Mgr. Milica Požgayová Ph.D.

Pozice vědecký pracovník grantový
Zaměření behaviorální ekologie
Pracoviště Pracoviště Brno

+420 543 422 550

Výzkumné směry

  • aspekty chování v interakcích hnízdních parazitů s jejich hostiteli, zejména o obranu hostitelů vůči kukačce obecné,
  • investice rodičů v polygynním systému u rákosníka velkého.

Bývalí studenti

Beňo Radovan

Publikace

2018

Honza M., Požgayová M., Petrželková A., Procházka P.: Does host-absent vocalisation of common cuckoo chicks increase hosts’ food provisioning behaviour?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, 7 (2018)
Koleček J., Šulc M., Piálková R., Troscianko J., Požgayová M., Honza M., Procházka P.: Rufous Common Cuckoo chicks are not always female, Journal of Ornithology, (2018)
Požgayová M., Piálková R., Honza M., Procházka P.: Sex-specific nestling growth in an obligate brood parasite: Common Cuckoo males grow larger than females, Auk, 135, 4 (2018), 1033-1042
Sosnovcová K., Koleček J., Požgayová M., Jelínek V., Šulc M., Steidlová P., Honza M., Procházka P.: Timing of natal nests is an important factor affecting return rates of juvenile Great Reed Warblers, Journal of Ornithology, 159, 1 (2018), 183-190

2017

Čapek M., Petrusková T., Šebelíková Z., Serrano J., Procházka P., Honza M., Požgayová M.: Great Reed Warbler singing behavior and conspicuous song structures are not nest-location cues for the Common Cuckoo, Journal of Ornithology, 158, 4 (2017), 925-933
Trnka A., Požgayová M.: Does conspicuous colouration of Magpies Pica pica influence aggressive behaviour in nesting Great Reed Warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus?, Bird Study, 64, 1 (2017), 108-111

2016

Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Honza M., Procházka P.: Nest as an extended phenotype signal of female quality in the great reed warbler, Journal of avian biology, 47, 3 (2016), 428-437
Trnka A., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Čapek M., Honza M.: Chemical defence in avian brood parasites: production and function of repulsive secretions in common cuckoo chicks, Journal of avian biology, 47, 2 (2016), 288-293

2015

Abraham M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Piálková R., Honza M.: Is there a sex-specific difference between parasitic chicks in begging behaviour?, Journal of Ethology, 33, 2 (2015), 151-158
Koleček J., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Trnka A., Baslerová P., Honza M., Procházka P.: Breeding success and brood parasitism affect return rate and dispersal distances in the great reed warbler, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69, 11 (2015), 1845-1853
Požgayová M., Beňo R., Procházka P., Jelínek V., Abraham M., Honza M.: Lazy males and hardworking females? Sexual conflict over parental care in a brood parasite host and its consequences for chick growth, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69, 6 (2015), 1053-1061

2014

Honza M., Šulc M., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Procházka P.: Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences, 281, 1774 (2014), 20132665
Jelínek V., Procházka P., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests, Ibis, 156, 1 (2014), 189-197
Procházka P., Konvičková-Patzenhauerová H., Požgayová M., Trnka A., Jelínek V., Honza M.: Host genotype and age have no effect on rejection of parasitic eggs, Naturwissenschaften, 101, 5 (2014), 417-426

2013

Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Is shared male assistance with antiparasitic nest defence costly in the polygynous great reed warbler?, Animal Behaviour, 85, 3 (2013), 615-621
Trnka A., Požgayová M., Samaš P., Honza M.: Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite, Ethology, 119, 10 (2013), 907-917

2012

Honza M., Procházka P., Požgayová M.: Do weather conditions affect the colouration of great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus eggs?, Folia zoologica, 61, 3-4 (2012), 219-224
Honza M., Procházka P., Požgayová M.: Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Journal of avian biology, 43, 1 (2012), 91-96
Procházka P., Jelínek V., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Jak určovat stáří rákosníků velkých (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) po úplném pelichání, Sylvia, 48, X (2012), 57-73
Trnka A., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Prokop P., Honza M.: Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 8 (2012), 1187-1194

2011

Honza M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Cherry M.: Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine, Naturwissenschaften, 98, 6 (2011), 493-499
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Polačiková L., Honza M.: Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs, Behavioral Ecology, 22, 1 (2011), 46-51

2010

Čapek M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Repeated presentations of the Common Cuckoo increase nest defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but do not induce it to make recognition errors, Condor, 112, 4 (2010), 763-769
Honza M., Procházka P., Šicha V., Požgayová M.: Nest defence in a cuckoo host: great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks, Behaviour, 147, 5-6 (2010), 741-756

2009

Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation, Behavioural Processes, 81, 1 (2009), 34-38
Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Adjustment of incubation according to the threat posed: a further signal of enemy recognition in the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla?, Journal of Ornithology, 150, 3 (2009), 569-576

2007

Honza M., Požgayová M., Procházka P., Tkadlec E.: Consistency in egg rejection behaviour: responses to repeated brood parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Ethology, 113, 4 (2007), 344-351
Procházka P., Požgayová M., Honza M.: Zajímavý případ mezidruhové krádeže hnízdního materiálu, Sluka, 4, - (2007), 91-94

2005

Požgayová M., Procházka P., Honza M.: Predace snůšky pěnice černohlavé (Sylvia atricapilla) strakapoudem velkým (Dendrocopos major), Sluka, 2, - (2005), 97-101