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Author Hall, Leslie S

Title Flying foxes : fruit and blossom bats of Australia / Leslie Hall and Greg Richards ; illustrated by Louise Saunders
Published Sydney : UNSW Press, 2000
Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2000
©2013

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 MELB  599.40994 Hal/Fff  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 135 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Australian natural history series
Australian natural history series.
Contents Introduction -- Historical background -- Identification and distribution -- Anatomy and physiology -- Reproduction and life cycle -- Mortality and disease -- Behaviour -- Diet and feeding ecology -- Migration -- Conservation and management -- Rehabilitation and rearing
Summary Sometimes kept as family pets, flying foxes are much beloved in Australia. Issues covered include descriptions of Australia's 13 species of flying foxes and blossom bats, their physiology of flight, ecology, diet and behaviour, and management of populations
Analysis Bats
Natural resource management
Physiology
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [118]-125
Subject Bats -- Australia -- Identification.
Bats -- Australia -- Identification.
Bats -- Australia.
Flying foxes -- Australia -- Identification.
Flying foxes -- Australia -- Identification.
Flying foxes -- Australia.
Author Richards, Gregory C., 1949-
Saunders, Louise.
LC no. 00002139
ISBN 0868405612
Other Titles Fruit and blossom bats of Australia
Fruit and blossom bats of Australia