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Biodiversity, Evolutionary ecology, General ecology

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8. 1. 2025
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European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB)

The European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) is an annual conference organised for, and by, doctoral students. It is in many ways…
4. 1. 2025

Our institute will step into the new year with five new GAČR grants!

Our institute is stepping into the new year with funding for five new scientific projects under the prestigious Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) program. Four…
1. 1. 2025

Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Wishes You a Happy and Successful New Year 2025

Dear Friends of Vertebrates, On behalf of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, we wish you a happy and…
5. 11. 2024
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IVB Researchers Lead Parasitology Workshop in Lao PDR

Bethan Mason and Jana Kačmaříková have just returned from leading a workshop in Lao People's Democratic Republic, in Southeast Asia. The ‘Introduction to Parasitology…
16. 10. 2024
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Collaboration in the Heart of Africa: The Dean and Her Colleague from Bangui Visit the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Dr. Lucie Aba-Toumnou, the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), and her colleague…
20. 5. 2024

Standardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collections

Vojtěch Brlík from the Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences calls on…
2. 4. 2024
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Postdoc: Fish brood parasitism: Origin and evolution of host specificity

A full-time postdoctoral position for 1.5 years (funding until 31 Dec 2025) is available at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy…
6. 3. 2024

Front-flip: children learn it at school, parasitic fish embryos must learn it when they are only two days old

4. 3. 2024 All animals undergo embryogenesis, the development of the embryo. Until recently, it was thought that the main goal of early embryogenesis…

Events

29. August 2020 — 29. August 2020Akce již proběhla

Mazinárodní noc pro netopýry

8. February 2018 — 9. February 2018Akce již proběhla

Zoological Days 2018

8. July 2018Akce již proběhla

Bats in Eurasia tolerate a disease deadly in North America

8. July 2018Akce již proběhla

Herbivorie a její vliv na ekologickou stabilitu korálových útesů lakadivského atolu (Indie)

The latest publications

Dovičicová L, Lövy M, Bryja J, Nevo E, Šumbera R (2025). Evaluating soil type as a barrier: spatial genetic structure and ecological speciation in the Upper Galilee Mountains blind mole rat (Nannospalax galili). Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 74: 24078.
Premier J, Bastianelli M, Oeser J, Anders O, Andrén H, Aronsson M, Bagrade G, Belotti E, Breitenmoser-Würsten C, Bufka L, Černe R, Červený J, Drouet-Hoguet N, Ďula M, Fuxjäger C, Herdtfelder M, Hočevar L, Jędrzejewski W, Kont R, Koubek P, Kowalczyk R, Krofel M, Krojerová-Prokešová J, Kubala J, Kusak J, Kutal M, Linnell JDC, Mattisson J, Middelhoff TL, Melovski D, Molinari-Jobin A, Odden J, Okarma H, Ornicans A, Pagon N, Persson J, Schmidt K, Sindičić M, Slijepčević V, Tám B, Zimmermann F, Kramer-Schadt S, Heurich M (2025). Survival of Eurasian lynx in the human-dominated landscape of Europe. Conservation Biology, :.
Zejda J, Heroldová M, Jánová E (2025). Transformation of the agricultural landscape and its influence on small terrestrial mammal communities in South Moravia (Czech Republic, Central Europe). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 382: 109482.
Ondračková M, Kvach Y, Tkachenko M, Pravdová M, Seifertová M, Bartáková V, Jurajda P (2025). The role of North American bullhead catfish as parasite reservoirs in central European fishing grounds. Aquaculture, 599: 742100.
Požgayová M, Samaš P, Šulc M, Štětková G, Jelínek V, Honza M, Procházka P (2025). The number of brood parasite visits affects subsequent aggression towards the parasite dummy in host males, but not in females. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 79: 12.
Šálek M, Monoki Á, Madhavan M, Sailas SS, Lalonde Z, Linhart P (2025). In Owl’s paradise: Little Owl population densities in traditional human settlements represent one of the highest densities reported among owls. Journal of Raptor Research, 59: 1-11.

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