Summary. A Guide is addressed to zoologists and all amatours who carry out investigations of nats in field conditions. This guide includes the review of bat fauna composition, distribution of bat fauna in a space and in a time, with morphological peculiarities of species as well as their distribution. Methods of searching of bat shelters and capturing of bats are described. Keys to all the genera and species of bats known in Ukraine and adjacent countries are presented. For all the species, brief essays with information on distribution (with maps), abundance, habitats, migration status are prepared.

Bibliography. Bats of Ukraine and adjacent countries: a guide for field investigations. (Zagorodniuk I., Godlevska L., Tyshchenko V., Petrushenko Ya.). Kyiv, 2002. 110 pp. (Series: Proceedings of the Theriological School, volume 3).
Text is ilustrated with 69 figures, 6 tables; there are 139 references in bibliography.
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Content

Foreword ... 5–6  >>>
Chapter I. Biological features and morphology of the bats ... 7–28  >>>
Chapter II. Cave communities of bats and methods of its census ... 29–38  >>>
Chapter III. Searching and methods of bats capturing ... 39–62  >>>
Chapter IV. Keys to identification of bat species ... 63–84  >>>
Chapter V. Descriptions of species ... 85–94  >>>
Chapter VI. Annexes and bibliography ... 95–106  >>>
Acknowledgements ... 107

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