Bat biology and ecology
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Welcome
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Slides and handouts
A year in the life of a bat
Flight and echolocation
Growth, maintenance and storage
Reproduction
Thermoregulation
Managing energy re-cap quiz
What is a bat roost?
Where do bats roost?
Roosting ecology
Types of bat roost
Conditions needed from a roost
Maternity roost - conditions
Male bats
Hibernation - conditions
Bat fat and hibernation
Emergence time
Bat roost re-cap quiz
Wing design 1
Wing design 2
Foraging
Echolocation
Echolocation call bandwidth explained with a torch
Prey defences
Hunting strategies
Echolocation calls of UK bats
Flight and foraging re-cap quiz
Mating strategies
Maternal cycle
Reproduction re-cap quiz
Bat population and conservation challenges