Personal data:
Name: RNDr. Michal Němec, Ph.D.
Born: 1981, Karlovy Vary
Nickname: Majkl
Contact:
Email: Majkl.MN@email.cz
Office: Faculty of Science, UJEP University, Ústí nad Labem
Specialization:
Education:
- The Agricultural School Dalovice
- Bachelor studies – programme Biology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
- Master studies – programme Zoology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
- PhD studies – programme Zoology; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
- Small doctorate – RNDr.; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
Theses:
Němec M 2015
How the red‐backed shrike (Lanius collurio) recognizes enemies
PhD thesis (PDF)
Němec M 2013
Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) adjust the mobbing intensity, but not mobbing frequency, by assessing the potential threat to themselves from different predators
Rigorous thesis (PDF)
Němec M (2008)
Antipredation behavior of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) against corvids
M.Sc. thesis (PDF)
Němec M (2005)
Antipredation behavior of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
B.Sc. thesis (PDF)
Publications:
Němec M, Součková T, Fuchs R (in prep.)
The red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio recognize predator due local not due global features.
Manuscript for Animal Cognition.
Syrová M, Němec M, Veselý P, Landová E, Fuchs R (2016)
Facing a Clever Predator Demands Clever Responses – Red-Backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) vs. Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica).
PloS ONE 11(7): e0159432.
Němec M, Syrová M, Dokoupilová L, Veselý P, Šmilauer P, Landová E, Lišková S, Fuchs R (2015)
Surface texture plays important role in predator recognition by Red-backed Shrikes in field experiment.
Animal Cognition 18(1): 259–268.
Němec M, Fuchs R (2014)
Nest defense of the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio against five corvid species. Acta Ethologica 17: 149–154.
Strnad M, Němec M, Veselý P, Fuchs R (2012)
Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) adjust the mobbing intensity, but not mobbing frequency, by assessing the potential threat to themselves from different predators. Ornis Fennica 89: 206–215.
Němec M, Bušek O, Lípa M (2009)
Chřástal polní (Crex crex) na kraslicku a v karlovarském kraji v letech 2005–2009. Příroda Kraslicka 2: 157–170
Conferences:
Oral presentations:
- Němec M (2016)
Chybí křoví? Konference Ochrana přírodních lokalit v JM kraji, Brno, Czech Republic. March 8th, 2016. - Němec M (2015)
Shrikes in action – what can antipredator behaviour tell us about cognitive abilities of birds. Invented talk on department of Cognition biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universität Wien. - Němec M, Syrová M, Poláková S, Fuchs R (2012)
Proč ťuhýci nevyhání straku od svých hnízd? Zoologické dny, Olomouc, Czech Republic, February 9-10, 2012. - Strnad M, Němec M, Holečková B, Reznerová P, Falkenauerová A, Součková T, Poláková S, Fuchs R (2008)
Bít či nebít. Zoologické Dny, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. February 2008.
Posters:
- Němec M, Součková T, Poláková S, Fuchs R (2011)
Cognitive abilities of red-backed Shrike.The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour; Summer Conference 2011; St Andrews, Scotland. 18-19 August 2011; Collection of abstracts, pp. 53 - Syrová M, Bendová L, Poláková S, Němec M, Fuchs R (2011)
Artificial dummies as stimuli in field mobbing experiments. The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour; Summer Conference 2011; St Andrews, Scotland. August 18-19; Collection of abstracts, pp. 53 - Němec M, Fuchs R (2009)
Shrikes vs. Corvids: Nest defense of red backed strike (Lanius collurio) 31st International Ethological Conference, 2009, Rennes, France, Collection of abstracts p. 349 - Poláková S, Strnad M, Němec M, Fuchs R (2006)
How Shrikes defend their nests? Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, August 2006, Snowbird, USA.
Foreign stays:
2012: Poland – Institut of Zoology, Poznan University of Life Sciences
Other trivia:
A member of Czech Society for Ornithology