Ing. Martin Šálek, Ph.D.

Position: post-docs
Research topics: ecology of birds and mammals
Department: Department of Avian Ecology
Phone: +420 387 775 621
E-mail: martin.salipost.cz

Web presentation

http://www.saliphoto.com
http://www.saliphoto.blogspot.com

Research

- Ecology of birds and mammals in fragmented agricultural landscape
- Behavioural ecology and population genetic variability of the Little Owl
- Spatial and roosting ecology of bats
- Return of large herbivores: a high priority in biodiversity conservation (rewilding projects)

Current students

Monika Chrenková, Jaroslav Červinka, Lucie Drahníková, Iveta Bartůšková

Publications

M. ŠÁLEK, M. BEREC: Rozšíření a biotopové preference sýčka obecného (Athene noctua) ve vybraných oblastech jižních Čech. Buteo 12 (2001): 127-134.

M. ŠÁLEK, P. SÍČOVÁ, F. SEDLÁČEK: Kuna skalní (Martes foina) v městském prostředí: početnost a rozšíření. Lynx 36 (2005): 111–116.

M. ŠÁLEK, L. SCHRÖPFER: Recent decline of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) in the Czech Republic. Polish Journal of Ecology 56 (2008): 527-534.

D. FISCHER, P. PAVLUVČÍK, F. SEDLÁČEK, M. ŠÁLEK: Predation of the alien American mink (Mustela vison) on native crayfish populations in middle-sized streams in central and western Bohemia. Folia Zoologica 58 (2009): 45-56.

R. K. LUČAN, M. ANDREAS, P. BENDA, T. BARTONIČKA, T. BŘEZINOVÁ, A. HOFFMANNOVÁ, Š. HULOVÁ, P. HULVA, J. NECKÁŘOVÁ, A. REITER, T. SVAČINA, M. ŠÁLEK, I. HORÁČEK: Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe) in the Czech Republic: distributional status, roosting and feeding ecology. Acta Chiropterologica 11 (2009): 61-69.

M. ŠÁLEK, J. RIEGERT, V. KŘIVAN: The impact of vegetation characteristics and prey availability on breeding habitat use and diet of Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Central European farmland. Bird Study 57 (2010): 495-503.

Publications

2012

M. ŠÁLEK, M. LÖVY: Spatial ecology and habitat utilization of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Central European farmland, Bird Conservation International (2012) .


2011

J. ČERVINKA, M. ŠÁLEK, P. PAVLUVČÍK, J. KREISINGER: The fine-scale utilization of forest edges by mammalian mesopredators related to patch size and conservation issues in Central European farmland, Biodiversity and Conservation 20 (2011) 3459-3475.

J. SVOBODOVÁ, J. KREISINGER, M. ŠÁLEK, M. KOUBOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT: Testing mechanistic explanations for mammalian predator responses to habitat edges, European Journal of Wildlife Research 57 (2011) 467-474.


2010

E. PADYŠÁKOVÁ, M. ŠÁLEK, L. POLEDNÍK, F. SEDLÁČEK, T. ALBRECHT: Predation on simulated duck nests in relation to nest density and landscape structure, Wildlife Research 37 (2010) 597-603.

M. ŠÁLEK, J. KREISINGER, F. SEDLÁČEK, T. ALBRECHT: Do prey densities determine preferences of mammalian predators for habitat edges in an agricultural landscape?, Landscape and Urban Planning 98 (2010) 86-91.


2009

E. PADYŠÁKOVÁ, M. ŠÁLEK, L. POLEDNÍK, F. SEDLÁČEK, T. ALBRECHT: Removal of American mink increases the success of simulated nests in linear habitat, Wildlife Research 36 (2009) 225-230.

M. ŠÁLEK, J. KREISINGER, F. SEDLÁČEK, T. ALBRECHT: Corridor vs. hayfield matrix use by mammalian predators in an agricultural landscape, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2009) 8-13.