group head; associate professor
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
- phone: +420 549 49 3095
- bartonic@sci.muni.cz
- http://www.sci.muni.cz/zoolecol/verteb/?q=bartonicka
Academic Education / Positions Held
- 2004
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, PhD topic: Flight activity and echolocation behaviour of Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) with respect to P. pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774). - 2000
Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, M.Sc. thesis: Flight activity of some bat species in the urban habitats revealed by bat detector.
Professional Career
- since 2005
Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. - 2002-2004
Research assistant, Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University.
Professional experience
Mammalogy and animal ecology, i.e. ecological monitoring and behavioral ecology of bats, population ecology of bats; biogeography of Western Palearctic bats; forest dwelling bat communities; bats of Eastern Mediterranean; bat conservation in the Czech Republic.
He has been known as an experienced bat researcher of the distribution, taxonomy and mainly ecology of bats, including bat-netting and bat-detectoring also in the Mediterranean region.
Membership: Secretary of Czech Bat Conservation Trust.
General Research Interests
- Behavioural ecology
- Mating strategies
- Host–parasite coevolution
Our research group is focussed on ecology, behaviour, distribution and taxonomy of terrestrial vertebrates, mainly bats and their ectoparasites. In our lab we have a long experience with field investigation of roosting and foraging biology of bats and related instrumental techniques. Our lab is well equipped by modern techniques like audio detection techniques – bat detectors, playback equipments, loudspeakers, microphones, cameras, stereomicroscopes, softwares for PC acoustic and video analyses etc.
During the last years we focused our efforts on understanding:
- Coevolution of acoustic systems between bats and moths
- Interaction between bats and their roost ectoparasites
- Roost selection in bats with respect to olfactory clues
- Special ectoparasite avoiding strategies
- Migration of bats along the river valleys and through the mountain saddles.
- Automated radiotelemetry system
Together with I. Horáček and R. Lučan we have organized the 15th International Bat Research Conference, August 23-27, 2010.
Active projects
The role of sperm adaptation and sperm plasticity in ecological speciation
Past projects
Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis
Evolutionary biogeography of a fruit-bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in the Mediterranean region
Intraspecific variability of populations of two cryptic bat species of genus Pipistrellus in Central Europe
Parasitation by bed bugs (Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching by bats
Situation Pipistrellus pipistrellus superspecies in Czech Republic
Selected publications
- Some publications