Reliability of field determination in three cryptic whiskered bats (Myotis alcathoe, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii) and basic biometric characters: evidence from the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00023272:_____/11:#0002491

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Reliability of field determination in three cryptic whiskered bats (Myotis alcathoe, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii) and basic biometric characters: evidence from the Czech Republic

Original language description

The Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe), the whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) and the Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii) represent three cryptic species living in sympatry across much of Europe. Although their determination based solely on external characters has been widely used in field research, there is no study addressing the reliability of such determination. Based on material of bats identified with the help of genetic methods, we aimed (1) to analyse the reliability of field determination, (2) to compare basic quantitative measurements (forearm length, length of tibia, body mass) and (3) to provide information on the reliability of using these measurements for field identification of these three species based on mate- rial from the Czech Republic. Fourteen of 359 individuals (3.9%) were originally erroneously determined based on external characters. Eight per cent of bats originally determined as M. alcathoe were in fact different species. In all M. mystacinus bats, the original specie

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/KJB601410903" target="_blank" >KJB601410903: Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe Helversen and Heller, 2001) in the Czech Republic: a complex study on one of the least known European cryptic bat species</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Vespertilio

ISSN

1213-6123

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

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Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

55-62

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