RNDr. Jaroslav Koleček, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: ecology and migration of birds
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 519
Mobile: +420 605 552 978
E-mail: j.kolecekgmail.com

Research interests

  • bird migration,
  • conservation biology,
  • macroecology,
  • ecology of birds.

    Education

  • 1996-2004: Grammar school, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.
  • 2004–2007: undergraduate study - Palacky University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Geography – Biology in Environmental Protection. Bachelor thesis: The Dragonflies (Odonata) of the district Vsetín, (supervisor Dr. Vladimír Uvíra).
  • 2007–2009: undergraduate study - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Geography – Biology in Environmental Protection (Teaching Training for Secondary Schools). Master thesis: Bird abundance in lowland riverine forests of the Middle Moravia, (supervisor Ass. Prof., Dr. Karel Weidinger).
  • 2010: RNDr. degree - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Distribution, habitat preferences and phenology of dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in the Vsetín Region.
  • 2009-present: Ph.D. study - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Changes in bird abundance and distribution in Central and Eastern Europe: environmental causes and effect of legal protection, (supervisor K.Weidinger, Jiří Reif).

    Other activities

  • peer-reviewing articles,
  • consulting and opposing bachelor and master theses,
  • chairman of Moravian ornithological society.

    International experinece

  • 2011–2012: Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

    Project

    Linking events through the annual cycle: the importance of carry-over effects for the ecology of migratory birds.

    Publications

    Koleček J., Reif J., Šťastný K & Bejček V. 2010: Changes in bird distribution in a Central European country between 1985–1989 and 2001–2003. Journal of Ornithology 151:923–932.

    Koleček J. & Reif J. 2011: Differences between the predictors of abundance, trend and distribution as three measures of avian population change. Acta Ornithologica 46: 143–153.