Echolocation: seeing with sound. Introduction ; Sounds and echoes ; Timing ; Signal strength ; Self-deafening ; Morphology and echolocation ; The unexpected ; Box 1. other echolocators ; Box 2. bat detectors
What bats eat . Introduction ; Skulls, jaws and teeth ; DNA barcoding ; Classifying bats by their diets ; Energetic realities and food consumption ; Hoary bats, a case study ; The impact of energy on diet ; Foraging and eating behavior ; Digestion and food passage ; Bats and pest control ; Bats and mosquitoes ; Limitations on bats' diets
Where bats hang out. Bats and their nests ; The roost needs of bats ; Sites used as roosts by bats ; Hollows ; Foliage ; Crevices ; Specialized ; Bats making roosts ; Some consequences ... HN3 O2 ; Hibernation ; Box 6.1 bat boxes and bat houses ; Box 6.2 ectoparasites of bats
Life histories of bats. Old bats ; Reproduction ; Implantation ; Pregnancy ; Birth ; Lactation ; Growth after birth ; Delays to get the timing right ; Big brown bats ; Vulnerabilities of bats ; Bat-eating bats
Behavior of bats. What is a colony of bats? ; Bat one roost? ; Activity patterns of bats ; Swarming behavior ; Signals of bats ; Olfactory signals ; Bat-to-bat acoustic signals ; Roosts ; Air traffic control ; Acoustic, olfactory, and visual signals ; Mother-young behavior ; Territorial bats ; Social systems around reproduction in bats ; Learning by bats ; Migrations of bats
Bats and diseases ; WNS White-Nosed Syndrome ; Transfer of disease-causing organisms from bats to humans ; Bat bites ; Bat bites and rabies ; Other lyssaviruses ; Other viruses ; Bats and diseases of humans ; Risk management
Bats and people. Bats in art ; Bats as symbols ; Bats on coins and stamps ; Bats and the military ; Bats in heraldry ; Myths about bats ; Vampires
