The Bats of Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bats of Texas write by David J. Schmidly. This book was released on 1991. The Bats of Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Texas, home to the world's largest remaining bat cave, Bracken Cave, has the most diverse bat fauna of any state.
Bats of Texas
Bats of Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bats of Texas write by Loren K. Ammerman. This book was released on 2012-04-25. Bats of Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With all new illustrations, color photographs, revised species accounts, updated maps, and a sturdy flexible binding, this new edition of the authoritative guide to bats in Texas will serve as the field guide and all-around reference of choice for amateur naturalists as well as mammalogists, wildlife biologists, and professional conservationists. Texas is home to all four families of bats that occur in the United States, including thirty-three species of these important yet increasingly threatened mammals. Although five species, each represented by a single specimen, may be regarded as vagrants, no other state has a bat fauna more diverse, from the state’s most common species, the Brazilian free-tailed bat, to the rare hairy-legged vampire. The introductory chapter of this new edition of Bats of Texas surveys bats in general—their appearance, distribution, classification, evolution, biology, and life history—and discusses public health and bat conservation. An updated account for each species follows, with pictures by an outstanding nature photographer, distribution maps, and a thorough bibliography. Bats of Texas also features revised and illustrated dichotomous keys accompanied by gracefully detailed line drawings to aid in identification. A list of specimens examined is located at batsoftexas.com.
Texas Bats
Texas Bats - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Texas Bats write by Merlin D. Tuttle. This book was released on 2003. Texas Bats available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Texas has thirty-two bat species, more than any other state. Bats rank among the state's most beneficial and fascinating allies. The majority eat insects, with just one colony consuming billions in a single night. Others are essential pollinators of desert plants. No other group of Texas mammals is more diverse or important to the balance of nature. This guide, produced by Bat Conservation International and the Texas Parks and Wildlife department, includes descriptions of Texas's bats, photographs, and range maps. It will convince readers that the bats' fearsome reputation is greatly undeserved.
Batty about Texas
Batty about Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Batty about Texas write by Smith, J. Jaye. This book was released on . Batty about Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bo, a Mexican free-tailed bat, journeys across Texas to teach young readers about the important role bats play in Texas ecology and describes the thirty-two different types of bats that make their home in the Lone Star State.
The Mammals of Texas
The Mammals of Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mammals of Texas write by David J. Schmidly. This book was released on 2016-08-09. The Mammals of Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From reviews of previous editions: “This is the standard reference about Texas mammals.” —Wildlife Activist “A must for anyone seriously interested in the wildlife of Texas.” —Texas Outdoor Writers Association News “[This book] easily fills the role of both a field guide and a desk reference, and is written in a style that appeals to the professional biologist and amateur naturalist alike. . . . [It] should prove useful to anyone with an interest in the mammal fauna of Texas or the southern Great Plains.” —Prairie Naturalist The Mammals of Texas has been the standard reference since the first edition was coauthored by William B. Davis and Walter P. Taylor in 1947. Revised several times over the succeeding decades, it remains the most authoritative source of information on the mammalian wildlife of Texas, with physical descriptions and life histories for 202 species, abundant photographs and drawings, and distribution maps. In this new edition, David J. Schmidly is joined by one of the most active researchers on Texas mammals, Robert D. Bradley, to provide a thorough update of the taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of all species of wild mammals that inhabit Texas today. Using the most recent advances in molecular biology and in wildlife ecology and management, the authors include the most current information about the scientific nomenclature, taxonomy, and identification of species, while also covering significant advances in natural history and conservation.
