Kauzál Ondřej

Pozice: PhD student
Zaměření: ecological and evolutionary endocrinology
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Publications and Applied outputs

2025

Horák K, Kotasová Adámková M, Tomášek O, Kauzál O, Kauzálová T, Mani FT, Chi EJ, Albrecht T (2025). Afrotropical passerines grow wing feathers faster than their European counterparts. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaf123.
Janča M, Knotková Z, Kauzál O, Albrecht T, Tomášek O (2025). Methods: Increasing feasibility of total blood cell count analysis in field studies: Effects of plastic tubes and storage duration. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 111834.
Pernice R, Sedláček O, Albrecht T, Tomášek O, Kauzál O, Kauzálová T, Motombi FN, Ewome FL, Ferenc M, Chmel K, Mlíkovský J, Riegert J, Kamga SM, Hořák D (2025). Functional and phylogenetic structure of forest bird assemblages along an afrotropical elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution, e72065.

2024

Viitaniemi HM, Leder EH, Kauzál O, Stopková R, Stopka P, Lifjeld JT, Albrecht T (2024). Impact of Z chromosome inversions on gene expression in testis and liver tissues in the zebra finch. Molecular Ecology, e17236.

2023

Pouadjeu JM, Tomášek O, Kauzál O, Nguelefack TB, Albrecht T (2023). Sources of variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in two free-living tropical passerine species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 23017.

2022

Horák K, Bobek L, Adámková M, Kauzál O, Kauzálová T, Manialeu JP, Nguelefack TB, Nana ED, Jønsson KA, Munclinger P, Hořák D, Sedláček O, Tomášek O, Albrecht T (2022). Feather growth and quality across passerines is explained by breeding rather than moulting latitude. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 20212404.
Sotelo-Muñoz M, Poignet M, Albrecht T, Kauzál O, Didukh D, Schlebusch SA, Janko K, Reifová R (2022). Germline-restricted chromosome shows remarkable variation in size among closely related passerine species. Chromosoma.
Tomášek O, Bobek L, Kauzálová T, Kauzál O, Adámková M, Horák K, Kumar SA, Manialeu JP, Munclinger P, Nana ED, Nguelefack TB, Sedláček O, Albrecht T (2022). Latitudinal but not elevational variation in blood glucose level is linked to life history across passerine birds. Ecology Letters.

2021

Kumar SA, Albrecht T, Kauzál O, Tomášek O (2021). No evidence for trade-offs between lifespan, fecundity and basal metabolic rate mediated by liver fatty acid composition in birds. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 638501.

Education:

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science (Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Bachelor in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (2012 – 2015), thesis topic: Female choice based on coloration and song performance in passerines with sexual dichromatism.
  • Master’s in Ecology (Terrestrial Ecology; 2015 – 2017), thesis topic: Signaling function of plumage coloration in Yellowhammer males.
  • Ph.D. in Ecology (since 2017), thesis topic: Steroid hormone concentrations, feather growth and life history strategies of passerine birds.