Mgr. Barbora Gajdárová (roz. Turbaková)

Position PhD student
Direction conservation and population genetics

Research interests

  • conservation genetics,
  • population genetics,
  • ecology of large carnivores.

Education

  • 2010-2013: bachelor’s thesis – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Methods for monitoring large carnivores (supervisor M. Barančeková).
  • 2013-2015: master’s thesis – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Genetics of the Eurasian lynx of the Western Carpathians (supervisor J.Bryja).
  • 2015 – present: PhD thesis – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Conservation genetics of the Eurasian lynx in the Central Europe (supervisor J.Bryja, consultant J.Krojerová-Prokešová).

International experience

  • 2013: internship in molecular genetics laboratory, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (6 months).

Publications

2023

Gajdárová B, Belotti E, Bufka L, Volfová J, Wölfl S, Mináriková T, Hollerbach L, Duľa M, Kleven O, Kutal M, Nowak C, Ozoliņš J, Tám B, Bryja J, Koubek P, Krojerová-Prokešová J (2023). Long-term genetic monitoring of a reintroduced Eurasian lynx population does not indicate an ongoing loss of genetic diversity. Global Ecology and Conservation, 42: e02399.
Krojerová-Prokešová J, Gajdárová B, Reiners TE, Bolechová P, Kleven O, Koubek P, Nowak C, Ozoliņš J, Tám B, Voloshina I, Vallo P (2023). Ex situ versus in situ Eurasian lynx populations: implications for successful breeding and genetic rescue. Conservation Genetics, 24: 203-217.

2021

Gajdárová B, Belotti E, Bufka L, Duľa M, Kleven O, Kutal M, Ozoliņš J, Nowak C, Reiners TE, Tám B, Volfová J, Krojerová-Prokešová J (2021). Long-distance Eurasian lynx dispersal – a prospect for connecting native and reintroduced populations in Central Europe. Conservation Genetics, 22: 799-809.

2019

Krojerová-Prokešová J, Turbaková B, Jelenčič M, Bojda M, Kutal M, Skrbinšek T, Koubek P, Bryja J (2019). Genetic constraints of population expansion of the Carpathian lynx at the western edge of its native distribution range in Central Europe. Heredity, 122: 785-799.