Microclimate and bugs (Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching by vespertilionid bats
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Microclimate and bugs (Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching by vespertilionid bats
Original language description
The objectives of the presented study are to extend the knowledge about influence of the microclimate and interaction of bats with roost ectoparasites, bugs of group Cimex pipistrelli. Previous results have shown frequent movements between different shelters in pipistrelles. The changes in occupation of three bat boxes used by Pipistrellus pygmaeus and the dynamics in numbers of the bugs ibidem were studied. Models indicated that internal relative humidity described better the fluctuation in bat numbersduring pregnancy and lactation than did changes in the internal temperature. Three variables (internal humidity, external temperature, and number of bats) described almost 90% of the variability in internal roost temperature, while the number of bats described only 29% of the variability. A negative correlation was found between the internal temperature and the number of bats roosting in a bat box during pregnancy and lactation.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
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
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
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Publication year
2007
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů