Seasonal dynamics in the numbers of parasitic bugs (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching in bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F07%3A00020098" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/07:00020098 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Seasonal dynamics in the numbers of parasitic bugs (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching in bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)

Original language description

The objective of the present paper is to extend the knowledge of roosting strategies of bats and the interaction of bats with their roost ectoparasites, the bat bugs Cimex pipistrelli. The project was focussed on potential causality of bat movements andthe variation in bug numbers. For two years, three model bat boxes with breeding female P. pygmaeus were monitored inside floodplain forest. In May, after the arrival of bats, adults and first instars of bugs were observed in the boxes. During the lactation period in June, when the bats did not occupy the roosts, the first instar bugs died out followed by the adults. The decrease in bug numbers began only several days after the bats had left the boxes. After a month of the bats absence, the abundance ofadult bugs decreased by half of their number. Only the eggs survived the period when the roosts were unoccupied in summer. In mid-July, after the arrival of lactating females, an increase in the number of bugs was observed. At the beginn

Czech name

Sezónní dynamika početnosti štěnic (Heteroptera, Cimicidae): možná příčina střídání úkrytů netopýry

Czech description

Přestože adultní štěnice jsou schopny přežívat dlouhou dobu bez příjmu potravy, ostatní zejména rané instary potřebují pravelnou možnost sání. Nepřítomnost hostitele v úkrytu, byť pouze na dobu 14 dní může významně zredukovat početnost štěnic a tak si připravit více komfortní podmínky v následujícícm roce.

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/GP206%2F07%2FP098" target="_blank" >GP206/07/P098: Parasitation by bed bugs (Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching by bats</a><br>

Continuities

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

Publication year

2007

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

100

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1323-1330

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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