Mgr. Peter Mikula Ph.D.

Position post-doc

Publications

2023

Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Akasaka M, de Andrade Junior MAU, Blaise N, Checco J, Çilingir FG, Citegetse G, Corella Tor M, Drobniak SM, Giakoumi S, Golivets M, Ion MC, Jara-Díaz JP, Katayose R, Lasmana FPS, Lin HY, Lopez E, Mikula P, Morales-Barquero L, Mupepele AC, Narváez-Gómez JP, Nguyen TH, Lisboa SN, Nuñez MA, Pavón-Jordán D, Pottier P, Prescott GW, Samad F, Šćiban M, Seo HM, Shinoda Y, Vajna F, Vozykova S, Walsh JC, Wee AKS, Xiao H, Zamora-Gutierrez V (2023). The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments. Nature Sustainability, 6: 845-854.
Mikula P, Tomášek O, Romportl D, Aikins TK, Avendaño JE, Braimoh-Azaki BDA, Chaskda A, Cresswell W, Cunningham SJ, Dale S, Favoretto GR, Floyd KS, Glover H, Grim T, Henry DAW, Holmern T, Hromada M, Iwajomo SB, Lilleyman A, Magige FJ, Martin RO, de A Maximiano MF, Nana ED, Ncube B, Ndaimani H, Nelson E, Van Niekerk A, Pienaar C, Piratelli AJ, Pistorius P, Radkovic A, Reynolds C, Røskaft E, Shanungu GK, Siqueira PR, Tarakini T, Tejeiro-Mahecha N, Thompson ML, Wamiti W, Wilson M, Tye DRC, Tye ND, Vehtari A, Tryjanowski P, Weston MA, Blumstein DT, Albrecht T (2023). Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems. Nature Communications, 14:1210 2146.
Morelli F, Leveau LM, Mikula P, MacGregor-Fors I, Bocelli ML, Quesada-Acuña SG, González-Lagos C, Gutiérrez-Tapia P, Dri GF, Delgado-V. CA, Zavala AG, Campos J, Ortega-Álvarez R, Contreras-Rodríguez AI, López DS, Toledo MCB, Sarquis A, Giraudo A, Echevarria AL, Fanjul ME, Martínez MV, Haedo J, Sanz LGC, Dominguez YAP, Fernandez V, Marinero V, Abilhoa V, Amorin R, Fontana CS, da Silva TW, Vargas SSZ, Escobar Ibañez JF, Juri MD, Camín SR, Marone L, Piratelli AJ, Franchin AG, Crispim L, Benitez J, Benedetti Y (2023). Are birds more afraid in urban parks or cemeteries? A Latin American study contrasts with results from Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 861: 160534.

2022

Mikula P, Tószögyová A, Albrecht T (2022). A global analysis of aerial displays in passerines revealed an effect of habitat, mating system and migratory traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 289: 20220370.
Mikula P, Kwieciński Z, Kaluga I, Tryjanowski P (2022). The Crimean population of the lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) has low behavioural flexibility in its response to approaching humans. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71:1205 22038.
Morelli F, Mikula P, Blumstein DT, Díaz M, Markó G, Jokimäki J, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki M, Floigl K, Zeid FA, Siretckaia A, Benedetti Y (2022). Flight initiation distance and refuge in urban birds. Science of the Total Environment, 842: 156939.

2021

Mikula P, Jokimäki J, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki M, Markó G, Morelli F, Moller AP, Szakony S, Yosef R, Albrecht T, Tryjanowski P (2021). Face mask-wear did not affect large-scale patterns in escape and alertness of urban and rural birds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Science of the Total Environment, 793: 148672.
Mikula P, Valcu M, Brumm H, Bulla M, Forstmeier W, Petrusková T, Kempenaers B, Albrecht T (2021). A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection. Ecology Letters, 24: 477-486.

2020

Mikula P, Tószögyová A, Hořák D, Petrusková T, Storch D, Albrecht T (2020). Female solo song and duetting are associated with different territoriality in songbirds. Behavioral Ecology, 31: 322-329.