and Analysis of Odor Involved in the Behavioral Ecology of Bats.. 24. Environmental Contaminants and Bats: Investigating Exposure and Effects.. 25. Methods of Measuring Milk Composition and Yield in Small Mammals.. 26. Hormone Analysis in Bats.. Part VII. Diet and Nutrition.. 27. Food Habits Analysis of Insectivorous Bats.. 28. Dietary Analysis of Plant-Visiting Bats

29. Nutritional Ecology and Analysis of the Diets of Plant-Visiting Bats.. Part VIII. Thermoregulation, Energetics and Water Balance.. 30. Energetic Analysis of Bats.. 31. Techniques for Studying Thermoregulation and Thermal Biology in Bats.. 32. Methods for Investigating Water Balance in Bats.. 33. Body Composition Analysis of Bats.. Part IX. Genetics and Evolution.. 34. Parentage and Kinship Analysis in Bats.. 35. Phylogenetic Tools for Examining Character and Clade Evolution in Bats.. 36. Phylogeographic Analysis of Bats.. 37. Karyotyping and Studying Chromosomes of Bats.. Part X. Parasites and Disease.. 38. Methods for Assessing Diseases in Bats.. 39. Methods for the Study of Bat Endoparasites.. 40. Collecting and Preserving Bat Ectoparasites for Ecological Study.. 41. Public Health Concerns and Bat Researchers.. Part XI. Conservation.. 42. Collection, Preparation, and Fixation of Bat Specimens and Tissues.. 43. Methods to Promote Bat Conservation Outreach and Education Through Science- and Research-Based Activities.. Index