A5045039023- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Trace Elements in Health
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology
2015-2025
Mendel University in Brno
2017-2025
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
2013-2015
Kologrivsky Nature Reserve
2013
Charles University
2013
Czech Academy of Sciences
2009
Reintroductions may produce populations that suffer from decreasing genetic diversity due to isolation, drift and inbreeding if not assisted by careful management. To assess the outcomes of reintroductions in large carnivores, we used Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) as a case study, which was subject several reintroduction attempts over last 50 years. Although some restocking actions initially appeared successful, recovery has stagnated recent reveal potential causes slow Europe, examined...
Abstract Survival and cause‐specific mortality rates are vital for evidence‐based population forecasting conservation, particularly large carnivores, whose populations often vulnerable to human‐caused mortalities. It is therefore important know the relationship between anthropogenic natural causes evaluate whether they additive or compensatory. Further, relation survival environmental covariates could reveal specific landscape characteristics influence demographic performance. We used...
Abstract Context Adjustments in habitat use by large carnivores can be a key factor facilitating their coexistence with people shared landscapes. Landscape composition might determining how adapt to occurring alongside humans, yet broad-scale analyses investigating adjustments of across gradients human pressure and landscape are lacking. Objectives Here, we investigate Eurasian lynx ( Lynx ) response varying availability refuge habitats (i.e., forests rugged terrain) modification. Methods...
Abstract We studied diet composition of red deer Cervus elaphus in the Bohemian Forest by micro‐histological analysis 207 samples faeces obtained on Czech and Bavarian side border. carried out research from October 2006 to February 2008, collected every two months at nine monitoring plots that were situated different altitudes (i.e. 600 1,250 m a.s.l.). Our results confirmed classification among intermediate feeders with a mixed graminoids (29.4%) concentrate food items (60.6%). Concentrate...
Due to a restriction of the distributional range European red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) during Quaternary and subsequent recolonization Europe from different refugia, clear phylogeographical pattern in genetic structure has been revealed using mitochondrial DNA markers. In Central Europe, 2 distinct, eastern western, lineages are present; however, admixture between them not yet studied detail. We used (control region cytochrome b gene) sequences 22 microsatellite loci 522 individuals...
Susceptibility to prion diseases is largely determined by the sequence of protein gene (PRNP), which encodes (PrP). The recent emergence chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Europe has highlighted need investigate PRNP diversity European deer species, better predict their susceptibility CWD. Here we report a large genetic survey six British including red (Cervus elaphus), sika nippon), roe (Capreolus capreolus), fallow (Dama dama), muntjac (Muntiacus reevesii), and Chinese water (Hydropotes...
Sex chromosomes differ in their inheritance properties from autosomes, and hence may encode complementary information about past demographic events. We compiled analysed a range-wide resequencing dataset of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), one few Eurasian herbivores Late Pleistocene megafauna still found throughout much its historic range. Our analyses 144 whole genomes reveal striking discrepancies between population clusters suggested by autosomal X-chromosomal data. postulate that genetic...
The considerable impact of beavers on the species' composition and structure plant communities has led to intensive research their feeding habits. To date, most available data originate from monitoring gnawing woody plants but they rarely include non-woody plants. This study presents dietary during vegetation season based macro- micro-histological analysis 97 faeces. was carried out 2004–2008 at four sites in Czech Republic. proportion particular food components micro-fractions not...
Abstract Camera-trapping and capture-recapture models are the most widely used tools for estimating densities of wild felids that have unique coat patterns, such as Eurasian lynx. However, studies dealing with this species predominantly on a short-term basis our knowledge temporal trends population persistence is still scarce. By using systematic camera-trapping spatial models, we estimated lynx evaluated density fluctuations, apparent survival, transition rate individual's turnover during...
Abstract Aim The increasing availability of animal tracking datasets collected across many sites provides new opportunities to move beyond local assessments enable detailed and consistent habitat mapping at biogeographical scales. However, integrating wildlife large areas study is challenging, as species' varying responses different environmental contexts must be reconciled. Here, we compare approaches for large‐area assess available a recolonizing carnivore, the Eurasian lynx ( Lynx )....
Dybowski's sika deer (Cervus nippon hortulorum) originally inhabited the majority of Primorsky Krai in Far Eastern Russia, north-eastern China, and Korean Peninsula. At present, only Russian population seems to be stable, even though this taxon is still classified as endangered by Federation. Almost 100 years ago, subspecies, among others, was imported several European countries including Czech Republic. We used both mitochondrial (mtDNA; cytochrome b gene control region) nuclear DNA markers...
Where reintroduced wildlife populations are considered as vulnerable this is generally due to limited founder size and isolation. While many of these show low levels genetic diversity, little known about the temporal patterns diversity loss role initial effects vs. ongoing drift. Here we analysed genotype data from 582 Eurasian lynx samples Bohemian-Bavarian-Austrian population (BBA) over a time span 35 years, representing approximately 13 generations. Two-wave reintroduction at least two...