Harvey, M. J., J. S. Altenbach, and T. L. Best.2011 Bats of the United States and Canada. 1st ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 202 pp. ISBN-978-1-4214-0191-1, price (paper), $24.95

M. J. Harvey, J. S. Altenbach, T. L. Best 2011 Bats of the United States and Canada. 1st ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 202 pp. ISBN-978-1-4214-0191-1, price (paper), $24.95. This book, as the authors note, “is an updated and expanded version” of their 1999 booklet, “Bats of the United States.” Indeed, the book reviewed here is new and improved; it covers considerably more facets of bat biology, updates details of life history, occurrence, and nomenclature of the 47 species (plus 4 species of accidental occurrence), and comes in a much more convenient and durable size (think field-guide size). The first 90 or so pages include overviews of a variety of topics including classification, biology, echolocation, foraging, summer and winter habitats, hibernation, migration, reproduction and longevity, bats as food (and bombs), attracting and controlling bats, diseases, current concerns (e.g., wind power, white-nose syndrome), conservation, and status. There also are short discussions of research techniques such as inventories, thermal imaging, nets and traps, bat banding (for more information on the …