doc. Ing. Martin Šálek Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher

Direction ecology of birds and mammals

Workplace Research facility Brno

+420 387 775 611

martin.sali@post.cz

Research interests

ecology of birds and mammals in fragmented agricultural landscape,
behavioural ecology and population genetic variability of the Little Owl,
spatial and roosting ecology of bats,
return of large herbivores: a high priority in biodiversity conservation (rewilding projects).

Finished projects

Save the Little Owl (2021–2024)

ATHENE – Péče o největší zbytkové populace sýčků obecných (2017–2020)

ATHENE – ochrana sýčka obecného v česko-saském pohraničí (2017–2019)

Zpracování odborných podkladů pro rozhodnutí o ZPZCHD pro druhy sýček obecný (Athene noctua) a strnad zahradní (Emberiza hortulana) (2015–2016)

Web presentation

http://new.birdlife.cz/sycek/

http://www.saliphoto.blogspot.cz/

Current students

Alexandra Krivopalova (PhD): Ecology of declining population of European hare (Lepus europaeus) in contrasting farmland.
Malavika Madhavan (PhD): Does intra-sexual selection drive evolution of individual identity in animal signals?
Sangeeth Sailas (PhD): Factors shaping spatio-temporal distribution, abundance and mortality of avian predators

Publications and Applied outputs

Poprach K, Poprach A, Opluštil L, Krause F, Škorpíková V, Šálek M, Kodet V (2018). The Little Owl (Athene noctua) in the South Moravian Region in 1990–2017. Crex - Zpravodaj Jihomoravské pobočky ČSO, 37: 18-66.

Jirků M, Dostál D, Robovský J, Šálek M (2018). Reproduction of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) outside current resident breeding populations in Europe: evidence from the Czech Republic. Mammalia.

Kipson M, Šálek M, Lučan R, Uhrin M, Maxinová E, Bartonička T, Andreas M, Kipson K, Pušić A, Rnjak D, Naďo L, Horáček I (2018). Foraging habitat, home-range size and diet of a Mediterranean bat species, Savi’s pipistrelle. Acta Chiropterologica.

2017

Chrenková M, Dobrý M, Šálek M (2017). Further evidence of large-scale population decline and range contraction of the little owl Athene noctua in Central Europe. Folia zoologica.

Linhart P, Šálek M (2017). The assessment of biases in the acoustic discrimination of individuals. PLoS ONE, e0177206.

2016

Jacobsen LB, Chrenková M, Sunde P, Šálek M, Thorup K (2016). Effects of food provisioning and habitat management on spatial behaviour of Little Owls during the breeding season. Ornis Fennica.

Lučan RK, Bartonička T, Jedlička P, Řeřucha Š, Šálek M, Čížek M, Nicolaou H, Horáček I (2016). Spatial activity and feeding ecology of the endangered northern population of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Journal of Mammalogy.

Šálek M, Beran V, Hanzlíková M, Kipson M, Molitor P, Praus L, Procházka V, Šimeček K, Vít P, Zeman V (2016). Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) in the Czech Republic: population changes and current distribution in core areas. Sylvia, 52: 34-52.

Šálek M, Chrenková M, Dobrý M, Kipson M, Grill S, Radovan V (2016). Scale-dependent habitat associations of a rapidly declining farmland predator, the Little Owl Athene noctua, in contrasting agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.

2015

Šálek M, Kučera T, Zimmermann K, Bartůšková I, Plátek M, Grill S, Konvička M (2015). Edges within farmland: Management implications of taxonspecific species richness correlates. Basic and applied Ecology.

Šálek M, Havlíček J, Riegert J, Nešpor M, Fuchs R, Kipson M (2015). Winter density and habitat preferences of three declining granivorous farmland birds: The importance of the keeping of poultry and dairy farms. Journal for Nature Conservation.

Šálek M, Riegert J, Grill S (2015). The House Sparrows Passer domesticus and Tree Sparrows Passer montanus: fine-scale distribution, population densities, and habitat selection in a Central European city. Acta Ornithologica, .

Červinka J, Riegert J, Grill S, Šálek M (2015). Large-scale evaluation of carnivore road mortality: the effect of landscape and local scale characteristics. Mammal Research.

Šálek M, Drahníková L, Tkadlec E (2015). Changes in home range sizes and population densities of carnivore species along the natural to urban habitat gradient. Mammal Review.

Šálek M (2015). Zvoní umíráček naší dříve nejhojnější sově?. Ochrana přírody, 70: 24-27.

Pellegrino I, Negri A, Boano G, Cucco M, Kristensen TN, Pertoldi C, Randi E, Šálek M, Mucci N (2015). Evidence for strong genetic structure in European populations of the little owl Athene noctua. Journal of Avian Biology.

2014

Šálek M, Červinka J, Banea OC, Krofel M, Ćirović D, Selanec I, Penezić A, Grill S, Riegert J (2014). Population densities and habitat use of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) in farmlands across the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Wildlife Research.

Šálek M, Červinka J, Pavluvčík P, Poláková S, Tkadlec E (2014). Forest-edge utilization by carnivores in relation to local and landscape habitat characteristics in central European farmland. Mammalian Biology.

Šálek M, Červinka J, Padyšáková E, Kreisinger J (2014). Does spatial co-occurrence of carnivores in a Central European agricultural landscape follow the null model?. European Journal of Wildlife Research.

Lučan RK, Bartonička T, Benda P, Bilgin R, Jedlička P, Nicolaou H, Reiter A, Shohdi WM, Šálek M, Řeřucha Š, Uhrin M, Abi-Said M, Horáček I (2014). Reproductive seasonality of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) at the northern limits of its distribution. Journal of Mammalogy.

Šálek M (2014). Population density of Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto in different types of urban development. Sluka, 10: 38-48.

Šálek M (2014). Long-term population decline of the Little Owl (Athene nocuta) in a core area of its distribution in Bohemia. Sylvia, 50: 2-11.

Pellegrino I, Negri A, Cucco M, Mucci N, Pavia M, Šálek M, Boano G, Randi E (2014). Phylogeography and Pleistocene refugia of the Little Owl Athene noctua inferred from mtDNA sequence data. Ibis.

Červinka J, Drahníková L, Kreisinger J, Šálek M (2014). Effect of habitat characteristics on mesocarnivore occurrence in urban environment in the Central Europe. Urban Ecosystems.

2013

Červinka J, Šálek M, Padyšáková E, Šmilauer P (2013). The effects of local and landscape-scale habitat characteristics and prey availability on corridor use by carnivores: A comparison of two contrasting farmlands. Journal for Nature Conservation.

Lučan RK, Šálek M (2013). Observation of successful mobbing of an insectivorous bat, Taphozous nudiventris (Emballonuridae), on an avian predator, Tyto alba (Tytonidae). Mammalia.

Šálek M, Spassov N, Anděra M, Enzinger K, Ottlecz B, Hegyeli Z (2013). Population status, habitat associations, and distribution of the steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii in Europe. Acta Theriologica.

Šálek M, Chrenková M, Kipson M (2013). High population density of Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, Central Europe. Polish Journal of Ecology, 61: 165-169.