RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc.

Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: mammal ecology
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 517
E-mail: homolkaivb.cz

Research interests

feeding behaviour of herbivors - seasonal changes in diets, interactions between herbivors and vegetation, impact of mammals on environment,

population dynamic of herbivorous mammals – effects of environmental factors on mammal density.

Finished projects

Rodents as important factor influencing forest regeneration

Education

1971 -1976: undergraduate study - J.E.Purkyně University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology and Anthropology. Diploma thesis: Contribution to the knowledge of the reproduction and population ecology of dormice (Gliridae), (superviosr J.Gaisler).

1980-1983: Ph.D. study – Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. thesis: Feeding ecology and ethology of Brown Hare in the intensely farmed countryside, (supervisor J.Zejda).

Employment

1976-1983: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Brno - research assistant,

1983–present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - research fellow.

Publications

2012

M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. BRYJA, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, M. HOMOLKA: Rodent damage to natural and replanted mountain forest regeneration, TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2012 (2012) 872536.

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.

2011

P. BAŇAŘ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Aktuální situace ve vývoji poškození lesní výsadby hlodavci, Lesnická práce 90 (2011) 38-39.

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. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KAMLER: Plant biomass and prediction of debarking caused by rodents in artificial regeneration of forest stands, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 99-100.

J. KAMLER, K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA, P. BAŇAŘ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART: Inventory of rodent damage to forests, Journal of Forest Science 57 (2011) 219-225.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Needles in faeces: an index of quality of wild ungulate winter diet, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 63-69.

R. PLHAL, J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, Z. ADAMEC: An assessment of the applicability of photo trapping to estimate wild boar population density in a forest environment, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 237-246.

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.

2010

P. HEJCMANOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, M. ANTONÍNOVÁ, M. HEJCMAN, V. PODHÁJECKÁ: Diet composition of western Derby eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in the dry season in a natural and a managed habitat in Senegal using faecal analyses, South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (2010) 27-34.

M. HOMOLKA, P. ŠVEHLÍK: Populační dynamika hlodavců, Lesnická práce 89 (2010) 16-17.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ: Reduction of herbivore density as a tool for reduction of herbivore browsing on palatable tree species, European Journal of Forest Research 129 (2010) 155-162.

J. SUCHOMEL, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Herbivore impact on beech in selected tree plantations in the Beskydy and Jeseniky Mountains, Beskydy 3 (2010) 187-192.

2009

M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Bark chemical analysis explains selective bark damage by rodents, Beskydy 2 (2009) 137-140.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, R. CERKAL, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK, K. VEJRAŽKA: Evaluation of potential deer browsing impact on sunflower (Helianthus annus), European Journal of Wildlife Research 55 (2009) 583-588.

J. KAMLER, K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA: Význam drobných savců při obnově lesních porostů, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 22-23.

J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Význam lužných lesov pre chov raticovej zveri, Folia venatoria (2009) 17-25.

J. SUCHOMEL, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. PURCHART, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings, Beskydy 2 (2009) 195-200.

K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Hlodavci v lesním prostředí: naše nejvýznamnější druhy, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 18-21.

2008

M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: The role of granivorous rodents in beech forest regeneration in the Beskydy Mts. (Czech Republic), Beskydy 1 (2008) 131-134.

M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Impact intensity of rodents on the forest regeneration in artificial plantations in the Smrk - Kněhyně area, Beskydy 1 (2008) 33-35.

M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. BARTOŠ: White-tailed deer winter feeding strategy in area shared with other deer species, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 283-293.

2007

M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Impact of deer browsing on natural and artificial regeneration in floodplain forest, Folia zoologica 56 (2007) 354-364.

M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Small forest rodents - an important factor in the regeneration of forest stands, Beskydy 20 (2007) 217-220.

M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER, P. KOUBEK, P. FOREJTEK: Foraging strategy of mouflon during the hunting season as related to food supply, Acta veterinaria Brno 76 (2007) 195-202.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, R. CERKAL, K. VEJRAŽKA, J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK: Zvěř poškozuje také slunečnici, Úroda (2007) 30-32.

2006

M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ: Kvalitní potravní nabídka: prevence mladých porostů před okusem velkých herbivorů v oblasti NPP Kněhyně, Beskydy 19 (2006) 185-188.

J. KAMLER, M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. DVOŘÁK: Volně žijící býložravci a polní plodiny, Svět myslivosti 7 (2006) 8-9.

J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Density of red deer and roe deer and their distribution in relation to different habitat characteristics in a floodplain forest, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 1-14.

2005

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK: Volně žijící býložravci a polní plodiny, Folia venatoria 35 (2005) 205-210.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Vliv býložravé zvěře na obnovu buku lesního v horském prostředí, Folia venatoria 35 (2005) 79-84.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Faecal nitrogen: a potential indicator of red and roe deer diet quality in forest habitats, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 89-98.

2004

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Obsah dusíku v trusu býložravců jako indikátor výživné hodnoty jejich potravy, Folia Venatoria 34 (2004) 34-41.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, D. ČIŽMÁR: Suitability of NIRS analysis for estimating diet quality of free-living red deer Cervus elaphus and roe deer Capreolus capreolus, Wildlife Biology 10 (2004) 235-240.

2003

M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Breakage on rowan caused by deer - an important factor for Sorbeto-Piceetum stand regeneration?, Forest Ecology and Management 181 (2003) 131-138.

M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ: Impact of large herbivores on mountain forest stands in the Beskydy Mountains, Forest Ecology and Management 181 (2003) 119-129.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ: Homogeneity of individual pellets in pellet groups: an important condition in herbivores' diet analyses, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 36-38.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, S. KRÁČMAR: Nitrogen characteristics of ungulates faeces: effect of time of exposure and storage, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 31-35.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. PROKEŠOVÁ: Trusové indikátory kvality potravy jelena: homogenita vzorků a vliv jejich přípravy a skladování, Folia venatoria 33 (2003) 27-31.

J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Kvalita potravní nabídky jako příčina vertikálních migrací jelena v horském prostředí, Folia venatoria 33 (2003) 21-26.


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HOME NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE STRUCTURE OF IVB BOARD OF INSTITUTE AND SUPERVISORY BOARD RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND PROJECTS STAFF PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY BIENNIAL REPORT FOLIA ZOOLOGICA CONFERENCE LECTURE HALL	RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc. Position: full-time researcher Research topics: mammal ecology Department: Working place Brno Phone: +420 543 422 517 E-mail: homolkaivb.cz Research interests feeding behaviour of herbivors - seasonal changes in diets, interactions between herbivors and vegetation, impact of mammals on environment, population dynamic of herbivorous mammals – effects of environmental factors on mammal density. Finished projects Rodents as important factor influencing forest regeneration Education 1971 -1976: undergraduate study - J.E.Purkyně University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology and Anthropology. Diploma thesis: Contribution to the knowledge of the reproduction and population ecology of dormice (Gliridae), (superviosr J.Gaisler). 1980-1983: Ph.D. study – Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. thesis: Feeding ecology and ethology of Brown Hare in the intensely farmed countryside, (supervisor J.Zejda). Employment 1976-1983: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Brno - research assistant, 1983–present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - research fellow. Publications 2012 M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. BRYJA, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, M. HOMOLKA: Rodent damage to natural and replanted mountain forest regeneration, TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2012 (2012) 872536. 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. 2011 P. BAŇAŘ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Aktuální situace ve vývoji poškození lesní výsadby hlodavci, Lesnická práce 90 (2011) 38-39. 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. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KAMLER: Plant biomass and prediction of debarking caused by rodents in artificial regeneration of forest stands, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 99-100. J. KAMLER, K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA, P. BAŇAŘ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART: Inventory of rodent damage to forests, Journal of Forest Science 57 (2011) 219-225. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Needles in faeces: an index of quality of wild ungulate winter diet, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 63-69. R. PLHAL, J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, Z. ADAMEC: An assessment of the applicability of photo trapping to estimate wild boar population density in a forest environment, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 237-246. 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. 2010 P. HEJCMANOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, M. ANTONÍNOVÁ, M. HEJCMAN, V. PODHÁJECKÁ: Diet composition of western Derby eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in the dry season in a natural and a managed habitat in Senegal using faecal analyses, South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (2010) 27-34. M. HOMOLKA, P. ŠVEHLÍK: Populační dynamika hlodavců, Lesnická práce 89 (2010) 16-17. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ: Reduction of herbivore density as a tool for reduction of herbivore browsing on palatable tree species, European Journal of Forest Research 129 (2010) 155-162. J. SUCHOMEL, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Herbivore impact on beech in selected tree plantations in the Beskydy and Jeseniky Mountains, Beskydy 3 (2010) 187-192. 2009 M. HEROLDOVÁ, E. JÁNOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Bark chemical analysis explains selective bark damage by rodents, Beskydy 2 (2009) 137-140. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, R. CERKAL, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK, K. VEJRAŽKA: Evaluation of potential deer browsing impact on sunflower (Helianthus annus), European Journal of Wildlife Research 55 (2009) 583-588. J. KAMLER, K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA: Význam drobných savců při obnově lesních porostů, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 22-23. J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Význam lužných lesov pre chov raticovej zveri, Folia venatoria (2009) 17-25. J. SUCHOMEL, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. PURCHART, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings, Beskydy 2 (2009) 195-200. K. TUREK, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Hlodavci v lesním prostředí: naše nejvýznamnější druhy, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 18-21. 2008 M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: The role of granivorous rodents in beech forest regeneration in the Beskydy Mts. (Czech Republic), Beskydy 1 (2008) 131-134. M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA: Impact intensity of rodents on the forest regeneration in artificial plantations in the Smrk - Kněhyně area, Beskydy 1 (2008) 33-35. M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, L. BARTOŠ: White-tailed deer winter feeding strategy in area shared with other deer species, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 283-293. 2007 M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. KROJEROVÁ-PROKEŠOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Impact of deer browsing on natural and artificial regeneration in floodplain forest, Folia zoologica 56 (2007) 354-364. M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. SUCHOMEL, L. PURCHART, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Small forest rodents - an important factor in the regeneration of forest stands, Beskydy 20 (2007) 217-220. M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER, P. KOUBEK, P. FOREJTEK: Foraging strategy of mouflon during the hunting season as related to food supply, Acta veterinaria Brno 76 (2007) 195-202. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, R. CERKAL, K. VEJRAŽKA, J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK: Zvěř poškozuje také slunečnici, Úroda (2007) 30-32. 2006 M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ: Kvalitní potravní nabídka: prevence mladých porostů před okusem velkých herbivorů v oblasti NPP Kněhyně, Beskydy 19 (2006) 185-188. J. KAMLER, M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. DVOŘÁK: Volně žijící býložravci a polní plodiny, Svět myslivosti 7 (2006) 8-9. J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA: Density of red deer and roe deer and their distribution in relation to different habitat characteristics in a floodplain forest, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 1-14. 2005 J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ, J. DVOŘÁK: Volně žijící býložravci a polní plodiny, Folia venatoria 35 (2005) 205-210. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Vliv býložravé zvěře na obnovu buku lesního v horském prostředí, Folia venatoria 35 (2005) 79-84. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Faecal nitrogen: a potential indicator of red and roe deer diet quality in forest habitats, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 89-98. 2004 J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Obsah dusíku v trusu býložravců jako indikátor výživné hodnoty jejich potravy, Folia Venatoria 34 (2004) 34-41. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, D. ČIŽMÁR: Suitability of NIRS analysis for estimating diet quality of free-living red deer Cervus elaphus and roe deer Capreolus capreolus, Wildlife Biology 10 (2004) 235-240. 2003 M. HEROLDOVÁ, M. HOMOLKA, J. KAMLER: Breakage on rowan caused by deer - an important factor for Sorbeto-Piceetum stand regeneration?, Forest Ecology and Management 181 (2003) 131-138. M. HOMOLKA, M. HEROLDOVÁ: Impact of large herbivores on mountain forest stands in the Beskydy Mountains, Forest Ecology and Management 181 (2003) 119-129. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, J. PROKEŠOVÁ, M. BARANČEKOVÁ: Homogeneity of individual pellets in pellet groups: an important condition in herbivores' diet analyses, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 36-38. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, S. KRÁČMAR: Nitrogen characteristics of ungulates faeces: effect of time of exposure and storage, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 31-35. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA, M. BARANČEKOVÁ, J. PROKEŠOVÁ: Trusové indikátory kvality potravy jelena: homogenita vzorků a vliv jejich přípravy a skladování, Folia venatoria 33 (2003) 27-31. J. KAMLER, M. HOMOLKA: Kvalita potravní nabídky jako příčina vertikálních migrací jelena v horském prostředí, Folia venatoria 33 (2003) 21-26.