Ivan HORÁČEK (study adviser)

Ivan HORÁČEK (study adviser)

 

 

Contact information:

Prof. RNDr. Ivan Horáček, CSc.

Phone: +420 22 195 1851

E-mail: horacek@natur.cuni.cz

Room: 224

 

Personal webpage:

Ivan Horáček

 

Research interests:

Biology and taxonomy of the Chiroptera, paleobiology of small rodents, paleoecology and biostratigraphy of the Quaternary, comparative odontology, historical biogeography of Western Palearctics, philosophical and methodological aspects of nature sciences in general.

 

Proposed Bachelor and Master student projects to be found here.

 

Current projects:

Late Pleistocene and Holocene faunal turnover in Central Europe and Balkans, dental phylogeny in bats, taxonomy and biogeography of Palearctiic and Oriental bats.

 

PhD students:

        Tereza Hadravová: Phenotype dynamics of arvicolid rodents (Mammalia, Arvicolidae) during a Quaternary climatic cycle
        Marina Kipson: Acology and synanthropy pf bats in the Mediterranean region in comparison with the Central Europe
        Anna Lučanová: Conservation biology of the mid-European species of the genus Plecotus (Mammalia, Chiroptera): a comparative study
        Barbora Pažitková: Evolutionary dynamics of shrews (Soricidae, Mammalia) in the Quaternary of Central Europe
        Diana Slyšková: Enamel microarchitecture and dentitionin non-mammalian Amniota: phylogenetic and functional relations
        Eva Trávníčková: The Pliocene and Early Pleistocene bat communities of Central Europe: phenotype dynamics and history of community structure
 

Lectures:

 

Selected papers:

For reprints, visit the personal webpage above. 

 

2024

M Baca, D Popovic, A Lemanik, S Bañuls-Cardona, N Conard, G Cuenca-Bescós, E Desclaux, H Fewlass, J García, G Heckel, I Horáček, L Lebreton, J López-García, E Luzi, Z Marković, JM Lenardić, X Murelaga, A Petculescu, V Popov, T Hadravová, S Rhodes, B Ridush, A Royer, J Stewart, J Stojak, S Talamo, M Knul, X Wang, J Wójcik, A Nadachowski (2024) Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a main driver of the temperate common vole (Microtus arvalis) population dynamics during the Last Glacial Period. Europe PMC https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr797526

 

 

2023

Horacek I, Benda P (2023) Orbituary: Vladimír Hanák (1931-2022). Journal of Mammalogy 104, 421-423.

 

Kipson M, Gazaryan S, Horáček I (2023) Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837). In: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe (eds. Hackländer K, Zachos FE). Springer. 95-112.

 

Baca M, Popović D, Agadzhanyan AK, Baca K, Conard NJ, Fewlass H, Filek T, Golubiński M, Horáček I, Knul MV, Krajcarz M, Krokhaleva M, Lebreton L, Lemanik A, Maul LC, Nagel D, Noiret P, Primault J, Rekovets L, Rhodes SE, Royer A, Serdyuk NV, Soressi M, Stewart JR, Strukova T, Talamo S, Wilczyński J, Nadachowski A (2023) Ancient DNA of narrow-headed vole reveal common features of the Late Pleistocene population dynamics in cold-adapted small mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1993, 20222238.

 

Baca M, Popović D, Lemanik A, Bañuls‐Cardona S, Conard NJ, Cuenca‐Bescós G, Desclaux E, Fewlass H, Garcia JT, Hadravova T, Heckel G, Horáček I, Knul MV, Lebreton L, López‐García JM, Luzi E, Marković Z, Lenardić JM, Murelaga X, Noiret P, Petculescu A, Popov V, Rhodes SE, Ridush B, Royer A, Stewart JR, Stojak J, Talamo S, Wang X, Wójcik JM, Nadachowski A (2023) Ancient DNA revelas interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period. Journal of Biogeography 50, 183-196.

 

2022

Kipson M, Gazaryan S & Horacek I (2022) Savi's pipistrelle Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1937), In: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, 1-18.

 

Horáček I, Lebedová K (2022) Cricetinae in the Quaternary fossil record of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Lynx, s. n. 53, 1.

 

2021

Hajna NZ, Mihevc A, Bosák P, Pruner P, Hercman H, Horáček I, Wagner J, ... (2021) Pliocene to Holocene chronostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental records from cave sediments: Račiška pečina section (SW Slovenia). Quaternary International 605, 5-24.

 

Riegert J, Šindelář J, Zárybnická M & Horáček I (2021) Large-scale spatial patterns of small-mammal communities in the Mediterranean region revealed by Barn owl diet. Scientific Reports 11, 1-16

 

Ptáková M, Pokorný P, Šída P, Novák J, Horáček I, Juřičková L, Meduna P, ... (2021) From Mesolithic hunters to Iron Age herders: a unique record of woodland use from eastern central Europe (Czech Republic). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 30, 269-286.

 

Bonilla-Salomón I, Čermák S, Luján AH, Horáček I, Ivanov M & Sabol M (2021) Early Miocene small mammals from MWQ1/2001 Turtle Joint (Mokra-Quarry, South Moravia, Czech Republic): biostratigraphical and palaeoecological considerations. Bull of Geosciences 96, 99-122.

 

 

2020

Bachorec E, Horáček I, Hulva P, Konečný A, Lučan RK, Jedlička P, Shohdi WN, Řeřucha Š, Abi‐Said M & Bartonička T (2020) Egyptian fruit bats do not preferentially roost with their relatives. Journal of Zoology 312, 111-121.

 

Ptáková M, Pokorný P, Šída P, Novák J, Horáček I, Juřičková L, Meduna P, Bezděk A, Myšková E, Walls M & Poschlod P (2020) From Mesolithic hunters to Iron Age herders: A unique record of woodland use from eastern Central Europe (Czech Republic). Vegetation History and Archeobotany 1-18.

 

Hajna NZ, Bosák P, Pruner P, Mihevc A, Hercman H & Horáček I (2020) Karst sediments in Slovenia: Plio-Quaternary multi-proxy records. Quaternary International 546, 4-19.

 

Baca M, Popović D, Baca K, Lemanik A, Doan K, Horáček I, López-García JM, Bañuls-Cardona S, Pazonyi P, Desclaux E, Crégut-Bonnoure E, Berto C, Lenardić JM, Miękina B, Murelaga X, Cuenca-Bescos G, Krajcarz M, Marković Z, Petculescu A, Wilczyński J, Knul MV, Stewart JR & Nadachowski A (2020) Diverse responses of common vole (Microtus arvalis) populations to Late Glacial and Early Holocene climate changes - Evidence from ancient DNA. Quaternary Science Reviews 233, 106239.

 

Bachorec E, Horáček I, Hulva P, Konečný A, Lučan RK, Jedlička P, Shohdi WM, Řeřucha S, Abi-Said M & Bartonička T (2020) Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: Foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats. PLoS ONE 15, e0229110.

 

 

2019

Horáček, I.& Trávníčková, E. (2019) Myotis gerhardstorchi sp. n. and comments on the European fossil record of Myotis frater group (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Fossil Imprint 75, 315-342.

 

Baca, M., Popović, D., Lemanik, A., Baca, K., Horáček, I. & Nadachowski, A. (2019) Highly divergent lineage of narrow-headed vole from the Late Pleistocene Europe. Scientific Reports 9, 1-10.

 

Hajna, N.Z., Bosák, P., Pruner, P., Mihevc, A., Hercman, H. & Horáček, I. (2019) Karst sediments in Slovenia: Plio-Quaternary multi-proxy records. Quaternary International.

 

Srtibna, T., Romportl, D., Demjanovič, J., Vogeler, A., Tschapka, M., Benda, P., ... (2019) Pan African phylogeography and paleodistribution of rousettine fruit bats: Ecogeographic correlation with Pleistocene climate vegetation cycles. Journal of Biogeography 46, 2336-2349.

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