Mgr. Barbora Zemanová

Position: phd student
Research topics: Conservation genetics
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 568 423 680
E-mail: barca_zemanovacentrum.cz

Research Interests

  • Conservation genetics, non-invasive genetic sampling, population genetics and molecular ecology

    Education

  • 2006: MSc in Systematic Biology and Ecology and Teacher Training in Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno & Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
    thesis „Assessment of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) population size and structure in Třeboňsko PLA & BR (Czech Republic) using non-invasive genetic sampling”
  • 2006-present: Postgraduate study in Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno & Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
    PhD project “Genetic structure of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) populations in Central Europe”

    Project participations

  • 2003-2005: Assessment of population size and population structure of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in different habitats by a non-invasive genetic method
  • 2006-2009: Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe
  • 2008-2010: Filling gaps in the knowledge of biology and ecology of the Eurasian otter: ecological modelling
  • 2008-2010: Genetic consequences of population decline in Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics

    Publications

    2011

    D. DEMONTIS, S. D. CZARNOMSKA, P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, J. BRYJA, V. LOESCHCKE, C. PERTOLDI: Characterization of 151 SNPs for population structure analysis of the endangered Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) and its relative, the Alpine chamois (R. r. rupicapra), Mammalian Biology 76 (2011) .

    B. ZEMANOVÁ, P. HÁJKOVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA JR., A. HÁJKOVÁ, J. ZIMA: Development of multiplex microsatellite sets for noninvasive population genetic study of the endangered Tatra chamois, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 70-80.


    2010

    J. AN, S-K. CHOI, J. SOMMER, E. LOUIS JR., R. BRENNEMAN, B. ZEMANOVÁ, P. HÁJKOVÁ, G. PARK, M-S. MIN, K-S. KIM, H. LEE: A core set of microsatellite markers for conservation genetics studies of Korean goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) and its cross-species amplification in Caprinae species, Journal of Veterinary Science 11 (2010) 351-353.


    2009

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, B. HÁJEK: An evaluation of field and noninvasive genetic methods for estimating Eurasian otter population size, Conservation Genetics 10 (2009) 1667-1681.


    2007

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, C. PERTOLDI, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, B. HÁJEK, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA: Genetic structure and evidence for recent population decline in Eurasian otter populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics: implications for conservation, Journal of Zoology 272 (2007) 1-9.


    2006

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, J. BRYJA, B. HÁJEK, K. ROCHE, E. TKADLEC, J. ZIMA: Factors affecting success of PCR amplification of microsatellite loci from otter faeces, Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (2006) 559-562.


    2004

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. HÁJEK, B. ZEMANOVÁ, K. ROCHE, A. TOMAN, J. BRYJA: Genetická variabilita a populačno-genetická štruktúra subpopulácií vydry riečnej (Lutra lutra) v výskumnom projekte Českej a Slovenskej republike, Bulletin Vydra (2004) 19-23.

    P. HÁJKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, B. HÁJEK, K. ROCHE, M. KUČEROVÁ, J. BRYJA, J. ZIMA: Stanovenie početnosti a štruktúry populácie vydry riečnej (Lutra lutra) neinvazívnou genetickou metódou - správa o prebiehajúcom výskumnom projekte, Bulletin Vydra (2004) 15-18.