Vojtěch Novotný
Head, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Head, Laboratory of Tropical Ecology
Research interests
Ecology of plant-herbivore food webs, distribution of tropical biodiversity and dynamcs of tropical ecosystems.
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Teaching activities
Tropical ecology
University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice, Palacky University Olomouc, Charles University Prague
Community ecology
University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice
Field course in tropical ecology
University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice, Tropical Biology Association Cambridge UK
Recent publications
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.
Basset Y., Eastwood R. Sam L., Lohman D. J., Novotný V., Treuer T., Miller S. E., Weiblen G. D., Pierce,N. E., Bunyavejchewin S., Sakchoowong W., Kongnoo P., Osorio-Arenas M. A. (2011) Comparison of rainforest butterfly assemblages across three biogeographical regions using standardized protocols Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 44: 17-28.
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.
Novotný V. (2010) Rain forest conservation in a tribal world: why forest dwellers prefer loggers to conservationists Biotropica 42: 546-549.
Novotný V., Miller S. E., Baje L., Balagawi S., Basset Y., Čížek L., Craft K. J., Dem F., Drew R. A. I., Hulcr J., Lepš J., Lewis O., Pokon R., Stewart A. J. A., Weiblen G. D. (2010) Guild-specific patterns of species richness and host specialization in plant-herbivore food webs from a tropical forest Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1193-1203.
