a 2008

Visual identification of Myotis mystacinus and M. brandtii in hibernacula: the Czech-Polish-German cross-border project

BARTONIČKA, Tomáš, Joanna FURMANKIEWICZ, Miroslav JÓŽA and Daniel HORÁČEK

Basic information

Original name

Visual identification of Myotis mystacinus and M. brandtii in hibernacula: the Czech-Polish-German cross-border project

Name in Czech

Vizuální identifikace Myotis mystacinus a M. brandtii na zimovištích: česko-polsko-německý projekt

Authors

BARTONIČKA, Tomáš, Joanna FURMANKIEWICZ, Miroslav JÓŽA and Daniel HORÁČEK

Edition

Bat of Sudety Mts. 2008

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

bats, coss border projects, German, Poland, Czechia
Změněno: 10/10/2008 10:50, doc. Mgr. Tomáš Bartonička, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

During hibernation periods 2003-2006 we examined four morphological features (colouration of the fur, colouration of the tragus in comparison with the bottom of inner edge of auricle, body size, colouration of the whole auricles and the muzzle) of 42 individuals of Myotis mystacinus and 55 M. brandtii in the mines (Malá Morávka, Czech Republic; Rehefeld, Germany), underground fortress (Netopierek, Poland) and in the caves (Roušarova cave, Czech Republic; Niedźwiedzia, Zimna cave, Poland; Došinská cave, Slovakia). Each bat was identified individually by each member of the research team (at least three or four persons). After this first identification the bats were handled, sexed, aged and reclassified properly. Weak but significant differencies between sex, age, body size and colour of the fur were found. Observers chose different priority features in different species and different priority feature in comparison to other members of research team. No significant correlation was found between the individually most important feature and species identification which was conducted before and after the handling. The most important features were colour of the fur on the back and colour of the bottom of inner edge of auricle. No significant differencies between correct identification and locality were found and the same goes for differencies between localities and the individually most important features. M. brandtii was classified more successfully than twice than M. mystacinus, despite of quite low level of colour variability of M. mystacinus during ontogeny. The project was supported by the Long-term Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic No MSM0021622416, the Grant of the Czech Science Foundation No 206/06/0954.

In Czech

Vizuální identifikace Myotis mystacinus a M. brandtii na zimovištích: česko-polsko-německý projekt

Links

GA206/06/0954, research and development project
Name: Vnitrodruhová variabilita populací dvou kryptických druhů netopýrů rodu Pipistrellus ve střední Evropě
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Intraspecific variability of populations of two cryptic bat species of genus Pipistrellus in 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