doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Position: Director
Research topics: behavioural ecology
Department: Department of Avian Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 542
E-mail: honzabrno.cas.cz

Projects

Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts

Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism

Evolutionary determinants of brood parasitism in ducks

Publications

2009

C. MOSKÁT, M. E. HAUBER, J. M. AVILÉS, M. BÁN, R. HARGITAI, M. HONZA: Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite, Animal Behaviour 77 (2009) 1281-1290.

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation, Behavioural Processes 81 (2009) 34-38.


2008

P. CASSEY, M. HONZA, T. GRIM, M. E. HAUBER: The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours, Biology Letters 4 (2008) 515-517.

M. HONZA, L. POLAČIKOVÁ: Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (2008) 2519-2523.

M. HONZA, C. MOSKÁT: Egg rejection behaviour in the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): the effect of egg type, Journal of Ethology 26 (2008) 389-395.

Z. HUBÁLEK, J. HALOUZKA, Z. JUŘICOVÁ, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, I. RUDOLF, M. HONZA, J. JANKOVÁ, J. CHYTIL, F. MAREC, J. SITKO: Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic), Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8 (2008) 659-666.

R. LEŽALOVÁ-PIÁLKOVÁ, M. HONZA: Responses of Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibundus to conspecific brood parasitism, Journal of Ornithology 149 (2008) 415-421.

A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, G. RUDOLFSEN, S. SKJELSETH, B. G. STOKKE, O. KLEVEN, H. L. GIBBS, M. HONZA, B. TABORSKY, Y. TEUSCHL, W. VOGL, M. TABORSKY: Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females, Journal of avian biology 39 (2008) 238-241.


2007

M. HONZA, L. POLAČIKOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA: Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92 (2007) 269-276.

M. HONZA, K. VOŠLAJEROVÁ, C. MOSKÁT: Eviction behaviour of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus chicks, Journal of avian biology 38 (2007) 385-389.

M. HONZA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, E. TKADLEC: Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Ethology 113 (2007) 344-351.

L. POLAČIKOVÁ, M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, J. TOPERCER, B. G. STOKKE: Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 419-427.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu, Sluka 4 (2007) 91-94.

B. G. STOKKE, I. HAFSTAD, G. RUDOLFSEN, B. BARGAIN, J. BEIER, D. B. CAMPAS, A. DYRCZ, M. HONZA, B. LEISLER, P. L. PAP, R. PATAPAVIČIUS, P. PROCHÁZKA, K. SCHULZE-HAGEN, R. THOMAS, A. MOKSNES, A. P. MøLLER, E. ROSKAFT, M. SOLER: Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers, Oikos 116 (2007) 913-922.

V. ŠICHA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Hopeless solicitation? Host-absent vocalization in the common cuckoo has no effect on feeding rate of reed warblers, Journal of Ethology 25 (2007) 147-152.


2006

A. ANTONOV, B. G. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, O. KLEVEN, M. HONZA, E. ROSKAFT: Eggshell strength of an obligate brood parasite: a test of the puncture resistance hypothesis, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60 (2006) 11-18.

M. HONZA, V. ŠICHA, P. PROCHÁZKA, R. LEŽALOVÁ: Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus), Journal of Ornithology 147 (2006) 629-637.

C. MOSKÁT, Z. BARTA, M. E. HAUBER, M. HONZA: High synchrony of egg laying in common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) hosts, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution (2006) 159-167.


2005

M. HONZA, C. MOSKÁT: Antiparasite behaviour in response to experimental brood parasitism in the great reed warbler: a comparison of single and multiple parasitism, Annales Zoologici Fennici 42 (2005) 627-633.

M. HONZA, S. M. KUIPER, M. I. CHERRY: Behaviour of African turdid hosts towards experimental parasitism with artificial red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius eggs, Journal of avian biology 36 (2005) 517-522.

R. LEŽALOVÁ, E. TKADLEC, M. OBORNÍK, J. ŠIMEK, M. HONZA: Should males come first? The relationship between offspring hatching order and sex in the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus, Journal of avian biology 36 (2005) 478-483.

M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major), Sluka 2 (2005) 97-101.


2004

M. HONZA, T. GRIM, M. ČAPEK JR., A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Bird Study 51 (2004) 256-263.

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, B. G. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo?, Journal of Ethology 22 (2004) 175-180.

O. KLEVEN, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, G. RUDOLFSEN, B. G. STOKKE, M. HONZA: Breeding success of common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitising four sympatric species of Acrocephalus warblers, Journal of avian biology 35 (2004) 394-398.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Egg discrimination in the Yellowhammer, Condor 106 (2004) 405-410.

S. SKJELSETH, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, H. L. GIBBS, M. TABORSKY, B. TABORSKY, M. HONZA, O. KLEVEN: Parentage and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Journal of avian biology 35 (2004) 21-24.

W. VOGL, B. TABORSKY, M. TABORSKY, Y. TEUSCHL, M. HONZA: Habitat and space use of European cuckoo females during the egg laying period, Behaviour 141 (2004) 881-898.


2003

I. LITERÁK, M. HONZA, M. HALUZÍK, A. HAMAN, B. PINOWSKA, Š. PČOLA: Cutaneous trematode Collyriclum faba in wild birds in the central European Carpathians, Journal of Parasitology 89 (2003) 412-416.

P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Do common whitethroats (Sylvia communis) discriminate against alien eggs?, Journal für Ornithologie 144 (2003) 354-363.


2002

M. HONZA, B. TABORSKY, M. TABORSKY, Y. TEUSCHL, W. VOGL, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study, Animal Behaviour 64 (2002) 861-868.

C. MOSKÁT, M. HONZA: European cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism and host's rejection behaviour in a heavily parasitized great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus population, Ibis 144 (2002) 614-622.

J. PICMAN, M. HONZA: Are House Wren Troglodytes aedon eggs unusually strong? Test of the predicted effect of intraspecific egg destruction, Ibis 144 (2002) E57-E66.

E. ROSKAFT, A. MOKSNES, D. MEILVANG, V. BIČÍK, J. JEMELÍKOVÁ, M. HONZA: No evidence for recognition errors in Acrocephalus warblers, Journal of avian biology 33 (2002) 31-38.

E. ROSKAFT, A. MOKSNES, B. G. STOKKE, C. MOSKÁT, M. HONZA: The spatial habitat structure of host populations explains the pattern of rejection behavior in hosts and parasitic adaptations in cuckoos, Behavioral Ecology 13 (2002) 163-168.

B. G. STOKKE, M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, G. RUDOLFSEN: Costs associated with recognition and rejection of parasitic eggs in two European Passerines, Behaviour 139 (2002) 629-644.

W. VOGL, M. TABORSKY, B. TABORSKY, Y. TEUSCHL, M. HONZA: Cuckoo females preferentially use specific habitats when searching for host nests, Animal Behaviour 64 (2002) 843-850.


2001

A. L. CLARKE, I. J. OIEN, M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: Factors affecting reed warbler risk of brood parasitism by the common cuckoo, Auk 118 (2001) 534-538.

E. EDVARDSEN, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, I. J. OIEN, M. HONZA: Egg mimicry in cuckoos parasitizing four sympatric species of Acrocephalus warblers, Condor 103 (2001) 829-837.

T. GRIM, M. HONZA: Differences in behaviour of closely related thrushes (Turdus philomelos and T. merula) to experimental parasitism by the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Biologia 56 (2001) 549-556.

T. GRIM, M. HONZA: Does supernormal stimulus influence parental behaviour of the cuckoo's host?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49 (2001) 322-329.

M. HONZA, J. PICMAN, T. GRIM, V. NOVÁK, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: How to hatch from an egg of great structural strength. A study of the common cuckoo, Journal of avian biology 32 (2001) 249-255.

M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, B. G. STOKKE: How are different common cuckoo Cuculus canorus egg morphs maintained? An evaluation of different hypotheses, Ardea 89 (2001) 341-352.

I. LITERÁK, M. HONZA, B. PINOWSKA, A. HAMAN: Larvae of trombiculid mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae) in wild birds in Slovak and Polish Carpathians, Acta veterinaria Brno 70 (2001) 479-483.

I. LITERÁK, R. HALOUZKA, M. HROMÁDKO, M. HONZA, B. PINOWSKA, A. HAMAN: Avipoxvirus infection in wild birds: new findings from Slovakia and Poland, Acta veterinaria Brno 70 (2001) 339-344.


2000

M. ČAPEK JR., M. HONZA, V. MRLÍK: Female blackcap adoption of a yellowhammer clutch, Wilson Bulletin 112 (2000) 542-543.

M. HONZA, I. LITERÁK, J. PAVELKA, J. FORMÁNEK: Postbreeding occurrence of the marsh warbler Acrocephalus palustris in reedbed areas in the Czech Republic and its migration to Africa, Ökologie der Vögel 22 (2000) 119-129.

I. LITERÁK, M. HONZA, M. HALUZÍK: Migrace ptáků v Ruské kotlině (Bukovské vrchy) v září 1999, Natura Carpatica 41 (2000) 107-112.

A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, L. G. HAGEN, M. HONZA, C. MORK, P. H. OLSEN: Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and host behaviour at reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus nests, Ibis 142 (2000) 247-258.

C. MOSKÁT, M. HONZA: Effect of nest and nest site characteristics on the risk of cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Ecography 23 (2000) 335-341.


1999

M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, I. J. OIEN: Effect of Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus on the reproductive tactics of the Reed Warbler A. scirpaceus, Ibis 141 (1999) 489-493.

O. KLEVEN, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, M. HONZA: Host species affects the growth rate of cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chicks, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47 (1999) 41-46.

B. S. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, G. RUDOLFSEN, M. HONZA: Rejection of artificial cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs in relation to variation in egg appearance among reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B - Biological Sciences 266 (1999) 1483-1488.