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Current research projects

SpiDiv – started 2024 (not funded yet)

Between birds and spiders (funded by Grant Agency of Czech Republic, Junior STAR, Jan 2022 – Dec2026 with requested delayed start Jan 2023 – Dec 2027)

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Oak bodyguards

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Korejs, K., Hazell, R., Koane, B., Novotný, V., Toko, P., Sosanika, G., & Sam, K. (2026). Endemic species maintain avian diversity and ecosystem services on the island of New Britain. Biodiversity and Conservation, 35(2), 46.

Hazell, R. J., Kaina, G. S., Sam, K., Souto‐Vilarós, D., Koagouw, W., Novotny, V., ... & Stewart, A. J. (2025). Fruit traits reflect adaptation to dispersers along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution, 15(12), e72511.

Kollross, J., Jorge, L. R., Pawlik, J., & Sam, K. (2025). Nutrient addition, but not vertebrate predator exclusion, shapes arthropod communities and herbivory in a temperate forest. Ecological Entomology

Quiroga, G., Vázquez‐González, C., Rodríguez, V. M., Lago‐Núñez, B., Bossche, A. V. D., Frenne, P. D., ... Sam, K., ... & Moreira, X. (2025). Bottom–up and top–down drivers influence urbanization effects on insect herbivory in oaks. Oikos, e11751..

Mrazova, A., Sam, K., Hilker, M., Rubene, D., Amo, L., & Mäntylä, E. (2025). Feathered noses: methodological insights into understanding avian olfaction and foraging. Animal Behaviour, 123075.

Korejs, K., Koane, B., Jeppy, S., Jorge, L. R., Novotný, V., & Sam, K. (2025). Feeding Specialisation Shapes Avian Functional Diversity Along a Tropical Rainforest Elevational Gradient. Journal of Biogeography.

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