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Section 1: Introduction. Overview of this book / Theodore H. Fleming, Liliana M. Dávalos, and Marco A. R. Mello
Setting the stage : climate, geology, and biota / Theodore H. Fleming
Section 2: Phylogeny and evolution. Phylogeny, fossils, and biogeography : the evolutionary history of superfamily Noctilionoidea (Chiroptera: Yangochiroptera) / Norberto P. Giannini and Paúl M. Velazco
Diversity and discovery : a golden age / Andrea L. Cirranello and Nancy B. Simmons
Fragments and gaps : the fossil record / Nancy B. Simmons, Gregg F. Gunnell, and Nicolas J. Czaplewski
Phylogenetics and historical biogeography / Liliana M. Dávalos, Paúl M. Velazco, and Danny Rojas
Adapt or live : adaptation, convergent evolution, and plesiomorphy / Liliana M. Dávalos, Andrea L. Cirranello, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Stephen J. Rossiter, and Danny Rojas
The evolution of body size in Noctilionoid bats / Norberto P. Giannini, Lucila I. Amador, and R. Leticia Moyers Arévalo
Section 3: Contemporary biology. Structure and function of bat wings : a view from the Phyllostomidae / Sharon M. Swartz and Justine J. Allen
The relationship between physiology and diet / Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto and L. Gerardo Herrera M.
Sensory and cognitive ecology / Jeneni Thiagavel, Signe Brinkløv, Inga Geipel, and John M. Ratcliffe
Reproduction and life histories / Robert M. R. Barclay and Theodore H. Fleming
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and mating systems / Danielle M. Adams, Christopher Nicolay, and Gerald S. Wilkinson
Section 4: Trophic ecology. The omnivore's dilemma : the paradox of the Generalist predators / Claire T. Hemingway, M. May Dixon, and Rachel A. Page
Vampire bats / John W. Hermanson and Gerald G. Carter
The ecology and evolution of nectar feeders / Nathan Muchhala and Marco Tschapka
The frugivores : evolution, functional traits, and their role in seed dispersal / Romeo A. Saldaña-Vázquez and Theodore H. Fleming
Section 5: Population and community ecology. Roosting ecology : the importance of detailed description / Armando Rodríguez-Durán
Population biology / Theodore H. Fleming and Angela M. G. Martino
Community ecology / Richard D. Stevens and Sergio Estrada-Villegas
Network science as a framework for bat studies / Marco A. R. Mello and Renata L. Muylaert
Contemporary biogeography / Richard Stevens, Marcelo M. Weber, and Fabricio Villalobos
Section 6: Conservation. Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Brazilian Phyllostomids / Enrico Bernard, Mariana Delgado-Jaramillo, Ricardo B. Machado, and Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar
Threats, status, and conservation perspectives for leaf-nosed bats /
Jafet M. Nassar, Luis F. Aguirre, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, and Rodrigo A. Medellín.
Setting the stage : climate, geology, and biota / Theodore H. Fleming
Section 2: Phylogeny and evolution. Phylogeny, fossils, and biogeography : the evolutionary history of superfamily Noctilionoidea (Chiroptera: Yangochiroptera) / Norberto P. Giannini and Paúl M. Velazco
Diversity and discovery : a golden age / Andrea L. Cirranello and Nancy B. Simmons
Fragments and gaps : the fossil record / Nancy B. Simmons, Gregg F. Gunnell, and Nicolas J. Czaplewski
Phylogenetics and historical biogeography / Liliana M. Dávalos, Paúl M. Velazco, and Danny Rojas
Adapt or live : adaptation, convergent evolution, and plesiomorphy / Liliana M. Dávalos, Andrea L. Cirranello, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Stephen J. Rossiter, and Danny Rojas
The evolution of body size in Noctilionoid bats / Norberto P. Giannini, Lucila I. Amador, and R. Leticia Moyers Arévalo
Section 3: Contemporary biology. Structure and function of bat wings : a view from the Phyllostomidae / Sharon M. Swartz and Justine J. Allen
The relationship between physiology and diet / Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto and L. Gerardo Herrera M.
Sensory and cognitive ecology / Jeneni Thiagavel, Signe Brinkløv, Inga Geipel, and John M. Ratcliffe
Reproduction and life histories / Robert M. R. Barclay and Theodore H. Fleming
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and mating systems / Danielle M. Adams, Christopher Nicolay, and Gerald S. Wilkinson
Section 4: Trophic ecology. The omnivore's dilemma : the paradox of the Generalist predators / Claire T. Hemingway, M. May Dixon, and Rachel A. Page
Vampire bats / John W. Hermanson and Gerald G. Carter
The ecology and evolution of nectar feeders / Nathan Muchhala and Marco Tschapka
The frugivores : evolution, functional traits, and their role in seed dispersal / Romeo A. Saldaña-Vázquez and Theodore H. Fleming
Section 5: Population and community ecology. Roosting ecology : the importance of detailed description / Armando Rodríguez-Durán
Population biology / Theodore H. Fleming and Angela M. G. Martino
Community ecology / Richard D. Stevens and Sergio Estrada-Villegas
Network science as a framework for bat studies / Marco A. R. Mello and Renata L. Muylaert
Contemporary biogeography / Richard Stevens, Marcelo M. Weber, and Fabricio Villalobos
Section 6: Conservation. Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Brazilian Phyllostomids / Enrico Bernard, Mariana Delgado-Jaramillo, Ricardo B. Machado, and Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar
Threats, status, and conservation perspectives for leaf-nosed bats /
Jafet M. Nassar, Luis F. Aguirre, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, and Rodrigo A. Medellín.