Mgr. Barbora Zemanová

Position: PhD student
Research topics: conservation genetics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 568 423 680
E-mail: barca_zemanovacentrum.cz

Research Interests

  • conservation genetics,
  • non-invasive genetic sampling,
  • population genetics and molecular ecology.

    Education

  • 2006: undergraduate study - Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Biology and Ecology and Teacher Training in Biology. Thesis: Assessment of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) population size and structure in Třeboňsko PLA & BR (Czech Republic) using non-invasive genetic sampling.
  • 2006-present: PhD study - Masaryk University, Brno a Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Faculty of Science, zoology. Thesis: Genetic structure of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) populations in Central Europe.

    Project participations

  • 2003-2005: Assessment of population size and population structure of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in different habitats by a non-invasive genetic method
  • 2006-2009: Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe
  • 2008-2010: Filling gaps in the knowledge of biology and ecology of the Eurasian otter: ecological modelling
  • 2008-2010: Genetic consequences of population decline in Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics

    Publications

    2013

    E. V. BUZAN, J. BRYJA, B. ZEMANOVÁ, B. KRYŠTUFEK: Population genetics of chamois in the contact zone between the Alps and the Dinaric Mountains: uncovering the role of habitat fragmentation and past management, Conservation Genetics 14 (2013) 401-412.


    2012

    N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, A. KRANZ, M. D. GIMÉNEZ, P. HÁJKOVÁ: Chamois introductions to Central Europe and New Zealand, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 239-245.


    2011

    D. DEMONTIS, S. D. CZARNOMSKA, P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, J. BRYJA, V. LOESCHCKE, C. PERTOLDI: Characterization of 151 SNPs for population structure analysis of the endangered Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) and its relative, the Alpine chamois (R. r. rupicapra), Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) 644-645.

    B. ZEMANOVÁ, P. HÁJKOVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA JR., A. HÁJKOVÁ, J. ZIMA: Development of multiplex microsatellite sets for noninvasive population genetic study of the endangered Tatra chamois, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 70-80.


    2010

    J. AN, S-K. CHOI, J. SOMMER, E. LOUIS JR., R. BRENNEMAN, B. ZEMANOVÁ, P. HÁJKOVÁ, G. PARK, M-S. MIN, K-S. KIM, H. LEE: A core set of microsatellite markers for conservation genetics studies of Korean goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) and its cross-species amplification in Caprinae species, Journal of Veterinary Science 11 (2010) 351-353.


    2009

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, B. HÁJEK: An evaluation of field and noninvasive genetic methods for estimating Eurasian otter population size, Conservation Genetics 10 (2009) 1667-1681.


    2007

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, C. PERTOLDI, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, B. HÁJEK, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA: Genetic structure and evidence for recent population decline in Eurasian otter populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics: implications for conservation, Journal of Zoology 272 (2007) 1-9.


    2006

    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.


    2004

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. HÁJEK, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, A. TOMAN, J. BRYJA: Genetická variabilita a populačno-genetická štruktúra subpopulácií vydry riečnej (Lutra lutra) v výskumnom projekte Českej a Slovenskej republike, Bulletin Vydra (2004) 19-23.

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, B. HÁJEK, K. ROCHE, M. KUČEROVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA: Stanovenie početnosti a štruktúry populácie vydry riečnej (Lutra lutra) neinvazívnou genetickou metódou - správa o prebiehajúcom výskumnom projekte, Bulletin Vydra (2004) 15-18.