Hanzelka Jan

Pozice: post-doc
Zaměření: ecology of bird populations

Publications and Applied outputs

2026

Hanzelka J, Telenský T, Brotons L, Herrando S, Lindström Å, Reif J (2026). Latitude-specific responses of European birds' population growth rates to temperature and water availability. Oikos, e11460.
Szarvas F, Michálek J, Vermouzek Z, Voříšek P, Hanzelka J, Reif J (2026). Forest bird abundance is linked to the interactions between forest characteristics and species ecological traits: implications for forest management. Ecology and Evolution, e72784.

2025

Hološková A, Hanzelka J, Grünwald J, Szarvas F, Řeřicha M, Štrobl M, Kadlec T, Reif J (2025). Predictors of farmland bird species richness in intensively used agricultural landscapes: habitat heterogeneity, crop type, and food supply matter. Landscape Ecology, 64.

2024

Hanzelka J, Telenský T, Koleček J, Procházka P, Robinson RA, Baltà O, Cepák J, Gargallo G, Henry P, Henshaw I, van der Jeugd H, Karcza Z, Lehikoinen P, Meister B, Nebot AL, Piha M, Thorup K, Tøttrup AP, Reif J (2024). Climatic predictors of long-distance migratory birds breeding productivity across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, e13901.

Employment

  • 2024 – present: postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic,
  • 2020 – 2022: visiting researcher at Faculty of Science, University of Turku, Finland,
  • 2018 – present: postdoctoral researcher at Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic.

Education

  • 2016 – PhD in study programme Environmental Sciences, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic (Dissertation title: Bird communities in stands of non-native trees).
  • 2012 – MSc in study programme Ecology and Environmental Protection, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic (Master’s thesis title: Intraspecific variability in population trends of farmland birds: influence of habitat and altitude).
  • 2010 – BSc in study programme Ecology and Environmental Protection, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic (Bachelor’s thesis title: Selected factors influencing the ecological stability of the Novozámecký fishpond National Nature Reserve).