Ing. Martin Šálek, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: ecology of birds and mammals
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 387 775 621
E-mail: martin.salipost.cz

Research interests

  • 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).

    Web presentation

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

    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.

    DOSTÁL D., JIRKŮ M., KONVIČKA M., ČÍŽEK L., ŠÁLEK M. 2012: Návrat zubra evropského (Bison bonasus) do České republiky: Potenciální přínosy a perspektivní lokality. Česká krajina, Kutná Hora, 119 pp.



    Publications

    2013

    J. ČERVINKA, M. ŠÁLEK, E. PADYŠÁKOVÁ, P. ŠMILAUER: The effects of local and landscape-scale habitat characteristics and prey availability on corridor use by carnivores: A comparison of two contrasting farmlands, Journal for Nature Conservation 21 (2013) 105-113.

    R. K. LUČAN, M. ŠÁLEK: Observation of successful mobbing of an insectivorous bat, Taphozous nudiventris (Emballonuridae), on an avian predator, Tyto alba (Tytonidae), Mammalia 77 (2013) 235-236.

    M. ŠÁLEK, J. ČERVINKA, O. C. BANEA, M. KROFEL, D. ĆIROVIć, I. SELANEC, A. PENEZIć, S. GRILL, J. RIEGERT: Population densities and habitat use of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) in farmlands across the Balkan Peninsula, European Journal of Wildlife Research (2013) .

    M. ŠÁLEK, J. ČERVINKA, P. PAVLUVČÍK, S. POLÁKOVÁ, E. TKADLEC: Forest-edge utilization by carnivores in relation to local and landscape habitat characteristics in central European farmland, Mammalian Biology (2013) .

    M. ŠÁLEK, J. ČERVINKA, E. PADYŠÁKOVÁ, J. KREISINGER: Does spatial co-occurrence of carnivores in a Central European agricultural landscape follow the null model?, European Journal of Wildlife Research (2013) .

    M. ŠÁLEK, M. CHRENKOVÁ, M. KIPSON: High population density of Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, Central Europe, Polish Journal of Ecology 61 (2013) 165-169.

    M. ŠÁLEK, N. SPASSOV, M. ANDĚRA, K. ENZINGER, B. OTTLECZ, Z. HEGYELI: Population status, habitat associations, and distribution of the steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii in Europe, Acta Theriologica 58 (2013) 233-244.


    2012

    M. ŠÁLEK, M. LÖVY: Spatial ecology and habitat selection of Little Owl Athene noctua during the breeding season in Central European farmland, Bird Conservation International 22 (2012) 328-338.


    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.