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This week’s lab highlight looks back at the Zoological Days. For our attending students, it was a great opportunity to share ideas, reconnect with colleagues, and celebrate zoology. 🎓Contratulations to Jakub Pawlik for his award for a great poster. 🏆
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February 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This week’s lab highlight looks back at the Zoological Days. For our attending students, it was a great opportunity to share ideas, reconnect with colleagues, and celebrate zoology. 🎓Contratulations to Jakub Pawlik for his award for a great poster. 🏆
multitrophicinteractions.blog/.../zoologic...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/.../zoologic...
🎉 Traditional Friday Highlight!
Forget about papers this week! We’re are thrilled to share that Anna Mrázová has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 🥳with her ORNISCOPE project! Huge congratulations, Anna — we’re so proud! 🐦✨
tinyurl.com/annaMCSF
Forget about papers this week! We’re are thrilled to share that Anna Mrázová has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 🥳with her ORNISCOPE project! Huge congratulations, Anna — we’re so proud! 🐦✨
tinyurl.com/annaMCSF
Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant to Anna Mrázová
We’re beyond happy to share that our postdoc Anna Mrázová has been awarded the extremely prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship! 🎉 This is such a wonderful and well-deserved achievement, and…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
🎉 Traditional Friday Highlight!
Forget about papers this week! We’re are thrilled to share that Anna Mrázová has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 🥳with her ORNISCOPE project! Huge congratulations, Anna — we’re so proud! 🐦✨
tinyurl.com/annaMCSF
Forget about papers this week! We’re are thrilled to share that Anna Mrázová has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 🥳with her ORNISCOPE project! Huge congratulations, Anna — we’re so proud! 🐦✨
tinyurl.com/annaMCSF
🎉 FRIDAY IS HERE AND SO IS … OUR NEW PAPER! 🎉
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
How Endemic Birds Shape Rainforest Ecosystems on New Britain
Tropical islands host unique evolutionary lineages, yet these endemic species are often highly vulnerable to environmental change. Understanding how they contribute to ecosystem functioning is esse…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
🎉 FRIDAY IS HERE AND SO IS … OUR NEW PAPER! 🎉
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
Last few hours for submitting your abstract for European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau in February. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this vibrant gathering of tropical ecologists. Act now — and don’t be like me, leaving it for 11 PM tonight! 😅 gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-abs...
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Last few hours for submitting your abstract for European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau in February. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this vibrant gathering of tropical ecologists. Act now — and don’t be like me, leaving it for 11 PM tonight! 😅 gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-abs...
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🐦⛰️ What drives dramatic elevational shifts in avian roles within ecosystems? Korejs, @czsam00.bsky.social and colleagues link feeding specialisation to functional diversity along a continuous 200–3700 m rainforest gradient in Papua New Guinea.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🐦⛰️ What drives dramatic elevational shifts in avian roles within ecosystems? Korejs, @czsam00.bsky.social and colleagues link feeding specialisation to functional diversity along a continuous 200–3700 m rainforest gradient in Papua New Guinea.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
👉 doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
It is 300 days until our next conference European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau and Call for sessions just opened. gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
Call for Sessions
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April 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It is 300 days until our next conference European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau and Call for sessions just opened. gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
This was "fun", which I do not plant to repeat ....
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Submission of theses DONE
Congratulations to all our Bachelor and Master students who submitted the theses. The last days were stressfull for many of them, but all of the theses are now in the system, and you can see them a…
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April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This was "fun", which I do not plant to repeat ....
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Výbor České společnosti pro ekologii (ČSPE) se ostře ohrazuje proti pozměňovacím návrhům k novele zákona č. 114/1992 Sb., které ohrožují smysl národních parků a oslabují ochranu přírody v ČR. Pokud zůstanou součástí novely, je lepší zákon vůbec neotevírat. Plné znění prohlášení:
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Výbor České společnosti pro ekologii (ČSPE) se ostře ohrazuje proti pozměňovacím návrhům k novele zákona č. 114/1992 Sb., které ohrožují smysl národních parků a oslabují ochranu přírody v ČR. Pokud zůstanou součástí novely, je lepší zákon vůbec neotevírat. Plné znění prohlášení:
It's Friday, after all: New publication of this week is a collaborative paper resulting from the project Oak Bodyguards. multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/11/n.... Thanks to Bastien and Elena for pushing this forward and keeping me on board for years.
New Paper from Oak Bodyguards Project
Over several last years, I (K.Sam) was collaborating on the larger project focusing on the insect herbivory, predation, and leaf traits of oaks. I managed two study sites, near Budejovice and near …
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April 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It's Friday, after all: New publication of this week is a collaborative paper resulting from the project Oak Bodyguards. multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/11/n.... Thanks to Bastien and Elena for pushing this forward and keeping me on board for years.
Finalizing the work with students, while kicking out the field work ... these days are busy (and the transition between grant-writing and the approaching submission is painful). multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/03/s...
Spring time – submission time
March is typically the month when the Grant Agency of Czech Republic has deadlines for the grant proposals. So while the older members of the laboratory were rather busy to put together some propos…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Finalizing the work with students, while kicking out the field work ... these days are busy (and the transition between grant-writing and the approaching submission is painful). multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/03/s...
Because it is Friday, and what better way to celebrate than with another scientific revelation? We present a new contribution to science. This time, fresh from the hands of "our" postdoc Áňa Máňa and her current collaborators in France.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/14/n...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/14/n...
New Paper: Do plasticine caterpillars accurately measure bird predation? A camera trap experiment
Understanding how insect-eating birds contribute to ecosystem balance is crucial for ecology and conservation. One widely used method to measure bird predation on insects involves placing artificia…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Because it is Friday, and what better way to celebrate than with another scientific revelation? We present a new contribution to science. This time, fresh from the hands of "our" postdoc Áňa Máňa and her current collaborators in France.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/14/n...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/14/n...
Our lab's typical Friday publication with little delay on Sunday ... this time about PNG birds and effect of fragmentation on them. By Kryštof Korejs.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/10/n...
The full story here:
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multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/10/n...
The full story here:
journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss1/a...
March 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Our lab's typical Friday publication with little delay on Sunday ... this time about PNG birds and effect of fragmentation on them. By Kryštof Korejs.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/10/n...
The full story here:
journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss1/a...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/03/10/n...
The full story here:
journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss1/a...
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Day 3 : Our next keynote speaker Emma J. Sayer @panemma.bsky.social will talk about tropical forest productivity, element cycling and greenhouse gasses 🌿
February 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Day 3 : Our next keynote speaker Emma J. Sayer @panemma.bsky.social will talk about tropical forest productivity, element cycling and greenhouse gasses 🌿
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3-5 Sept 2025: 5th International Conference on Community Ecology is coming to Budapest, Hungary!
www.akcongress.com/comec/
www.akcongress.com/comec/
5th International Conference on Community Ecology / ComEc5
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February 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
3-5 Sept 2025: 5th International Conference on Community Ecology is coming to Budapest, Hungary!
www.akcongress.com/comec/
www.akcongress.com/comec/
Trophic interactions can be important drivers of avian functional diversity on tropical mountains. Kryštof Korejs, from laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, and co-authors, present a new study from Papua New Guinea.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/02/10/n...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/02/10/n...
New paper – Functional diversity of birds along Mt. Wilhelm
How feeding specialisation shapes bird communities across a tropical elevational gradient Montane rainforests serve as natural laboratories where biodiversity shifts dramatically with elevation. Bu…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
February 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trophic interactions can be important drivers of avian functional diversity on tropical mountains. Kryštof Korejs, from laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, and co-authors, present a new study from Papua New Guinea.
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/02/10/n...
multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/02/10/n...
The PhD student conference was going well. Many nice talks and progress reports. Thanks to Jakub and Krystof for representing our work with their good talks. And finally, for the purpose of many more conferences happening in coming month, we also updated our lab logo.
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The PhD student conference was going well. Many nice talks and progress reports. Thanks to Jakub and Krystof for representing our work with their good talks. And finally, for the purpose of many more conferences happening in coming month, we also updated our lab logo.
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A few more days to apply! Together with @jcsvenning.bsky.social and as part of @econovoau.bsky.social we're offering this fab 2-yr postdoc position: international.au.dk/about/profil...
2-yr postdoc on human macroecology in a functional trait perspective Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
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January 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A few more days to apply! Together with @jcsvenning.bsky.social and as part of @econovoau.bsky.social we're offering this fab 2-yr postdoc position: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Society for Tropical Ecology has the account here too.
Follows us for the news regarding to upcoming conference:
@soctropecol.bsky.social
Follows us for the news regarding to upcoming conference:
@soctropecol.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Society for Tropical Ecology has the account here too.
Follows us for the news regarding to upcoming conference:
@soctropecol.bsky.social
Follows us for the news regarding to upcoming conference:
@soctropecol.bsky.social
New publication from our lab to Animal Behaviour: We reviewed experiments on avian foraging behaviour influenced by olfaction, we described significant biases in bird taxa, geographical focus and methodology, and we suggest future research directions.
January 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New publication from our lab to Animal Behaviour: We reviewed experiments on avian foraging behaviour influenced by olfaction, we described significant biases in bird taxa, geographical focus and methodology, and we suggest future research directions.
New research shows insects consume 6% of leaf biomass in South African savanna-forest mosaics, a hidden force shaping ecosystems! #Ecology #InsectHerbivory #SavannaResearch
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Substantial Insect Herbivory in a South African Savanna‐Forest Mosaic: A Neglected Topic
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January 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New research shows insects consume 6% of leaf biomass in South African savanna-forest mosaics, a hidden force shaping ecosystems! #Ecology #InsectHerbivory #SavannaResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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As the member of the Czech Society for Ecology, I will be re-sharing the take-home messages of the presentations from our last conference - today by Vojtech Lanta.
🇬🇧🌱Drought is reshaping lowland forest understory! @ceskaekologie.bsky.social member, Vojtěch Lanta, studied vegetation before and after drought, finding understory homogenization
🌳Conservation plans should address rapid climate and forest structure changes
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🌳Conservation plans should address rapid climate and forest structure changes
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January 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As the member of the Czech Society for Ecology, I will be re-sharing the take-home messages of the presentations from our last conference - today by Vojtech Lanta.