Contact information:
Mgr. Martina Gregorovičová
Phone: +420607661240
Fax: +420221951841
E-mail: martina.greg@email.cz
Room: 212
Personal webpage:
MSc Thesis:
Dental development in Toxicofera (Lepidosauria, Squamata): Varanus indicus (2008).
Supervisor: Ivan Horáček
PhD Thesis:
Importance of repellent secretion compounds in antipredatory defence of aposematic insects.
Supervisor: Alice Exnerová
Consultant: Pavel Štys
Research interests:
Cognitive ethology, herpetology, ornitology, behavioural ecology, mimicry and warning sinals, odontology.
Current projects:
Reactions of bird predators to chemical signals of aposematic insects; Reactions and cognitive ethology of lizard predators to aposematic insect; Cognitive ethology and reactions of Insectivora to aposematic insect (Heteroptera); Embryonal and Tooth development and dentition in mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus).
Lectures:
- Ethological methods (MB170P60A)
- Field course in zoology (MB170T24)
- Practicals in animal morphology (MB170C46)
- Vertebrate zoology - practical part (MB170P13A)
Selected papers:
GREGOROVICOVA M., ZAHRADNICEK, O., TUCKER, A.S., VELENSKY, P., HORACEK, I. (2012): Embryonic development of the monitor lizard, Varanus indicus. Amphibia-Reptilia 33 (2012): 451-468