Mgr. Kateřina Sam, Ph.D.

Maiden:Tvardíková

Job Position: Head of department - Department of Ecology , Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions

Contact details

Phone: +420 387775279
E-mail: katerina.sam.cz@gmail.com
Web: tvardikova.weebly.com/index.html

Publications
Total found: 95 records
Diez Méndez D., Bodawatta K.H., Freiberga I., Klečková I., Jonsson K., Poulsen M., Sam K. (2023) Indirect maternal effects via nest microbiome composition drive gut colonization in altricial chicks. Molecular Ecology Early View : DOI: 10.1111/mec.16959
Hazell R.J., Sam K., Rachakonda S., Yama S., Koagouw W., Stewart A., Peck M.R. (2023) Bird preferences for fruit size, but not color, vary in accordance with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution 13 : article number: e9835.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9835
Houska Tahadlová M., Mottl O., Ré Jorge L., Koane B., Novotný V., Sam K. (2023) Trophic cascades in tropical rainforests: Effects of vertebrate predator exclusion on arthropods and plants in Papua New Guinea Biotropica 55 : 70-80.
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13160

Documents to download:
Tahadlova_2022 (pdf)
Jonsson K., Thomassen E.E., Iova B., Sam K., Thomsen P.F. (2023) Using environmental DNA to investigate avian interactions with flowering plants. Environmental DNA 5 : 462-475.
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.393
Kollross J., Jančúchová Lásková J., Klečková I., Freiberga I., Kodrík D., Sam K. (2023) Nonlethal effects of predation: The presence of insectivorous birds (Parus major) affects the behavior and level of stress in locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). Journal of Insect Behavior 36 : 68-80.
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-023-09820-z
Mrázová A., Houska Tahadlová M., Řehová V., Sam K. (2023) The specificity of induced chemical defence of two oak species affects differently arthropod herbivores and arthropod and bird predation. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 17 : 141-155.
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-023-09951-2
Nimalrathna T.S., Solina I.D., Mon A.M., Pomoim N., Bhadra S., Zvereva E.L., Sam K., Nakamura A. (2023) Estimating predation pressure in ecological studies: controlling bias imposed by using sentinel plasticine prey. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 171 : 56-67.
DOI: 10.1111/eea.13249
Sivault E., Amick P., Armstrong K.N., Novotný V., Sam K. (2023) Species richness and assemblages of bats along a forest elevational transect in Papua New Guinea Biotropica 55 : 81-94.
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13161

Documents to download:
Sivault_2022 (pdf)
Amick P.K., Sam K., Drumo G., Toko P., Novotný V. (2022) Bats can reach 3626 m a.s.l. in Papua New Guinea: altitudinal range extensions for six rainforest bat species. Mammalia 86 : 150-155.
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0169
Amo L., Mrázová A., Saavedra I., Sam K. (2022) Exogenous application of methyl jasmonate increases emissions of volatile organic compounds in Pyrenean Oak Trees, Quercus pyrenaica. Biology 11 : article number: 84.
DOI: 10.3390/biology11010084
Bodawatta K.H., Klečková I., Klečka J., Pužejová K., Koane B., Poulsen M., Jønsson K.A. , Sam K. (2022) Specific gut bacterial responses to natural diets of tropical birds. Scientific Reports 12 : article number: 713.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04808-9
Mäntylä E., Ré Jorge L., Koane B., Sam K., Segar S. T., Volf M., Weinhold A., Novotný V. (2022) Ficus trees with upregulated or downregulated defence did not impact predation on their neighbours in a tropical rainforest. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16 : 285-296.
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-022-09892-2
Pereira C.C., Novais S., Barbosa M., Negreiros D., Gonçalves-Souza T., Roslin T., Marquis R., Marino N., Novotný V., Orivel J., Sui S., Aires G., et al., Mrázová A., Sertić Perić M., Petermann J., Ribeiro S., Sam K., Trzcinski M.K., et al., Fernandes G.W., Romero G.Q., Cornelissen T. (2022) Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology 103 : e3639.
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3639
Pujolar J.M., Blom M.P.K., Reeve A.H., Kennedy J., Marki P.Z., Korneliussen T.S., Freeman B.G., Sam K., Linck E., Haryoko T., Iova B., Koane B., Maiah G., Paul L., Irestedt M., Jønsson K.A. (2022) The formation of avian montane diversity across barriers and along elevational gradients. Nature Communications 13 : article number: 268.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27858-5
Romero G.Q., Gonçalves-Souza T., Roslin T., Marquis R., Marino N.A.C., Novotný V., Cornelissen T., Orivel J., Sui S., Aires G., Antoniazzi R., Dáttilo W., Breviglieri C.P.B., et al., Mrázová A., Novais S., Pereira C.C., Perić M.S., Petermann J.S., Ribeiro S., Sam K., et al., Videla M., Viljur M.-L., Koricheva J. (2022) Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment. Global Change Biology 28 : 3694-3710.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16150
Valdés-Correcher E., Mäntylä E., Barbaro L., Damestoy T., Sam K., Castagneyrol B. (2022) Following the track: accuracy and reproducibility of predation assessment on artificial caterpillars. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 170 : 914-921.
DOI: 10.1111/eea.13210
Valdés-Correcher E., Popova A., Galmán A., Prinzing A., Selikhovkin A.V., Howe A., Mrázová A., Dulaurent A.-M., Hampe A., et al., Sam K., Barbaro L., Branco M., Ferrante M., Faticov M., Tahadlová M., Gossner M., et al., Kadiri Y., Castagneyrol B. (2022) Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild. Ecology and Evolution 12 : article number: e8709.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8709
Bodawatta K.H., Freiberga I., Pužejová K., Sam K., Poulsen M., Jonsson K. (2021) Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. Animal Microbiome 3 : article number: 20.
DOI: 10.1186/s42523-021-00076-6
Bodawatta K.H., Koane B., Maiah G., Sam K., Poulsen M., Jonsson K. (2021) Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 : article number: 20210446.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0446
Finnie S., Sam K., Leponce M., Basset Y. F., Drew D., Schutze M.K., Dahl C. N., Damang M., Dilu M., Gewa B., Kaupa B., Keltim M., Koane B., Kua J., Lilip R., Mogia M., Philip F., Ray B., Sam L., Tulai S., Uma C., Umari R., Valeba J., Yalang J., Novotný V. (2021) Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Insect Conservation and Diversity 14 : 348-355.
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12456

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