Michal Šulc

Mgr. Michal Šulc

Position: PhD student
Research topics: behavioural ecology of birds
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 737 904 599
E-mail: sulc-michalseznam.cz

Research interests

• optical cues in the coevolution between the brood parasite and its hosts.

Vzdělání

• 2007-2012: undergraduate study - Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology. Diploma thesis: The role of UV reflection in parasitic egg rejection in the reed warbler.
• 2012-present: Ph.D. study - Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology. Thesis: Visual cues in the coevolution of brood parasite and its hosts.

Publications

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.

Honza 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.