Research Interests

• Trophic interactions (parasitoids – hosts)
• Role of species ecological requirements for their evolutionary histories
• Biogeography
• Effect of climate change on mountain insect
• Conservation of grasslands and open-woodlands (autecologies of butterflies,  effect of grassland management on the structure of plant-pollinator networks)
• Behavioural thermoregulation

Publications

• Vlašánek, P., Faltýnek Fric, Z., Zimmermann, K., Novotný, D., Čížek, O., Klečková, I., Vrba, P., Kadlec, T. & Konvička, M. (2018). Do butterfly activity data from mark-recapture surveys reflect temporal patterns? Journal of Insect Behaviour 31, 385 –  401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-018-9686-9
• Pitteloud, C., Arrigo, N., Suchan, T., Mastretta-Yanes, A., Vila, R., Dincă, V., Hernández-Roldán, J., Brockmann, E., Chittaro, Y., Klečková, I., Fumagalli, L., Buerki, S., Pellisier, L. & Alvarez, N. (2017). Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences 284, 20170208. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0208
• Klečková, I. & Klečka, J. (2016). Facing the heat: thermoregulation and behaviour of lowland species of a cold-dwelling butterfly genus Erebia. PLOS ONE 11, e0150393. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150393
• Konvička, M., Beneš, J., Čížek, O., Kuras, T. & Klečková, I. (2016). Has the currently warming climate affected populations of the mountain ringlet butterfly, Erebia epiphron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in low-elevation mountains? European Journal of Entomology 113, 295 – 301. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2016.036
• Klečková, I., Cesanek, M., Fric, Z. & Pellissier, L. (2015). Diversification of the cold-adapted butterfly genus Oeneis related to Holarctic biogeography and climatic niche shifts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92, 255 – 265.    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.012
• Peña, C., Witthauer, H., Klečková, I., Fric, Z. & Wahlberg, N. (2015). Adaptive radiations in butterflies: evolutionary history of the genus Erebia (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116 (2), 449 – 467. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12597
• Klečková, I., Vrba, P. & Konvička, M. (2015). Quantitative evidence for biennial life cycle and its spatial variation in the mountain butterfly Erebia euryale in the Czech Republic. European Journal of Entomology 112(1), 114 – 119. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2015.003
• Klečková, I., Konvička, M. & Klečka, J. (2014). Thermoregulation and microhabitat use in mountain butterflies of the genus Erebia: importance of fine-scale habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Thermal Biology 41, 50 – 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.02.002
• Slámová, I., Klečka, J. & Konvička, M. (2013). Woodland and grassland mosaic from a butterfly perspective: habitat use by Erebia aethiops (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). Insect Conservation and Diversity 6, 243 – 254. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00212.x
• Slámová, I., Klečka, J. & Konvička, M. (2011). Diurnal behavior and habitat preferences of Erebia aethiops, an aberrant lowland species of a mountain butterfly clade. Journal of Insect Behavior 24, 230 – 246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-010-9250-8
• Zimmermann, K., Blažková, P., Čížek, O., Fric, Z., Hůla, V., Kepka, P., Novotný, D., Slámová I. &Konvička, M. (2011). Demography of adults of the Marsh fritillary butterfly, Euphydras aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Czech Republic: Patterns across sites and seasons. European Journal of Entomology 108, 243 – 254. https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2011/02/11.pdf

Publications in Czech

• Klečková, I., Konvička, M., Beneš, J. &Šlancarová, J. (2016). Rozdílné cykly početností okáče rudopásného (Erebia euryale) v horách České republiky. Živa 1, 38 – 39. (popular)
• Slámová, I. & Konvička, M. (2012). Naši velehorští okáči [Our mountain satyrids]. Krkonoše – Jizerské hory 2012, (7), 4 – 8. (popular)
• Slámová, I., Vrba, P. &Konvička, M. (2012). Příběh vzácného motýla, který se stal na Šumavě obyčejným aneb co k životu potřebuje perleťovec mokřadní. [The story of a declining butterfly Boloria eunomia in Sumava Mts.]. Šumava 2012, 16 – 17. (popular)
• Slámová, I., Spitzer, L. &Konvicka, M. (2010). Kde u nás přežívá okáč kluběnkový? Význam stanovištní mozaiky pro ustupujícího motýla [Where does Erebia aethiops survive in our country? An importance of habitat mosaic for survival of a vulnerable butterfly]. Živa 2010, 32 – 34. (popular)