ceska verze	Institute of Entomology  Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

	Home General Info   Introduction   For visitors   Institute documents   Projects Departments Staff Publications Databases   Aphid-Host Catalogue   Database of European entomologists   PRESTA Promoter database Links		Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology  Head  Vojtech Novotný   Plant-herbivore interactions in the tropics  Researchers  Lukás Cízek   Ecology of saproxylic and herbivorous insects  Zdenek Faltýnek Fric   Ecology  Milan Janda   Ecology and evolution of ants  Tomás Kadlec      Martin Konvicka   Ecology of Lepidoptera  Jan Leps   Plant succession and plant-herbivore interactions  Jan Zrzavý   Morphology and phylogeny of Arthropoda  Students (PhD.)  Philip T. Butterill      Richard Ctvrtecka      Pavel Foltan   Scavenging on invertebrate carcasses: identification of principal scavengers  Jan Hrcek   Food nets host-parasitoid in tropical forests of New Guinea  Petr Klimes   Ecology and diversity of tropical arboreal ants.  Katerina Nováková      David Novotný      Michal Plátek      Irena Slámová      Robert Tropek      Petr Vlasánek      Stepán Vodka      Martina Vocadlová      Pavel Vrba      Kamil Zimmermann      Emeritus co-workers  Jaroslav Holman   Biosystematics of aphids  Václav Skuhravý   Taxonomy of gall midges (Cecidomyiidae)  Researchers Assistants  Michaela Borovanská      Dita Horázná      Lukás Spitzer      Technicians  Jirí Benes      Michal Zapletal      Alena Sturmová      Students  Lukás Drag      Karel Kopejtka      Anezka Pavlíková      Pavel Pokluda      Jana Slancarová         Current research projects  Host specificity and species diversity of insect herbivores in tropical rainforests  Ecology and conservation of butterflies in Central Europe  Host specificity and species diversity of insect herbivores in tropical rainforests The study of host specialisation in herbivorous communities feeding on rainforest trees is focused on its importance in maintaining the extraordinary species diversity found in tropical communities, the impact of herbivores on species diversity and dynamics of vegetation, and the evolution of insect-plant interactions in rainforests. We maintain a permanent research station in Papua New Guinea, our principal study area. PI: V. Novotný more..    Ecology and conservation of butterflies in Central Europe Our research includes population ecology of critically endangered species and their population management plans, ecology of endemic montane Erebia species, and the composition of butterfly communities in anthropogenic habitats and their conservation importance. PI: M. Konvička