B8085 Chiropterology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Zukal, Dr. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
B2090 System phylogeny vertebrates || B5060 Zoology of vertebrates
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Morphological, physiological and behavioural adaptations to flight. Activity rhythms, summer roosts, reproduction and development, movements, hibernation. Echolocation and foraging strategies. The problem of Chiropteran monophyly. Systematic review of the order Chiroptera. Man and bats, control measures, beneficial aspects, protection and conservation. Field and laboratory methods to study bats, data analysis and evaluation.
Syllabus
  • History of studying bats in the world and in this country. Major textbooks, chiropterological journals, proceedings and bulletins, other "traditional" channels of information. Classical methods of studying bats in the field. Characteristics of the order Chiroptera and its two suboreders, Mega- and Microchiroptera: morphology, taxonomy, distribution, ecology, behaviour, endangerment and conservation. Phylogeny and the problem of monophyly - are megabats flying prosimians? Survey of families, their characters, habits and habitats, selected species, importance with respect to the ecosystem biodiversity. European bat fauna. New methods of studying bats, information on www pages. Flight and echolocation, work with ultrasound bat detectors, food structure and feeding strategies. Energetical costs and benefits, thermoregulation, winter quarters and hibernation, summer and temporary quarters, social structure and communication. Physiology, ecology and ethology of reproduction, ontogeny, average and maximum age, population ecology, monitoring bat numbers. Behavioural ecology of bats, hunting grounds and foraging behaviour, activity rhythms, migrations and other movements, radio- telemetry of bats, bat communities and guilds. Practical training with living bats in laboratory and field.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět nebude otevírán každoročně.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000.
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