Project information
The status of Pipistrellus in the Czech Republic
- Project Identification
- GA206/02/0961
- Project Period
- 1/2002 - 12/2004
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
- Cooperating Organization
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Charles University
- Responsible person prof. RNDr. Ivan Horáček, CSc.
Two types of echolocation signals (phonotypes) of pipistrelle bats - Pipistrellus pipistrellus superspecies -have been recognized in Europe since the last decade of 20th century. Soon, further genetic, morphological and ecological differences were found, what led to recognize two distinct species: P.pipistrellus (sensu stricto) and P. pygmaeus/mediterraneus (there is no general agreement about the name of the second species). Both were recorded on the territory of the Czech Republic. The project aims at complex study of the two (or more?) sibling species to find their distribution, biological variability, the area of sympatry and the extent of overlap in their ecological niches and behavioural ecology, including the foraging strategies The complex study based on genetic, morphological, echolocation and further ecological and behavioural analyses will also focus at understanding the processes of speciation and formation of reproduction barriers between closely related species ofpipistrelle bats in central Europe.
Publications
Total number of publications: 17
2008
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Roost switching and activity patterns in the soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, during lactation
Annales zoologici Fennici, year: 2008, volume: 45, edition: 6
2006
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Potravní nabídka, potrava a lovecká aktivita netopýra nejmenšího (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) v
Abstrakty z konference, Zoologické dny Brno 2006, year: 2006
2005
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Are changes in internal roost temperature a good reason for bat movement?
Xth European Bat Research Symposium, 21-26 August 2005, Abstracts of conference, Galway, 2005, year: 2005
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Diet composition of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in a floodplain forest
Abstracts of 10th European Bat Research Symposium, Galway, Ireland, 21-26 August. 2005, year: 2005
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Distribution of Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus in the Czech Republic
Abstracts of 19th Ogolnopolska Konferencja Chiropterologiczna, Pokrzywna, 4-6 Listopada, 2005, year: 2005
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Doplněk k netopýrům (Chiroptera) východních Čech se zvláštním zřetelem k aktivitě na horském hřebeni
Lynx (Praha), n.d., year: 2005, volume: 36, edition: 1
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Changes in activity and habitat use of the soprano pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus revealed by radio-tracking
Abstracts of 19th Ogolnopolska Konferencja Chiropterologiczna, Pokrzywna, 4-6 Listopada, 2005, year: 2005
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Long-term changes in the numbers of bats hibernating in mass hibernacula on the territory of Moravia (Czech Republic)
Abstracts of 10th European Bat Research Symposium, Galway, Ireland, 21-26 August. 2005, year: 2005
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THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM MONITORING OF BAT POPULATIONS
Xth European Bat Research Symposium, 21-26 August 2005, year: 2005
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Variability in echolocation calls of Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) during search flight in different habitats
Acta Theriologica, year: 2005, volume: 50/2005, edition: 2