prof. RNDr. Michal Horsák, Ph.D.

Professor, Mire Ecology Group

office: bldg. D32/319
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

phone:	+420 549 49 4448
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Field of study: Ecology

Exploring strain-specific immune responses to parasitic infection in common carp: implications for diseases resistance and management strategies – ongoing study
Role of climatic stability and refugia on genetic diversity of micro land-snails across Holarctic – ongoing study
Téma: Diverzita plžů středoevropských lesů v současném a historickém pohledu, Výzkumná zaměření - Ekologická a evoluční biologie - Ekologie – ongoing study
Threats to European fen mollusc communities with attention to glacial relicts – graduate 2024
The role of land snails in food chains – graduate 2023
Factors shaping mollusc assemblages in lowland stagnant waters within regional scales: a metacommunity approach – graduate 2022

Geographical variation of mollusc communities in European fens – graduate 2017
Herbivory and its effect on the ecological stability of coral reefs of Lakshadweep, India – graduate 2015
Comparison of ecological characteristics of land snail assemblages and vegetation – graduate 2013
Variation of land snail species composition on small scales: the effect of habitat heterogeneity and sampling plot size – graduate 2013

Holocene mollusc succession in Western Carpathian tufas: from local to regional patterns – graduate 2022

Ecological and historical determinants of large branchiopod distribution in the Pannonian Region – ongoing study

The influence of environmental variables and dispersal abilities on distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrate larvae in isolated spring fens – graduate 2016
Spatial distribution of aquatic invertebrates of crenal habitats: variation and ecological relationships at a small scale – graduate 2014