The department of zoology of the Faculty of Science, South Bohemian University in České Budějovice, conducts research and teaching of various aspects of animal biology.
The department staff specializes in the following research areas :
Archeozoology, Biology of ladybugs and invasion ecology, Biology of small African mammals, Tropical ecology, Cognitive ethology of birds, Diversity and evolution of Neotropical fishes, Ecology and biogeography of butterflies, Ecology and ethology of birds, Ecophysiology and population biology of animals, Evolution and phylogeny of mammals, Insect cold tolerance, Insect stress hormones, Phylogenetics and bioinformatics, and Primatology and evolutionary anthropology.
Recent news
Genes, bones and behavior reveal phylogenetic relationships of dogs and their extinct relatives
Dogs (subfamily Caninae) is one of the most charismatic groups of mammals…
Effect of personality on a bird’s ability to categorize a predator
Despite the fact that encounters with predators are always threatening, there is…
The defense of RNDr. Pavel Jaška thesis
The defense of RNDr. Pavel Jaška thesis „Individuální rozpoznávání na základě akustických…
Ph.D. student seminar
13. 6. 2018, 15:00, Lecture room B3 (Veselovského posluchárna) Sylvain Delabye: Ecological…
Kokomo seminar
Wednesday 6. 5. 2018, 12:00, Kokomo room (former library) Mélanie Thierry (Laboratory…
Collaborating institutions
Institute of Entomology CAS
Insitute of Hydrobiology CAS
Department of Zoology, FS CUP
Department of Ethology: Výzkumný ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i.
Institute of Parasitology CAS
Institute of Soil Biology CAS
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS
Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS
University Duisburg-Essen Department of Zoology