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Stanislav Pekár

Stanislav Pekár

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8560
World Ranking
4239
National Ranking
21

Overview

Stanislav Pekár is affiliated with Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, Pekár has contributed extensively to subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

Recent notable publications by Stanislav Pekár include:

  • The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits, 2021, Database
  • The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences, 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Dispersal and life-history traits in a spider with rapid range expansion, 2020, Movement Ecology
  • Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Assessment of the biocontrol potential of natural enemies against psyllid populations in a pear tree orchard during spring, 2021, Pest Management Science

Stanislav Pekár frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Radek Michalko
  • Ondřej Michálek
  • David Ortíz
  • Domagoj Gajski
  • Charles R. Haddad

The scientist's work is often published in specific journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Arachnology, Behavioral Ecology, Ecological Entomology, and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • Global Patterns of Guild Composition and Functional Diversity of Spiders

    Pedro Cardoso;Stanislav Pekár;Rudy Jocqué;Jonathan A. Coddington

  • An updated perspective on spiders as generalist predators in biological control

    Radek Michalko;Stanislav Pekár;Martin Entling

  • Generalized estimating equations: A pragmatic and flexible approach to the marginal GLM modelling of correlated data in the behavioural sciences

    Stano Pekár;Marek Brabec

  • Spiders (Araneae) in the pesticide world: an ecotoxicological review.

    Stanislav Pekár

  • Size and taxonomic constraints determine the seed preferences of Carabidae (Coleoptera)

    Alois Honek;Zdenka Martinkova;Pavel Saska;Stano Pekar

  • Global patterns in the biocontrol efficacy of spiders: A meta-analysis

    Radek Michalko;Stano Pekár;Martin Dul'a;Martin H. Entling

  • Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae).

    Stanislav Pekár;Soeren Toft

  • Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets.

    Stano Pekár;Jonathan A. Coddington;Todd A. Blackledge

  • Contamination of soil with Toxocara eggs in urban (Prague) and rural areas in the Czech Republic

    Soňa Dubná;Iva Langrová;Ivana Jankovská;Jaroslav Vadlejch

  • Predatory behavior of two European ant-eating spiders (Araneae,Zodariidae)

    Stanislav Pekár

  • Modern Analysis of Biological Data. Generalized Linear Models in R

    Stanislav Pekár;Marek Brabec

  • Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism.

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Effect of IPM practices and conventional spraying on spider population dynamics in an apple orchard

    Stanislav Pekár

  • A cost-efficient and simple protocol to enrich prey DNA from extractions of predatory arthropods for large-scale gut content analysis by Illumina sequencing

    Henrik Krehenwinkel;Susan Kennedy;Stanislav Pekár;Rosemary Gillespie

  • Biological control in winter: novel evidence for the importance of generalist predators

    Stanislav Pekár;Radek Michalko;Pamela Loverre;Eva Líznarová

  • Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation?

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Different hunting strategies of generalist predators result in functional differences.

    Radek Michalko;Radek Michalko;Stanislav Pekár

  • The negative effect of some selective insecticides on the functional response of a potential biological control agent, the spider Philodromus cespitum

    Milan Řezáč;Stanislav Pekár;Jitka Stara

  • How oniscophagous spiders overcome woodlouse armour

    Milan Řezáč;Stanislav Pekár;Yael Lubin

  • Differential effects of formaldehyde concentration and detergent on the catching efficiency of surface active arthropods by pitfall traps

    Stano Pekár

  • Is the Evolution of Inaccurate Mimicry a Result of Selection by a Suite of Predators? A Case Study Using Myrmecomorphic Spiders

    Stanislav Pekár;Martin Jarab;Lutz Fromhage;Marie Herberstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Yael Lubin
Yael Lubin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Pedro Cardoso
Pedro Cardoso University of Lisbon
Trine Bilde
Trine Bilde Aarhus University
Gabriele Uhl
Gabriele Uhl University of Greifswald
Jan Šobotník
Jan Šobotník Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)
Marco Isaia
Marco Isaia University of Turin
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University
Alberto Urbaneja
Alberto Urbaneja Spanish National Research Council
Pedro Castañera
Pedro Castañera Spanish National Research Council

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