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OverviewAs dusk settles over the Costa Rican forest, the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, stirs from its cave roost. Flying out to search for ripe fruit, Carollia returns to a night roost in the forest vegetation to eat. After a few such flights Carollia rests, and the fruits pass through its short digestive tract. The seeds are excreted onto the ground, to be eaten in turn by mice and insects, but a few are pushed into crevices where they await the necessary conditions for germination. In The Short-tailed Fruit Bat, Theodore Fleming examines Carollia's role in the ecology of tropical forests. Based on more than ten years' research, this study provides the most detailed ecological and evolutionary account to date of the life history of a Neotropical mammal and includes striking photographs of the bats in flight. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Theodore H. FlemingPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.80cm Weight: 0.707kg ISBN: 9780226253282ISBN 10: 0226253287 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 11 October 1988 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTheodore H. Fleming is professor of biology at the University of Miami. He is coeditor with Alejandro Estrada of Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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