Team

Our research group consists of researchers and students from the Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, Czech Academy of Sciences in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Binatang Research Centre, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Ondrej Mottl – PhD student (part time working for our lab)

Martin Libra -PhD student (part time working for our lab)

Researchers and research technicians

Master and bachelor students, assistants

Karthik Thrikkadeeri – Master student

Bonny Koane – Research assistant, paraecologist

Previous lab members

Sreekar Rachakonda

Adela Kotounova

Legi Sam

Sam, K., Kovarova, E., Freiberga, I., Uthe, H., Weinhold, A., Jorge, L. R., & Sreekar, R. (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and evolution, 11(16), 10917-10925.

Sreekar, R., Si, X., Sam, K., Liu, J., Dayananda, S., Goodale, U., … & Goodale, E. (2021). Land‐use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Kik, A., Adamec, M., Aikhenvald, A. Y., Bajzekova, J., Baro, N., Bowern, C., … Sam, K., …. & Novotny, V. (2021). Language and ethnobiological skills decline precipitously in Papua New Guinea, the world’s most linguistically diverse nation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22).

Finnie, S., Sam, K., Leponce, M., Basset, Y., Drew, D., Schutze, M. K., … & Novotny, V. (2021). Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14(3), 348-355.

Bodawatta, K. H., Koane, B., Maiah, G., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1949), 20210446.

Valdés‐Correcher, E., Moreira, X., Augusto, L., Barbaro, L., Bouget, C., Bouriaud, O., … Sam, K., Mrazova, A, Tahadlova, M., …& Castagneyrol, B. (2021). Search for top‐down and bottom‐up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(3), 651-665.

Sreekar, R., Sam, K., Dayananda, S. K., Goodale, U. M., Kotagama, S. W., & Goodale, E. (2021). Endemicity and land‐use type influence the abundance–range‐size relationship of birds on a tropical island. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(2), 460-470.

Bodawatta, K. H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. Animal microbiome, 3(1), 1-14.Sam, K., Kovarova, E., Freiberga, I., Uthe, H., Weinhold, A., Jorge, L. R., & Sreekar, R. (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore‐induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: An experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and evolution, 11(16), 10917-10925.

Sreekar, R., Si, X., Sam, K., Liu, J., Dayananda, S., Goodale, U., … & Goodale, E. (2021). Land‐use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Kik, A., Adamec, M., Aikhenvald, A. Y., Bajzekova, J., Baro, N., Bowern, C., …Sam, K., …. & Novotny, V. (2021). Language and ethnobiological skills decline precipitously in Papua New Guinea, the world’s most linguistically diverse nation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22).

Finnie, S., Sam, K., Leponce, M., Basset, Y., Drew, D., Schutze, M. K., … & Novotny, V. (2021). Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14(3), 348-355.

Bodawatta, K. H., Koane, B., Maiah, G., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1949), 20210446.

Valdés‐Correcher, E., Moreira, X., Augusto, L., Barbaro, L., Bouget, C., Bouriaud, O., … Sam, K., Mrazova, A, Tahadlova, M., …& Castagneyrol, B. (2021). Search for top‐down and bottom‐up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(3), 651-665.

Sreekar, R., Sam, K., Dayananda, S. K., Goodale, U. M., Kotagama, S. W., & Goodale, E. (2021). Endemicity and land‐use type influence the abundance–range‐size relationship of birds on a tropical island. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(2), 460-470.

Bodawatta, K. H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., & Jønsson, K. A. (2021). Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. Animal microbiome, 3(1), 1-14.
Sottas, C., Reif, J., Kreisinger, J., Schmiedová, L., Sam, K., Osiejuk, T. S., & Reifová, R. (2020). Tracing the early steps of competition‑driven eco‑morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines. Evolutionary Ecology.

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Researchers and research technicians

Master and bachelor students, assistants

Previous lab members

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