Bats
OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
A BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND TAXONOMIC SYNTHESIS
2ND EDITION
First published in South Africa by:
Wits Universty Press
1 Jan Smuts Avenue
Johannesburg 2001
Copyright © A. Monadjem, P. J. Taylor, F. P. D. Cotterill and M. C. Schoeman 2020
Published edition © Wits University Press 2020
Distribution maps © A. Monadjem
Echolocation diagrams © M. C. Schoeman
Drawings © Christeen Grant
Cover image © Piotr Naskrecki: Glauconycteris variegatus drinking water
First published 2010
Second edition 2020
http://dx.doi.org.10.18772/22020085829
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Contents
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND PIONEERING RESEARCHERS
Databases and authors’ contributions
Foraging ecology and associated ecological services
Types of bat echolocation pulses