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Biodiversity, Evolutionary ecology, General ecology

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17. 3. 2025
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In Owl’s Paradise: Little Owls Reach High Population Densities in Traditional Human Settlements

The Little Owl is one of the most rapidly declining farmland bird species in many European countries and its distribution has become highly fragmented…
11. 3. 2025
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Gorillas with heart disease have altered gut microbiomes, study shows

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in zoo gorillas, but its origins remain unknown. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, in collaboration…
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…

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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)

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de Jong MJ, Anaya G, Niamir A, Pérez-González J, Broggini C, del Pozo AM, Nebenfuehr M, de la Peña E, Ruiz-Olmo J, Seoane JM, Vedel G, Barboiron A, Bartoš L, Buzan E, Carden RF, Darchiashvili G, Frantz AC, Gačić D, Gérard A, Gort-Esteve A, Guillaumat E, Hantschmann A, Hemami M, Höglund J, de Jong JF, Karaiskou N, Kerdikoshvili N, Kern C, Konjevic D, Koubek P, Krojerová-Prokešová J, McDevitt AD, Merker S, Pellerin M, Pfenninger M, Røed KH, Saint-Andrieux C, Sarigol F, Sykut M, Triantafyllidis A, Pemberton J, Saarma U, Iacolina L, Niedziałkowska M, Zachos FE, Carranza J, Janke A (2025). Red deer resequencing reveals the importance of sex chromosomes for reconstructing Late Quaternary events. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42: msaf031.
Bergelová B, Gvoždík V, Knytl M (2025). FISH mapping in Xenopus pygmaeus refines understanding of genomic rearrangements and reveals jumping NORs in African clawed frogs. Heredity, :.
Davison S, Mascellani Bergo A, Ward Z, Sackett A, Stryková A, Jaimes JD, Travis D, Clayton JB, Murphy HW, Danforth MD, Smith BK, Blekhman R, Fuh T, Niatou Singa FS, Havlík J, Petrželková KJ, Gomez A (2025). Cardiometabolic disease risk in gorillas is associated with altered gut microbial metabolism. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 11: 33.
Zimmermann H, Sefc KM, Blažek R, Bartáková V, Bryjová A, Katongo C, Koblmüller S, Reichard M (2025). Mixed parentage broods indicate group spawning in the brood parasitic cuckoo catfish. Molecular Ecology, 34: e17692.
Mikula P, Šálek M, Adojaan K, Alonso ADL, Baltag E, Beton D, Bobeková I, Catalán RAM, Erciyas-yavuz K, Franzoi A, Hansen ES, Korytár Ľ, Linhart P, Méndez V, Monoki Á, Ondrejková A, Pintilioaie A, Serra L, Snape RTE, Yavuz N, Tryjanowski P (2025). Prevalence of eye colobomas in wild birds: insights from a large-scale citizen science study. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 74: 24117.
Tahalová K, Šugerková M, Gvoždík L (2025). Varying thermal dependence of life history traits predicts responses to environmental change in aquatic amphibian larvae. Freshwater Biology, 70: e70007.

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