Flying or sleeping: flight activity of bats in natural cave with confirmed WNS
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F16%3A00457250" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/16:00457250 - isvavai.cz</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Flying or sleeping: flight activity of bats in natural cave with confirmed WNS
Original language description
White-nose Syndrome (WNS) decimates bat populations in North America but similar effects have not been recorded in Europe. WNS-affected bats exhibit abnormal hibernation behaviour that prematurely deplete fat reserves and ultimately causes death by starvation. In the deep hibernation period (December-March) of 2006/07 (pre-WNS) and 2010/11 (post-WNS), we monitored bat hibernation behaviour and flight activity to test the potential impact of WNS on European bats. We registered no abnormal changes in bat hibernation behaviour (movement to visible sites, utilization of dynamic cave sections), flight activity level, its direction or seasonal pattern remained unchanged following WNS infection. Flight activity inside the cave and at its entrance was generally low during the deep hibernation period and temperature remained the best predictor of activity level. In general, stable hibernation behaviour and activity patterns suggests that they are apparently optimized for European winter conditions and support the hypothesis that the fungus nhas been present in Europe for a long time and has only recently invaded North America.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F1064" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/1064: Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia zoologica
ISSN
0139-7893
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Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
46-51
UT code for WoS article
000372394000006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85000434601