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Bats of the Indian Subcontinent: Macintosh/Windows Version (World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM)
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Product Description
This CD-ROM, published by ETI and the Harrison Zoological Museum (UK), contains a treatise on all 119 species of bat known from the Indian subcontinent. With over 1000 illustrations, drawings and videos, this CD-ROM gives a detailed understanding of the morphology, variability, geographical distribution, biology, ecology and conservation status of each of the species. Three different illustrated computer-aided keys facilitate the identification of the species. All text is hyperlinked: an illustrated glossary defines specific scientific terms. The bibliography includes over 600 references from journals and books and a gazetteer is added (with illustrations) to specify the ca. 1400 localities mentioned in the text. This CD-ROM is an excellent introduction to the Indian bats and belongs in any modern scientific library.
Product Details
- Published on: 2000-08-07
- Original language: English
- Binding: CD-ROM
Editorial Reviews
(T.J. Roberts (1998), Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 95(3): 491. )
"just handling this book and idly looking at the drawings and species accounts, will fill any reader with both admiration and a desire to possess their own copy."
About the Author
Paul Bates has had an interest in mammals since his early days at school. Working for the Harrison Institute (hzm@btinternet.com), he has participated in numerous biodiversity field surveys in Asia and Africa and feels most comfortable when found deep in exotic caves surrounded by tens of thousands of roosting bats. He read geography at Oxford before completing his PhD at London University. Today, much of his time is spent collaborating with fellow scientists promoting the study and conservation of mammal diversity worldwide.
David Harrison, second son of the founder of the Harrison Institute (hzm@btinternet.com) has devoted much of his life to the study of mammals, both living and fossil. Awarded his PhD by Cambridge University, his interest in zoology has taken him world wide although with a particular interest in Arabia, Africa and Asia. He has won a number of prestigious international awards for his work and his studies of Arabian mammals have led to a string of research and conservation projects within the region. With many years of field experience and nearly 200 scientific publications to his name, David Harrison is a living encyclopaedia of biodiversity information.
