Marco Tschapka

About The Author

Dr. Marco Tschapka is a professor at the University of Ulm in Germany and a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. His research addresses bat-plant interactions, with a focus on the ecology of Neotropical nectar-feeding bats, their adaptations to nectarivory, and the plants they visit and pollinate. Tschapka received his master’s degree and PhD with Dr. Otto von Helversen at the University of Erlangen, Germany, on Neotropical flower-visiting bats. Together with his collaborators and students, he has worked on bat projects across Latin America, including in Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Panama. He lives in Ulm, Germany.

Books by Marco Tschapka

Bat Island

A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats

Featuring incredible photography and insight from an international team with long-term ties to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bat Island spotlights the unique beauty and environmental importance of the seventy-six species of bats on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island.
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