Mgr. Peter Samaš Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction avian behavioural ecology

+420 543 422 545

Research interests

  • avian behavioural ecology,
  • avian brood parasitism.

Publications

2022

Petrželková KJ, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Červená B, Pafčo B, Prokopová T, Cameira R, Granjon AC, Shapiro A, Bahizi M, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Syaluha EK, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Šlapeta J, Modrý D, Gilardi K, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Hickey JR, Cranfield M (2022). Ecological drivers of helminth infection patterns in the Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 17: 174-184.
Trnka A, Samaš P (2022). The use of social information about predation risk by foraging house sparrows: a feeder experiment. Journal of Ethology, 40: 79-84.

2021

Petrželková KJ, Uwamahoro C, Pafčo B, Červená B, Samaš P, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Gilardi K, Nziza J, Noheri JB, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Ssebide B, Okwirokello R, Nizeyimana F, Syaluha EK, Nzayisenga G, Flores Girón L, Bahizi M, Ntwari AE, Lukusa JP, Tumushime JC, Mangura D, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Stryková A, Tehlarová Z, Cameira R, Lowenstine L, Šlapeta J, Romportl D, Ferrari N, Cranfield M, Modrý D (2021). Heterogeneity in patterns of helminth infections across populations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Scientific Reports, 11: 10869.
Samaš P, Hauber ME, Honza M (2021). A meta-analysis of avian egg traits cueing egg-rejection defenses against brood parasitism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 703208.

2020

Kysučan M, Samaš P, Grim T (2020). Post-fledging interactions between the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its cavity-nesting Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus host. Ibis, 162: 90-103.
Manna TJ, Hanley D, Honza M, Čapek M, Rutila J, Samaš P, Abolins-Abols M, Hauber ME (2020). Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species. Vision Research, 167: 54-59.
Samaš P, Žabková K, Petrusková T, Procházka P, Požgayová M, Honza M (2020). Nestlings of the common cuckoo do not mimic begging calls of two closely related Acrocephalus hosts. Animal Behaviour, 161: 89-94.

2019

Samaš P, Kysučan M, Honza M, Grim T (2019). Multiple costs are relevant for evolution of host anti-parasite defences. Reply to Yang C et al. (2018). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286: 20191690.
Samaš P, Grim T, Jelínek V, Abraham MM, Šulc M, Honza M (2019). No immediate or future extra costs of raising a virulent brood parasite chick. Behavioral Ecology, 30: 1020-1029.

2018

Canniff L, Dainson M, López AV, Hauber ME, Grim T, Samaš P, Hanley D (2018). Probing the limits of egg recognition using egg rejection experiments along phenotypic gradients. Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018: e57512.
Samaš P, Rutila J, Honza M, Kysučan M, Grim T (2018). Rearing a virulent common cuckoo is not extra costly for its only cavity-nesting host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285: 20181710.
Trnka A, Samaš P, Grim T (2018). Consistent individual and sex-specific differences in behaviour of common cuckoo chicks: is there a potential impact on host-parasite coevolutionary dynamics?. Behaviour, 155: 1051-1072.
Trnka A, Samaš P, Grim T (2018). Stability of a behavioural syndrome vs. plasticity in individual behaviours over the breeding cycle: Ultimate and proximate explanations. Behavioural Processes, 153: 100-106.