Mgr. Peter Samaš Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction avian behavioural ecology
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Samaš Peter

Research interests

  • avian behavioural ecology,
  • avian brood parasitism.

Publications and Applied outputs

2026

Honza M, Čapek M, Czyz B, Trnka A, Večeřová G, Samaš P (2026). Hypervigilance as an adaptive strategy to multiple risks in a songbird. Behavioral Ecology, raf139.
Huertas-Gómez JI, Honza M, Ruiz-Raya F, Soler M, Samaš P (2026). Factors determining the timing of host response towards parasitic eggs: a meta-analytical approach. Animal Behaviour, 123506.
Kysučan M, Tolvanen J, Samaš P, Miller R, Rutila J, Thomson RL, Grim T (2026). Cuckoos overcome cavity-nesting host defences with alternative egg deposition modes. Animal Behaviour, 123548.
López-Luengo MC, Samaš P, Ruiz-Raya F, Soler M, Honza M (2026). Factors affecting frontline host defences against avian brood parasitism: a meta-analysis. Animal Behaviour, 123459.

2025

Horsák M, Horsáková V, Samaš P, Divíšek J, Coles B, Nekola JC (2025). Dispersal rather than climate and local environment constrains non-marine snail fauna in west Greenland. Ecography, e07623.
Mason B, Ilík V, Červená B, Cranfield M, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Gilardi K, Uwamahoro C, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mudakikwa A, Aruho R, Whittier CA, Kreisinger J, Samaš P, Nosková E, Modrý D, Pafčo B, Petrželková KJ (2025). Untangling parasite epidemiology of mountain gorillas through historical samples: Strongylid nematodes are friends or foe?. Biological Conservation, 111319.
Moreras A, Tolvanen J, Kysučan M, Samaš P, Grim T, Thomson RL (2025). Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?. Journal of Avian Biology, e03300.
Požgayová M, Samaš P, Šulc M, Štětková G, Jelínek V, Honza M, Procházka P (2025). The number of brood parasite visits affects subsequent aggression towards the parasite dummy in host males, but not in females. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 12.
Šálek M, Boháč O, Cukor J, Samaš P (2025). Year-round evaluation of the conservation potential of seed-rich field margins under agri-environmental schemes for farmland birds, European hares, and common hamsters. Ecology and Evolution, e72492.
Trnka A, Samaš P, Honza M (2025). Female singing: an overlooked component of incubation behaviour in a temperate migratory passerine. Journal of Avian Biology, e03501.
Uwamahoro C, Holubová N, Jirků M, Sak B, Květoňová D, Samaš P, Červená B, Romportl D, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Mapilanga J, Kalonji A, Aruho R, Cranfield M, Gilardi K, Nziza J, Ssebide B, Syaluha EK, Pafčo B, Jirků K, Kváč M, Petrželková KJ (2025). Cryptosporidium, Microsporidia and Giardia infections in endangered mountain gorillas inhabiting Virunga Massif. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 25035.

2024

Červená B, Prokopová T, Cameira RM, Pafčo B, Samaš P, Romportl D, Uwamahoro C, Noheri JB, Ntwari AE, Bahizi M, Nzayisenga G, Nziza J, Gilardi K, Eckardt W, Ndagijimana F, Mudakikwa A, Muvunyi R, Uwingeli P, Cranfield M, Šlapeta J, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2024). Anoplocephalid tapeworms in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Parasitology.
Honza M, Štětková G, Požgayová M, Samaš P (2024). Host nest defence does not act as selective agent against plumage polymorphism in brood parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 20241135.
Samaš P, Hanley D, Čapek M, Greenberg CH, Pistone L, Mikulica O, Honza M (2024). Egg rejection from dark cavities: compensation for chromatic changes in nest illumination by a cuckoo host. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 23086.
Trnka A, Samaš P (2024). Factors influencing low incidence of double brooding in the Great Reed Warbler. Journal of Ornithology.

2023

Brožová K, Jirků M, Lhotská Z, Květoňová D, Kadlecová O, Stensvold C, Samaš P, Petrželková KJ, Jirků K (2023). The opportunistic protist, Giardia intestinalis, occurs in gut-healthy humans in a high-income country. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2270077.
Trnka A, Samaš P, Makol J (2023). Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus. Parasitology.

2022

Honza M, Čapek M, Mikulica O, Samaš P (2022). Ultraviolet coloration of avian parasitic egg does not cue egg rejection in the common redstart host. Journal of Ornithology.
Jirků M, Kašparová A, Lhotská Z, Oborník M, Brožová K, Petrželková KJ, Samaš P, Kadlecová O, Stensvold C, Jirků K (2022). A cross-sectional study on the occurrence of the intestinal protist, Dientamoeba fragilis, in the gut-healthy volunteers and their animals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 15407.
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.
Trnka A, Samaš P (2022). The use of social information about predation risk by foraging house sparrows: a feeder experiment. Journal of Ethology.

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, Tehlárová 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, 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, 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.
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.
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.

2019

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.
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, 20191690.

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, 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, 20181710.
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.
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.