Cimex pipistrelli (Heteroptera, Cimicidae) and the dispersal propensity of bats: an experimental study

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F08%3A00024890" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/08:00024890 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cimex pipistrelli (Heteroptera, Cimicidae) and the dispersal propensity of bats: an experimental study

Original language description

Previous results have shown frequent movements of crevice-dwelling bats between different shelters. Low roost fidelity of some dwelling bat species reduces the reproductive success of ectoparasites. The question of whether high densities of bat bugs (Cimex pipistrelli) represent a cost for crevice-dwelling bats (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), resulting in roost switching, has been examined. Sessions in a volary equipped with two bat boxes were carried out. One of the boxes was loaded with ectoparasites (low and high densities), the other served as a control and new roost for bats which left the loaded box. Differences in the level of bat selfgrooming, movements inside experimental boxes and leaving the boxes between experiments with bat bugs and controls, were significant. Allogrooming was observed only in few cases, therefore the hypothesis of cooperation among individual bats in defense against bat bugs was rejected. Experiments with artificial parasitation, when bugs were added to a bat ro

Czech name

Cimex pipistrelli (Heteroptera, Cimicidae) a vliv na disperzi netopýrů: experimentální studie

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/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)

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

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Volume of the periodical

104

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

6

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