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Running Projects

Grant agency of the Czech Republic

Ageing in the wild: from demography to gene expression
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Thermal niche: evaluation of current concept in ectothermic vertebrates
Investigator: Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Biologie stárnutí a senescence: mechanizmy a dynamika u volně žijících ptáků
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Linking events through the annual cycle: the importance of carry-over effects for the ecology of migratory birds
Investigator: RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.

Post-copulatory sexual selection and the biology of sperm: within-population processes and interspecific patterns in passerine birds
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Evolutionary-immunological and ecological aspects of parasitism in hybrid and polyploid cyprinid fish
Co-investigator: Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Evoluce pohlavních ornamentů a jejich informačního významu: srovnávací studie v populacích s divergentními signálními znaky a preferencemi
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Finished projects

Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

Biology of African mole-rats from mesic tropic areas (2008-2011)
Co-investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Variation in resource allocation between reproductive phases in waterfowl
Co-investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse (2007-2009)
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism
Investigator: doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.

The role of MHC in sexual selection - observational and experimental study in three model vertebrate species (2006-2008)
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Behavioral and genetic study of prezygotic barriers in the house mouse hybrid zone (2005-2008)
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

The impact of mating tactics on individual reproductive success and population parameters in the European bitterling: behavioural and genetic approach
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

European Reed Warbler populations across a migratory divide: insights into migration by analyses of DNA sequences, stable isotopes and ringing recoveries
Investigator: RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.

Grant agency of the Czech Republic

The evolution and life-history consequences of rapid ageing
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Adaptive coexistence of distinct life history strategies in fish of the genus Nothobranchius
Investigator: Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.

Populační struktura, disperze a explorační chování v zóně sekundárního kontaktu myší domácích
Co-investigator: Mgr. Kateřina Janotová, Ph.D.

The role of predator-prey interactions in coadaptation of thermal biology (2010-2013)
Investigator: Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Toll-like receptors in passerine birds: description, characterization of polymorphism and evolutionary consequences of allelic variation
Investigator: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Josef Bryja, Ph.D.

Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

The analysis of the selected immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio,species with different ploidy and atypical reproductive strategy
Investigator: Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.

Personalities, male mating tactics and role of females in sexual selection: studies on fish model systems
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Components of sexual selection in the monogamous Grey Partridge
Co-investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae)
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Genetic structure of black grouse populations in the Czech Republic (2006-2008)
Investigator: Ing. Jana Svobodová, Ph.D.

Genetics (2006-2008)
Investigator: prom. biol. Jaroslav Piálek, CSc.

Phenotypic plasticity of thermal physiology traits in newts (2006-2008)
Investigator: Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Extra-pair fertilizations and the strength of sexual selection in socially monogamous passerine
Investigator: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Albrecht, Ph.D.

Genetic, population and reproductive variability of invazive fish species, Carassius
Investigator: Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.

Individual projects

The importance of migratory connectivity for the population ecology of long-distance migrants: a model study on the Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Investigator: RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling
Co-investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

International projects

Marie Curie research training network SEXASEX Sex to asex: a case study on transitions and coexistence between sexual and asexual reproduction (2006-2008)
Co-investigator: prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Projekt: „Integrace experimentální a populační biologie pomocí nových metod v mezioborové problematice - cesta k excellenci s mladými vědci“, (reg.č.: CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0048)
Investigator: doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Ministry of Environment

Filling gaps in knowledge of biology and ecology of Eurasian otter: ecological modelling (2008-2010)
Investigator: Mgr. Petra Hájková, Ph.D.