Associate professor, head of the Vertebrate Research Group
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. Office: Complex University Campus at Bohunice, Kamenice 5, building D32/308
- phone: +420 549 49 3095
- bartonic@sci.muni.cz
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
- 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.
Past projects
The role of sperm adaptation and sperm plasticity in ecological speciation
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
- Lučan R. K. & Bartonička T. 2024: Diurnal activity in an insectivorous bat during migration period. Journal of Mammalogy: gyae006.
- Bartonička T., Křemenová J., Balvín O., Šimek Z. & Otti O. 2023: Age-related mating rates among ecologically distinct lineages of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius. Frontiers in Zoology 20: 25.
- Bíl M., Andrášik R., Kušta T. & Bartonička T. 2023: Ungulate-vehicle crashes peak a month earlier than 38 years ago due to global warming. Climatic Change 176: 84.
- Blažek J., Konečný A., Andreas M. & Bartonička T. 2023: Morphological size determination of moths in bat faeces opens possibilities to prey quantification. Biologia 78: 3179–3187.
- Křemenová J., Bartonička T., Balvín O., Massino C., Reinhardt K., Sasínková M., Weig A. R. & Otti O. 2021: Male diet affects female fitness and sperm competition in human- and bat-associated lineages of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Scientific Reports 11: 15538.
All publications can be found at Google Scholar