RNDr. Jaroslav Koleček, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: ecology and migration of birds
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 519
Mobile: +420 605 552 978
E-mail: j.kolecekgmail.com

Research interests

bird migration,

conservation biology,

macroecology,

ecology of birds.

Education

1996-2004: Grammar school, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.

2004–2007: undergraduate study - Palacky University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Geography – Biology in Environmental Protection. Bachelor thesis: The Dragonflies (Odonata) of the district Vsetín, (supervisor Dr. Vladimír Uvíra).

2007–2009: undergraduate study - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Geography – Biology in Environmental Protection (Teaching Training for Secondary Schools). Master thesis: Bird abundance in lowland riverine forests of the Middle Moravia, (supervisor Ass. Prof., Dr. Karel Weidinger).

2010: RNDr. degree - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Distribution, habitat preferences and phenology of dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in the Vsetín Region.

2009-2013: Ph.D. study - Palacký University, Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Changes in bird abundance and distribution in Central and Eastern Europe: environmental causes and effect of legal protection, (supervisor K.Weidinger, Jiří Reif).

Other activities

peer-reviewing articles,

consulting and opposing bachelor and master theses,

chairman of Moravian ornithological society.

International experience

2011–2012: Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main (Germany),

2013-present: Vogelwarte, Sempach (Switzerland).

Project

Linking events through the annual cycle: the importance of carry-over effects for the ecology of migratory birds.

Further publications

Koleček J., Reif J., Š?astný K & Bejček V. 2010: Changes in bird distribution in a Central European country between 1985–1989 and 2001–2003. Journal of Ornithology 151:923–932.

Koleček J. & Reif J. 2011: Differences between the predictors of abundance, trend and distribution as three measures of avian population change. Acta Ornithologica 46: 143–153.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals in the Czech Republic

- Koleček J. 2006: An extreme weight and subcutaneous fat deposits in the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus). Sylvia 42:126–129.

- Koleček J. 2006: The Yellow-legged Clubtail Trapped in a Bird Net in the Wallachia Region.

Živa 54(3):124–125.

- Koleček J. 2008: The results of faunistic research of the dragonflies (Odonata) in the district Vsetín (Northern Moravia, Czech Republic). Vážky – sb. referátů z XI. celostátního semináře: 27–60.

- Koleček J. 2010: First occurence of the Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons) in the district Vsetín (North-east Moravia, Czech Republic). Acta Carpathica Occidentalis 1: 97-98.
- Koleček J., Paclík M., Weidinger K. & Reif J. 2010: Abundance and species richness of birds in two lowland riverine forests in Central Moravia – possibilities for analyses of point-count data. Sylvia 46: 71-85.

- Koleček J., Paclík M., Praus L., Vymazal M., Tyller Z., Turčoková L., Sedláček J. & Figura R. 2011: Breeding and winter bird abundance in two central Moravian floodplain forests. Zprávy MOS 69: 4–17.
- Koleček J. 2012: The first confirmed breeding of the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) in the Rožnovská Bečva River Basin. Zprávy MOS 70: 28–29.
- Koleček J. 2012: A new record of the Yellow-spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis, Odonata: Libellulidae) in the district Vsetín (Eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic). Acta Carpathica Occidentalis 3: 115–116.
- Pavelka K. & Koleček J. 2012: A new finding of the False Tamarisk (Myricaria germanica) in the Bečva River Basin. Acta Carpathica Occidentalis 3: 112–114.

Publications

2014

J. KOLEČEK, M. SCHLEUNING, I. J. BURFIELD, A. BÁLDI, K. BÖHNING-GAESE, V. DEVICTOR, J. M. FERNÁNDEZ-GARCÍA, D. HOŘÁK, C. A. M. VAN TURNHOUT, O. HNATYNA, J. REIF: Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe, Biological Conservation 172 (2014) 109-116.

J. KOLEČEK, T. ALBRECHT, J. REIF: Predictors of extinction risk of passerine birds in a Central European country, Animal Conservation (2014) .


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