Mgr. Milica Požgayová, Ph.D.


Position: grant funded researcher
Research topics: behavioural ecology
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 550
E-mail: carringtonseznam.cz

Research interests

  • behavioural aspects of brood parasite–host interactions, mainly in host antiparasitic defences,
  • sex-specific parental investments in the polygynous great reed warbler.

Former students

Beňo Radovan

Publications

2018

Honza M., Požgayová M., Petrželková A., Procházka P.: Does host-absent vocalisation of common cuckoo chicks increase hosts’ food provisioning behaviour?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72 (2018) .

Koleček J., Šulc M., Piálková R., Troscianko J., Požgayová M., Honza M., Procházka P.: Rufous Common Cuckoo chicks are not always female, Journal of Ornithology (2018) .

Požgayová M., Piálková R., Honza M., Procházka P.: Sex-specific nestling growth in an obligate brood parasite: Common Cuckoo males grow larger than females, Auk 135 (2018) 1033-1042.

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.


2017

Čapek M., Petrusková T., Šebelíková Z., Serrano J. C., Procházka P., Honza M., Požgayová M.: Great Reed Warbler singing behavior and conspicuous song structures are not nest-location cues for the Common Cuckoo, Journal of Ornithology 158 (2017) 925-933.

Trnka A., Požgayová M.: Does conspicuous colouration of Magpies Pica pica influence aggressive behaviour in nesting Great Reed Warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus?, Bird Study 64 (2017) 108-111.


2016

Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Honza M., Procházka P.: Nest as an extended phenotype signal of female quality in the great reed warbler, Journal of avian biology 47 (2016) 428-437.

Trnka A., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Čapek M., Honza M.: Chemical defence in avian brood parasites: production and function of repulsive secretions in common cuckoo chicks, Journal of avian biology 47 (2016) 288-293.


2015

Abraham 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.

Koleček J., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Trnka A., Baslerová P., Honza M., Procházka P.: Breeding success and brood parasitism affect return rate and dispersal distances in the great reed warbler, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (2015) 1845-1853.

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 69 (2015) 1053-1061.


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.

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.


2013

Požgayová 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.


2012

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.

Honza 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.

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.


2011

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.

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.


2010

Čapek 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.


2009

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.