PHYLLOSTOMID BATS
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Section 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Overview of the Book
Theodore H. Fleming, Liliana M. Davalos, and Marco A. R. Mello

Chapter 2: Setting the Stage –Climate, Geology, and Biota
Theodore H. Fleming
Section 2: Phylogeny and Evolution

Chapter 3: Phylogeny, Fossils, and Biogeography: the Evolutionary History of Superfamily Noctilionoidea (Chiroptera: Yangochiroptera)
Norberto P. Giannini and Paúl M. Velazco

Chapter 4: Diversity and Discovery: a Golden Age
Andrea L. Cirranello and Nancy B. Simmons

Chapter 5: Fragments and Gaps: the Fossil Record
Nancy B. Simmons, Gary F. Gunnell, and Nicolas J. Czaplewski

Chapter 6: Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography
Liliana M. Davalos, Paúl M.Velazco, and Danny Rojas

Chapter 7: Adapt or Live: Adaptations, Convergent Evolution, and Plesiomorphy
Liliana M. Davalos, Andrea L. Cirranello, Elizabeth. R. Dumont, and Stephen J. Rossiter

Chapter 8: The Evolution of Body Size in Noctilionoid Bats
Norberto P. Giannini, Lucila I. Amador, and R. Leticia Moyers Arévalo
Section 3: Contemporary Biology

Chapter 9: Structure and Function of Bat Wings: a View from the Phyllostomidae
Sharon M. Swartz and Justime J. Allen

Chapter 10: The Relationship Between Physiology and Diet
Ariovaldo P. Cruz Neto and L. Gerardo Herrera M.

Chapter 11: Sensory and Cognitive Ecology
Jeneni Thiagavel, Signe Brinkløv, Inga Geipel, and John M. Ratcliffe

Chapter 12: Reproduction and Life Histories
Robert M. R. Barclay and Theodore H. Fleming

Chapter 13: Patterns of Sexual Dimorphism and Mating Systems
Danielle M. Adams, Christopher Nicolay, and Gerald S. Wilkinson
Section 4: Trophic Ecology

Chapter 14: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: the Paradox of the Generalist Predator
Claire T. Hemingway, M. May Dixon, and Rachel A. Page

Chapter 15: Vampire Bats
John W. Hermanson and Gerald G. Carter

Chapter 16: The Ecology and Evolution of Nectar-feeders
Nathan Muchhala and Marco Tschapka

Chapter 17: The Frugivores: Evolution, Functional Traits, and Their Role in Seed Dispersal
 Romeo A. Saldaña-Vázquez and Theodore H. Fleming
Section 5: Population and Community Ecology
Chapter 18: Roosting Ecology: the Importane of Detailed Description
Armando Rodríquez-Durán

Chapter 19: Population Biology
Theodore H. Fleming and Angela Martino

Chapter 20: Community Ecology
Richard D. Stevens and Sergio Estrada-Villegas

Chapter 21: Network Science as a Framework for Bat Studies
Marco A. R. Mello and Reynata L. Muylaert
 

Chapter 22: Contemporary Biogeography
Richard Stevens, Marcelo M. Weber, and Fabricio Villalobos
Section 6: Conservation

Chapter 23: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Brazilian Phyllostomids
Enrico Bernard and Mariana Delgado-Jaramillo

Chapter 24: Threats, Status, and Conservation Perspectives for Leaf-nosed Bats
Jafet M. Nassar, Luis F. Aguirre, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, and Rodrigo A. Medellin
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