Mgr. Lenka Polačiková Ph.D.

Position supporting sector
Direction head project manager

+420 543 422 548

Publications

2011

Požgayová M, Procházka P, Polačiková L, Honza M (2011). Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs. Behavioral Ecology, 22: 46-51.

2010

Polačiková L, Stokke BG, Procházka P, Honza M, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2010). The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). Behaviour, 147: 465-478.
Stokke BG, Polačiková L, Dyrcz A, Hafstad I, Moksnes A, Roskaft E (2010). Responses of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus to non-mimetic eggs of different sizes in a nest parasitism experiment. Acta Ornithologica, 45: 98-104.

2009

Polačiková L, Procházka P, Cherry MI, Honza M (2009). Choosing suitable hosts: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitize great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus of high quality. Evolutionary Ecology, 23: 879-891.

2008

Honza M, Polačiková L (2008). Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2519-2523.

2007

Honza M, Polačiková L, Procházka P (2007). Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 92: 269-276.
Polačiková L, Honza M, Procházka P, Topercer J, Stokke BG (2007). Colour characteristics of the blunt egg pole: cues for recognition of parasitic eggs as revealed by reflectance spectrophotometry. Animal Behaviour, 74: 419-427.