Mgr. Kryštof Chmel, Ph.D.

Job Position: Research Scientist - Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects

Contact details

Phone: +420 38 777 5378
E-mail: krystof.chmel@entu.cas.cz; k.chmel@seznam.cz

Description

Ecology and diversity of birds, especially in tropical regions.

Publications
Total found: 11 records
Kamga S.M., Tamungang S.A., Awa T., Chmel K., Ewome F.L., Molua L.L., Uceda-Gómez G., Janeček Š., Mlíkovský J., Riegert J. (2023) Changes in Bird Community Structure on Mount Cameroon Driven by Elevational and Vertical Gradients. Divesity-Basel 15 : article number: 727.
DOI: 10.3390/d15060727
Uceda-Gómez G., Chmel K., Janečková P., Mlíkovský J., Klomberg Y., Ewome F.L., Molua L.L., Njie M.M., Tropek R., Janeček Š. (2023) Drivers of sunbird-plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: between neutrality and niche-based processes Biotropica in press.
Vinagre-Izquierdo C., Bodawatta K.H., Chmel K., Renelies-Hamilton J., Paul L., Muclinger P., Poulsen M., Jonsson K. (2022) The drivers of avian-haemosporidian prevalence in tropical lowland forests of New Guinea in three dimensions. Ecology and Evolution 12 : article number: e8497.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8497
Chmel K., Ewome F.L., Uceda Goméz G., Klomberg Y., Mertens J., Tropek R., Janeček Š. (2021) Bird pollination syndrome is the plant’s adaptation to ornithophily, but nectarivorous birds are not so selective. Oikos 130 : 1411-1424.
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08052
Chmel K., Kamga S.M., Awa T., Ewome F.L., Uceda-Gómez G., Hořák D., Mlíkovský J., Molua L.L., Riegert J., Janeček Š. (2021) Vertical stratification and seasonal changes of the avian community in Mount Cameroon lowland rainforest. African Journal of Ecology 59 : 655-666.
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12877
Hazell R.J., Chmel K., Riegert J., Paul L., Isua B., Kaina G.S., Fibich P., Molem K., Stewart A., Peck M.R., Weiblen G., Novotný V. (2021) Spatial scaling of plant and bird diversity from 50 to 10,000 ha in a lowland tropical rainforest. Oecologia 196 : 101–113.
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04925-8
Janeček Š., Chmel K., Ewome F.L., Hrubá K., Klomberg Y., Kobe I.N., Kouede R.D., Mertens J., Njie M.M., Tropek R. (2021) Differences in nectar traits between ornithophilous and entomophilous plants on Mount Cameroon. Plants 10 : 1161.
DOI: 10.3390/plants10061161
Riegert J., Chmel K., Vlček J., Hrázský Z., Sedláček O., Grill S., Reif J., Hořák D. (2021) Alarming declines in bird abundance in an Afromontane global biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 30 : 3385-3408.
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02252-1
Janeček Š., Chmel K., Gómez G.U., Janečková P., Chmelová E., Sejfová Z., Ewome F.L. (2020) Ecological fitting is a sufficient driver of tight interactions between sunbirds and ornithophilous plants. Ecology and Evolution 10 : 1784-1793.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5942
Chmel K., Riegert J., Paul L., Mulau M., Sam K., Novotný V. (2018) Predation on artificial and natural nests in the lowland rainforest of Papua New Guinea. Bird Study 65 : 114-122.
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2017.1420751
Szefer P., Carmona C., Chmel K., Konečná M., Libra M., Molem K., Novotný V., Segar S. T., Švamberková E., Topliceanu T., Lepš J. (2017) Determinants of litter decomposition rates in a tropical forest: functional traits, phylogeny and ecological succession. Oikos 126 : 1101-1111.
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03670

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Biology Centre CAS
Institute of Entomology
Branišovská 1160/31
370 05 České Budějovice

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