Mgr. Ondřej Kauzál

Position PhD student
Direction ecological and evolutionary endocrinology

+420 560 590 607

Research topic:

  • effect of avian life-histories on steroid hormones concentrations,
  • to help get rid off the “temperate zone bias” in avian ecology.

Education:

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science (Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Bachelor in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (2012 – 2015), thesis topic: Female choice based on coloration and song performance in passerines with sexual dichromatism.
  • Master’s in Ecology (Terrestrial Ecology; 2015 – 2017), thesis topic: Signaling function of plumage coloration in Yellowhammer males.
  • Ph.D. in Ecology (since 2017), thesis topic: Steroid hormone concentrations, feather growth and life history strategies of passerine birds.

Publications

2024

Viitaniemi HM, Leder EH, Kauzál O, Stopková R, Stopka P, Lifjeld JT, Albrecht T (2024). Impact of Z chromosome inversions on gene expression in testis and liver tissues in the zebra finch. Molecular Ecology, :.

2023

Pouadjeu JM, Tomášek O, Kauzál O, Nguelefack TB, Albrecht T (2023). Sources of variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in two free-living tropical passerine species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 72: 23017.

2022

Horák K, Bobek L, Adámková M, Kauzál O, Kauzálová T, Manialeu JP, Nguelefack TB, Nana ED, Jønsson KA, Munclinger P, Hořák D, Sedláček O, Tomášek O, Albrecht T (2022). Feather growth and quality across passerines is explained by breeding rather than moulting latitude. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 289: 20212404.
Sotelo-Muñoz M, Poignet M, Albrecht T, Kauzál O, Didukh D, Schlebusch SA, Janko K, Reifová R (2022). Germline-restricted chromosome shows remarkable variation in size among closely related passerine species. Chromosoma, 131: 77-86.
Tomášek O, Bobek L, Kauzálová T, Kauzál O, Adámková M, Horák K, Kumar SA, Manialeu JP, Munclinger P, Nana ED, Nguelefack TB, Sedláček O, Albrecht T (2022). Latitudinal but not elevational variation in blood glucose level is linked to life history across passerine birds. Ecology Letters, 25: 2203-2216.

2021

Kumar SA, Albrecht T, Kauzál O, Tomášek O (2021). No evidence for trade-offs between lifespan, fecundity and basal metabolic rate mediated by liver fatty acid composition in birds. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9: 638501.