Working place Brno

Head

doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.  <honzabrno.cas.cz> - behavioural ecology

Full-time researchers

Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc.  <capekivb.cz> - ecology of birds, bird parasites
Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc.  <halackaivb.cz> - ichtyology
RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc.  <homolkaivb.cz> - feeding ecology of herbivorous mammals
Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.  <jurajdabrno.cas.cz> - fish ecology
prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc.  <koubekbrno.cas.cz> - wildlife ecology
Mgr. Markéta Ondračková, Ph.D.  <audreysci.muni.cz> - fish parasitology
Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.  <petrzelkovaivb.cz> - primatology
RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.  <prochazkaivb.cz> - behavioural ecology and migration of birds
doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.  <reichardivb.cz> - ecology of fish
prof. MVDr. Emil Tkadlec, CSc.  <tkadlecprfnw.upol.cz> - population dynamics
prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.  <jzimabrno.cas.cz> - cytogenetics and biodiversity
Mgr. Jan Zukal, Dr., MBA  <zukalivb.cz> - ecology of bats

Researchers contracted for particular project

doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Adámek, CSc.  <adamekivb.cz> - ecology of fish
Mgr. Miroslava Barančeková, Ph.D.  <barancekovaivb.cz> - wildlife ecology
prof. Ing. Vlastimil Baruš, DrSc.  <barusivb.cz> - parasitology, ichtyology
doc. RNDr. Marta Heroldová, Ph.D.  <heroldovaivb.cz> - feeding ecology of small mammals
Mgr. Jarmila Krojerová-Prokešová, Ph.D.  <jprokesovaivb.cz> - wildlife ecology
Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.  <prokesbrno.cas.cz> - ontogeny and fish ecology
Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.  <vetesnikivb.cz> - fish ecology

Research assistants

Bc. Kevin Roche, CSc.  <kevin.rochehotmail.co.uk> -
Mgr. Iveta Slováčková  

Post-docs

Mgr. Radim Blažek , Ph.D.  <demonsci.muni.cz> - evolutionary ecology of annual fish
Mgr. Michal Janáč, Ph.D.  <janacivb.cz> - fish sampling methodology
Mgr. Zdenka Jurajdová, Ph.D.  <valovaivb.cz> - fish reproduction
Mgr. Markéta Konečná, Ph.D.  <makomail.muni.cz> - fish reproduction
Mgr. Jan Mendel, Ph.D.  <mendelivb.cz> - ichtyology
Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.  <polacikivb.cz> - ecology of fish
Mgr. Milica Požgayová, Ph.D.  <carringtonseznam.cz> - behavioural ecology
Mgr. Peter Vallo, Ph.D.  <valloivb.cz> -
Ing. Martin Šálek, Ph.D.  <martin.salipost.cz> - ecology of birds and mammals

PhD students

Mgr. Marek Mihai Abraham  <gulolupisgmail.com>
Mgr. Václav Jelínek  <vasekjelinekgmail.com>
RNDr. Jaroslav Koleček  <j.kolecekgmail.com>
Mgr. Veronika Michálková  
Mgr. Jana Strakošová  
Mgr. Soňa Urbánková  <urbankova-sonaseznam.cz>
Mgr. Milan Vrtílek  <vrtilekivb.cz>
Ing. Lucie Všetičková  <lucka.kocandaseznam.cz>
Mgr. Luděk Šlapanský  
Mgr. Michal Šulc  <sulc-michalseznam.cz>
Mgr. Radomil Řežucha  <184379mail.muni.cz>

Undergraduates

Bc. Marie Adámková  <biologcentrum.cz>
Bc. Petra Baslerová  <357891mail.muni.cz>
Bc. Radovan Beňo  <Gibbon333seznam.cz>
Bc. Tereza Bolcková  <tereza.bolckovagmail.com>
Bc. Lucie Halová  <347591mail.muni.cz>
Bc. Soňa Machová  
Bc. Klára Morongová  <k.morongovaseznam.cz>
Bc. Ivona Petrášová  <ivonapetrasovacentrum.cz>
Bc. Vítězslav Štrom  <184614mail.muni.cz>

Technician

Jiří Chamr  <chamrbrno.cas.cz>
Milena Koníčková  <milena.konemail.cz>

Research priorities

We use fish to investigate general questions in ecology and evolution as well as applied issues in fisheries management, conservation of aquatic habitats and floodplain restoration. Our field and experimental studies are conducted in Europe, Asia and Africa.

The current topics investigated in our department are:

  • behavioural and evolutionary ecology of bitterling fish
  • adaptation and coevolution of bitterling and their mussel hosts
  • demography, ecology and biogeography of Nothobranchius furzeri
  • ecology, distribution and parasites of invasive fishes and their impact on native fish biodiversity
  • 0+ juvenile fish community structure in lowland rivers and their flood plains
  • optimisation of methods for 0+ juvenile fish sampling
  • diversity of fish communities and population parameters of key species in various types of aquatic habitats
  • rehabilitation of aquatic habitats and ecosystems for the restoration and conservation of fish biodiversity
  • revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian area
  • molecular biodiversity inventory of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic
  • immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio
  • impacts of metazoan parasites on 0+ juvenile fish development
  • community ecology of fishes in the Gambia River floodplain, Senegal, West Africa
  • reproductive isolating mechanisms in the East African annual fishes Nothobranchius spp.