doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Position: head
Research topics: behavioural ecology
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 554
E-mail: honzabrno.cas.cz

Running projects

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

Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict

Finished projects

Current students

  • Marek Mihai Abraham
  • Marie Adámková
  • Tereza Bolcková
  • Klára Morongová
  • Michal Šulc

    Publications

    2013

    M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Is shared male assistance with antiparasitic nest defence costly in the polygynous great reed warbler?, Animal Behaviour 85 (2013) 615-621.

    A. TRNKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. SAMAŠ, M. HONZA: Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite, Ethology (2013) .


    2012

    M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Do weather conditions affect the colouration of great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus eggs?, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 219-224.

    M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Journal of avian biology 43 (2012) 91-96.

    P. PROCHÁZKA, V. JELÍNEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, M. HONZA: Jak určovat stáří rákosníků velkých (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) po úplném pelichání, Sylvia 48 (2012) 57-73.

    A. TRNKA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, P. PROKOP, M. HONZA: Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2012) 1187-1194.


    2011

    T. GRIM, P. SAMAŠ, C. MOSKÁT, O. KLEVEN, M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, B. G. STOKKE: Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?, Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (2011) 508-518.

    M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, K. MORONGOVÁ, M. ČAPEK, V. JELÍNEK: Do nest light conditions affect rejection of parasitic eggs? A test of the light environment hypothesis, Ethology 117 (2011) 539-546.

    M. HONZA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. I. CHERRY: Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine, Naturwissenschaften 98 (2011) 493-499.

    L. POLAČIKOVÁ, M. E. HAUBER, P. PROCHÁZKA, P. CASSEY, M. HONZA, T. GRIM: A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds, Journal of avian biology 42 (2011) 370-373.

    M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, L. POLAČIKOVÁ, M. HONZA: Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs, Behavioral Ecology 22 (2011) 46-51.


    2010

    M. ČAPEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: 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.

    M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, V. ŠICHA, M. POŽGAYOVÁ: Nest defence in a cuckoo host: great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks, Behaviour 147 (2010) 741-756.

    L. POLAČIKOVÁ, B. G. STOKKE, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Behaviour 147 (2010) 465-478.


    2009

    M. HONZA, R. PIÁLKOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, Š. NEUŽILOVÁ: Nest defence against conspecific intruders in the common pochard Aythya ferina: natural observations and an experimental test, Acta Ornithologica 44 (2009) 151-158.

    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.

    L. POLAČIKOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. I. CHERRY, M. HONZA: Choosing suitable hosts: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitize great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus of high quality, Evolutionary Ecology 23 (2009) 879-891.

    M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: 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.

    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. MLLER, 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.