Ing. Radovan Smolinský, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: thermal biology
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 608
E-mail: radovan.smolinskygmail.com

Research interests

thermal biology of ectothermal organisms.

Education

1999-2004: undergraduate study - Technical University Zvolen, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Thesis: Landscape structure and reptiles (Reptilia) of National Park Slovak Karst.

2002-2004: pedagogical study - Matej Bell University Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Education.

2004-2009: Ph.D. study - Komensky University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences. Ph.D. thesis: Osification of otoccipital region of fully formed chondrocranium of salt-water crocodyle (Crocodylus porosus).

2008-2012> Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science. Ph.D. thesis: The role of predator-prey interactions in the coadaptation of thermal biology in newts, (supervisor L.Gvoždík).

Publications

2014

R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Effect of temperature extremes on the spatial dynamics of predator–prey interactions: a case study with dragonfly nymphs and newt larvae, Journal of Thermal Biology 39 (2014) 12-16.

2013

R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Does developmental acclimatization reduce the susceptibility to predation in newt larvae?, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2013) 109-115.

2012

R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Interactive influence of biotic and abiotic cues on the plasticity of preferred body temperatures in a predator–prey system, Oecologia 170 (2012) 47-55.

2011

V. KURDÍKOVÁ, R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: Mothers matter too: benefits of temperature oviposition preferences in newts, PLoS ONE 6 (2011) .

2009

R. SMOLINSKÝ, L. GVOŽDÍK: The ontogenetic shift in thermoregulatory behaviour of newt larvae: testing the "enemy-free temperatures" hypothesis, Journal of Zoology 279 (2009) 180-186.