A5029864937- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Marine and fisheries research
- Economic theories and models
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
2016-2025
University of Zielona Góra
2016-2025
Bournemouth University
2023-2025
University of L'Aquila
2023
Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique
2020-2023
École Polytechnique
2020-2023
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée
2020-2023
Sorbonne Université
2019-2021
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2020
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
2019
Abstract Aim The process of urbanization can lead to specialist species being replaced by generalist in space and time, increasing similarity among bird communities. This phenomenon is termed biotic homogenization directly related taxonomic functional diversity. However, the effects on phylogenetic diversity remain unclear. Our study addresses evolutionary distinctiveness (a quantitative measure genetic or uniqueness species) Location Europe. Methods Mixed models were used compare...
Abstract Urbanization, one of the most important anthropogenic impacts on Earth, is rapidly expanding worldwide. This expansion urban land‐covered areas known to significantly reduce different components biodiversity. However, global evidence for this effect mainly focused a single diversity measure (species richness) with few local or regional studies also supporting reductions in functional diversity. We have used birds, an ecological group that has been as surrogate other animals,...
As a Nature-Based Solution, urban forests deliver number of environmental ecosystem services (EESs). To quantify these EESs, well-defined, reliable, quantifiable and stable indicators are needed. With literature analysis expert knowledge gathered within COST Action FP1204 GreenInUrbs, we proposed classification forest EESs into three categories: (A) regulation air, water, soil climate; (B) provisioning habitat quality; (C) other goods services. Each category is divided EES types: (a)...
Abstract Predation is an important selective pressure that can influence prey species in numerous ways. Predator–prey relationships are, however, poorly understood taxa not typically associated with these interactions; this especially the case when bats ( C hiroptera) are prey. The main aim here to review and synthesise global information on predation of by birds (Accipitriformes Falconiformes) other diurnal bird groups. We compiled data incidences birds, through extensive multilingual study...
Flight initiation distance (FID), the at which individuals take flight when approached by a potential (human) predator, is tool for understanding predator-prey interactions. Among factors affecting FID, tests of effects group size (i.e., number prey) on FID have yielded contrasting results. Group or flock could either affect negatively dilution effect caused presence many individuals) positively increased vigilance due to more eyes scanning predators). These may be associated with gregarious...
Abstract Most ecological studies use remote sensing to analyze broad‐scale biodiversity patterns, focusing mainly on taxonomic diversity in natural landscapes. One of the most important effects high levels urbanization is species loss (i.e., biotic homogenization). Therefore, cost‐effective and more efficient methods monitor biological communities' distribution are essential. This study explores whether Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) Normalized Difference (NDVI) can predict multifaceted...
Urban environments cover vast areas with a high density of humans and their dogs cats causing problems for exploitation new resources by wild animals. Such facilitate colonization individuals level neophilia predicting that urban animals should show more than rural conspecifics. We provided bird-feeders across in 14 Polish cities matched nearby habitats, testing whether the presence novel item (a brightly coloured green object made out gum tuft hair) differentially delayed arrival at feeders...
Fascination with animals and their behaviour is one the most prominent patterns persisting in all human cultures. During last decades, however, technological development public access to Internet have increased speed extent of information sharing at an unprecedented rate, some cases even challenging traditional methods used science. In order understand this influence, we focused on shrikes. Shrikes are enigmatic group songbirds a unique impaling prey. We employed extensive search YouTube...
Generalist species – with their wide niche breadths are often associated urban environments, while specialist likely to be most at‐risk of increasing urbanization processes. But studies which quantify the relationship between trait specialization (i.e. breadth) and tolerance generally methodologically limited, repeatable robust methods easily this among different regions time scales lacking. Our objective was use novel over a broad spatial scale. We used ~ 2 million citizen science...
Urban and suburban areas are among the fastest-growing land-use types globally, reducing fragmenting natural habitats for many animal species making human-wildlife interactions more common. However, cities also create habitat several considered urban tolerant or exploiter species. Additionally, environmental characteristics of can strongly affect life quality citizens. This study aimed to assess effectiveness common bird as indicators with high within cities. Our recorded 128 in 1441 point...
Abstract Urbanization affects avian community composition in European cities, increasing biotic homogenization. Anthropic pollution (such as light at night and noise) is among the most important drivers shaping bird use urban areas, where species are mainly attracted by greenery. In this study, we collected data on 127 breeding 1349 point counts distributed along a gradient of urbanization fourteen different cities. The main aim was to explore effects anthropic city characteristics,...