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Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats by Frick, Winifred F, Puechmaille, Sébastien J, Hoyt, Joseph R, Nickel, Barry A, Langwig, Kate E, Foster, Jeffrey T, Barlow, Kate E, Bartonička, Tomáš, Feller, Dan, Haarsma, Anne‐Jifke, Herzog, Carl, Horáček, Ivan, Kooij, Jeroen, Mulkens, Bart, Petrov, Boyan, Reynolds, Rick, Rodrigues, Luísa, Stihler, Craig W, Turner, Gregory G, Kilpatrick, A. Marm

“…AIM: We investigated the effects of disease on the local abundances and distributions of species at continental scales by examining the impacts of white‐nose…”
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Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: Foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats by Bachorec, Erik, Horáček, Ivan, Hulva, Pavel, Konečný, Adam, Lučan, Radek K, Jedlička, Petr, Shohdi, Wael M, Řeřucha, Šimon, Abi-Said, Mounir, Bartonička, Tomáš

“…Animals are faced with a range of ecological constraints that shape their behavioural decisions. Habitat features that affect resource abundance will also have…”
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Low seasonal variation in greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) blood parameters by Bandouchova, Hana, Zukal, Jan, Linhart, Petr, Berkova, Hana, Brichta, Jiri, Kovacova, Veronika, Kubickova, Aneta, Abdelsalam, Ehdaa E. E, Bartonicka, Tomás, Zajícková, Renata, Pikula, Jiri

“…The greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) is a flagship species for the protection of hibernation and summer maternity roosts in the Western Palearctic…”
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White-nose syndrome pathology grading in Nearctic and Palearctic bats by Pikula, Jiri, Amelon, Sybill K, Bandouchova, Hana, Bartonička, Tomáš, Berkova, Hana, Brichta, Jiri, Hooper, Sarah, Kokurewicz, Tomasz, Kolarik, Miroslav, Köllner, Bernd, Kovacova, Veronika, Linhart, Petr, Piacek, Vladimir, Turner, Gregory G, Zukal, Jan, Martínková, Natália

“…While white-nose syndrome (WNS) has decimated hibernating bat populations in the Nearctic, species from the Palearctic appear to cope better with the fungal…”
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Male diet affects female fitness and sperm competition in human- and bat-associated lineages of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius by Křemenová, Jana, Bartonička, Tomáš, Balvín, Ondřej, Massino, Christian, Reinhardt, Klaus, Sasínková, Markéta, Weig, Alfons R., Otti, Oliver

“…Sperm performance can vary in ecologically divergent populations, but it is often not clear whether the environment per se or genomic differences arising from…”
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Resistance is futile: RNA-sequencing reveals differing responses to bat fungal pathogen in Nearctic Myotis lucifugus and Palearctic Myotis myotis by Lilley, Thomas M., Prokkola, Jenni M., Blomberg, Anna S., Paterson, Steve, Johnson, Joseph S., Turner, Gregory G., Bartonička, Tomáš, Bachorec, Erik, Reeder, DeeAnn M., Field, Kenneth A.

“…Resistance and tolerance allow organisms to cope with potentially life-threatening pathogens. Recently introduced pathogens initially induce resistance…”
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Associating physiological functions with genomic variability in hibernating bats by Harazim, Markéta, Piálek, Lubomír, Pikula, Jiri, Seidlová, Veronika, Zukal, Jan, Bachorec, Erik, Bartonička, Tomáš, Kokurewicz, Tomasz, Martínková, Natália

“…The challenges of surviving periods of increased physiological stress elicit selective pressures that drive adaptations to overcome hardships. Bats in the…”
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Identification and age-dependence of pteridines in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) and bat bugs (C. pipistrelli) using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Křemenová, Jana, Balvín, Ondřej, Otti, Oliver, Pavonič, Michal, Reinhardt, Klaus, Šimek, Zdeněk, Bartonička, Tomáš

“…Determining the age of free-living insects, particularly of blood-sucking species, is important for human health because such knowledge critically influences…”
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Brno loanvirus (BRNV) in bats inhabiting the urban area of Brno, Czech Republic by Fořtová, Andrea, Straková, Petra, Haviernik, Jan, Svoboda, Pavel, Bartonička, Tomáš, Kvičerová, Jana, Růžek, Daniel, Salát, Jiří

“…Bats are known reservoirs of various emerging pathogens, and have recently been found to host a novel hantavirus, named Brno loanvirus (BRNV), from the…”
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Age-related mating rates among ecologically distinct lineages of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius by Bartonička, Tomáš, Křemenová, Jana, Balvín, Ondřej, Šimek, Zdeněk, Otti, Oliver

“…Understanding how many mates an animal has in its lifetime is a critical factor in sexual selection. At the same time, differences in an organism's ecology,…”
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Seminal fluid and sperm diluent affect sperm metabolism in an insect: Evidence from NAD(P)H and flavin adenine dinucleotide autofluorescence lifetime imaging by Massino, Christian, Wetzker, Cornelia, Balvin, Ondřej, Bartonicka, Tomáš, Kremenova, Jana, Sasinkova, Markéta, Otti, Oliver, Reinhardt, Klaus

“…Sperm metabolism is fundamental to sperm motility and male fertility. Its measurement is still in its infancy, and recommendations do not exist as to whether…”
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Spatial activity and feeding ecology of the endangered northern population of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) by Lučan, Radek K., Bartonička, Tomáš, Jedlička, Petr, Řeřucha, Šimon, Šálek, Martin, Čížek, Martin, Nicolaou, Haris, Horáček, Ivan

“…We studied ranging and feeding behavior of Cypriot fruit bats during the summer and winter, which are critical periods with limited food supply and adverse…”
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Despite genetic isolation in sympatry, post-copulatory reproductive barriers have not evolved between bat- and human-associated common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius L.) by Sasínková, Markéta, Balvín, OndÅej, Vandrovcová, Jana, Massino, Christian, Weig, Alfons R, Reinhardt, Klaus, Otti, Oliver, Bartonicka, TomáÅ

“…Abstract Background The common bedbug Cimex lectularius is a widespread ectoparasite on humans and bats. Two genetically isolated lineages, parasitizing either…”
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Hibernation temperature-dependent Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection intensity in Palearctic bats by Martínková, Natália, Pikula, Jiri, Zukal, Jan, Kovacova, Veronika, Bandouchova, Hana, Bartonička, Tomáš, Botvinkin, Alexander D., Brichta, Jiri, Dundarova, Heliana, Kokurewicz, Tomasz, Irwin, Nancy R., Linhart, Petr, Orlov, Oleg L., Piacek, Vladimir, Škrabánek, Pavel, Tiunov, Mikhail P., Zahradníková, Alexandra

“…White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans that is devastating to Nearctic bat populations but tolerated by…”
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Alterations in the health of hibernating bats under pathogen pressure by Bandouchova, Hana, Bartonička, Tomáš, Berkova, Hana, Brichta, Jiri, Kokurewicz, Tomasz, Kovacova, Veronika, Linhart, Petr, Piacek, Vladimir, Pikula, Jiri, Zahradníková, Alexandra, Zukal, Jan

“…In underground hibernacula temperate northern hemisphere bats are exposed to Pseudogymnoascus destructans , the fungal agent of white-nose syndrome. While…”
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The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) system: a new approach in ecological field studies by Åerucha, Å imon, Bartonicka, Tomás, Jedlicka, Petr, Äížek, Martin, Hlousa, Ondrej, Lucan, Radek, Horácek, Ivan

“…Radiotracking is an important and often the only possible method to explore specific habits and the behaviour of animals, but it has proven to be very…”
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Urinary shedding of leptospires in palearctic bats by Seidlova, Veronika, Nemcova, Monika, Pikula, Jiri, Bartonička, Tomáš, Ghazaryan, Astghik, Heger, Tomas, Kokurewicz, Tomasz, Orlov, Oleg L., Patra, Sneha, Piacek, Vladimir, Treml, Frantisek, Zukalova, Katerina, Zukal, Jan

“…Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic infection of worldwide occurrence. Bats, like other mammalian reservoirs, may be long‐term carriers that maintain…”
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Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics by Seidlova, Veronika, Straková, Petra, Kejíková, Romana, Nemcova, Monika, Bartonička, Tomáš, Salát, Jiří, Dufková, Lucie, Šikutová, Silvie, Mendel, Jan, McKee, Clifton, Zukal, Jan, Pikula, Jiri, Rudolf, Ivo

“…Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes (lipL32, flab,…”
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White-nose syndrome fungus: a generalist pathogen of hibernating bats by Zukal, Jan, Bandouchova, Hana, Bartonicka, Tomas, Berkova, Hana, Brack, Virgil, Brichta, Jiri, Dolinay, Matej, Jaron, Kamil S, Kovacova, Veronika, Kovarik, Miroslav, Martínková, Natália, Ondracek, Karel, Rehak, Zdenek, Turner, Gregory G, Pikula, Jiri

“…Host traits and phylogeny can determine infection risk by driving pathogen transmission and its ability to infect new hosts. Predicting such risks is critical…”
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia by Martínková, Natália, Bačkor, Peter, Bartonička, Tomáš, Blažková, Pavla, Cervený, Jaroslav, Falteisek, Lukáš, Gaisler, Jiří, Hanzal, Vladimír, Horáček, Daniel, Hubálek, Zdeněk, Jahelková, Helena, Kolařík, Miroslav, Korytár, L'uboš, Kubátová, Alena, Lehotská, Blanka, Lehotský, Roman, Lučan, Radek K, Májek, Ondřej, Matějů, Jan, Rehák, Zdeněk, Šafář, Jiří, Tájek, Přemysl, Tkadlec, Emil, Uhrin, Marcel, Wagner, Josef, Weinfurtová, Dita, Zima, Jan, Zukal, Jan, Horáček, Ivan

“…White-nose syndrome is a disease of hibernating insectivorous bats associated with the fungus Geomyces destructans. It first appeared in North America in 2006,…”
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