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Petr Procházka is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, contributing extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Petr Procházka has a number of recent papers demonstrating a focus on avian ecology, migration, and related behavioral studies. These include:

  • "Broad-scale patterns of the Afro-Palaearctic landbird migration" (2020), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine" (2020), published in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Caught on camera: circumstantial evidence for fatal mobbing of an avian brood parasite by a host" (2020), published in Journal of Vertebrate Biology
  • "Automatic identification of bird females using egg phenotype" (2021), published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Nationwide screening for Fabry disease in unselected stroke patients" (2021), published in PLoS ONE

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Petr Procházka include:

  • Vojtěch Brlík
  • Milica Požgayová
  • Tamara Emmenegger
  • Steffen Hahn
  • Jaroslav Koleček

Petr Procházka's works are often published in a set of recurrent scientific venues, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Vertebrate Biology

In addition to articles, Petr Procházka has contributed to book publications, most notably with Emerald Publishing Limited. One such work is International Business and Sustainable Development Goals published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy.

    Peter Adamík;Tamara Emmenegger;Martins Briedis;Lars Gustafsson

  • Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias.

    Vojtěch Brlík;Vojtěch Brlík;Jaroslav Koleček;Malcolm Burgess;Steffen Hahn

  • Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo

    Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Petr Procházka;Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes

  • Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

    Marcel Honza;Lenka Polačiková;Lenka Polačiková;Petr Procházka

  • Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers

    Bård G. Stokke;Inge Hafstad;Geir Rudolfsen;Bruno Bargain

  • Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches

    Marcel Honza;Michal Šulc;Michal Šulc;Václav Jelínek;Milica Požgayová

  • Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry

    Lenka Polačiková;Lenka Polačiková;Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Ján Topercer

  • Codiversification of gastrointestinal microbiota and phylogeny in passerines is not explained by ecological divergence

    Lucie Kropáčková;Martin Těšický;Tomáš Albrecht;Tomáš Albrecht;Jan Kubovčiak

  • Do Common Whitethroats (Sylvia communis) discriminate against alien eggs

    Petr Procházka;Petr Procházka;Marcel Honza

  • A full annual perspective on sex-biased migration timing in long-distance migratory birds.

    Martins Briedis;Silke Bauer;Peter Adamík;José A Alves

  • Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation.

    Milica Pozgayová;Petr Procházka;Marcel Honza

  • Birds of a feather winter together: migratory connectivity in the Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

    Petr Prochazka;Æ Keith A. Hobson;Zsolt Karcza;Jelena Kralj

  • Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus)

    Marcel Honza;Václav Šicha;Václav Šicha;Petr Procházka;Radka Ležalová

  • Low genetic differentiation among reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus populations across Europe

    Petr Procházka;Bård G. Stokke;Henrik Jensen;Drahomíra Fainová

  • Unveiled feather microcosm: feather microbiota of passerine birds is closely associated with host species identity and bacteriocin-producing bacteria.

    Veronika Gvoždíková Javůrková;Veronika Gvoždíková Javůrková;Jakub Kreisinger;Petr Procházka;Milica Požgayová

  • Desert crossing strategies of migrant songbirds vary between and within species

    Frédéric Jiguet;Malcolm Burgess;Kasper Thorup;Greg Conway

  • Using stable hydrogen isotopes (delta H-2) and ring recoveries to trace natal origins in a Eurasian passerine with a migratory divide

    Petr Procházka;Steven L. Van Wilgenburg;Júlio M. Neto;Reuven Yosef

  • Consistency in Egg Rejection Behaviour: Responses to Repeated Brood Parasitism in the Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

    Marcel Honza;Milica Požgayová;Milica Požgayová;Petr Procházka;Emil Tkadlec

  • Common Cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests

    Václav Jelínek;Václav Jelínek;Petr Procházka;Milica Požgayová;Marcel Honza

  • Do Nest Light Conditions Affect Rejection of Parasitic Eggs? A Test of the Light Environment Hypothesis

    Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Klára Morongová;Miroslav Čapek

  • Choosing suitable hosts: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitize great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus of high quality

    Lenka Polačiková;Lenka Polačiková;Petr Procházka;Michael I. Cherry;Marcel Honza

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Miroslav Capek
Miroslav Capek Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Lars Gustafsson
Lars Gustafsson Uppsala University
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Frédéric Jiguet
Frédéric Jiguet French National Museum of Natural History
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY

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