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Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the ASCR, v. v. i.
Květná 8
603 65 Brno
603 65 Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 500; 543 321 306;
FAX: +420 543 211 346
URL: http://www.ivb.cz
E-mail: ubo@ivb.cz
Chart: ubo_chart.pdf
The Institute was established on 1 July 1998 after separation from the Institute of Landscape Ecology, ASCR, Brno.
The Institute’s activities are concentrated on the basic research of vertebrates, in particular at population and community levels, studies of population dynamics, analyses of changes and tendencies in the composition of communities in the natural and disturbed environment including simulation and prediction. Physiological, ecological and evolutional mechanisms forming the life styles of vertebrates during ontogeny, their reproduction patterns, survival, feeding behaviour, and intra- and interspecies relations are investigated. Endotherm vertebrates and their ectoparasites are studied as hosts, vectors and reservoirs of human and animal infections in natural foci.
The biodiversity of vertebrates is studied at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels. Methods of its conservation are worked out, including proposals for the protection of species, management, and restoration of degraded biotopes and ecosystems.
The Institute’s activities are concentrated on the basic research of vertebrates, in particular at population and community levels, studies of population dynamics, analyses of changes and tendencies in the composition of communities in the natural and disturbed environment including simulation and prediction. Physiological, ecological and evolutional mechanisms forming the life styles of vertebrates during ontogeny, their reproduction patterns, survival, feeding behaviour, and intra- and interspecies relations are investigated. Endotherm vertebrates and their ectoparasites are studied as hosts, vectors and reservoirs of human and animal infections in natural foci.
The biodiversity of vertebrates is studied at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels. Methods of its conservation are worked out, including proposals for the protection of species, management, and restoration of degraded biotopes and ecosystems.
PUBLIC COLLECTION OF IMG AS CR, V. V. I. On August 6th, 2014, the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the AS CR, v. v. i., (IMG) opened a public collection aimed to help 14-year-old Katareeya Epp, who unfortunately died October 6th.
Her parents are employed in the IMG (project BIOCEV). Because Katareeya originates from a “third country”, namely, Australia, according to the Czech legislation she is not entitled to healthcare support from the public healthcare insurance.
The cost of intensive therapy during first two months have already exceeded the limits of private insurance in the amount of 1,6 million CZK. All the cost now repose only on the girl’s parents.
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