Organisms adapt to shifting conditions. Historical and recent fluctuations in environmental and biotic conditions shape current adaptations and provide baseline for the ability to adapt to current anthropogenic modifications. Research in the Division of Evolutionary Ecology examines how ecological factors affects evolutionary change, and how evolutionary patterns are linked to ecological processes. Specifically, we study how reproductive biology and life histories evolve within and among species, how they respond to environmental change, and how organismal form coevolves with the function. The typical research topics include:
- evolution of life histories and ageing;
- sexual selection, evolution of mating systems and reproductive behaviour;
- brood parasitism in avian and fish study systems;
- coevolution of predator-prey and host-parasite interactions;
- migration and dispersal biology;
- thermal physiology and individual energetics;
- functional approaches to morphological adaptations.
Running projects
Grant agency of the Czech Republic
Investigator: 7 Michal Šulc 21
Investigator: 6 Petr Procházka 21
Co-investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 7 Matej Polačik 21
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Investigator: 18 Josef Bryja 21
Finished projects
Grant agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Investigator: 7 Alena Fornůsková 21
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Co-investigator: 18 Josef Bryja 21
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Co-investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: 13 Jaroslav Piálek 22
Investigator: 13 Jaroslav Piálek 22
Investigator: 18 Josef Bryja 21
Investigator: 6 Petr Procházka 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Grant agency of the Czech Republic
Co-investigator: 19 Lumír Gvoždík 21
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Co-investigator: 19 Natália Martínková 21
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: 6 Petr Procházka 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 19 Lumír Gvoždík 21
Co-investigator: 17 Kevin Roche 22
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Co-investigator: 7 Kateřina Janotová 21
Investigator: 18 Josef Bryja 21
Investigator: 7 Matej Polačik 21
Investigator: 19 Lumír Gvoždík 21
Co-investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 17 Kevin Roche 22
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Investigator: Ing. Jana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Investigator: 13 Jaroslav Piálek 22
Investigator: 19 Lumír Gvoždík 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 17 Kevin Roche 22
Investigator: 10 Marcel Honza 24
Individual projects
Investigator: 19 Jan Zukal 26
Investigator: 6 Petr Procházka 21
Co-investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
Investigator: 12 Martin Reichard 21
International projects
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Investigator: 5 Tomáš Albrecht 21
Ministry of Environment
Investigator: 7 Petra Hájková 21