Michal Šulc

Mgr. Michal Šulc, Ph.D.

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

Research interests

• evolutionary and behavioural ecology of birds,

• brood parasitism,

• mimicry of parasitic eggs.

Vzdělání

• 2007-2010: bachelor's degree - Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology. Thesis: The role of ultraviolet light in communication of birds.
• 2010-2012: master's degree - Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology. 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

2018

Sosnovcová K., Koleček J., Požgayová M., Jelínek V., Šulc M., Steidlová P., Honza M., Procházka P.: Timing of natal nests is an important factor affecting return rates of juvenile Great Reed Warblers, Journal of Ornithology 159 (2018) 183-190.

2016

Hanley D., Šulc M., Brennan P. L. R., Hauber M. E., Grim T., Honza M.: Dynamic egg color mimicry, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 4192-4202.

Šulc M., Procházka P., Čapek M., Honza M.: Birds use eggshell UV reflectance when recognizing non-mimetic parasitic eggs, Behavioral Ecology 27 (2016) 677-684.

Šulc M., Procházka P., Čapek M., Honza M.: Common cuckoo females are not choosy when removing an egg during parasitism, Behavioral Ecology 27 (2016) 1642-1649.

2014

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.