Contact information:
RNDr. Radek K. Lučan, Ph.D.
Phone: +420 22 195 1851
E-mail: lucanr@natur.cuni.cz
Room: 224
Research interests:
Population ecology of bats; biogeography of Western Palearctic bats; forest dwelling bat communities; bats of Eastern Mediterranean; bat conservation in the Czech Republic. Bird ecology.
Proposed Bachelor and Master student projects to be found here.
Current projects:
Evolutionary biogeography of a fruit-bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in the Mediterranean region; Population ecology of Daubenton’s bat; Ecology of cryptic whiskered bats (Myotis alcathoe, Myotis mystacinus and Myotis brandtii); Bats of Eastern Mediterranean. Migratory routes of Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) populations from Central Europe.
PhD students:
Markéta Staňková: Application of bioacoustic analysis in the study of spatio-temporal organisation of bat communities
MSc students:
Jakub Legát: The importance of talus slopes and scree fields for swarming and hibernation of bats
Lectures:
- Biogeography (MB170P01)
- Biogeography (for biology teachers) (MB120P118)
- Chiropterology (MB170P58)
- Field course in zoology (MB170T24)
- Vertebrate zoology - practical part (MB170P13A)
Recent publications:
2024
Mikula P, Lučan RK, Pellón JJ, Valdez JW, Fenton B (2024) Bats as prey. In: A Natural History of Bat Foraging: Evolution, Physiology, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation (ed. Russo D, Fenton B). Academic Press. Pp. 157-171.
2023
Ševčík M, Špitalská E, Kabát P, Lučan RK, Maliterná M, Reiter A, Uhrin M & Benda P (2023) Reticulinasus salahi (Acarina: Argasidae), a tick of bats and man in the Palaearctic od Afrotropics: review of records with the first pathogens detected. Parasitology Research 6, 1271-1281.
Andreas M, Naďo L, Bendova B, Uhrin M, Maxinova E, Lučan R & Benda P (2023) Trophic niche and diet composition of the northernmost population of the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) with conservation implications. Mammal Research 68, 189-202.
2022
Hlaváček A, Lučan RK & Hadrava J (2022) Autumnal migration patterns of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): interannual variability in timing and sex ratio. PeerJ 10, e14393.
2021
Uhrin M, Gahurová V, Andreas M, Bačkor P, Dobrý M, Löbbová D, Lučan RK, Maxinová E, Naďo L, Ševčík M & Benda P (2021) Spatial activity and habitat use of a marginal population of the endangered Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale). Mammal Research 66, 499-508.
2020
Bachorec E, Horáček I, Hulva P, Konečný A, Lučan RK, Jedlička P, Shohdi WM, Řeřucha Š, Abi-Said M & Bartonička T (2020) Egyptian fruit bats do not preferrentially roost with their relatives. Journal of Zoology 312, 111-121.
Bachorec E, Horáček I, Hulva P, Konečný A, Lučan RK, Jedlička P, Shohdi WM, Řeřucha Š, Abi-Said M & Bartonička T (2020) Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: Foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats. PLoS ONE 15, e0229110.
