CZ Marie Sklodowski Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-present)

I investigate the ecological consequences of seasonal bird migration to better predict how environmental changes affect these mobile species. My work combines individual tracking, environmental remote sensing, and measurements of breeding performance, and population trends. Through this work, I have built an international network and collaborated with institutions across Europe and North America. In the Norris lab, I am working on a global analysis of migration patterns and seasonal carry-over effects in small migratory birds.

Publications

Javůrková, V. G. et al. (2024). Host traits rather than migration and molting strategies explain feather bacterial load in Palearctic passerines. iScience,27, 111079.

Brlík, V. et al. (2024). Isotopes Complement Morphology: Niche Partitioning Among Greenbuls in the Afrotropical Lowland Forest. African Journal of Ecology 62, e13315.

Pitó, A. et al. (2024) East-to-west dispersal of bird-associated ixodid ticks in the northern Palaearctic: Review of already reported tick species according to longitudinal migratory avian hosts and first evidence on the genetic connectedness of Ixodes apronophorus between Siberia and Europe. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases 14(6), 100201.

Brlík, V. (2024). Standardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collections. Nature 629, 531–531.

Pitó, A. et al. (2024). Investigations of the tick burden on passeriform, water-associated and predatory birds reveal new tick–host associations and habitat-related factors of tick infestation. Parasites Vectors 17, 144.

Brlík, V. et al. (2024). Geographic distribution of feather δ34S in Europe. Ecosphere 15, e4690.

Brlík, V. et al. (2023). Animal tracing with sulfur isotopes: Spatial segregation and climate variability in Africa likely contribute to population trends of a migratory songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology 92, 1320–1331 .

Brlík, V. et al. (2022). Survival fluctuation is linked to precipitation variation during staging in a migratory shorebird. Scientific Reports 12, 19830.

Jetz, W. et al. (2022). Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37, 293–298.

Morelli, F. et al. (2022) Detection Rate of Bird Species and What It Depends on: Tips for Field Surveys. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 671492.

Šulc, M. et al. (2022). Automatic identification of bird females using egg phenotype. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195, 33–44.

Brlík, V. et al. (2022). The reuse of avian samples: opportunities, pitfalls, and a solution. Ibis 164, 343–349.

Hrouda, J. & Brlík, V. (2021). Birds in power-line corridors: effects of vegetation mowing on avian diversity and abundance. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 70, 21027.

Koleček, J. et al. (2021). Spatiotemporal patterns of egg laying in the common cuckoo. Animal Behaviour 177, 107–116.

Brlík, V. et al. (2021). Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds. Sci Data 8, 21.

Brlík, V. et al. (2020). Population-specific assessment of carry-over effects across the range of a migratory songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74, 143.

Šálek, M. et al. (2020). Year-round relevance of manure heaps and its conservation potential for declining farmland birds in agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 301, 107032.

Koleček, J., Procházka, P., Brlík, V. & Honza, M. (2020). Cross-continental test of natal philopatry and habitat-imprinting hypotheses to explain host specificity in an obligate brood parasite. Sci Nat 107, 12.

Brlík, V. et al. (2020). Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. Journal of Animal Ecology 89, 207–220 .

Javůrková Gvoždíková, V. et al. (2019). Unveiled feather microcosm: feather microbiota of passerine birds is closely associated with host species identity and bacteriocin-producing bacteria. The ISME Journal 13, 2363–2376 .

Brlík, V., Ilieva, M., Lisovski, S., Voigt, C. C. & Procházka, P. (2018). First insights into the migration route and migratory connectivity of the Paddyfield Warbler using geolocator tagging and stable isotope analysis. Journal of Ornithology 159, 879–882.

Dimitrov, D., Ilieva, M., Ivanova, K., Brlík, V. & Zehtindjiev, P. (2018). Detecting local transmission of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites (Apicomlexa, Haemosporida) at a Special Protection Area of Natura 2000 network. Parasitology Research 117, 2187–2199.

Procházka, P. et al. (2018)Ac. ross a migratory divide: divergent migration directions and non-breeding grounds of Eurasian reed warblers revealed by geolocators and stable isotopes. Journal of Avian Biology 49, e01769.

Brlík, V. & Koleček, J. (2015). Use of checklists of observed species for a local bird survey. Sylvia 51, 23–43.

photo: Blair Dudeck