prof. Ing. Marcel Honza Dr.

Position full-time researcher
Direction behavioural ecology

+420 543 422 553

Running Projects

Coevolutionary struggle between a highly virulent brood parasite and its major host (2022–2024)

Finished projects

Reproductive strategies of an obligate brood parasite: host selection, offspring sex allocation and individual success (2017–2019)
Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict (2012–2016)
Cues, recognition and responses in a coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts (2009–2013)
Evolution of antiparasitic strategies of selected hosts towards avian brood parasitism (2006–2010)
Koevoluce mezi kukačkou obecnou (Cuculus canorus) a jejím hostitelem: adaptace mláděte hnízdního parasita (2002–2004)
Reakce hostitelského druhu vůči modelu vejce kukačky obecné ve vztahu k variabilitě zbarvení jeho vajec (2000–2002)
Adaptace vejce k hnízdnímu parasitismu a líhnutí mláděte u specialisty - kukačky obecné (C.canorus) a generalisty - vlhovce kravského (M.ater) (1998–2000)
Evoluce hnízdního parasitismu kukačky obecné (Cuculus Canorus) (1997–1999)

Current PhD students

  • Štětková Gabriela: UK Praha

Former PhD students

  • Polačiková Lenka: 2008, MU Brno
  • Šicha Václav: 2008, MU Brno
  • Požgayová Milica: 2010, MU Brno
  • Abraham Marek Mihai: 2018, MU Brno
  • Šulc Michal: 2016, UK Praha
  • Procházka Petr: 2004, UK Praha
  • Piálková Radka: 2010, JU České Budějovice

Publications

2024

McClelland SC, Lund J, Dixit T, Hamama S, McClean LA, Spottiswoode CN, White CR, Louder MIM, Hauber ME, Honza M, Portugal SJ (2024). Highly virulent avian brood-parasitic species show elevated embryonic metabolic rates at specific incubation stages compared to less virulent and non-parasitic species. Biology Letters, 20: 20240411.
Merondun J, Marques CI, Andrade P, Meshcheryagina S, Galván I, Afonso S, Alves JM, Araújo PM, Bachurin G, Balacco J, Bán M, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Fossøy F, Fülöp A, Golovatin M, Granja S, Hewson C, Honza M, Howe K, Larson G, Marton A, Moskát C, Mountcastle J, Procházka P, Red'kin Y, Sims Y, Šulc M, Tracey A, Wood JMD, Jarvis ED, Hauber ME, Carneiro M, Wolf JBW (2024). Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos. Science Advances, 10: eadl5255.
Požgayová M, Honza M, Procházka P (2024). Low breeding synchrony of great reed warbler hosts in warmer springs does not increase their susceptibility to common cuckoo parasitism. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 73: 23108.
Samaš P, Hanley D, Čapek M, Greenberg CH, Pistone L, Mikulica O, Honza M (2024). Egg rejection from dark cavities: compensation for chromatic changes in nest illumination by a cuckoo host. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 73: 23086.

2023

López AV, Choi S, Park Y, Hanley D, Lee J, Honza M, Bolmaro RE (2023). Avian obligate brood parasitic lineages evolved variable complex polycrystalline structures to build tougher eggshells. iScience, 26:1205 108552.
Štětková G, Šulc M, Jelínek V, Hughes A, Honza M (2023). Egg mimicry, not the sight of a common cuckoo, is the cue for parasitic egg rejection. Behavioral Ecology, 34: 891-897.

2022

Honza M, Čapek M, Mikulica O, Samaš P (2022). Ultraviolet coloration of avian parasitic egg does not cue egg rejection in the common redstart host. Journal of Ornithology, 163: 903-909.
Honza M, Koleček J, Piálek L, Piálková R, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Štětková G, Jelínek V, Hughes AE, Šulc M (2022). Multiple parasitism in an evictor brood parasite: patterns revealed by long-term monitoring, continuous video recording, and genetic analyses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76: 161.
Požgayová M, Koleček J, Honza M, Procházka P (2022). Is there an effect of fostering a brood parasite on the timing of host autumn migration?. Journal of Ornithology, 163: 417-423.
Šulc M, Hughes AE, Troscianko J, Štětková G, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Piálek L, Piálková R, Brlík V, Honza M (2022). Automatic identification of bird females using egg phenotype. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195: 33-44.

2021

Jelínek V, Šulc M, Štětková G, Honza M (2021). Fast and furious: host aggression modulates behaviour of brood parasites. Ibis, 163: 824-833.
Koleček J, Piálková R, Piálek L, Šulc M, Hughes AE, Brlík V, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Čapek M, Sosnovcová K, Štětková G, Valterová R, Honza M (2021). Spatiotemporal patterns of egg laying in the common cuckoo. Animal Behaviour, 177: 107-116.
McClelland SC, Reynolds M, Cordall M, Hauber ME, Goymann W, McClean LA, Hamama S, Lund J, Dixit T, Louder MIM, Safari I, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Portugal SJ (2021). Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 288: 20211137.
Picman J, Honza M (2021). How strong are eggs of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus?. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70: 20109.
Samaš P, Hauber ME, Honza M (2021). A meta-analysis of avian egg traits cueing egg-rejection defenses against brood parasitism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 703208.

2020

Honza M, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Koleček J (2020). Errors in egg‐laying by female Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus in nests of its common host. Ibis, 162: 637-644.
Honza M, Čapek M, Jelínek V, Šulc M (2020). Falling out of the host nest: an overlooked factor decreasing survival of brood parasite chicks. Journal of Avian Biology, 51: e02519.
Koleček J, Procházka P, Brlík V, Honza M (2020). Cross-continental test of natal philopatry and habitat-imprinting hypotheses to explain host specificity in an obligate brood parasite. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften 12.
Manna TJ, Hanley D, Honza M, Čapek M, Rutila J, Samaš P, Abolins-Abols M, Hauber ME (2020). Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species. Vision Research, 167: 54-59.
Samaš P, Žabková K, Petrusková T, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Honza M (2020). Nestlings of the common cuckoo do not mimic begging calls of two closely related Acrocephalus hosts. Animal Behaviour, 161: 89-94.
Schmiedová L, Kreisinger J, Požgayová M, Honza M, Martin J, Procházka P (2020). Gut microbiota in a host–brood parasite system: insights from common cuckoos raised by two warbler species. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96: fiaa143.
Sosnovcová K, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M, Koleček J (2020). Within-season dispersal does not protect re-nesting great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) from repeated common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) parasitism. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74: 69.
Šulc M, Štětková G, Jelínek V, Czyz B, Dyrcz A, Karpińska O, Kamionka-Kanclerska K, Rowiński P, Maziarz M, Gruszczyński A, Hughes AE, Honza M (2020). Killing behaviour of adult brood parasites. Behaviour, 157: 1099-1111.
Šulc M, Štětková G, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Sosnovcová K, Studecký J, Honza M (2020). Caught on camera: circumstantial evidence for fatal mobbing of an avian brood parasite by a host. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69: 20027.
Valterová R, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Piálková R, Piálek L, Šulc M, Honza M (2020). Son or daughter, it does not matter: brood parasites do not adjust offspring sex based on their own or host quality. Journal of Ornithology, 161: 977-986.

2019

Jelínek V, Šulc M, Weidinger K, Honza M (2019). Parent-absent begging and the risk of nest predation. Journal of Ornithology, 160: 127-136.
Koleček J, Šulc M, Piálková R, Troscianko J, Požgayová M, Honza M, Procházka P (2019). Rufous Common Cuckoo chicks are not always female. Journal of Ornithology, 160: 155-163.
Samaš P, Grim T, Jelínek V, Abraham MM, Šulc M, Honza M (2019). No immediate or future extra costs of raising a virulent brood parasite chick. Behavioral Ecology, 30: 1020-1029.
Samaš P, Kysučan M, Honza M, Grim T (2019). Multiple costs are relevant for evolution of host anti-parasite defences. Reply to Yang C et al. (2018). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286: 20191690.
Šulc M, Troscianko J, Štětková G, Hughes AE, Jelínek V, Čapek M, Honza M (2019). Mimicry cannot explain rejection type in a host–brood parasite system. Animal Behaviour, 155: 111-118.

2018

Blažek R, Polačik M, Smith C, Honza M, Meyer A, Reichard M (2018). Success of cuckoo catfish brood parasitism reflects coevolutionary history and individual experience of their cichlid hosts. Science Advances, 4: eaar4380.
Honza M, Požgayová M, Petrželková A, Procházka P (2018). Does host-absent vocalisation of common cuckoo chicks increase hosts’ food provisioning behaviour?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72: 121.
Požgayová M, Piálková R, Honza M, Procházka P (2018). Sex-specific nestling growth in an obligate brood parasite: Common Cuckoo males grow larger than females. Auk, 135: 1033-1042.
Samaš P, Rutila J, Honza M, Kysučan M, Grim T (2018). Rearing a virulent common cuckoo is not extra costly for its only cavity-nesting host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285: 20181710.
Sosnovcová K, Koleček J, Požgayová M, Jelínek V, Šulc M, Steidlová P, Honza M, Procházka P (2018). Timing of natal nests is an important factor affecting return rates of juvenile Great Reed Warblers. Journal of Ornithology, 159: 183-190.

2017

Čapek M, Petrusková T, Šebelíková Z, Serrano JC, Procházka P, Honza M, Požgayová M (2017). Great Reed Warbler singing behavior and conspicuous song structures are not nest-location cues for the Common Cuckoo. Journal of Ornithology, 158: 925-933.
Igic B, Hauber ME, Moskát C, Grim T, Shawkey MD, Procházka P, Honza M (2017). Brood parasite and host eggshells undergo similar levels of decalcification during embryonic development. Journal of Zoology, 301: 165-173.

2016

Hanley D, Šulc M, Brennan PLR, Hauber ME, Grim T, Honza M (2016). Dynamic egg color mimicry. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 4192-4202.
Jelínek V, Požgayová M, Honza M, Procházka P (2016). Nest as an extended phenotype signal of female quality in the great reed warbler. Journal of Avian Biology, 47: 428-437.
Jelínek V, Karasová T, Weidinger K, Procházka P, Honza M (2016). Do common cuckoo chicks suffer nest predation more than host nestlings?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70: 1975-1987.
Koleček J, Procházka P, El-Arabany N, Tarka M, Ilieva M, Hahn S, Honza M, de la Puente J, Bermejo A, Gürsoy A, Bensch S, Zehtindjiev P, Hasselquist D, Hansson B (2016). Cross-continental migratory connectivity and spatiotemporal migratory patterns in the great reed warbler. Journal of Avian Biology, 47: 756-767.
Šulc M, Procházka P, Čapek M, Honza M (2016). Common cuckoo females are not choosy when removing an egg during parasitism. Behavioral Ecology, 27: 1642-1649.
Šulc M, Procházka P, Čapek M, Honza M (2016). Birds use eggshell UV reflectance when recognizing non-mimetic parasitic eggs. Behavioral Ecology, 27: 677-684.
Trnka A, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Čapek M, Honza M (2016). Chemical defence in avian brood parasites: production and function of repulsive secretions in common cuckoo chicks. Journal of Avian Biology, 47: 288-293.

2015

Abraham MM, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Piálková R, Honza M (2015). Is there a sex-specific difference between parasitic chicks in begging behaviour?. Journal of Ethology, 33: 151-158.
Honza M, Feikusová K, Procházka P, Picman J (2015). How to hatch from the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) egg: implications of strong eggshells for the hatching muscle (musculus complexus). Journal of Ornithology, 156: 679-685.
Jelínek V, Procházka P, Honza M (2015). Experimental enlargement of nest size does not increase risk of predation or brood parasitism in the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Ibis, 157: 396-400.
Koleček J, Jelínek V, Požgayová M, Trnka A, Baslerová P, Honza M, Procházka P (2015). Breeding success and brood parasitism affect return rate and dispersal distances in the great reed warbler. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 1845-1853.
Petrželková A, Michálková R, Albrechtová J, Cepák J, Honza M, Kreisinger J, Munclinger P, Soudková M, Tomášek O, Albrecht T (2015). Brood parasitism and quasi-parasitism in the European barn swallow Hirundo rustica rustica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 1405-1414.
Požgayová M, Beňo R, Procházka P, Jelínek V, Abraham MM, Honza M (2015). Lazy males and hardworking females? Sexual conflict over parental care in a brood parasite host and its consequences for chick growth. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 1053-1061.

2014

Honza M, Šulc M, Jelínek V, Požgayová M, Procházka P (2014). Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281: 20132665.
Honza M, Šulc M, Cherry MI (2014). Does nest luminosity play a role in recognition of parasitic eggs in domed nests? A case study of the red bishop. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften.
Jelínek V, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Honza M (2014). Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests. Ibis, 156: 189-197.
Procházka P, Konvičková-Patzenhauerová H, Požgayová M, Trnka A, Jelínek V, Honza M (2014). Host genotype and age have no effect on rejection of parasitic eggs. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften.

2013

Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M (2013). Is shared male assistance with antiparasitic nest defence costly in the polygynous great reed warbler?. Animal Behaviour, 85: 615-621.
Trnka A, Požgayová M, Samaš P, Honza M (2013). Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite. Ethology, 119: 907-917.

2012

Honza M, Procházka P, Požgayová M (2012). Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Journal of Avian Biology, 43: 91-96.
Honza M, Procházka P, Požgayová M (2012). Do weather conditions affect the colouration of great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus eggs?. Folia zoologica, 61: 219-224.
Procházka P, Jelínek V, Požgayová M, Honza M (2012). Jak určovat stáří rákosníků velkých (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) po úplném pelichání. Sylvia, 48: 57-731210 .
Trnka A, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Prokop P, Honza M (2012). Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66: 1187-1194.

2011

Grim T, Samaš P, Moskát C, Kleven O, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Stokke BG (2011). Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80: 508-518.
Honza M, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Cherry MI (2011). Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften.
Honza M, Procházka P, Morongová K, Čapek M, Jelínek V (2011). Do nest light conditions affect rejection of parasitic eggs? A test of the light environment hypothesis. Ethology, 117: 539-546.
Polačiková L, Hauber ME, Procházka P, Cassey P, Honza M, Grim T (2011). A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds. Journal of Avian Biology, 42: 370-373.
Požgayová M, Procházka P, Polačiková L, Honza M (2011). Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs. Behavioral Ecology, 22: 46-51.

2010

Čapek M, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M (2010). Repeated presentations of the Common Cuckoo increase nest defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but do not induce it to make recognition errors. Condor, 112: 763-769.
Honza M, Procházka P, Šicha V, Požgayová M (2010). Nest defence in a cuckoo host: great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks. Behaviour, 147: 741-756.
Polačiková L, Stokke BG, Procházka P, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2010). The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). Behaviour, 147: 465-478.

2009

Honza M, Piálková R, Albrecht T, Neužilová Š (2009). Nest defence against conspecific intruders in the common pochard Aythya ferina: natural observations and an experimental test. Acta Ornithologica, 44: 151-158.
Moskát C, Hauber ME, Avilés JM, Bán M, Hargitai R, Honza M (2009). Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite. Animal Behaviour, 77: 1281-1290.
Polačiková L, Procházka P, Cherry MI, Honza M (2009). Choosing suitable hosts: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitize great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus of high quality. Evolutionary Ecology, 23: 879-891.
Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M (2009). Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation. Behavioural Processes, 81: 34-38.
Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M (2009). Adjustment of incubation according to the threat posed: a further signal of enemy recognition in the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla?. Journal of Ornithology, 150: 569-576.

2008

Cassey P, Honza M, Grim T, Hauber ME (2008). The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours. Biology Letters, 4: 515-517.
Honza M, Moskát C (2008). Egg rejection behaviour in the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): the effect of egg type. Journal of Ethology, 26: 389-395.
Honza M, Polačiková L (2008). Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2519-2523.
Hubálek Z, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Šikutová S, Rudolf I, Honza M, Janková J, Chytil J, Marec F, Sitko J (2008). Serologic survey of birds for West Nile Flavivirus in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 8: 659-666.
Ležalová-Piálková R, Honza M (2008). Responses of Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibundus to conspecific brood parasitism. Journal of Ornithology, 149: 415-421.
Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Rudolfsen G, Skjelseth S, Stokke BG, Kleven O, Gibbs HL, Honza M, Taborsky B, Teuschl Y, Vogl W, Taborsky M (2008). Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females. Journal of Avian Biology, 39: 238-241.

2007

Honza M, Vošlajerová K, Moskát C (2007). Eviction behaviour of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus chicks. Journal of Avian Biology, 38: 385-389.
Honza M, Požgayová M, Procházka P, Tkadlec E (2007). Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Ethology, 113: 344-351.
Honza M, Polačiková L, Procházka P (2007). Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 92: 269-276.
Polačiková L, Honza M, Procházka P, Topercer J, Stokke BG (2007). Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry. Animal Behaviour, 74: 419-427.
Procházka P, Požgayová M, Honza M (2007). Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu. Sluka, 4: 91-94.
Stokke BG, Hafstad I, Rudolfsen G, Bargain B, Beier J, Campas DB, Dyrcz A, Honza M, Leisler B, Pap PL, Patapavičius R, Procházka P, Schulze-Hagen K, Thomas R, Moksnes A, Møller AP, Roskaft E, Soler M (2007). Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers. Oikos, 116: 913-922.
Šicha V, Procházka P, Honza M (2007). Hopeless solicitation? Host-absent vocalization in the common cuckoo has no effect on feeding rate of reed warblers. Journal of Ethology, 25: 147-152.

2006

Antonov A, Stokke BG, Moksnes A, Kleven O, Honza M, Roskaft E (2006). Eggshell strength of an obligate brood parasite: a test of the puncture resistance hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 11-18.
Honza M, Šicha V, Procházka P, Ležalová R (2006). Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus). Journal of Ornithology, 147: 629-637.
Moskát C, Barta Z, Hauber ME, Honza M (2006). High synchrony of egg laying in common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) hosts. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, 18: 159-167.

2005

Honza M, Kuiper SM, Cherry MI (2005). Behaviour of African turdid hosts towards experimental parasitism with artificial red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius eggs. Journal of Avian Biology, 36: 517-522.
Honza M, Moskát C (2005). Antiparasite behaviour in response to experimental brood parasitism in the great reed warbler: a comparison of single and multiple parasitism. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 42: 627-633.
Ležalová R, Tkadlec E, Oborník M, Šimek J, Honza M (2005). Should males come first? The relationship between offspring hatching order and sex in the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus. Journal of Avian Biology, 36: 478-483.
Požgayová M, Procházka P, Honza M (2005). Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major). Sluka, 2: 97-101.

2004

Honza M, Procházka P, Stokke BG, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Čapek Jr. M, Mrlík V (2004). Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo?. Journal of Ethology, 22: 175-180.
Honza M, Grim T, Čapek Jr. M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2004). Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Bird Study, 51: 256-263.
Kleven O, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Rudolfsen G, Stokke BG, Honza M (2004). Breeding success of common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitising four sympatric species of Acrocephalus warblers. Journal of Avian Biology, 35: 394-398.
Procházka P, Honza M (2004). Egg discrimination in the Yellowhammer. Condor, 106: 405-410.
Skjelseth S, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Gibbs HL, Taborsky M, Taborsky B, Honza M, Kleven O (2004). Parentage and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Journal of Avian Biology, 35: 21-24.
Vogl W, Taborsky B, Taborsky M, Teuschl Y, Honza M (2004). Habitat and space use of European cuckoo females during the egg laying period. Behaviour, 141: 881-898.

2003

Literák I, Honza M, Haluzík M, Haman A, Pinowska B, Pčola Š (2003). Cutaneous trematode Collyriclum faba in wild birds in the central European Carpathians. Journal of Parasitology, 89: 412-416.
Procházka P, Honza M (2003). Do common whitethroats (Sylvia communis) discriminate against alien eggs?. Journal of Ornithology, 144: 354-363.

2002

Honza M, Taborsky B, Taborsky M, Teuschl Y, Vogl W, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2002). Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study. Animal Behaviour, 64: 861-868.
Moskát C, Honza M (2002). European cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism and host's rejection behaviour in a heavily parasitized great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus population. Ibis, 144: 614-622.
Picman J, Honza M (2002). Are House Wren Troglodytes aedon eggs unusually strong? Test of the predicted effect of intraspecific egg destruction. Ibis, 144: E57-E66.
Roskaft E, Moksnes A, Stokke BG, Moskát C, Honza M (2002). The spatial habitat structure of host populations explains the pattern of rejection behavior in hosts and parasitic adaptations in cuckoos. Behavioral Ecology, 13: 163-168.
Roskaft E, Moksnes A, Meilvang D, Bičík V, Jemelíková J, Honza M (2002). No evidence for recognition errors in Acrocephalus warblers. Journal of Avian Biology, 33: 31-38.
Stokke BG, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Rudolfsen G (2002). Costs associated with recognition and rejection of parasitic eggs in two European Passerines. Behaviour, 139: 629-644.
Vogl W, Taborsky M, Taborsky B, Teuschl Y, Honza M (2002). Cuckoo females preferentially use specific habitats when searching for host nests. Animal Behaviour, 64: 843-850.

2001

Clarke AL, Oien IJ, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2001). Factors affecting reed warbler risk of brood parasitism by the common cuckoo. Auk, 118: 534-538.
Edvardsen E, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Oien IJ, Honza M (2001). Egg mimicry in cuckoos parasitizing four sympatric species of Acrocephalus warblers. Condor, 103: 829-837.
Grim T, Honza M (2001). Does supernormal stimulus influence parental behaviour of the cuckoo's host?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49: 322-329.
Grim T, Honza M (2001). Differences in behaviour of closely related thrushes (Turdus philomelos and T. merula) to experimental parasitism by the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Biologia, 56: 549-556.
Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Stokke BG (2001). How are different common cuckoo Cuculus canorus egg morphs maintained? An evaluation of different hypotheses. Ardea, 89: 341-352.
Honza M, Picman J, Grim T, Novák V, Čapek Jr. M, Mrlík V (2001). How to hatch from an egg of great structural strength. A study of the common cuckoo. Journal of Avian Biology, 32: 249-255.
Literák I, Halouzka R, Hromádko M, Honza M, Pinowska B, Haman A (2001). Avipoxvirus infection in wild birds: new findings from Slovakia and Poland. Acta veterinaria Brno, 70: 339-344.
Literák I, Honza M, Pinowska B, Haman A (2001). Larvae of trombiculid mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae) in wild birds in Slovak and Polish Carpathians. Acta veterinaria Brno, 70: 479-483.

2000

Čapek Jr. M, Honza M, Mrlík V (2000). Female blackcap adoption of a yellowhammer clutch. Wilson Bulletin, 112: 542-543.
Honza M, Literák I, Pavelka J, Formánek J (2000). Postbreeding occurrence of the marsh warbler Acrocephalus palustris in reedbed areas in the Czech Republic and its migration to Africa. Ökologie der Vögel, 22: 119-129.
Literák I, Honza M, Haluzík M (2000). Migrace ptáků v Ruské kotlině (Bukovské vrchy) v září 1999. Natura Carpatica, 41: 107-112.
Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Hagen LG, Honza M, Mork C, Olsen PH (2000). Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and host behaviour at reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus nests. Ibis, 142: 247-258.
Moskát C, Honza M (2000). Effect of nest and nest site characteristics on the risk of cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Ecography, 23: 335-341.

1999

Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Oien IJ (1999). Effect of Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus on the reproductive tactics of the Reed Warbler A. scirpaceus. Ibis, 141: 489-493.
Kleven O, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Honza M (1999). Host species affects the growth rate of cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chicks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47: 41-46.
Stokke BS, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Rudolfsen G, Honza M (1999). Rejection of artificial cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs in relation to variation in egg appearance among reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 266: 1483-1488.

1998

Čapek M, Honza M (1998). Společenstva ptáků nelesních biotopů v oblasti vlivu energetické soustavy Dukovany-Dalešice. Přírodovědný sborník Západomoravského muzea v Třebíči=Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Musei Moraviae Occidentalis, 36: 23-31.
Honza M, Čapek M (1998). Avifauna v oblasti budované přečerpávací vodní elektrárny Dlouhé Stráně, Jeseníky. Časopis Slezského zemského muzea., iSérie A: Vědy přírodní47: 205-212.
Honza M, Oein IJ, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (1998). Survival of reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus clutches in relation to nest position. Bird Study, 45: 104-108.
Hubálek Z, Páčová Z, Halouzka J, Sedláček I, Dlouhý M, Honza M (1998). Selective isolation of Pseudomonas stutzeri from vertebrate faeces on Rambach agar. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie : International Journal of Medical, 288: 343-349.
Oien IJ, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Honza M (1998). Costs of Cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism to reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Journal of Avian Biology, 29: 209-215.
Petro R, Literák I, Honza M (1998). Breeding biology and migration of the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus in the Czech Silesia. Biologia, 53: 685-694.

1997

Grim T, Honza M (1997). Differences in parental care of reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) to its own nestlings and parasitic cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chicks. Folia zoologica, 46: 135-142.
Honza M, Literák I (1997). Spatial distribution of four Acrocephalus warblers in reedbeds during the post-breeding migration. Ringing & Migration, 18: 79-83.

1996

Grim T, Honza M (1996). Effect of habitat on the diet of reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) nestlings. Folia zoologica, 45: 31-34.
Oien IJ, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (1996). The risk of parasitism in relation to the distance from reed warbler nests to cuckoo perches. Journal of Animal Ecology, 65: 147-153.

1995

Hubálek Z, Sixl W, Mikulášková M, Sixl-Voigt B, Thiel W, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Rosický B, Mátlová L, Honza M, Hájek V, Sitko J (1995). Salmonellae in gulls and other free-living birds in the Czech Republic. Central European Journal of Public Health, 3: 21-24.
Literák I, Honza M, Pavelka K (1995). Postbreeding migration of the reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus in the northeastern part of the Czech Republic. Vogelwarte, 38: 100-105.

1994

Honza M (1994). Passage and over-wintering of the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) in Brno, Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 43: 145-152.
Honza M, Modrý M (1994). The flock-feeding system of the adult Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) and the food of its nestlings. Folia zoologica, 43: 237-244.
Hubálek Z, Sixl W, Mikulášková M, Sixl-Voigt B, Thiel W, Halouzka J, Juřicová Z, Mátlová L, Honza M, Hájek V, Rosický B (1994). Salmonellae in free-living birds. Geographia medica, Suppl. 10: 107-120.
Literák I, Honza M, Kondělka D (1994). Postbreeding migration of the Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus in the Czech Republic. Ornis Fennica, 71: 151-155.

1993

Honza M (1993). Factors influencing the foraging patterns of the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) from breeding colonies. Folia zoologica, 42: 243-249.
Honza M (1993). Akční radius racka chechtavého (Larus ridibundus) v době hnízdění. Tichodroma, 5: 23-25.
Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Oien I (1993). Spatial distribution of nests of the Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) and the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) in the Lednice Ponds. Zprávy Moravského ornitologického spolku, 51: 25-33.
Honza M, Literák I, Petro R (1993). Postbreeding occurence of the Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) in the upper reaches of the Odra River and its migration to the Paduan Lowland. Ornis hungarica, 4: 49-55.
Literák I, Honza M, Stolarczyk J (1993). Nachbrutzeitliches Vorkommen der Beutelmeise (Remiz pendulinus) im Schilfbestand des oberen Odergebietes. Egretta, 36: 57-66.
Moksnes A, Roskaft E, Bičík V, Honza M, Oien I (1993). Cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism on Acrocephalus Warblers in Southern Moravia in the Czech Republic. Journal of Ornithology, 134: 425-434.