Current publications

Charalambous, C., Musil, P., Legoguelin, M., Musilová, Z., & Hořák, D. (2024). Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale. Ecosphere, 15(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70088

Brlík, V., Procházka, P., Yohannes, E., Sedláček, O., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2024). Isotopes Complement Morphology: Niche Partitioning Among Greenbuls in the Afrotropical Lowland Forest. African Journal of Ecology, 62(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13315

Hořák, D., Clark, V. R., Njabo, K. Y., & Fjeldså, J. (2023). Editorial: Biodiversity across Afromontane environments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1080119

Sedláček, O., Pernice, R., Ferenc, M., Mudrová, K., Motombi, F. N., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2023). Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon. Biotropica, 55(3), 706–718. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13221

Horák, K., Bobek, L., Adámková, M., Kauzál, O., Kauzálová, T., Manialeu, J. P., Nguelefack, T. B., Djomo Nana, E., Jønsson, K. A., Munclinger, P., Hořák, D., Sedláček, O., Tomášek, O., & Albrecht, T. (2022). Feather growth and quality across passerines is explained by breeding rather than moulting latitude. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1970). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2404

Delabye, S., Storch, D., Sedláček, O., Albrecht, T., Hořák, D., Maicher, V., Tószögyová, A., & Tropek, R. (2022). Moth Diversity Increases along a Continent-Wide Gradient of Environmental Productivity in South African Savannahs. Insects, 13(9), 778. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13090778

Hořák, D., Rivas‐Salvador, J., Farkač, J., & Reif, J. (2022). Traits and ecological space availability predict avian densities at the country scale of the Czech Republic. Ecology and Evolution, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9119

Kamga, S. M., Tamungang, S. A., Awa, T., Ewome, F. L., Motombi, F. N., Hořák, D., & Riegert, J. (2022). The Importance of Forest Elephants for Vegetation Structure Modification and Its Influence on the Bird Community of a Mid-Elevation Forest on Mount Cameroon, West-Central Africa. Diversity, 14(3), 227. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14030227

Mayaka, T. B., Guetse, F., Chemura, A., Tamungang, R., & Hořák, D. (2022). A wake-up call: playback attraction data link numbers of Mount Cameroon Francolin Pternistis camerunensis to abundance and debarking of red stinkwood Prunus africana. Bird Conservation International, 32(1), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270921000058

Riegert, J., Chmel, K., Vlček, J., Hrázský, Z., Sedláček, O., Grill, S., Reif, J., & Hořák, D. (2021). Alarming declines in bird abundance in an Afromontane global biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30(12), 3385–3408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02252-1

Mikula, P., Tószögyová, A., Hořák, D., Petrusková, T., Storch, D., & Albrecht, T. (2020). Erratum to: Female solo song and duetting are associated with different territoriality in songbirds. Behavioral Ecology, 31(2), 610–610. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz219

Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M. J. P., Platts, P. J., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Imani, G., Hubau, W., Abiem, I., Adhikari, H., Albrecht, T., Altman, J., Amani, C., Aneseyee, A. B., Avitabile, V., Banin, L., Batumike, R., Bauters, M., Beeckman, H., Begne, S. K., …Hořák, D.,... Zibera, E. (2021). High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests. Nature, 596(7873), 536–542. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03728-4

Chmel, K., Kamga, S. M., Awa, T., Ewome, F. L., Uceda‐Gómez, G., Hořák, D., Mlíkovský, J., Molua, L. L., Riegert, J., & Janeček, Š. (2021). Vertical stratification and seasonal changes of the avian community in Mount Cameroon lowland rainforest. African Journal of Ecology, 59(3), 655–666. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12877

Hořák, D., & Janeček, Š. (2021). A geographical perspective on the relationship between Impatiens spur lengths and bill lengths of sunbirds in Afrotropical mountains. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), 3120–3129. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7258 

2020

Mikula, P., Tószögyová, A., Hořák, D., Petrusková, T., Storch, D., & Albrecht, T. (2020). Female solo song and duetting are associated with different territoriality in songbirds. Behavioral Ecology, 31(2), 322–329. https://doi.org/10.1093/BEHECO/ARZ193

Omotoriogun, T. C., Albrecht, T., Gohli, J., Hořák, D., Johannessen, L. E., Johnsen, A., Kreisinger, J., Marki, P. Z., Ottosson, U., Rowe, M., Sedláček, O., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2020). Sperm length variation among Afrotropical songbirds reflects phylogeny rather than adaptations to the tropical environment. Zoology, 140, 125770. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ZOOL.2020.125770

Omotoriogun, T. C., Albrecht, T., Gohli, J., Hořák, D., Johannessen, L. E., Johnsen, A., Kreisinger, J., Marki, P. Z., Ottosson, U., Rowe, M., Sedláček, O., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2020). Sperm length variation among Afrotropical songbirds reflects phylogeny rather than adaptations to the tropical environment. Zoology, 140, 125770. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ZOOL.2020.125770

2019

Hořák, D., Ferenc, M., Sedláček, O., Motombi, F. N., Svoboda, M., Altman, J., Albrecht, T., Djomo Nana, E., Janeček, Š., Dančák, M., Majeský, Ľ., Lltonga, E. N., & Doležal, J. (2019). Forest structure determines spatial changes in avian communities along an elevational gradient in tropical Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 46(11), 2466–2478. https://doi.org/10.1111/JBI.13688;REQUESTEDJOURNAL:JOURNAL:13652699;WGROUP:STRING:PUBLICATION

Koláčková, M., Kreisinger, J., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2019). Effect of incubation temperature on sex-dependent embryo mortality and morphological traits in Mallard. Journal of Thermal Biology, 83, 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JTHERBIO.2019.05.007

Rivas-Salvador, J., Hořák, D., & Reif, J. (2019). Spatial patterns in habitat specialization of European bird communities. Ecological Indicators, 105, 57–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2019.05.063

2018-2010

Ferenc, M., Sedláček, O., Fuchs, R., Hořák, D., Storchová, L., Fraissinet, M., & Storch, D. (2018). Large-scale commonness is the best predictor of bird species presence in European cities. Urban Ecosystems, 21(2), 369–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11252-017-0709-7/FIGURES/5

Ferenc, M., Sedláček, O., Tropek, R., Albrecht, T., Altman, J., Dančák, M., Doležal, J., Janeček, Š., Maicher, V., Majeský, Ľ., Motombi, F. N., Murkwe, M., Sáfián, S., Svoboda, M., & Hořák, D. (2018). Something is missing at the bottom: Importance of coastal rainforests for conservation of trees, birds and butterflies in the Mount Cameroon area. African Journal of Ecology, 56(3), 679–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/AJE.12506;WGROUP:STRING:PUBLICATION

Králová, T., Albrecht, T., Bryja, J., Hořák, D., Johnsen, A., Lifjeld, J. T., Novotný, M., Sedláček, O., Velová, H., & Vinkler, M. (2018). Signatures of diversifying selection and convergence acting on passerine Toll-like receptor 4 in an evolutionary context. Molecular Ecology, 27(13), 2871–2883. https://doi.org/10.1111/MEC.14724

Storchová, L., & Hořák, D. (2018). Life-history characteristics of European birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(4), 400–406. https://doi.org/10.1111/GEB.12709

Vokurková, J., Motombi, F. N., Ferenc, M., Hořák, D., & Sedláček, O. (2018). Seasonality of vocal activity of a bird community in an Afrotropical lowland rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34(1), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467418000056

White, H. J., Montgomery, W. I., Storchová, L., Hořák, D., & Lennon, J. J. (2018). Does functional homogenization accompany taxonomic homogenization of British birds and how do biotic factors and climate affect these processes? Ecology and Evolution, 8(15), 7365–7377.

Gamero, A., Brotons, L., Brunner, A., Foppen, R., Fornasari, L., Gregory, R. D., Herrando, S., Hořák, D., Jiguet, F., Kmecl, P., Lehikoinen, A., Lindström, Å., Paquet, J. Y., Reif, J., Sirkiä, P. M., Škorpilová, J., van Strien, A., Szép, T., Telenský, T., … Voříšek, P. (2017). Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds. Conservation Letters, 10(4), 394–401. https://doi.org/10.1111/CONL.12292;CTYPE:STRING:JOURNAL

Kopsová-Storchová, L., Storch, D., Brotons, L., & Hořák, D. (2017). Geographical variation in reproductive investment across avian assemblages in Europe: effects of environmental drivers differ between altricial and precocial species. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(7), 976–987. https://doi.org/10.1111/JAV.01131

Petrželková, A., Pöysä, H., Klvaňa, P., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2017). Egg morphology fails to identify nests parasitized by conspecifics in common pochard: a test based on protein fingerprinting and including female relatedness. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(2), 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1111/JAV.00865

Zanata, T. B., Dalsgaard, B., Passos, F. C., Cotton, P. A., Roper, J. J., Maruyama, P. K., Fischer, E., Schleuning, M., Martín González, A. M., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Franklin, D. C., Abrahamczyk, S., Alárcon, R., Araujo, A. C., Araújo, F. P., Azevedo-Junior, S. M. de, Baquero, A. C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Carstensen, D. W., …Hořák, D.,.. Varassin, I. G. (2017). Global patterns of interaction specialization in bird–flower networks. Journal of Biogeography, 44(8), 1891–1910. https://doi.org/10.1111/JBI.13045

Ferenc, M., Fjeldså, J., Sedláček, O., Motombi, F. N., Djomo Nana, E., Mudrová, K., & Hořák, D. (2016). Abundance-area relationships in bird assemblages along an Afrotropical elevational gradient: space limitation in montane forest selects for higher population densities. Oecologia, 181(1), 225–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00442-016-3554-0/TABLES/2

Omotoriogun, T. C., Albrecht, T., Hořák, D., Laskemoen, T., Ottosson, U., Rowe, M., Sedláček, O., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2016). Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 117(2), 337–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/BIJ.12663

Omotoriogun, T. C., Laskemoen, T., Rowe, M., Albrecht, T., Bowie, R. C. K., Sedláček, O., Hořák, D., Ottosson, U., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2016). Variation in sperm morphology among Afrotropical sunbirds. Ibis, 158(1), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1111/IBI.12334

Reif, J., Hořák, D., Krištín, A., Kopsová, L., & Devictor, V. (2016). Linking habitat specialization with species’ traits in European birds. Oikos, 125(3), 405–413. https://doi.org/10.1111/OIK.02276

Djomo Nana, E., Sedláček, O., Doležal, J., Dančák, M., Altman, J., Svoboda, M., Majeský, Ľ., & Hořák, D. (2015). Relationship between Survival Rate of Avian Artificial Nests and Forest Vegetation Structure along a Tropical Altitudinal Gradient on Mount Cameroon. Biotropica, 47(6), 758–764. https://doi.org/10.1111/BTP.12262

Hořák, D., Tószögyová, A., & Storch, D. (2015). Relative food limitation drives geographical clutch size variation in South African passerines: A large-scale test of Ashmole’s seasonality hypothesis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(4), 437–447. https://doi.org/10.1111/GEB.12261/SUPPINFO

Koláčková, M., Prokůpková, L., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2015). Incubation temperature influences trade-off between structural size and energy reserves in mallard hatchlings. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 88(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1086/679602/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/FG4.JPEG

Sedláček, O., Vokurková, J., Ferenc, M., Djomo Nana, E., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2015). A comparison of point counts with a new acoustic sampling method: a case study of a bird community from the montane forests of Mount Cameroon. Ostrich, 86(3), 213–220. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2015.1049669

Djomo Nana, E., Sedláček, O., Vokurková, J., & Hořák, D. (2014). Nest position and type affect predation rates of artificial avian nests in the tropical lowland forest on Mount Cameroon. Ostrich, 85(1), 93–96. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2014.900830

Koleček, J., Schleuning, M., Burfield, I. J., Báldi, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Devictor, V., Fernández-García, J. M., Hořák, D., Van Turnhout, C. A. M., Hnatyna, O., & Reif, J. (2014). Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe. Biological Conservation, 172, 109–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BIOCON.2014.02.029

Koschová, M., Kuda, F., Hořák, D., & Reif, J. (2014). Species’ ecological traits correlate with predicted climatically-induced shifts of European breeding ranges in birds. Community Ecology, 15(2), 139–146. https://doi.org/10.1556/COMEC.15.2014.2.2

Djomo Nana, E., Munclinger, P., Ferenc, M., Sedláček, O., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2014). Sexing Monomorphic Western Mountain Greenbuls on Mount Cameroon using Morphometric Measurements. Https://Doi.Org/10.3377/004.049.0214, 49(2), 247–252. https://doi.org/10.3377/004.049.0214

Djomo Nana, E. , Sedláček, O., Bayly, N., Ferenc, M., Albrecht, T., Reif, J., Motombi, F. N., & Hořák, D. (2014). Comparison of avian assemblage structures in two upper montane forests of the Cameroon volcanic line: Lessons for bird conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(6), 1469–1484. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10531-014-0677-7/FIGURES/3

Sedláček, O., Mikeš, M., Albrecht, T., Reif, J., & Hořák, D. (2014). Evidence for an edge effect on avian nest predation in fragmented afromontane forests in the Bamenda-Banso Highlands, NW Cameroon. Tropical Conservation Science, 7(4), 720–732. https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291400700410/ASSET/87D60E17-FCA5-49A5-960D-D04220ADFA9C/ASSETS/IMAGES/LARGE/10.1177_194008291400700410-FIG6.JPG

Albrecht, T., Kleven, O., Kreisinger, J., Laskemoen, T., Omotoriogun, T. C., Ottosson, U., Reif, J., Sedláček, O., Hořák, D., Robertson, R. J., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2013). Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1752). https://doi.org/10.1098/RSPB.2012.2434

Petrželková, A., Klvaňa, P., Albrecht, T., & Hořák, D. (2013). Conspecific Brood Parasitism and Host Clutch Size in Common Pochards Aythya ferina. Https://Doi.Org/10.3161/000164513X670052, 48(1), 103–108. https://doi.org/10.3161/000164513X670052

Janeček, Š., Riegert, J., Sedláček, O., Bartoš, M., Hořák, D., Reif, J., Padyšáková, E., Fainová, D., Antczak, M., Pešata, M., Mikeš, V., Patáčová, E., Altman, J., Kantorová, J., Hrázský, Z., Brom, J., & Doležal, J. (2012). Food selection by avian floral visitors: an important aspect of plant–flower visitor interactions in West Africa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107(2), 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1095-8312.2012.01943.X

Klvaňová, A., Lusková, M., Hořák, D., & Exnerová, A. (2012). The condition of nestling House Sparrows Passer domesticus in relation to diet composition and the total amount of food consumed. Bird Study, 59(1), 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2011.643291;WEBSITE:WEBSITE:TFOPB;PAGEGROUP:STRING:PUBLICATION

Hořák, D., Sedláček, O., Tószögyová, A., Albrecht, T., Ferenc, M., Jelínek, V., & Storch, D. (2011). Geographic variation in avian clutch size and nest predation risk along a productivity gradient in South Africa. Ostrich, 82(3), 175–183. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2011.607863;REQUESTEDJOURNAL:JOURNAL:TOST20;JOURNAL:JOURNAL:TOST20;WGROUP:STRING:PUBLICATION

Javůrková, V., Hořák, D., Kreisinger, J., Klvaňa, P., & Albrecht, T. (2011). Factors Affecting Sleep/vigilance Behaviour in Incubating Mallards. Ethology, 117(4), 345–355. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1439-0310.2011.01878.X

Riegert, J., Fainová, D., Antczak, M., Sedláček, O., Hořák, D., Reif, J., & Pešata, M. (2011). Food niche differentiation in two syntopic sunbird species: A case study from the Cameroon Mountains. Journal of Ornithology, 152(4), 819–825. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10336-011-0650-0/FIGURES/3

Hořák, D., Sedláček, O., Reif, J., Riegert, J., & Pešata, M. (2010). When savannah encroaches on the forest: Thresholds in bird-habitat associations in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology, 48(3), 822–827. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1365-2028.2009.01155.X;PAGE:STRING:ARTICLE/CHAPTER

Procházka, P., Reif, J., Hořák, D., Klvaňa, P., Lee, R. W., & Yohannes, E. (2010). Using stable isotopes to trace resource acquisition and trophic position in four Afrotropical birds with different diets. Ostrich, 81(3), 273–275. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2010.519889/ASSET//CMS/ASSET/08F9CFF8-3C3E-440D-9660-EB063C2B2BFE/00306525.2010.519889.FP.PNG

Book Chapters

Cepák, Jaroslav & Klvaňa, Petr & Formánek, Jiří & Hořák, David & Jelínek, Miroslav & Schöpfer, Libor & Škopek, Jaroslav & Zárybnický, Jan. (2008). Czech and Slovak Bird Migration Atlas.