Mgr. Radka Valterová

Position grant funded researcher
Direction molecular ecology, behavioural ecology

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Research interests

  • molecular ecology of vertebrates (interactions between neutral and adaptive genetic variation, sexual selection and conservation genetics),
  • behavioural aspects of brood parasite–host interactions.

Education

  • 2006-2011: Zoology at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Ph.D.).
  • 2000-2006: Zoology at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (MSc.=Mgr.).
  • 2003-2005: Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (MSc.=Mgr.).

Employment

  • 2015-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno
  • 2014-2016: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
  • 2012-2014: Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc
  • 2006-2012: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, AS CR, Brno

Project participations

  • 2017: Reproductive strategies of an obligate brood parasite: host selection, sex allocation of offspring and individual success (GAČR 17-12262S)
  • 2015-2016: Scientific bases for the protection of endangered species Little Owl (Athene noctua) and ortolan (Emberiza hortulana) (Ministry of Environment, MGSII – 52)
  • 2015-2016: The importance of carry-over effects for the ecology of migratory birds (GAČR 14-16861)
  • 2012 -2016: Postcopulatory sexual selection and sperm biology: intrapopulation and interspecific processes in passerines (GAČR P506/12/2472)
  • 2012-2014: Popularizer of Science for region Vysočina, Open science III, AS CR.
  • 2011–2016: Cooperation with NP Grand Paradiso (Italy), determination of paternity in chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
  • 2010-2011: Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (GAČR 206/08/0640)
  • 2009-2010: Filling gaps in the knowledge of biology and ecology of the Eurasian otter: ecological modelling (Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, No. VaV-SP/2d4/16/08)
  • 2008-2009:Genetic structure of chamois populations in Central Europe (Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, No. IAA600930609)
  • 2006-2008: Extra-pair paternity and strength of sexual selection in a socially monogamous songbird (GACR 206/06/0851)
  • 2006-2007: The role of MHC in sexual selection – observational and experimental studies in three model species of vertebrates (co-principal investigator Josef Bryja GA AS CR / A600930608)

Publications

2022

Leugger F, Broquet T, Karger DN, Rioux D, Buzan E, Corlatti L, Crestanello B, Curt-Grand-Gaudin N, Hauffe HC, Rolečková B, Šprem N, Tissot N, Tissot S, Valterová R, Yannic G, Pellissier L (2022). Dispersal and habitat dynamics shape the genetic structure of the Northern chamois in the Alps. Journal of Biogeography, 49: 1848-1861.

2021

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.

2020

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.

2015

Corlatti L, Bassano B, Poláková R, Fattorini L, Pagliarella MC, Lovari S (2015). Preliminary analysis of reproductive success in a large mammal with alternative mating tactics, the Northern chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116: 117-123.

2014

Schnitzer J, Exnerová A, Poláková R, Vinkler M, Tomášek O, Munclinger P, Albrecht T (2014). Male ornamentation and within-pair paternity are not associated with male provisioning rates in scarlet rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus. Acta Ethologica, 17: 89-97.

2012

Poláková R, Schnitzer J, Vinkler M, Bryja J, Munclinger P, Albrecht T (2012). Effect of extra-pair paternity and parental quality on brood sex ratio in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus. Folia zoologica, 61: 225-232.

2011

Promerová M, Vinkler M, Bryja J, Poláková R, Schnitzer J, Munclinger P, Albrecht T (2011). Occurrence of extra-pair paternity is connected to social male’s MHC-variability in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus. Journal of Avian Biology, 42: 5-10.

2009

Albrecht T, Vinkler M, Schnitzer J, Poláková R, Munclinger P, Bryja J (2009). Extra-pair fertilizations contribute to selection on secondary male ornamentation in a socially monogamous passerine. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 2020-2030.

2007

Poláková R, Vyskočilová M, Martin J, Mays Jr. HL, Hill GE, Bryja J, Albrecht T (2007). A multiplex set of microsatellite markers for the scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 1375-1378.