"Bats" ed. by Heimo Mikkola

With the added knowledge through this book, we should know how best to cope with bats, which need all our support in the changing environments and climates.

Bats have a poor image for the public at large because they are often feared. This is usually due to ignorance. In this book, we have eight chapters on bats covering countries such as Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Pakistan, Poland, the UK and the USA and subjects ranging from acoustic monitoring of bat species for distribution and conservation purposes to various bat-borne and bat-carried diseases. These diseases cannot be taken lightly but should not be a reason for panic or to fear or even kill bats. Bats will not cause any harm if we let them live in peace.

Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: Bats Eaten by Owls
2 Comparison of Driving Transect Methods for Acoustic Monitoring of Bats
3 The Bat: A Benefactor Animal Poorly Understood in Algeria
4 Bats in Bulgaria: Patterns of Species Distribution, Richness, Rarity, and Vulnerability Derived from Distribution Models
5 Bat Conservation Management in Exploited European Temperate Forests
6 Bats in Northern Mountain Region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
7 The Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii, Kuhl, 1817) and Its Role as a Reservoir for Europe Bat Lyssavirus Type-2
8 Bats, Bat-Borne Viruses, and Environmental Changes