Feeding ecology and huntig behavior of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in various habitat complexity
| Thesis title in Czech: | Potravní ekologie a lovecké chování kormorána velkého (Phalacrocorax carbo) v různě členitém prostředí |
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| Thesis title in English: | Feeding ecology and huntig behavior of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in various habitat complexity |
| Key words: | kormorán velký, Phalacrocorax carbo, potravní ekologie, lovecké chování, členitost prostředí, visuální pozorování, fotopasti, kamery, vývržky, diagnostické kosti, terénní experimenty, lipan podhorní, Thymallus thymallus, projekt ProtectFish |
| English key words: | great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, feeding ecology, hunting behavior, habitat complexity, visual observation, camera traps, movie cameras, pellets, diagnostic bones, experiments, grayling, Thymallus thymallus, ProtectFish project |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2025/2026 |
| Thesis type: | dissertation |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute for Environmental Studies (31-550) |
| Supervisor: | doc. RNDr. Martin Čech, Ph.D. |
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| References |
| examples: Lyach R., Blabolil P., Čech M. (2018). Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo feed on larger fish in late winter. Bird Study 65/2: 249-256. Lyach R., Čech M. (2017). The effect of cormorant predation on newly established Atlantic salmon population. Folia Zoologica 66(3): 167-174. Čech M., Čech P. (2015). Non-fish prey in the diet of an exclusive fish-eater: the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. Bird Study 62(4): 457-465. Čech M., Vejřík, L. (2011). Winter diet of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on the River Vltava: estimate of size and species composition and potential for fish stock losses. Folia Zoologica 60 (2): 129-142. Čech, M., Čech, P., Kubečka, J., Prchalová, M., Draštík, V., (2008). Size selectivity in summer and winter diets of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo): Does it reflect season-dependent difference in foraging efficiency? Waterbirds 31(3), 438-447. Čech M., Čech P. (2024). The diet of common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): a comparison of classical nest sediment analyses and camera trap records. In: Kucharski R. (ed.): 4th International Kingfisher conference - Biology, ecology & conservation, 28 – 29 September 2023, Wdecki Landscape Park, Tleń, Poland, ISBN 978-83-919924-1-8, pp. 31-48 (with extended abstract in Polish). - available on ResearchGate |
| Preliminary scope of work |
| The Ph.D. thesis will be a part of the Horizon Europe (RIA) ProtectFish project (Protecting threatened river fish against predation, see www.protectfish.eu) runing in years 2024-2028 and focusing on the problem of great cormorant predation on vulnerable/endangered river fish, particularly grayling. The thesis will combine both field and laboratory works, large field experiments, camera trap and movie camera record analyses, as well as direct diet analyses from pellets, etc. The aplicant will work in the team of highly skilled researchers from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences but also very much independently. |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| The Ph.D. thesis will be a part of the Horizon Europe (RIA) ProtectFish project (Protecting threatened river fish against predation, see www.protectfish.eu) runing in years 2024-2028 and focusing on the problem of great cormorant predation on vulnerable/endangered river fish, particularly grayling. The thesis will combine both field and laboratory works, large field experiments, camera trap and movie camera record analyses, as well as direct diet analyses from pellets, etc. The aplicant will work in the team of highly skilled researchers from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences but also very much independently. |