prof. MVDr. Emil Tkadlec, CSc.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: Population dynamics, life histories
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 585 634 561
E-mail: tkadlecprfnw.upol.cz

Research interests

  • population ecology of mammals,
  • population dynamics,
  • evolutionary and behavioral ecology,
  • rodent pest control.

    Education

  • 1982: MVDr. degree - University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno.
  • 1991: CSc. degree - Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Academy of Sciences.
  • 1999: Assoc. Prof. of Ecology - Palacky University Olomouc.
  • 2004: Prof. of Ecology - Palacky University Olomouc.

    Employment

  • 1987–1989: Institute of Vertebrate Research, Brno - research assistant,
  • 1989–2009: Institute of Systematical and Ecological Biology, Brno - research worker,
  • 1998–2004: Palacky University Olomouc - Associate Professor of Ecology,
  • 2004-present: Palacky University Olomouc - Professor of Ecology, The Head of Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, research worker,
  • present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec - research worker,
  • present: Palacky University Olomouc - Chairman of the Board for PhD Studies at the Faculty of Science and Chairman of the Field Biology at Faculty of Science.

    Teaching activities

  • Population ecology, Life history theory, Scientific methodology, Time series analysis in ecology, Seminars to Diploma and Ph.D. Thesis.

    Current Ph.D. students

  • Mgr. Petr Pavluvčík (since 2010),
  • Mgr. Ivana Petrová (since 2012).

    Former Ph.D. students

  • L.Trebatická: Life history variation in small mammals with fluctuating numbers: from individual decisions to population dynamics, (2008, supervisor E.Tkadlec).
  • L.Lisická: Population indices in studying dynamics of small mammals, (2007, supervisor E.Tkadlec).
  • J.Losík: Modelling of demographic processes in populations of small mammals, (2007, supervisor E.Tkadlec).
  • E.Jánová: Variation of demographic structure in populations of the common vole in agricultural landscape, (2006, supervisor E.Tkadlec).
  • J.Bryja: Demographic characteristics of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) population in southern Moravia, (2000, consultant E.Tkadlec).
  • P.Krejčová-Šťastná: The effect of fotoperiod on life-history traits in the common vole Microtus arvalis, (1997, consultant E.Tkadlec).



    Publications

    2012

    J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER, E. TKADLEC: Vole damage to planted tree regeneration conditioned by some environmental factors, Austrian Journal of Forest Science 129 (2012) 56-65.

    E. TKADLEC, M. HEROLDOVÁ, V. VÍŠKOVÁ, M. BEDNÁŘ, J. ZEJDA: Distribution of the common hamster in the Czech Republic after 2000: retreating to optimum lowland habitats, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 246-253.


    2011

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, E. TKADLEC, J. KAMLER, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, J. KROJEROVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, K. TUREK, M. BAŇAŘ: Vole impact on tree regeneration: insights into forest management, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 101-102.

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Harvesting behaviour of three central European rodents: Identifying the rodent pest in cereals, Crop Protection 30 (2011) 82-84.

    M. KUBELOVÁ, E. TKADLEC, M. BEDNÁŘ, E. ROUBALOVÁ, P. ŠIROKÝ: West-to-east differences of Babesia canis canis prevalence in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Slovakia, Veterinary Parasitology 180 (2011) 191-196.

    P. ŠIROKÝ, M. KUBELOVÁ, M. BEDNÁŘ, D. MODRÝ, Z. HUBÁLEK, E. TKADLEC: The distribution and spreading pattern of Dermacentor reticulatus over its threshold area in the Czech Republic—How much is range of this vector expanding?, Veterinary Parasitology 183 (2011) 130-135.

    E. TKADLEC, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. ČEPELKA, M. HOMOLKA: Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 97-98.

    E. TKADLEC, L. LISICKÁ-LACHNITOVÁ, J. LOSÍK, M. HEROLDOVÁ: Systematic error is of minor importance to feedback structure estimates derived from time series of nonlinear population indices, Population Ecology 53 (2011) 495-500.


    2010

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, D. ČIŽMÁŘ, E. TKADLEC: Predicting rodent impact in crop fields by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy analysis of their diet preferences, Crop Protection 29 (2010) 773-776.

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. PEJČOCH, J. BRYJA, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, E. TKADLEC: Tula virus in populations of small terrestrial mammals in a rural landscape, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10 (2010) 599-603.

    N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, P. BAČKOR, T. BARTONIČKA, P. BLAŽKOVÁ, J. ČERVENÝ, L. FALTEISEK, J. GAISLER, V. HANZAL, D. HORÁČEK, Z. HUBÁLEK, H. JAHELKOVÁ, M. KOLAŘÍK, Ľ. KORYTÁR, A. KUBÁTOVÁ, B. LEHOTSKÁ, R. LEHOTSKÝ, R. K. LUČAN, O. MÁJEK, J. MATĚJŮ, Z. ŘEHÁK, J. ŠAFÁŘ, P. TÁJEK, E. TKADLEC, M. UHRIN, J. WAGNER, D. WEINFURTOVÁ, J. ZIMA, J. ZUKAL, I. HORÁČEK: Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, PLoS ONE 5 (2010) .

    A. SOBEK JR., E. TKADLEC, B. HLADÍKOVÁ, A. SOBEK: Is there a declining trend in ovarian function among infertility clinic patients?, Human Reproduction 25 (2010) 127-132.

    E. TKADLEC, M. HEROLDOVÁ, D. OBDRŽÁLKOVÁ, J. ZEJDA, M. ZAPLETAL: Monitoring a předpovídání populační početnosti hraboše polního, Rostlinolékař 2010 (2010) 15-17.


    2007

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ZEJDA, E. TKADLEC: Structure and diversity of small mammal communities in agriculture landscape, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2007) 206-210.

    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.

    E. JÁNOVÁ, J. NESVADBOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Is the eye lens method of age estimation reliable in voles?, Folia zoologica 56 (2007) 119-125.

    E. JÁNOVÁ, D. HAVELKOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Does reproduction accelerate the growth of eye lens mass in female voles?, Belgian Journal of Zoology 137 (2007) 85-88.

    L. LISICKÁ, J. LOSÍK, J. ZEJDA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. NESVADBOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Measurement error in a burrow index to monitor relative population size in the common vole, Folia zoologica 56 (2007) 169-176.

    J. LOSÍK, L. LISICKÁ, J. HŘÍBKOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Demografická struktura a procesy v přírodní populaci křečka polního (Cricetus cricetus) na Olomoucku, Lynx 38 (2007) 21-29.

    M. SKORIČ, E. J. SHITAYE, R. HALOUZKA, P. FICTUM, I. TRČKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. TKADLEC, I. PAVLÍK: Tuberculous and tuberculoid lesions in free living small terrestrial mammals and the risk of infection to humans and animals: a review, Veterinární medicína 52 (2007) 144-161.

    J. ZBOŘIL, B. HLADÍKOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Populační dynamika zajíce polního (Lepus europaeus) na střední Moravě, Lynx 38 (2007) 89-97.


    2006

    D. BERTEAUX, M. H. HUMPHRIES, C. J. KREBS, M. LIMA, A. G. MCADAM, N. PETTORELLI, D. RÉALE, T. SAITOH, E. TKADLEC, R. B. WELADJI, N. C. STENSETH: Constraints to projecting the effects of climate change on mammals, Climate Research 32 (2006) 151-158.

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, J. BRYJA, B. HÁJEK, K. ROCHE, E. TKADLEC, J. ZIMA: Factors affecting success of PCR amplification of microsatellite loci from otter faeces, Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (2006) 559-562.

    E. TKADLEC, J. ZBOŘIL, J. LOSÍK, P. GREGOR, L. LISICKÁ: Winter climate and plant productivity predict abundances of small herbivores in central Europe, Climate Research 32 (2006) 99-108.


    2005

    J. BRYJA, J. NESVADBOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. LOSÍK, L. TREBATICKÁ, E. TKADLEC: Common vole (Microtus arvalis) population sex ratio: biases and process variation, Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 83 (2005) 1391-1399.

    M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. BRYJA, E. TKADLEC: Set-aside plots - source of small mammal pests?, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 337-350.

    R. LEŽALOVÁ, E. TKADLEC, M. OBORNÍK, J. ŠIMEK, M. HONZA: Should males come first? The relationship between offspring hatching order and sex in the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus, Journal of avian biology 36 (2005) 478-483.


    2004

    A. DYRCZ, H. SAUER-GURTH, E. TKADLEC, M. WINK: Offspring sex ratio variation in relation to brood size and mortality in a promiscuous species: the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola, Ibis 146 (2004) 269-280.

    J. ZEJDA, M. ZAPLETAL, M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Analýza časně jarního vzorku populace hraboše polního (Microtus arvalis), Lynx 35 (2004) 247-252.


    2003

    E. JÁNOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. NESVADBOVÁ, J. BRYJA, E. TKADLEC: Age variation in a fluctuating population of the common vole, Oecologia 137 (2003) 527-532.