Sociality in Bats

1. Introduction
Jack W. Bradbury

Part I. A Functional Analysis of Bat Sociality

2. The Social Organization and Behavior of the Brown Long-Eared Bat Plecotus auritus

Joanna Furmankiewicz

3. Sex-Biased Dispersal and Social Systems of Neotropical Emballonurids
Martina Nagy, Mirjam Knörnschild

4. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Fission–Fusion Dynamics in Bats
Krista J. Patriquin, John M. Ratcliffe

5. Sociality, Parasites, and Pathogens in Bats
Quinn M. R. Webber, Craig K. R. Willis

Part II. Information Transfer to Communicate Bat Facts

6. The Complex Songs of Two Molossid Species
Kirsten Bohn, Fernando Montiel-Reyes, Israel Salazar

7. Acoustic Communication and Group Cohesion in Spix’s Disc-Winged Bats
Gloriana Chaverri, Erin H. Gillam

8. Sexually Selected Vocalizations of Neotropical Bats
Mirjam Knörnschild, Maria Eckenweber, Ahana A. Fernandez, Martina Nagy

9. Daily and Seasonal Patterns of Singing by the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis

Michael Smotherman, Kirsten Bohn, Kaylee Davis, Kelly Rogers, Christine P. Schwartz

10. Social Learning and Information Transfer in Bats: Conspecific Influence Regarding Roosts, Calls, and Food
Genevieve Spanjer Wright

Part III. Ecological Aspects of Roosting and Foraging Social Behavior

11. Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) Day Roost Selection in the Southeastern Ontario Lake Plain of New York State
Michael S. Fishman

12. Effects of Range, Habitat and Roosting Ecology in Patterns of Group Association in Bats
Maria Sagot

13. Responses of Bat Social Groups to Roost Loss: More Questions Than Answers
Alexander Silvis, Nicole Abaid, W. Mark Ford, Eric R. Britzke

14. The Influence of Sex and Reproductive Status on Foraging Behavior and Seed Dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
David Villalobos-Chaves, Frank J. Bonaccorso, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, Eugenia Cordero-Schmidt, Adriana Arias-Aguilar, Christopher M. Todd

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