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New environment grings new interaction:coexistence of closely related birds in urban mosaic
Sedláček, Ondřej ; Fuchs, Roman (advisor) ; Grim, Tomáš (referee) ; Procházka, Petr (referee)
I I New environment brings new interaďions: coexistence of closely related birds in urban mosaic ondřej Sedláček 1. SUMMARYOF THE THESIS The ongoingurbanizationrapidlychangesenvironmentsof mostplantand animal species worldwideand ecologistshave recentlyincreasedtheir attentionto biodiversiýconservationin man-affected|andscapes.HoWeVer,besidesspecia|ised species,whichdisappeardue to dramatichabitatconversion,manyorganismsare ableto changetheirbehaviour,physiologyand life historiesand haveadaptedto humanproximity.Citiesthereforeprovidea,,natura||aboratoý.,whichenablesusto studyecologicaland physiologicaladaptationsof synanthropicorganisms.Urban environmentsare a|soýpica|for theirhabitatheterogeneiý'Thanksto the mosaic natureof diversehabitats,specieswith differenthabitatselectioncometo close contaďin cities.ThisphenomenonWasa re|ative|yneg|eďedresearchareain urban ecology.A good model for this kind of investigationseemsto be a coupleof congenericbirdspecies,whicharerecentlycommonin urbanhabitatsacrossEurope - Black Redstart (Phoenicurusochruros)and Redstaft (P. phoenicurus).The two specieshavesimilarnestingandforagingecologybutoccupydifferenthabitatsunder naturalconditions.The BlackRedstartprimarilybreedsin open,rockyrerrainin mountaineousareas.This relativelyspecia|habitatýpe has spreadacrossEurope with...
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New environment grings new interaction:coexistence of closely related birds in urban mosaic
Sedláček, Ondřej ; Fuchs, Roman (advisor) ; Grim, Tomáš (referee) ; Procházka, Petr (referee)
I I New environment brings new interaďions: coexistence of closely related birds in urban mosaic ondřej Sedláček 1. SUMMARYOF THE THESIS The ongoingurbanizationrapidlychangesenvironmentsof mostplantand animal species worldwideand ecologistshave recentlyincreasedtheir attentionto biodiversiýconservationin man-affected|andscapes.HoWeVer,besidesspecia|ised species,whichdisappeardue to dramatichabitatconversion,manyorganismsare ableto changetheirbehaviour,physiologyand life historiesand haveadaptedto humanproximity.Citiesthereforeprovidea,,natura||aboratoý.,whichenablesusto studyecologicaland physiologicaladaptationsof synanthropicorganisms.Urban environmentsare a|soýpica|for theirhabitatheterogeneiý'Thanksto the mosaic natureof diversehabitats,specieswith differenthabitatselectioncometo close contaďin cities.ThisphenomenonWasa re|ative|yneg|eďedresearchareain urban ecology.A good model for this kind of investigationseemsto be a coupleof congenericbirdspecies,whicharerecentlycommonin urbanhabitatsacrossEurope - Black Redstart (Phoenicurusochruros)and Redstaft (P. phoenicurus).The two specieshavesimilarnestingandforagingecologybutoccupydifferenthabitatsunder naturalconditions.The BlackRedstartprimarilybreedsin open,rockyrerrainin mountaineousareas.This relativelyspecia|habitatýpe has spreadacrossEurope with...
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