RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.

Position: head
Research topics: ecology and migration of birds
Department: Department of Avian Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 550
E-mail: prochazkaivb.cz

Research

Adopting various approaches I am investigating ecological and evolutionary determinants of brood paratisitism and migratory connectivity in birds and their consequences for reproductive performance and population ecology.



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Publications

2009

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation, Behavioural Processes 81 (2009) 34-38.


2008

P. PROCHÁZKA, E. BELLINVIA, D. FAINOVÁ, P. HÁJKOVÁ, A. ELHALAH, K. ALOMARI: Immigration as a possible rescue of a reduced population of a long-distant migratory bird: Reed warblers in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan, Journal of Arid Environments 72 (2008) 1184-1192.

P. PROCHÁZKA, K. A. HOBSON, Z. KARCZA, J. KRALJ: Birds of a feather winter together: migratory connectivity in the Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Journal of Ornithology 149 (2008) 141-150.

O. SYCHRA, J.-K. JENSEN, M. DE L. BROOKE, A. TRNKA, P. PROCHÁZKA, I. LITERÁK: The identity of Menacanthus eisenachensis Balát (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from the Reed Warbler (Passeriformes: Sylviidae), Acta Parasitologica 53 (2008) 404-406.


2007

M. HONZA, L. POLAČIKOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA: Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92 (2007) 269-276.

M. HONZA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, E. TKADLEC: Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Ethology 113 (2007) 344-351.

L. POLAČIKOVÁ, M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, J. TOPERCER, B. G. STOKKE: Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 419-427.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu, Sluka 4 (2007) 91-94.

B. G. STOKKE, I. HAFSTAD, G. RUDOLFSEN, B. BARGAIN, J. BEIER, D. B. CAMPAS, A. DYRCZ, M. HONZA, B. LEISLER, P. L. PAP, R. PATAPAVIČIUS, P. PROCHÁZKA, K. SCHULZE-HAGEN, R. THOMAS, A. MOKSNES, A. P. MøLLER, E. ROSKAFT, M. SOLER: Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers, Oikos 116 (2007) 913-922.

V. ŠICHA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Hopeless solicitation? Host-absent vocalization in the common cuckoo has no effect on feeding rate of reed warblers, Journal of Ethology 25 (2007) 147-152.


2006

M. HONZA, V. ŠICHA, P. PROCHÁZKA, R. LEŽALOVÁ: Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus), Journal of Ornithology 147 (2006) 629-637.

P. PROCHÁZKA: Analýza stabilních izotopů – alternativní metoda studia migrace ptáků, Sylvia 42 (2006) 3-21.


2005

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major), Sluka 2 (2005) 97-101.


2004

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, B. G. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo?, Journal of Ethology 22 (2004) 175-180.

D. HOŘÁK, P. KLVAŇA, P. PROCHÁZKA: Vliv vysychání mokřadu na druhové složení a početnost chytaných pěvců, Sylvia 40 (2004) 111-118.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Egg discrimination in the Yellowhammer, Condor 106 (2004) 405-410.


2003

D. HOŘÁK, P. PROCHÁZKA, J. CEPÁK, J. ZÁRYBNICKÝ: Tahové poměry sýkořic vousatých (Panurus biarmicus) na území České republiky a Slovenska, Sylvia 39 (2003) 79-94.

P. MÁLKOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA: Proceedings of the European Conference Black Grouse - endangered species of Europe. Prague, 8-12 September 2003, Sylvia 39 (2003) 1-128.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Do common whitethroats (Sylvia communis) discriminate against alien eggs?, Journal für Ornithologie 144 (2003) 354-363.


2002

P. PROCHÁZKA, J. REIF: Movements and settling patterns of Sedge Warblers (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia - an analysis of ringing recoveries, Ring 24 (2002) 3-13.