Personal data:
Name: Mgr. Alexandra Průchová
Born: 1988, Stod
Contact:
Email: alex.pruchova@gmail.com
Office: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Specialization:
Education:
- Bachelor studies – programme Biology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
- Master studies – programme Zoology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
- PhD studies (in progress) – programme Zoology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
Theses:
Průchová A (2014)
Song variation in the Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita: song parameters for individuality coding
M.Sc. thesis (PDF)
Průchová A (2012)
The importance of the colour and the spotted pattern in ladybird Harmonia axyridis
warning colouration.
B.Sc. thesis (PDF)
Publications:
Ptacek L, Vanek J, Eisner J, Průchová A, Linhart P, Muller L, Jirotkova D (2017)
Bird-Adapted Filter for Avian Species and Individual Identification Systems Improvement. Talk.
ICAA 2017: 19th International Conference on Acoustics and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark. Conference paper.
Průchová A, Jaška P, Linhart P (2017)
Cues to individual identity in songs of songbirds: Testing general song characteristics in chiffchaffs.
Journal of Ornithology; doi:10.1007/s10336-017-1455-6.
Průchová A, Nedvěd O, Veselý P, Ernestová B, Fuchs R, (2014)
Visual warning signals of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis: the avian predators’ point of view.
Entomologica Experimentalis at Applicata 151: 128-134.
Conferences:
Průchová A, Pavan G. Vocal activity of Tawny Owl in Central Apennine (Italy) – an automatic voice detection approach.
Czech zoology conference: Zologické dny 9 – 10 January 2017, Brno, Czech Republic (poster in English)
Průchová A, Linhart P, Šálek M.
Pozor tady houkám já! Aneb akustický monitoring sýčka obecného v nízkých a vysokých populačních hustotách. Czech zoology conference: Zologické dny 11 – 12
January 2016, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (oral presentation in Czech)
Průchová A, Linhart P.
Acoustic monitoring in use: Is it possible to identify Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus
collybita) individuals only according to voice characteristics?
Czech zoology conference: Zologické dny 6 – 7 January 2014, Ostrava, Czech Republic (poster in Czech)
Průchová A, Veselý P, Fuchs R.
The importance of the colour and the spotted pattern in ladybird Harmonia axyridis warning colouration.
14th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 12 – 18 August 2012, Lund University, Sweden (poster in English)
Průchová A, Luhanová D, Prášková M, Veselý P, Fuchs R. Pattern as a key feature in recognition of warningly coloured prey. 2nd ToK conference of CompCog, 25 – 27 May 2011 Prague, Czech Republic (poster in English)
Foreign stays:
University of Pavia, September 2016 – January 2017, Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, Prof. Gianni Pavan; participating on the project SABIOD (Scaled Acoustic BIODiversity)
University of Vienna, August 2014, Department of Cognitive Biology, Dr. Christine Schwab; participating on the AKTION project “Interactions with and learning from heterospecifics in birds”