Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: Functional biology
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 568 422 763
Mobile: +420 724 326 483
E-mail: gvozdikbrno.cas.cz

Areas of Scientific Interest:

  • Phenotype-performance-fitness paradigm
  • Coadaptation of thermal biology
  • Evolutionary patterns in thermal biology
  • Sexual dimorphism

    Education:

  • Ph.D. in Zoology: Palacký University, Olomouc, 1999
  • M.S. in Systematic Biology and Ecology: Palacký University, Olomouc, 1995

    Experience:

  • Scientific researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, Brno, 1998 – present

    Academic Service:

  • Editor of herpetology, Folia Zoologica, 2003 – present
  • Reviewer – Behaviour, Biologia, Biological Journal of Linnean Society, Copeia, Evolutionary Ecology, Folia Zoologica, Functional Ecology, Herpetological Journal, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Zoology, Oecologia
  • Steering Commitee, ESF Programme “Thermal adaptation in ectotherms: Linking life history, physiology, behaviour and genetics”, 2007 – present
  • Supervisor of students (M.S.and Ph.D.degree), PřF MU Brno

    International Cooperation:

  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (R. Van Damme)
  • Estación Biologica de Donana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain (M. Tejedo)



    Projects

    Phenotypic plasticity of thermal physiology traits in newts (2006-2008)

    The role of predator-prey interactions in coadaptation of thermal biology (2010-2013)

    Publications

    2012

    L. GVOŽDÍK: Plasticity of preferred body temperatures as means of coping with climate change?, Biology Letters 8 (2012) 262-265.

    V. MAREK, L. GVOŽDÍK: The insensitivity of thermal preferences to various thermal gradient profiles in newts, Journal of Ethology 30 (2012) 35-41.

    R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Interactive influence of biotic and abiotic cues on the plasticity of preferred body temperatures in a predator–prey system, Oecologia (2012) .


    2011

    M. HADAMOVÁ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Seasonal acclimation of preferred body temperatures improves the opportunity for thermoregulation in newts, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84 (2011) 166-174.

    V. KURDÍKOVÁ, R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Mothers matter too: benefits of temperature oviposition preferences in newts, PLoS ONE 6 (2011) .


    2010

    J. DVOŘÁK, L. GVOŽDÍK: Adaptive accuracy of temperature oviposition preferences in newts, Evolutionary Ecology 24 (2010) 1115-1127.

    P. ŠAMAJOVÁ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Inaccurate or disparate temperature cues? Seasonal acclimation of terrestrial and aquatic locomotor capacity in newts, Functional Ecology 24 (2010) 1023-1030.


    2009

    J. DVOŘÁK, L. GVOŽDÍK: Oviposition preferences in newts: Does temperature matter?, Ethology 115 (2009) 533-539.

    E. MĚRÁKOVÁ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Thermal acclimation of swimming performance in newt larvae: the influence of diel temperature fluctuations during embryogenesis, Functional Ecology 23 (2009) 989-995.

    R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: The ontogenetic shift in thermoregulatory behaviour of newt larvae: testing the "enemy-free temperatures" hypothesis, Journal of Zoology 279 (2009) 180-186.

    P. ŠAMAJOVÁ, L. GVOŽDÍK: The influence of temperature on diving behaviour in the alpine newt, Triturus alpestris, Journal of Thermal Biology 34 (2009) 401-405.


    2008

    L. GVOŽDÍK, R. VAN DAMME: The evolution of thermal performance curves in semi-aquatic newts: thermal specialists on land and thermal generalists in water?, Journal of Thermal Biology 33 (2008) 395-403.


    2007

    L. GVOŽDÍK, D. STEJSKAL, J. DVOŘÁK: Triturus alpestris (Alpine newt): hypomelanism, Herpetological Bulletin 100 (2007) 33-34.

    L. GVOŽDÍK, M. PUKY, M. ŠUGERKOVÁ: Acclimation is beneficial at extreme test temperatures in the Danube crested newt, (Caudata, Salamandridae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90 (2007) 627-636.

    T. VINŠÁLKOVÁ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Mismatch between temperature preferences and morphology in F1 hybrid newts (Triturus carnifex x T. dobrogicus), Journal of Thermal Biology 32 (2007) 433-439.


    2006

    L. GVOŽDÍK, R. VAN DAMME: Triturus newts defy the running-swimming dilemma, Evolution 60 (2006) 2110-2121.


    2005

    L. GVOŽDÍK: Does reproduction influence temperature preferences in newts?, Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 83 (2005) 1038-1044.


    2003

    L. GVOŽDÍK: Postprandial thermophily in the Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus, Journal of Thermal Biology 28 (2003) 545-550.

    L. GVOŽDÍK, R. VAN DAMME: Evolutionary maintenance of sexual dimorphism in head size in the lizard Zootoca vivipara: a test of two hypotheses, Journal of Zoology 259 (2003) 7-13.


    2002

    L. GVOŽDÍK: To heat or to save time? Thermoregulation in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae) in different thermal environments along an altitudinal gradient, Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 80 (2002) 479-492.