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 38 777 5279
E-mail: katerina.sam.cz@gmail.com
Web: tvardikova.weebly.com/index.html

Publications
Total found: 109 records
Finnie S., Butterill P. T., Novotný V., Redmond C. M., Ré Jorge L., Abe T., Lamarre G., Maicher V., Sam K. (2024) Vertical stratification and defensive traits of caterpillars against parasitoids in a lowland tropical forest in Cameroon. Oecologia 204 : 915-930.
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05542-x
Ismaeel A., Tai A.P.K., Santos E.G., Maraia H., Aalto I., Altman J., Doležal J., Lembrechts J.J., Camargo J.L., Aalto J., Sam K., et al., Plichta R., Abera T., Maeda E.E. (2024) Patterns of tropical forest understory temperatures. Nature Communications 15 : article number: 549.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44734-0
Maraia H., Charles-Dominique T., Tomlinson K.W., Staver A.C., Ré Jorge L., Gélin U., Jančúchová Lásková J., Sam L., Hattas D., Freiberga I., Sam K. (2024) Substantial Insect Herbivory in a South African Savanna-Forest Mosaic: A Neglected Topic. Ecology and Evolution 14 : article number: e70466.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70466
Sam K., Ré Jorge L., Koane B., Hazell R.J., Shearman P.L., Novotný V. (2024) Reorganization of bird communities along a rainforest elevation gradient during a strong El Niño event in Papua New Guinea. Ecology and Evolution 14 : article number: e10955.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10955
Schillé L., Valdés-Correcher E., Archaux F., Balacenoiu F., Bjørn M. C., Bogdziewicz M., Boivin T., Branco M., et al., Mallick S., Mäntylä E., Mårell A., Milanović S., Molnár M., Moreira X., Moser V., Mrázová A., et al., Sam K., Sedikhin N.V., Shabarova T., Tack A.J.M., Thomas R., et al., Varela Z., Barbaro L., Castagneyrol B. (2024) Decomposing drivers in avian insectivory: Large-scale effects of climate, habitat and bird diversity. Journal of Biogeography 51 : 1079-1094.
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14808
Sivault E., Koane B., Chmurova L., Sam K. (2024) Birds and bats reduce herbivory damage in Papua New Guinean highland forests. Ecology 105 : article number: e4421.
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4421
Sivault E., Kollross J., Ré Jorge L., Finnie S., Diez Méndez D., Fernández-Garzón S., Maraia H., Lenc J., Libra M., Murakami M., Nakaji T., Nakamura M., Rachakonda S., Sam L., Abe T., Weiss M., Sam K. (2024) Insectivorous birds and bats outperform ants in the top-down regulation of arthropods across strata of a Japanese temperate forest. Journal of Animal Ecology 93 : 1622-1638.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14146
Xiao X., Ré Jorge L., Volf M., Moos M., Gélin U., Finnie S., Freiberga I., Jančúchová Lásková J., Weiss M., Novotný V., Sam K. (2024) The effect of drought-induced leaf traits on Ficus leaf palatability is species specific. Ecosphere 15 : article number: e4831.
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4831
Zvereva E.L., Adroit B., Andersson T., Barnett C.R.A., Branco S., Castagneyrol B., Chiarenza G.M., Dáttilo W., del-Val E., Filip J., Griffith J., Hargreaves A.L., Hernández-Agüero J.A., Silva I.L.H., Hong Y., Kietzka G., Koistinen M., Klimeš P., Kruglova O., Kumpula S., Lopezosa P., March-Salas M., Marquis R., Marusik Y.M., Moles A.T., Muola A., Murkwe M., Nakamura A., Olson C., Pagani-Núñez E., Popova A., Rahn O., Reshchikov A., Rodriguez-Campbell A., Rytkönen S., Sam K., Sounapoglou A., Tropek R., Wenda C., Xu G., Zeng Y., Zolotarev M., Zubrii N., Zverev V., Kozlov M.V. (2024) Predation on live and artificial insect prey shows different global latitudinal patterns Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 : article number: e13899.
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13899
Ashe-Jepson E., Arizala Cobo S., Basset Y. F., Bladon A.J., Klečková I., Laird-Hopkins B., Mcfarlane A., Sam K., Savage A.F., Zamora A.C., Turner E., Lamarre G. (2023) Tropical butterflies use thermal buffering and thermal tolerance as alternative strategies to cope with temperature increase. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 : 1759-1770.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13970
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 32 : 3657-3671.
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)
Iova B., Gideon O., Novotný V., Sam K., Kigl M., Koane B., Paul L., Yama S., Jepi S. (2023) Bird Species Diversity, Distribution, and Community Composition in Different Forest Types in Papua New Guinea. Case Studies in the Environment 7 : article number: 1836576.
DOI: 10.1525/cse.2023.1836576
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
Kik A., Duda P., Bajzeková J., Baro N., Opasa R., Sosanika G., Ré Jorge L., West P., Sam K., Zrzavý J., Novotný V. (2023) Hunting skills and ethnobiological knowledge among the young, educated Papua New Guineans: Implications for conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation 43 : article number: e02435.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02435
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
Laird-Hopkins B., Ashe-Jepson E., Basset Y. F., Cobo S.A., Eberhardt L., Freiberga I., Hellon J., Hitchcock G.E., Klečková I., Linke D., Lamarre G., McFarlane A., Savage A.F., Turner E., Zamora A.C., Sam K., Bladon A.J. (2023) Thermoregulatory ability and mechanism do not differ consistently between neotropical and temperate butterflies. Global Change Biology 29 : 4180-4192.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16797
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

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