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
Department of zoology seminar
21. 11. 2018, Lecture room B3 (Veselovského posluchárna) Guest seminar (14:30-16:00): Jan…
The defense of MSc. Nichola Sarah Plowman thesis
The defense of MSc. Nichola Sarah Plowman thesis „Mechanisms structuring arboreal ant…
Department of zoology seminar
14. 11. 2018, Lecture room B3 (Veselovského posluchárna) Odborný seminář (František X.…
Ex situ Sumatran rhinoceros conservation and the agony of choice
The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is the only extant species of the…
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Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS
Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS
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