Objective Bats are one of the most diverse orders of mammals and are endangered throughout Europe. Knowledge about their ecology, abundance and species diversity even within Europe is still rather incomplete. This project is a comparative study of the ecology, genetic diversity and population substructures of the migratory noctule bat and the non-migratory whiskered bat. New molecular methods in population genetics (polymerase chain reaction, genetic fingerprinting and DNA sequencing) enable an analysis to be made of the genetic variability and relatedness within and between species or populations. Co-operation with NIS scientists provides: contribution of samples from eastern Europe; knowledge about bat populations in eastern Europe (abstracts indicate the presence of many unpublished or inaccessible research results); initiation into modern molecular techniques in evolutionary biology in NIS museums; and support for maintaining one of the most important natural history collections of Europe. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 41 - General Biology Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg EU contribution No data Address Staudtstraße 5 91058 Erlangen Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Russia EU contribution No data Address 119899 Moscow See on map Total cost No data Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Austria EU contribution No data Address 1014 Wien See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 199034 St. Petersburg See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 117071 Moscow See on map Total cost No data
