a 2011

ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF THREE CRYPTIC WHISKERED BATS (MYOTIS ALCATHOE, MYOTIS MYSTACINUS, MYOTIS BRANDTII) LIVING IN SYMPATRY

LUČAN, Radek, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Tereza BŘEZINOVÁ, Helena JAHELKOVÁ, Martin ŠÁLEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF THREE CRYPTIC WHISKERED BATS (MYOTIS ALCATHOE, MYOTIS MYSTACINUS, MYOTIS BRANDTII) LIVING IN SYMPATRY

Authors

LUČAN, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tereza BŘEZINOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Helena JAHELKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Martin ŠÁLEK (203 Czech Republic) and Tereza VLASATÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

XIIth European Bat Resesarch Symposium, 2011

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Latvia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/11:00052975

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

Myotis mystacinus group telemetry
Změněno: 11/10/2011 13:33, doc. Mgr. Tomáš Bartonička, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

we recorded Myotis alcathoe at nine sites within three distant areas in the Czech Republic. The species identification was confirmed with cyt b sequences and four distinct haplotypes were identified. All the localities exhibit surprisingly uniform habitat characteristics: (1) old full-grown oak-hornbeam forests, with (2) numerous large trees in advanced stages of decay are present, and (3) a very small to large water bodies and/or patches of riparian vegetation surrounded by the forest. Using radiotracking techniques, we discovered 27 day roosts of M. alcathoe, located mostly in big oak, birch and lime trees inside extensive forest stands. All roosts were fissures or small cavities in a tree trunk and in branches in the canopies, some 16m above the ground. Bats preferred trees that were higher, had higher canopy and canopy basement and had larger diameter at breast height than other available trees. Roost trees were surrounded by lower trees with lower canopy basements than available trees. Roost trees were in a poorer condition than other available trees.

Links

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