prof. RNDr. Martin Reichard Ph.D.

1996: bakalářské studium – Masarykova univerzita, Brno, systematická biologie a ekologie.
1998: magisterské studium – Masarykova univerzita, Brno, systematická zoologie a ekologie.
2002: Ph.D. studium – Masarykova univerzita, Brno. Práce: Downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers, (vedoucí P.Jurajda).
2009: Docent zoologie – Masarykova univerzita, Brno.
2021: Profesor zoologie – Masarykova univerzita, Brno.

Zaměstnání

1999-2002: Ústav biologie obratlovců – odborný VŠ pracovník,
2002-2003: Queen Mary College, University of London – post-doc,
2003-2005: Queen Mary, University of London – post-doc, vědecký asistent,
2002-2009: Ústav biologie obratlovců – výzkumný pracovník,
2007-2009: University of Leicester, United Kingdom – Research Associate,
2009-2010: University of St Andrews, United Kingdom – Research Associate,
2010-současnost: Ústav biologie obratlovců – vedoucí vědecký pracovník,
2021-současnost: Univerzita v Lodži (Polsko) – profesor.

Mezinárodní zkušenosti

dlouhodobé mezinárodní projekty (Německo, Itálie, Rakousko, Čína, Turecko, Mozambik, Velká Británie, Tanzánie),
terénní výzkum v mnoha zemích, včetně Afriky (Mozambik, Senegal), Asie (Čína, Japonsko, Turecko, Bangladéš), Jižní Ameriky (Brazílie, Uruguay) a Evropy.

Současní PhD. studenti

Lukas Tim Koch (Masarykova univerzita): Evoluční ekologie reprodukčního parazitizmu peřovce kukaččího.
Abhishek Nair Anil (Masarykova univerzita): Behaviorální, ekologické a fyziologické aspekty koevoluce mezi hořavkami a mlži.

Bývalí PhD. studenti

Jakub Žák: Biologie stárnutí anuálních ryb rodu Nothobranchius (Univerzita Karlova).
Veronika Nezhybová (Michálková): Parasite-associated changes in fish host physiology and behavior (konzultant, školitelka M.Ondračková).
Daniel García (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay): Vliv predace a kompetice na životní historii druhů ryb s rychlým stárnutím.
Veronika Bartáková: The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships (konzultant, školitel J.Bryja).
Radomil Řežucha: Personality, reprodukční strategie a pohlavní výběr u vybraných taxonů ryb.
Milan Vrtílek: Evoluční ekologie annuálních ryb rodu Nothobranchius.
Markéta Konečná: Vliv individuálních strategií na intenzitu pohlavního výběru a populační parametry hořavek.

Publikace a aplikované výstupy

Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). Rasches Wachstum, frühe Reifung und kurze Generationenzeit bei afrikanischen annuellen Fischen.. DKG Journal, 49: 131-141.

Blažek R, Polačik M, Kačer P, Cellerino A, Řežucha R, Methling C, Tomášek O, Syslová K, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Albrecht T, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2017). Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient. Evolution.

Donrovich SW, Douda K, Plechingerová V, Rylková K, Horký P, Slavík O, Liu H, Reichard M, Lopes-Lima M, Sousa R (2017). Invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana threatens native mussel reproduction by inducing cross‐resistance of host fish. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

Douda K, Liu H, Yu D, Rouchet R, Liu F, Tang Q, Methling C, Smith C, Reichard M (2017). The role of local adaptation in shaping fish-mussel coevolution. Freshwater Biology.

Nezhybová V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Ondračková M (2017). Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates. Biotropica.

Phillips A, Reichard M, Smith C (2017). Sex differences in the responses to oviposition site cues by a fish revealed by tests with an artificial host. Animal Behaviour.

Polačik M, Smith C, Reichard M (2017). Maternal source of variability in the embryo development of an annual killifish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Reichard M, Janáč M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2017). Community assembly in Nothobranchius annual fishes: nested patterns, environmental niche and biogeographic history. Ecology and Evolution.

Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Vrtílek M (2017). Hatching date variability in wild populations of four coexisting species of African annual fishes. Developmental Dynamics.

Reichard M (2017). Evolutionary perspectives on ageing. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology.

Rouchet R, Smith C, Liu H, Methling C, Douda K, Yu D, Tang Q, Reichard M (2017). Avoidance of host resistance in the oviposition-site preferences of rose bitterling. Evolutionary Ecology.

Smith P, Willemsen D, Popkes M, Metge F, Gandiwa E, Reichard M, Valenzano DR (2017). Regulation of life span by the gut microbiota in the short-lived African turquoise killifish. eLife, e27014.

Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). The role of energetic reserves during embryonic development of an annual killifish. Developmental Dynamics.

2016

Cellerino A, Valenzano DR, Reichard M (2016). From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology. Biological Reviews.

Lanés LEK, Godoy RS, Maltchik L, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Seasonal dynamics in community structure, abundance, body size and sex ratio in two species of Neotropical annual fishes. Journal of Fish Biology.

Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2016). Laboratory breeding of the short-lived annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Nature Protocols.

Reichard M (2016). Evolutionary ecology of aging: time to reconcile field and laboratory research. Ecology and Evolution.

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2016). The association between personality traits, morphological traits and alternative mating behaviour in male Endler’s guppies, Poecilia wingei. Ethology.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Patterns of morphological variation among populations of the widespread annual killifish Nothobranchius orthonotus are independent of genetic divergence and biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Female fecundity traits in wild populations of African annual fish: the role of the aridity gradient. Ecology and Evolution.

2015

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Bryja J (2015). Terrestrial fishes: rivers are barriers to gene flow in annual fishes from the African savanna. Journal of Biogeography.

Keppeler FW, Lanés LEK, Rolon AS, Stenert C, Lehmann P, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2015). The morphology–diet relationship and its role in the coexistence of two species of annual fishes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Popa OP, Bartáková V, Bryja J, Reichard M, Popa LO (2015). Characterization of nine microsatellite markers and development of multiplex PCRs for the Chinese huge musel Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Lea, 1834 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.

Reichard M, Douda K, Przybylski M, Popa OP, Karbanová E, Matasová K, Rylková K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Smith C (2015). Population-specific responses to an invasive species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 20151063.

Reichard M, Cellerino A, Valenzano DR (2015). Turquoise killifish: quick guide. Current Biology.

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2015). Strategic exploitation of fluctuating asymmetry in male Endler’s guppy courtship displays is modulated by social environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Smith C, Philips A, Reichard M (2015). Cognitive ability is heritable and predicts the success of an alternative mating tactic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2015). Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

2014

Chang H, Li F, Shao K, Lin Y, Morosawa T, Kim S, Koo H, Kim W, Lee J, He S, Smith C, Reichard M, Miya M, Sado T, Uehara K, Lavoué S, Chen W, Mayden RL (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of Acheilognathidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidea) as revealed from evidence of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence variation: Evidence for necessary taxonomic revision in the family and the identification of cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Liao C, Yu D, Chen Y, Reichard M, Liu H (2014). Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio. Behaviour.

Polačik M, Blažek R, Řežucha R, Vrtílek M, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Reichard M (2014). Alternative intrapopulation life-history strategies and their trade-offs in an African annual fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Polačik M, Harrod C, Blažek R, Reichard M (2014). Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: evidence from stable isotopes. Hydrobiologia.

Reichard M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2014). Female bias in the adult sex ratio of African annual fishes: interspecific differences, seasonal trends and environmental predictors. Evolutionary Ecology.

Reichenbacher B, Reichard M (2014). Otoliths of five extant species of the annual killifish Nothobranchius from the East African savannah. PLoS ONE.

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2014). The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei. Animal Behaviour.

Smith C, Warren M, Rouchet R, Reichard M (2014). The function of multiple ejaculations in bitterling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Smith C, Phillips A, Polačik M, Reichard M (2014). Male coloration signals direct benefits in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Environmental Biology of Fishes.

2013

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Janko K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Cellerino A, Bryja J (2013). Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique. BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2013). Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes. EvoDevo.

Casalini M, Reichard M, Phillips A, Smith C (2013). Male choice of mates and mating resources in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behavioral Ecology.

Ercan E, Gaygusuz Ö, Tarkan AS, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). The ecology of freshwater bivalves in the Lake Sapanca basin, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology.

Smith C, Reichard M (2013). A sperm competition model for the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour.

Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species. Behavioral Ecology.

Terzibasi Tozzini E, Dorn A, Ng’oma E, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Petzold A, Watters BR, Reichard M, Cellerino A (2013). Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality. BMC Evolutionary Biology.

2012

Agbali M, Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2012). A comparison of the impact of direct and indirect benefits of mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution.

Blažek R, Ondračková M, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Vetešník L, Petrášová I, Reichard M (2012). Fish diversity in the Niokolo Koba National Park, middle Gambia River basin, Senegal. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23: 263-272.

Douda K, Vrtílek M, Slavík O, Reichard M (2012). The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe. Biological Invasions.

Reichard M, Vrtílek M, Douda K, Smith C (2012). An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biology Letters.

Reichard M, Spence R, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2012). Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence. PLoS ONE.

Řežucha R, Smith C, Reichard M (2012). Personality traits, reproductive behaviour and alternative mating tactics in male European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. Behaviour.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2012). An indirect effect of biological invasions: the effect of zebra mussel fouling on parasitisation of unionid mussels by bitterling fish. Hydrobiologia.

White SM, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2012). Hydrologic connectivity affects fish assemblage structure, diversity, and ecological traits in the unregulated Gambia River, West Africa. Biotropica.

2011

Dorn A, Ng'oma E, Janko K, Reichwald K, Polačik M, Platzer M, Cellerino A, Reichard M (2011). Phylogeny, genetic variability and colour polymorphism of an emerging animal model: the short-lived annual Nothobranchius fishes from southern Mozambique. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Konečná M, Reichard M (2011). Seasonal dynamics in population characteristics of European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a small lowland river. Journal of Fish Biology.

Mehner T, Freyhof J, Reichard M (2011). Summary and perspective on evolutionary ecology of fishes. Evolutionary Ecology.

Pateman-Jones C, Rasotto MB, Reichard M, Liao C, Liu H, Zieba G, Smith C (2011). Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae: Cyprinidae) in relation to the mating system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Polačik M, Donner MT, Reichard M (2011). Age structure of annual Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique: is there a hatching synchrony?. Journal of Fish Biology.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2011). Asymmetric reproductive isolation between two sympatric annual killifish with extremely short lifespans. PLoS ONE.

Reichard M, Bryja J, Polačik M, Smith C (2011). No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels. Molecular Ecology.

2010

Agbali M, Reichard M, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2010). Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution.

Bryja J, Smith C, Konečný A, Reichard M (2010). Range-wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Ecology.

Casalini M, Reichard M, Smith C (2010). The effect of crowding and density on male mating behaviour in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behaviour.

Janáč M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Valová Z, Reichard M (2010). Flood duration determines the reproduction success of fish in artificial oxbows in a floodplain of a potamal river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Konečná M, Smith C, Reichard M (2010). Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2010). Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M (2010). Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique. Zootaxa.

Reichard M, Watters BR, Wildekamp RH, Sonnenberg R, Nagy B, Polačik M, Valdesalici S, Cellerino A, Cooper BJ, Hengstler H, Rosenstock J, Sainthouse I (2010). Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies. Parasites & Vectors.

Reichard M, Polačik M (2010). Reproductive isolating barriers between colour-differentiated populations of an African annual killifish, Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Reichard M, Polačik M, Tarkan AS, Spence R, Gaygusuz Ö, Ercan E, Ondračková M, Smith C (2010). The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry. Evolution.

2009

Casalini M, Agbali M, Reichard M, Konečná M, Bryjová A, Smith C (2009). Male dominance, female mate choice and intersexual conflict in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution.

Konečná M, Jurajda P, Reichard M (2009). River discharge drives recruitment success of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe. Journal of Fish Biology.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2009). Indirect fitness benefits are not related to male dominance in a killifish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Reichard M, Polačik M, Sedláček O (2009). Distribution, colour polymorphism and habitat use of the African killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, the vertebrate with the shortest life span. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Smith C, Bryja J (2009). Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus). Evolution.

Smith C, Pateman-Jones C, Zieba G, Przybylski M, Reichard M (2009). Sperm depletion as a consequence of increased sperm competition risk in the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. Animal Behaviour.

2008

Jurajda P, Peňáz M, Reichard M, Bernardová I (2008). Water quality improvements following political changes, enhanced fish communities, and fisheries in the Czech Republic. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 12001.

Reichard M, Smith C, Bryja J (2008). Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection. Molecular Ecology.

Reichard M (2008). Microhabitat use by fishes in the middle course of the River Gambia in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal: a unique example of an undisturbed West African assemblage. Journal of Fish Biology.

Zaki SAH, Jordan WC, Reichard M, Przybylski M, Smith C (2008). A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

2007

Przybylski M, Reichard M, Spence R, Smith C (2007). Spatial distribution of oviposition sites determines variance in the reproductive rate of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour.

Reichard M, Jurajda P (2007). Seasonal dynamics and age structure of drifting cyprinid fishes: an interspecific comparison. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Reichard M, Liu H, Smith C (2007). The co-evolutionary relationship between bitterling fishes and freshwater mussels: insights from interspecific comparisons. Evolutionary Ecology Research.

Reichard M, Le Comber SC, Smith C (2007). Sneaking from a female perspective. Animal Behaviour.

Reichard M, Przybylski M, Kaniewska P, Liu H, Smith C (2007). A possible evolutionary lag in the relationship between freshwater mussels and European bitterling. Journal of Fish Biology.

Smith C, Zhu Y, Liu H, Reichard M (2007). Deceptive female oviposition behaviour elicits male ejaculation in the European bitterling. Journal of Fish Biology.

2006

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Smith C (2006). Immediate impact of an extensive summer flood on the adult fish assemblage of a channelized lowland river. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.

Liu H, Zhu Y, Smith C, Reichard M (2006). Evidence of host specificity and congruence between phylogenies of bitterling and freshwater mussels. Zoological Studies.

Reichard M, Ondračková M, Przybylski M, Liu H, Smith C (2006). The costs and benefits in an unusual symbiosis: experimental evidence that bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus) are parasites of unionid mussels in Europe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Smith C, Reichard M, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2006). Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Spence R, Fatema MK, Reichard M, Huq KA, Wahab MA, Ahmed ZF, Smith C (2006). The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh. Journal of Fish Biology.

2005

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Baruš V, Reichard M, Koubková B (2005). Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes). Helminthologia.

Reichard M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Kaniewska P, Smith C (2005). Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Molecular Ecology.

Smith C, Reichard M (2005). Females solicit sneakers to improve fertilization success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.

2004

Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2004). Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies. Fisheries Management and Ecology.

Ondračková M, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish. Parasitology Research.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Spatial distribution of drifting cyprinid fishes in a shallow lowland river. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 159: 395-407.

Reichard M, Smith C, Jordan WC (2004). Genetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Molecular Ecology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Male-male interference competition decreases spawning rate in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P (2004). The effects of elevated river discharge on the downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Przybylski M (2004). The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Journal of Zoology.

2003

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P (2003). Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

2002

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Šimková A, Matějusová I (2002). Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

2001

Bartošová Š, Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2001). Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology.

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Hohausová E, Černý J (2001). Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 187-202.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Václavík R (2001). Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 373-389.

1999

Reichard M, Jurajda P (1999). Patterns of ontogenetic changes in relative growth in the precocial cyprinid, bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 49: 111-124.

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