RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc.
Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: mammal ecology
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 517
E-mail: homolka
ivb.cz
Research interests
- feeding behaviour of herbivors - seasonal changes in diets, interactions between herbivors and vegetation, impact of mammals on environment,
- population dynamic of herbivorous mammals – effects of environmental factors on mammal density.
Finished Projects
Rodents as important factor influencing forest regeneration
Education
- 1971 -1976: undergraduate study - J.E.Purkyně University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology and Anthropology. Diploma thesis: Contribution to the knowledge of the reproduction and population ecology of dormice (Gliridae), (superviosr J.Gaisler).
- 1980-1983: Ph.D. study – Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. thesis: Feeding ecology and ethology of Brown Hare in the intensely farmed countryside, (supervisor J.Zejda).
Employment
- 1976-1983: Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Brno - research assistant,
- 1983–present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - research fellow.
Publications
2018Krojerová-Prokešová J., Homolka M., Heroldová M., Barančeková M., Baňař P., Kamler J., Modlinger R., Purchart L., Zejda J., Suchomel J.: Patterns of vole gnawing on saplings in managed clearings in Central European forests, Forest Ecology and Management 408 (2018) 137-147.
2016Kamler J., Homolka M.: Influence of agricultural crops adjacent to forest on woody species browsing: Is it advantageous to have a tasty neighbour?, Journal of Forest Science 62 (2016) 41-46.
Kamler J., Homolka M.: The importance of cultivated plants in the diet of red and roe deer and mouflon, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 64 (2016) 813-819.
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Homolka M., Barančeková M., Heroldová M., Baňař P., Kamler J., Purchart L., Suchomel J., Zejda J.: Structure of small mammal communities on clearings in managed Central European forests, Forest Ecology and Management 367 (2016) 41-51.
2013Heroldová M., Homolka M., Zejda J.: Některé nepublikované nálezy Apodemus agrarius v Čechách a na Moravě v návaznosti na současný stav znalostí o jejím rozšíření (Rodentia: Muridae), Lynx 44 (2013) 181-184.
Homolka M., Heroldová M., Zejda J.: Škody způsobené hraboši na lesní výsadbě v kontextu globálních změn klimatu, Lesnická práce 92 (2013) 22-23.
Jablonski D., Balej P., Jůna F., Homolka M.: Low altitudinal distribution of Salamandra salamandra from the Balkan Peninsula, Herpetology notes 6 (2013) 563-566.
2012Heroldová M., Bryja J., Jánová E., Suchomel J., Homolka M.: Rodent damage to natural and replanted mountain forest regeneration, Scientific World Journal 2012 (2012) 872536.
Suchomel J., Purchart L., Heroldová M., Homolka M., Kamler J., Tkadlec E.: Vole damage to planted tree regeneration conditioned by some environmental factors, Austrian Journal of Forest Science 129 (2012) 56-65.
2011Baňař P., Heroldová M., Homolka M., Kamler J.: Aktuální situace ve vývoji poškození lesní výsadby hlodavci, Lesnická práce 90 (2011) 38-39.
Heroldová M., Homolka M., Tkadlec E., Kamler J., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Krojerová J., Barančeková M., Turek K., Baňař M.: Vole impact on tree regeneration: insights into forest management, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 101-102.
Homolka M., Heroldová M., Kamler J.: Plant biomass and prediction of debarking caused by rodents in artificial regeneration of forest stands, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 99-100.
Kamler J., Homolka M.: Needles in faeces: an index of quality of wild ungulate winter diet, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 63-69.
Kamler J., Turek K., Homolka M., Baňař P., Barančeková M., Heroldová M., Krojerová J., Suchomel J., Purchart L.: Inventory of rodent damage to forests, Journal of Forest Science 57 (2011) 219-225.
Plhal R., Kamler J., Homolka M., Adamec Z.: An assessment of the applicability of photo trapping to estimate wild boar population density in a forest environment, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 237-246.
Tkadlec E., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Heroldová M., Čepelka L., Homolka M.: Synchronous population fluctuations of forest and field voles: implications for population management, Julius-Kühn-Archiv 432 (2011) 97-98.
2010Hejcmanová P., Homolka M., Antonínová M., Hejcman M., Podhájecká V.: Diet composition of western Derby eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in the dry season in a natural and a managed habitat in Senegal using faecal analyses, South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (2010) 27-34.
Homolka M., Švehlík P.: Populační dynamika hlodavců, Lesnická práce 89 (2010) 16-17.
Kamler J., Homolka M., Barančeková M., Krojerová-Prokešová J.: Reduction of herbivore density as a tool for reduction of herbivore browsing on palatable tree species, European Journal of Forest Research 129 (2010) 155-162.
Suchomel J., Heroldová M., Purchart L., Homolka M.: Herbivore impact on beech in selected tree plantations in the Beskydy and Jeseniky Mountains, Beskydy 3 (2010) 187-192.
2009Heroldová M., Jánová E., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Homolka M.: Bark chemical analysis explains selective bark damage by rodents, Beskydy 2 (2009) 137-140.
Kamler J., Turek K., Homolka M.: Význam drobných savců při obnově lesních porostů, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 22-23.
Kamler J., Homolka M., Cerkal R., Heroldová M., Krojerová-Prokešová J., Barančeková M., Dvořák J., Vejražka K.: Evaluation of potential deer browsing impact on sunflower (Helianthus annus), European Journal of Wildlife Research 55 (2009) 583-588.
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Barančeková M., Homolka M.: Význam lužných lesov pre chov raticovej zveri, Folia venatoria (2009) 17-25.
Suchomel J., Krojerová-Prokešová J., Heroldová M., Purchart L., Barančeková M., Homolka M.: Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings, Beskydy 2 (2009) 195-200.
Turek K., Homolka M., Kamler J.: Hlodavci v lesním prostředí: naše nejvýznamnější druhy, Lesnická práce 88 (2009) 18-21.
2008Heroldová M., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Homolka M.: Impact intensity of rodents on the forest regeneration in artificial plantations in the Smrk - Kněhyně area, Beskydy 1 (2008) 33-35.
Heroldová M., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Homolka M.: The role of granivorous rodents in beech forest regeneration in the Beskydy Mts. (Czech Republic), Beskydy 1 (2008) 131-134.
Homolka M., Heroldová M., Bartoš L.: White-tailed deer winter feeding strategy in area shared with other deer species, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 283-293.
