Peter Samaš

Position grant funded researcher
Direction avian behavioural ecology

+420 543 422 545

Research interests

  • avian behavioural ecology,
  • avian brood parasitism.

Publications

2020

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.

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.