Other modelling interests
Models of life history evolution in size-structured populations and evolution of male life histories.
I am focusing on models of life history evolution that are sufficiently general but capture the main
trade-offs with sufficient detail and can be used as a baseline against which more detailed,
species-specific models can be compared. Some of the models put emphasis on evolutionary questions and
investigate several co-evolving traits. Others emphasize mainly the ecological details and use
mechanistic descriptions of individual life histories to build up ecological dynamics that
create the environment and eventually drive the selection.
Models of dynamics of sexually reproducing populations and population-dynamical consequences of
Allee effects.
I have been working together on various population-dynamical implications of
sexual reproduction and the Allee effect in single-species setting and in predator-prey interactions
with Luděk Berec.
Models of population-dynamical consequences of optimal foraging.
My PhD thesis supervised by Vlastimil Křivan also dealt with
population-dynamical consequences of optimal foraging behaviour.
Contact information:
Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Entomology, Laboratory of Theoretical Ecology
Branisovska 31, CZ-37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
tel: +420 387 772 327, fax: +420 387 775 367
email: my_surname AT entu dot cas dot cz
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