Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus
hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech
Republic)

J 2005

Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech Republic)

ZUKAL, Jan, Hana BERKOVÁ and Zdeněk ŘEHÁK

Basic information

Original name

Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech Republic)

Name in Czech

Aktivita a výběr úkrytů Myotis myotis a Rhinolophus hipposideros v Kateřinské jeskyni (Česká republika)

Authors

ZUKAL, Jan (203 Czech Republic), Hana BERKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Zdeněk ŘEHÁK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Mammalian Biology, Jena, German Society of Mammalogy, 2005, 1616-5047

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.605

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/05:00058759

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000232228000002

Keywords in English

Bats; shelter selection; activity; hibernation

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

In 1992 – 1993, the bat species Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave were investigated by means of regular censuses without any handling and marking of the animals. Three basic parameters of their shelters were recorded (position in cave, type and relative height). In total, during 26 checks we registered 1141 findings of nine bat species. Movement activity, expressed as percentage of new findings during a particular visit, was registered during the whole winter season. Its level fluctuated in different way and the hibernation period of R. hipposideros could be divided into three different parts while the level of M. myotis movement activity was relatively high during all season. The shelter selection of R. hipposideros was not dependent on the part of cave where the bats were hibernating and it did not change during the season. Hibernating specimens of R. hipposideros used most frequently exposed places, where they were always hanging free. M. myotis was registered in all types of shelters with one exception. R. hipposideros used mainly the middle part of cave with the distance between 121 and 180 meters from the entrance. The most preferred part of the cave by M. myotis was small segment of Corridor (between 21 and 30 m) i. e. the entrance part of cave. R. hipposideros is a highly specialized species which prefers parts of cave with very stable microclimatic conditions, on the contrary M. myotis appears to be indifferent to all parameters studied, and it uses the shelters indiscriminately.

In Czech

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Links

MSM 143100010, plan (intention)

Name: Časoprostorová dynamika biodiverzity v ekosystémech střední Evropy.

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics in ecosystems of Central Europe

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

ZUKAL, Jan, Hana BERKOVÁ and Zdeněk ŘEHÁK. Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech Republic). Mammalian Biology. Jena: German Society of Mammalogy, 2005, vol. 70, No 5, p. 271-281. ISSN 1616-5047.

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ZUKAL, Jan, Hana BERKOVÁ and Zdeněk ŘEHÁK. Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech Republic). \textit{Mammalian Biology}. Jena: German Society of Mammalogy, 2005, vol.~70, No~5, p.~271-281. ISSN~1616-5047.

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