SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BAT FACTS

How Are Bats Classified?

Bogan, M. A., H. W. Setzer, J. S. Findley, and D. E. Wilson. 1978. Phenetics of Myotis blythi in Morocco. Pp. 217–230 in R. J. Olembo, J. B. Castelino, and F. A. Mutere, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth International Bat Research Conference. Nairobi, Kenya: National Academy for Advancement of Arts and Sciences.

Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137-242 in D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

—–. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics. Handbook of Zoology, Vol. 8, Pt. 60. New York: Walter de Gruyter.

How Are Bats Alike?

Baker, R. J., D. C. Carter, and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1976–79. Biology of Bats of the New World Family Phyllostomatidae. Lubbock: Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University. Pt. 1, 1976; Pt. 2, 1977; Pt. 3, 1979.

Crerar, L. M., and M. B. Fenton. 1984. Cervical vertebrae in relation to roosting posture in bats. Journal of Mammalogy 65 (2): 395-403.

Findley, J. S., E. H. Studier, and D. E. Wilson. 1972. Morphologic properties of bat wings. Journal of Mammalogy 53 (3): 429–444.

Findley, J. S., and D. E. Wilson. 1982. Ecological significance of chiropteran morphology. Pp. 243–260 in T. H. Kunz, ed. Ecology of Bats. New York: Plenum Press.

Hope, G. M., and K. P. Bhatnagar. 1980. Comparative electroretinography in phyllostomid and vespertilionid bats. Pp. 79–90 in D. E. Wilson and A. L. Gardner, eds. Proceedings of the Fifth International Bat Research Conference. Lubbock: Texas Tech Press.

Wilson, D. E. 1985. New mammal records from Sinaloa: Nyctinomops aurispinosa and Onychomys torridus. Southwestern Naturalist 30:303-304.

Wilson, D. E., and A. L. Gardner, eds. 1980. Proceedings of the Fifth International Bat Research Conference. Lubbock: Texas Tech Press.

How Do Bats Differ from Other Mammals?

Wilson, D. E. 1989. Bats. Pp. 365–382 in H. Lieth and M. J. A. Werger, eds. Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

What Is Echolocation?

Forbes, B., and E. M. Newhook. 1990. A comparison of the performance of three models of bat detectors. Journal of Mammalogy 71 (1): 108–110.

How Do Bats Fly?

Norberg, U. M. 1990. Vertebrate Flight. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Pennycuick, C. J. 1972. Animal Flight. London: Edward Arnold Studies in Biology, No. 33.

Wilson, D. E., and J. Engbring. 1992. The flying foxes Pteropus samoensis and Pteropus tonganus: Status in Fiji and Samoa. Pp. 74–101 in D. E. Wilson and G. L. Graham, eds. Pacific Island Flying Foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (23): 74–101.

How Fast Can Bats Fly?

Hayward, B., and R. Davis. 1964. Flight speeds in western bats. Journal of Mammalogy 45 (2): 236–241.

Wilson, D. E. 1988. Maintaining bats for captive studies. Pp. 247–264 in T. H. Kunz, ed. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Do Bats Fly in Flocks?

Handley, C. O., Jr., and D. W. Morrison. 1991. Foraging behavior. Pp. 137–140 in C. O. Handley, Jr., D. E. Wilson, and A. L. Gardner. Demography and Natural History of the Common Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Howell, D. J. 1979. Flock foraging in nectar-feeding bats: Advantages to the bats and to the host plants. American Naturalist 114:23–49.

Sazima, I., and M. Sazima. 1977. Solitary and group foraging: Two flower-visiting patterns of the lesser spear-nosed bat Phyyllostomus discolor. Biotropica 9:213-215.

Are All Bats Brown?

Gardner, A. L., and D. E. Wilson. 1970. A melanized subcutaneous covering of the cranial musculature in the phyllostomid bat, Ectophylla alba. Journal of Mammalogy 52 (4): 854–855.

What Are the Largest and Smallest Bats?

Brosset, A. 1966. La Biologie des chiroptères. Paris: Masson et Cie.

How Long Do Bats Live?

Handley, C. O., Jr., D. E. Wilson, and A. L. Gardner. 1991. Demography and Natural History of the Common Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panamé. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Wilson, D. E., and E. L. Tyson. 1970. Longevity records for Artibeus jamaicensis and Myotis nigricans. Journal of Mammalogy 51 (1): 203.

Where Do Bats Live?

Findley, J. S., and D. E. Wilson. 1974. Observations on the neotropical disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor. Journal of Mammalogy 55 (3): 562–571.

—–. 1984. Ate bats rare in tropical Africa? Biotropica 15:299-303.

Gardner, A. L., R. K. LaVal, and D. E. Wilson. 1970. The distributional status of some Costa Rican bats. Journal of Mammalogy 51 (4): 712-729.

Hensley, D. 1993. Motorola supports bat house research project. Bats 11 (4): 16.

Mok, W. Y., L. A. Lacey, R. C. Luizao, and D. E. Wilson. 1982. Lista atualizada de quirópteros da Amazônia Brasileira. Acta Amazonica 12:817–823.

Studier, E. H., and D. E. Wilson. 1983. Natural urine concentrations and composition in neotropical bats. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 75A:509–515.

Studier, E. H., S. J. Wisniewski, A. T. Feldman, R. W. Dapson, B. C. Boyd, and D. E. Wilson. 1983. Kidney structure in neotropical bats. Journal of Mammalogy 64 (3): 445-452.

Tuttle, M. D., and D. L. Hensley. 1993. The Bat House Builder’s Handbook. Austin, Tex.: Bat Conservation International.

Tuttle, M. D., and D. A. R. Taylor. 1994. Bats and Mines. Austin, Tex.: Bat Conservation International Resource Publication, No. 3: 1–41.

Wilson, D. E. 1970. An unusual roost of Artibeus cinereus watsoni. Journal of Mammalogy 51 (1): 204–205.

—–. 1973. Bat faunas: A trophic comparison. Systematic Zoology 22 (1): 14–29.

Wilson, D. E., and J. S. Findley. 1972. Randomness in bat homing. American Naturalist 106:418–424.

Wilson, D. E., R. A. Medellín, D. V. Lanning, and H. T. Arita. 1985. Los Murciélagos del noreste de México, con una lista de especies. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 8:1–26.

How Do Bats Reproduce?

Altenbach, J. S., K. N. Geluso, and D. E. Wilson. 1976. Bat mortality: Pesticide poisoning and migratory stress. Science 194:184–186.

Fleming, T. H., E. T. Hooper, and D. E. Wilson. 1972. Three Central American bat communities: Structure, reproductive cycles, and movement patterns. Ecology 53 (4): 555–569.

Mares, M. A., and D. E. Wilson. 1971. Bat reproduction during the Costa Rican dry season. BioScience 21:471–477.

Racy, P. A. 1982. Ecology of bat reproduction. Pp. 57–104 in T. H. Kunz, ed. Ecology of Bats. New York: Plenum Press.

Wilson, D. E. 1973. Reproduction in neotropical bats. Periodicum Biologorum 75:215–217.

—–. 1983. Myotis nigricans (Murciélago pardo, black myotis). Pp. 477–478 in D. H. Janzen, ed. Costa Rican Natural History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Wilson, D. E., and J. S. Findley. 1970. Reproductive cycle of a neotropical insectivorous bat, Myotis nigricans. Nature 225:1155.

—–. 1971. Spermatogenesis in some neotropical species of Myotis. Journal of Mammalogy 52 (2): 420–426.

Wilson, D. E., C. O. Handley, Jr., and A. L. Gardner. 1991. Reproduction on Barro Colorado Island. Pp. 43–52 in C. O. Handley, Jr., D. E. Wilson, and A. L. Gardner. Demography and Natural History of the Common Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Wilson, D. E., and R. K. LaVal. 1974. Myotis nigricans. Mammalian Species 39:1–4.

How and Where Do Mother Bats Give Birth?

Wilson, D. E. 1971. Ecology of Myotis nigricans (Mammalia: Chiroptera) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Journal of Zoology 163 (1): 1–13.

How Long Do Mother Bats Suckle Their Young?

Wilson, D. E. 1979. Reproductive patterns. Pp. 317–378 in R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones, Jr., and D. C. Carter, eds. Biology of Bats of the New World Family Phyllostomatidae. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University. Pt. 3, No. 16.

How Fast Do Bats Grow?

Adams, R. A., and S. C. Pedersen. 1994. Wings on their fingers. Natural History 103 (1): 48–54.

What Do Bats Eat?

Fascione, N., T. Marceron, and M. B. Fenton. 1991. Evidence for mosquito consumption in M. lucifugus. Bat Research News 32 (1): 2–3.

Ferrell, C. S., and D. E. Wilson. 1991. Platyrrhinus helleri. Mammalian Species 373:1–5.

Medellín, R. A., D. Navarro-L., and D. E. Wilson. 1985. Micronycteris brachyotis. Mammalian Species 251:1–4.

Mizutani, H., D. A. McFarlane, and Y. Kabaya. 1992. Nitrogen and carbon isotope study of bat guano core from Eagle Creek Cave, Arizona, U.S.A. Mass Spectroscopy 40 (1): 57–65.

Rydell, J. 1989. Food habits of northern (Eptesicus nilssoni) and brown long-eared (Plecotus auritus) bats in Sweden. Holarctic Ecology 12:16-20.

Studier, E. H., B. C. Boyd, A. T. Feldman, R. W. Dapson, and D. E. Wilson. 1983. Renal function in the neotropical bat Artibeus jamaicensis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 74A:199–209.

Whitaker, J. O., Jr. 1993. Bats, beetles, and bugs. Bats 11 (1): 23.

Wilson, D. E. 1990. Mammals of La Selva, Costa Rica. Pp. 273-286 in A. H. Gentry, ed. Four Neotropical Forests. New Haven: Yale University Press.

—–. 1991. Mammals of the Tres Marias Islands. Pp. 214–250 in T. A. Griffiths and D. Klingener, eds. Contributions to Mammalogy in Honor of Karl F. Koopman. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, No. 206.

Wilson, D. E., and I. Gamarra de Fox. 1991. El Murciélago Macrophyllum macrophyllum en Paraguay. Boletín de Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay 10:33–35.

Zortéa, M., and S. L. Mendes. 1993. Folivory in the big fruit-eating bat, Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in eastern Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9:117–120.

How Do Bats Find Food?

Tuttle, M. D. 1982. The amazing frog-eating bat. National Geographic 161 (1): 78–91.

Wilson, D. E. 1971. Food habits of Micronycteris hirsuta (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Mammalia 35 (1): 107–110.

How Smart Are Bats?

Baron, G., and P. Jolicoeur. 1980. Brain structure in Chiroptera: Some multivariate trends. Evolution 34:386–393.

Eisenberg, J. H., and D. E. Wilson. 1978. Relative brain size and feeding strategies in the Chiroptera. Evolution 32:740–751.

What Do Bats Do in Winter?

Studier, E. H., and D. E. Wilson. 1970. Thermoregulation in some neotropical bats. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 34:252–262.

—–. 1979. Effects of captivity on thermoregulation and metabolism in Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 62B:347–350.

Why Do Some Bats Migrate?

Geluso, K. N., J. S. Altenbach, and D. E. Wilson. 1981. Organochlorine residues in young Mexican free-tailed bats from several roosts. American Midland Naturalist 105:249–257.

Timm, R. M., D. E. Wilson, B. L. Clawson, R. K. LaVal, and C. M. Vaughan. 1989. Mammals of the Braulio Carrillo–La Selva Complex, Costa Rica. North American Fauna, No. 75.

Wilson, D. E. 1980. Murciélagos migratorios en el continente Americano. Organización de los Estados Americanos, Reunión técnica sobre conservación de animales migratorios des hemisferio occidental y sus ecosistemas. SG/Ser.P/III.3: 62–63.

Do Bats Have Enemies?

Johns, A. D., R. H. Pine, and D. E. Wilson. 1985. Rainforest bats: An uncertain future. Bat News 5:4–5.

Wilson, D. E. 1990. Pacific flying foxes surveyed. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 15:4.

2. BAT EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY

When Did Bats Evolve?

Jepsen, G. L. 1980. Bat origins and evolution. Pp. 1–64 in W. A. Wimsatt, ed. Biology of Bats. New York: Academic Press, Vol. 1.

Simmons, N. 1994. The case for chiropteran monophyly. American Museum Novitates 3103:1–54.

Smith, J. D. 1980. Chiropteran phylogenetics: Introduction. Pp. 233–244 in D. E. Wilson and A. L. Gardner, eds. Proceedings of the Fifth International Bat Research Conference. Lubbock: Texas Tech Press.

Van Valen, L. 1979. The evolution of bats. Evolutionary Theory 4:103–121.

Where Are Fossil Bats Found?

Ray, C. E., and D. E. Wilson. 1979. Evidence for Macrotus californicus from Terlingua, Texas. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University 57:1–10.

How Many Species of Bats Are There?

Ascorra, C. F., D. E. Wilson, and M. Romo. 1991. Lista anotada de los quirópteros del Parque Nacional Manu, Perú. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Ser. A Zoologia 42:1–14.

Engstrom, M. D., T. E. Lee, and D. E. Wilson. 1987. Bauerus dubiaquercus. Mammalian Species 282:1–3.

Engstrom, M. D., and D. E. Wilson. 1981. Systematics of Antrozous dubiaquercus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with comments on the status of Bauerus Van Gelder. Annals of Carnegie Museum 50:371–383.

Greenbaum, I. F., R. J. Baker, and D. E. Wilson. 1975. Evolutionary implications of the karyotypes of the Stenodermine Genera Ardops, Ariteus, Phyllops, and Ectophylla. Bulletin of Southern California Academy of Science 74:156–159.

Hill, J. E. 1974. A new family, genus, and species of bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Thailand. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 27:301–336.

Lim, B. K., and D. E. Wilson. 1993. Taxonomic status of Artibeus amplus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 74 (3): 763–768.

Wilson, D. E., and J. A. Salazar. 1990. Los Murciélagos de la reserva de la biósfera “Estación Biológica Beni.” Ecologia en Bolivia 13:47–56.

What Characterizes the Major Groups of Bats?

Lassieur, S., and D. E. Wilson. 1989. Lonchorhina aurita. Mammalian Species 347:1–4.

Wilson, D. E., and G. Graham, eds. 1992. Pacific Island Flying Foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90 (23): 1–176.

Flying Foxes

DeFrees, S. L., and D. E. Wilson. 1988. Eidolon helvum. Mammalian Species 312:1–5.

Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker’s Mammals of the World. 5th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 1.

Blossom Bats

Strahan, R. 1995. Complete Book of Australian Mammals. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Mouse-Tailed Bats

Lekagul, B., and J. A. McNeely. 1977. Mammals of Thailand. Bangkok: Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, Sahakarnbhat.

Qumsiyeh, M. B., and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1986. Rhinopoma hardwickii and Rhinopoma muscatellum. Mammalian Species 263:1–5.

Hog-Nosed Bats

Hill, J. E., and S. E. Smith. 1981. Craseonycteris thonglongyai. Mammalian Species 160:1–4.

White Bats

Ceballos-G., G., and R. A. Medellín. 1988. Diclidurus albus. Mammalian Species 325:1–4.

Slit-Faced Bats

Rosevear, D. R. 1965. The Bats of West Africa. London: British Museum (Natural History).

Old World False Vampire Bats

Hudson, W. S., and D. E. Wilson. 1986. Macroderma gigas. Mammalian Species 260:1–4.

Horseshoe Bats

Kingdon, J. 1974. East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Vol. 2(A). Insectivores and Bats. London: Academic Press.

Roundleaf Bats

Hill, J. E., and J. D. Smith. 1984. Bats: A Natural History. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Bulldog Bats

Hood, C. S., and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1984. Noctilio leporinus. Mammalian Species 216:1–7.

Hood, C. S., and J. Pitocchelli. 1983. Noctilio albiventris. Mammalian Species 197:1–5.

Naked-Backed Bats

Herd, R. M. 1983. Pteronotus parnellii. Mammalian Species 209:1–5.

Spectral Vampire Bats

Ascorra, C. F., D. E. Wilson, and A. L. Gardner. 1991. Geographic distribution of Micronycteris schmidtorum Sanborn (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104:351–355.

Navarro, D., and D. E. Wilson. 1982. Vampyrum spectrum. Mammalian Species 184: 1–4.

Nectar-Feeding Bats

Arita, H. T., and D. E. Wilson. 1987. Long-nosed bats and agaves: The tequila connection. Bats 5 (4): 3–5.

—–. 1990. Operación Tequila: Los Murciélagos narigudos y el agave. México Desconocido 13:25–31.

Flower Bats

Nellis, D. W., and C. P. Ehle. 1977. Observations on the behavior of Brachyphylla cavernarum (Chiroptera) in Virgin Islands. Mammalia 41 (4): 403–409.

Long-Tongued Bats

Hill, J. E., and J. D. Smith. 1984. Bats: A Natural History. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Short-Tailed Fruit Bats

Fleming, T. H. 1988. The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Wilson, D. E. 1990. Review of The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat: A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions (by Theodore H. Fleming). Journal of Wildlife Management 54:369–370.

American Epauletted Bats

Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker’s Mammals of the World. 5th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 1.

Tent-Making Bats

Baker, R. J., and C. L. Clark. 1987. Uroderma bilobatum. Mammalian Species 279:1–4.

Barbour, T. 1932. A peculiar roosting habit of bats. Quarterly Review of Biology 7:307–312.

Foster, M. F., and R. M. Timm. 1976. Tent-making by Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) with comments on plants used by bats for tents. Biotropica 8:265–269.

Lewis, S. E., and D. E. Wilson. 1987. Vampyressa pusilla. Mammalian Species 292:1–5.

Vampire Bats

Altenbach, J. S. 1979. Locomotor Morphology of the Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus. Special Publication 6, American Society of Mammalogists.

Greenhall, A. M., G. Joermann, U. Schmidt, and M. R. Seidel. 1983. Desmodus rotundus. Mammalian Species 202:1–6.

Turner, D. C. 1975. The Vampire Bat: A Field Study in Behavior and Ecology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Wilson, D. E., 1980. Locomotor morphology of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus. (Review.) Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter 8:14–15.

Funnel-Eared Bats

Hill, J. E., and J. D. Smith. 1984. Bats: A Natural History. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Thumbless Bats

LaVal, R. K. 1977. Notes on some Costa Rican bats. Brenesia 10–11: 77-83.

Sucker-Footed Bats

Hill, J. E., and J. D. Smith. 1984. Bats: A Natural History. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Disk-Winged Bats

Wilson, D. E. 1976. The subspecies of Thyroptera discifera (Lichtenstein and Peters). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89:305–312.

—–. Thyroptera discifera. Mammalian Species 104:1–3.

Wilson, D. E., and J. S. Findley. 1977. Thyroptera tricolor. Mammalian Species 71:1–3.

Painted Bats

Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker’s Mammals of the World, 5th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 1.

Little Brown Bats

Fenton, M. B., and R. M. R. Barclay. 1980. Myotis lucifugus. Mammalian Species 142:1–8.

Tube-Nosed Insectivorous Bats

Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker’s Mammals of the World, 5th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 1.

Long-Fingered Bats

Van Der Merwe, M. 1978. Postnatal development and mother-infant relationships in the Natal clinging bat Miniopterus schreibersi natalensis (A. Smith, 1834). Proceedings of the Fourth International Bat Research Conference. Nairobi, Kenya: National Academy for Advancement of Arts and Sciences. 1:309–322.

Short-Tailed Bats

Fenton, M. B. 1992. Bats. New York: Facts on File.

Free-Tailed Bats

Altenbach, J. S., K. N. Geluso, and D. E. Wilson. 1979. Population size of Tadarida brasiliensis at Carlsbad Caverns in 1973. Pp. 341–348 in H. H. Genoways and R. J. Baker, eds. Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. U.S. National Park Service Proceedings and Transactions Series, No. 4.

Ascorra, C. F., D. E. Wilson, and C. O. Handley, Jr. 1991. Geographic distribution of Molossops neglectus Williams and Genoways (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Journal of Mammalogy 72 (4): 828–830.

Wilson, D. E., K. N. Geluso, and J. S. Altenbach. 1978. The ontogeny of fat deposition in Tadarida brasiliensis. R. J. Olembo, J. B. Castelino, and F. A. Mutere, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth International Bat Research Conference. Nairobi, Kenya: National Academy for Advancement of Arts and Sciences. 1:15–20.

3. BATS AND HUMANS

How Can I Attract Bats?

Tuttle, M. D., and D. L. Hensley. 1993. The Bat House Builder’s Handbook. Austin, Tex.: Bat Conservation International.

What Are Some Myths and Legends about Bats?

McCracken, G. F. 1993. Folklore and the origin of bats. Bats 11 (4): 11–13.

What Good Are Bats?

Ascorra, C. F., and D. E. Wilson. 1992. Bat frugivory and seed dispersal in the Amazon, Loreto, Perú. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Ser. A Zoologia 43:1–6.

How Do Scientists Catch Bats?

Kunz, T. H., ed. 1988. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.