Institute of Vertebrate Biology: Biodiversity and ecology of vertebrates: implications in conservation and sustainable management of natural populations

Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the ASCR, v.v.i.
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Biodiversity and ecology of vertebrates: implications in conservation and sustainable management of natural populations

Biological diversity of vertebrates will be studied at the molecular, the organismal, and community level. Molecular and genetic markers will be applied in the biodiversity and evolutionary studies. In the ecological research, population dynamics and trends in the community structure in natural and disturbed environments will be studied in relation to physiological and behavioural mechanisms of life histories and ecological adaptations. The status of fish and wildlife habitats will be assessed in a landscape perspective. Microbial and other pathogens of free–living vertebrates will be studied with emphasis to the accelerated occurrence of certain agens causing epidemies. Simulation modelling of natural process will be implied to the strategy of species conservation, sustainable management of natural resources, and pest control. Measures to diminish the extent of infectious diseases transmissable to humans and domestic animals will be proposed.