Mgr. Milica Požgayová, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: behavioural ecology
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 550
E-mail: carringtonseznam.cz

Research interests

behavioural aspects of brood parasite–host interactions, mainly in host antiparasitic defences,

sex-specific parental investments in the polygynous great reed warbler.

Current students

Radovan Beňo

Publications

2014

M. HONZA, M. ŠULC, V. JELÍNEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA: Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B - Biological Sciences 281 (2014) .

V. JELÍNEK, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests, Ibis 156 (2014) 189-197.

2013

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Is shared male assistance with antiparasitic nest defence costly in the polygynous great reed warbler?, Animal Behaviour 85 (2013) 615-621.

A. TRNKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. SAMAŠ, M. HONZA: Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite, Ethology 119 (2013) 907-917.

2012

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Do weather conditions affect the colouration of great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus eggs?, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 219-224.

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Journal of avian biology 43 (2012) 91-96.

P. PROCHÁZKA, V. JELÍNEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Jak určovat stáří rákosníků velkých (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) po úplném pelichání, Sylvia 48 (2012) 57-73.

A. TRNKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, P. PROKOP, M. HONZA: Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2012) 1187-1194.

2011

M. HONZA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. I. CHERRY: Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine, Naturwissenschaften 98 (2011) 493-499.

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, L. POLAČIKOVÁ, M. HONZA: Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs, Behavioral Ecology 22 (2011) 46-51.

2010

M. ČAPEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Repeated presentations of the Common Cuckoo increase nest defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but do not induce it to make recognition errors, Condor 112 (2010) 763-769.

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, V. ŠICHA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Nest defence in a cuckoo host: great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks, Behaviour 147 (2010) 741-756.

2009

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Adjustment of incubation according to the threat posed: a further signal of enemy recognition in the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla?, Journal of Ornithology 150 (2009) 569-576.

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation, Behavioural Processes 81 (2009) 34-38.

2007

M. HONZA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, E. TKADLEC: Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Ethology 113 (2007) 344-351.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu, Sluka 4 (2007) 91-94.

2005

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major), Sluka 2 (2005) 97-101.


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