doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.
Position: director of the Institute
Research topics: behavioural ecology
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 554
E-mail: honza
brno.cas.cz
Running Projects
Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict
Finished Projects
Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts
Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism
Current students
Former students
Publications
2015Abraham M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Piálková R., Honza M.: Is there a sex-specific difference between parasitic chicks in begging behaviour?, Journal of Ethology 33 (2015) 151-158.
Honza M., Feikusová K., Procházka P., Picman J.: How to hatch from the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) egg: implications of strong eggshells for the hatching muscle (musculus complexus), Journal of Ornithology (2015) .
Jelínek V., Procházka P., Honza M.: Experimental enlargement of nest size does not increase risk of predation or brood parasitism in the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Ibis 157 (2015) 396-400.
Požgayová M., Beňo R., Procházka P., Jelínek V., Abraham M., Honza M.: Lazy males and hardworking females? Sexual conflict over parental care in a brood parasite host and its consequences for chick growth, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2015) .
2014Honza M., Šulc M., Cherry M. I.: Does nest luminosity play a role in recognition of parasitic eggs in domed nests? A case study of the red bishop, Naturwissenschaften 101 (2014) 1009-1015.
Honza M., Šulc M., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Procházka P.: Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences 281 (2014) 20132665.
Jelínek V., Procházka P., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests, Ibis 156 (2014) 189-197.
Procházka P., Konvičková-Patzenhauerová H., Požgayová M., Trnka A., Jelínek V., Honza M.: Host genotype and age have no effect on rejection of parasitic eggs, Naturwissenschaften 101 (2014) 417-426.
2013Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Is shared male assistance with antiparasitic nest defence costly in the polygynous great reed warbler?, Animal Behaviour 85 (2013) 615-621.
Trnka A., Požgayová M., Samaš P., Honza M.: Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite, Ethology 119 (2013) 907-917.
2012Honza M., Procházka P., Požgayová M.: Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Journal of avian biology 43 (2012) 91-96.
Honza M., Procházka P., Požgayová M.: Do weather conditions affect the colouration of great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus eggs?, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 219-224.
Procházka P., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Jak určovat stáří rákosníků velkých (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) po úplném pelichání, Sylvia 48 (2012) 57-73.
Trnka A., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Prokop P., Honza M.: Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2012) 1187-1194.
2011Grim T., Samaš P., Moskát C., Kleven O., Honza M., Moksnes A., Roskaft E., Stokke B. G.: Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?, Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (2011) 508-518.
Honza M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Cherry M. I.: Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine, Naturwissenschaften 98 (2011) 493-499.
Honza M., Procházka P., Morongová K., Čapek M., Jelínek V.: Do nest light conditions affect rejection of parasitic eggs? A test of the light environment hypothesis, Ethology 117 (2011) 539-546.
Polačiková L., Hauber M. E., Procházka P., Cassey P., Honza M., Grim T.: A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds, Journal of avian biology 42 (2011) 370-373.
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Polačiková L., Honza M.: Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs, Behavioral Ecology 22 (2011) 46-51.
2010Čapek M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: 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.
Honza M., Procházka P., Šicha V., Požgayová M.: Nest defence in a cuckoo host: great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks, Behaviour 147 (2010) 741-756.
Polačiková L., Stokke B. G., Procházka P., Honza M., Moksnes A., Roskaft E.: The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Behaviour 147 (2010) 465-478.
2009Honza M., Piálková R., Albrecht T., Neužilová Š.: Nest defence against conspecific intruders in the common pochard Aythya ferina: natural observations and an experimental test, Acta Ornithologica 44 (2009) 151-158.
Moskát C., Hauber M. E., Avilés J. M., Bán M., Hargitai R., Honza M.: Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite, Animal Behaviour 77 (2009) 1281-1290.
Polačiková L., Procházka P., Cherry M. I., Honza M.: Choosing suitable hosts: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitize great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus of high quality, Evolutionary Ecology 23 (2009) 879-891.
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation, Behavioural Processes 81 (2009) 34-38.
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: 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.
2008Cassey P., Honza M., Grim T., Hauber M. E.: The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours, Biology Letters 4 (2008) 515-517.
Honza M., Moskát C.: Egg rejection behaviour in the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): the effect of egg type, Journal of Ethology 26 (2008) 389-395.
Honza M., Polačiková L.: Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (2008) 2519-2523.
Hubálek Z., Halouzka J., Juřicová Z., Šikutová S., Rudolf I., Honza M., Janková J., Chytil J., Marec F., Sitko J.: Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic), Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8 (2008) 659-666.
Ležalová-Piálková R., Honza M.: Responses of Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibundus to conspecific brood parasitism, Journal of Ornithology 149 (2008) 415-421.
Moksnes A., Roskaft E., Rudolfsen G., Skjelseth S., Stokke B. G., Kleven O., Gibbs H. L., Honza M., Taborsky B., Teuschl Y., Vogl W., Taborsky M.: Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females, Journal of avian biology 39 (2008) 238-241.
2007Honza M., Vošlajerová K., Moskát C.: Eviction behaviour of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus chicks, Journal of avian biology 38 (2007) 385-389.
Honza M., Polačiková L., Procházka P.: Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92 (2007) 269-276.
Honza M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Tkadlec E.: Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Ethology 113 (2007) 344-351.
Polačiková L., Honza M., Procházka P., Topercer J., Stokke B. G.: Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 419-427.
Procházka P., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu, Sluka 4 (2007) 91-94.
Stokke B. G., Hafstad I., Rudolfsen G., Bargain B., Beier J., Campas D. B., Dyrcz A., Honza M., Leisler B., Pap P. L., Patapavičius R., Procházka P., Schulze-Hagen K., Thomas R., Moksnes A., Mller A. P., Roskaft E., Soler M.: Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers, Oikos 116 (2007) 913-922.
Šicha V., Procházka P., Honza M.: Hopeless solicitation? Host-absent vocalization in the common cuckoo has no effect on feeding rate of reed warblers, Journal of Ethology 25 (2007) 147-152.
2006Antonov A., Stokke B. G., Moksnes A., Kleven O., Honza M., Roskaft E.: Eggshell strength of an obligate brood parasite: a test of the puncture resistance hypothesis, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60 (2006) 11-18.
Honza M., Šicha V., Procházka P., Ležalová R.: Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus), Journal of Ornithology 147 (2006) 629-637.
Moskát C., Barta Z., Hauber M. E., Honza M.: High synchrony of egg laying in common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) hosts, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution (2006) 159-167.
2005Honza M., Kuiper S. M., Cherry M. I.: Behaviour of African turdid hosts towards experimental parasitism with artificial red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius eggs, Journal of avian biology 36 (2005) 517-522.
Honza M., Moskát C.: Antiparasite behaviour in response to experimental brood parasitism in the great reed warbler: a comparison of single and multiple parasitism, Annales Zoologici Fennici 42 (2005) 627-633.
Ležalová R., Tkadlec E., Oborník M., Šimek J., Honza M.: Should males come first? The relationship between offspring hatching order and sex in the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus, Journal of avian biology 36 (2005) 478-483.
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major), Sluka 2 (2005) 97-101.
