Milan Janda
Head, Laboratory of ecology and evolution of social insects
Research interests
Ecology and evolution of ants.
The current main project: Ecological and evolutionary determinants of ant distributions in tropical ecosystems.
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Teaching activities
Biology of social insects
University of South Bohemia; Charles University
Recent publications
Smith M. A., Bertrand C., Crosby K., Eveleigh E. S., Fernandez-Triana J., Fisher B. L., Gibbs J., Hajibabaei M., Hallwachs W., Hind K., Hrček J., Huang D.-W., Janda M., Janzen D. H., Li Y., Miller S. E., Packer L., Quicke D., Ratnasingham S., Rodrigu (2012) Wolbachia and DNA barcoding Insects: Patterns, potential, and problems. PloS ONE 7: e36514.
Klimeš P., Idigel C., Rimandai M., Fayle T.M., Janda M., Weiblen G.D. and Novotný V. (2012) Why are there more arboreal ant species in primary than in secondary tropical forests? Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 1103-1112.
Klimeš P., Fayle T.M., Janda M.,Weiblen G.D., Novotný V. (2012) Tajemství druhové bohatosti arboreálních tropických mravenců: proč žije více druhů v primárních než sekundárních lesích? In: Bryja J., Albrechtová J., Tkadlec E. (eds.) Zoologické dny Olomouc 2012. Sborník abstraktů z konference 9.-10. února 2012, p 92-93.
Klimeš P., Janda M., Ibalim S., Kua J. and Novotný V. (2011) Experimental suppression of ants foraging on rainforest vegetation in New Guinea: testing methods for a whole-forest manipulation of insect communities Ecological Entomology 36: 94–103.
Janda M., Konecna M. (2011) Canopy assemblages of ants in a New Guinea rainforest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 2010: 83-91.
