MVDr. Oldřich Tomášek, Ph.D.


Position: post-doc
Research topics: evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 604
E-mail: oltmskgmail.com

Research interests

  • condition dependence in sexually selected ornaments,
  • physiology of ageing and life-history evolution,
  • physiological and oxidative stress ecology.

Education

  • 1998–2004: undergraduate study - University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine. MVDr.(=DVM) thesis: Prevalence of Tumours and Antibodies against Leukosis and Sarcoma Viruses of Subgroups A and B in Breeding and Production Flocks of Layers, (supervisor L.Kulíková).
  • 2004–2007: Ph.D. study - University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Avian, Reptile and Small Mammal Medicine. Ph.D. thesis: PCR Detection and Treatment of Psittacine Viral Infections and Host Specificity of Beak and Feather Disease Virus, (supervisor V.Tukač).
  • 2009-present: Ph.D. study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Mechanisms of condition dependence of sexually selected ornaments in birds.

Publications

2016

Opatová P., Ihle M., Albrechtová J., Tomášek O., Kempenaers B., Forstmeier W., Albrecht T.: Inbreeding depression of sperm traits in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 295-304.

Tomášek O., Gabrielová B., Kačer P., Maršík P., Svobodová J., Syslová K., Vinkler M., Albrecht T.: Opposing effects of oxidative challenge and carotenoids on antioxidant status and condition-dependent sexual signalling, Scientific Reports 6 (2016) 23546.

Vitousek M. N., Tomášek O., Albrecht T., Wilkins M. R., Safran R. J.: Signal traits and oxidative stress: a comparative study across populations with divergent signals, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4 (2016) 56.


2015

Petrželková A., Michálková R., Albrechtová J., Cepák J., Honza M., Kreisinger J., Munclinger P., Soudková M., Tomášek O., Albrecht T.: Brood parasitism and quasi-parasitism in the European barn swallow Hirundo rustica rustica, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (2015) 1405-1414.

Vinkler M., Bainová H., Bryjová A., Tomášek O., Albrecht T., Bryja J.: Characterisation of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 and their genetic variation in the grey partridge, Genetica 143 (2015) 101-112.


2014

Schnitzer J., Exnerová A., Poláková R., Vinkler M., Tomášek O., Munclinger P., Albrecht T.: Male ornamentation and within-pair paternity are not associated with male provisioning rates in scarlet rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus, Acta Ethologica 17 (2014) 89-97.


2013

Rymešová D., Tomášek O., Šálek M.: Differences in mortality rates, dispersal distances and breeding success of commercially reared and wild grey partridges in the Czech agricultural landscape, European Journal of Wildlife Research 59 (2013) 147-158.