prof. Mgr. Stanislav Pekár, Ph.D.

Head, Terrestrial Invertebrate Research Group

Office: bldg. D31/113
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

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Field of study: Ecology

Topics of doctoral theses (supervisor)

Ecology and behaviour of solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) – graduate 2018
Spiders as bioagens of pome orchard pests – graduate 2017
Sexual conflict in spiders – graduate 2017
Predatory strategies of stenophagous spiders – graduate 2016
Tritrophic relationship of arboreal spiders – graduate 2010

Field of study: Ecology

Topics of doctoral theses (supervisor)

Adaptive phenotypic changes in range-expanding spiders – ongoing study
Behavioural and venomic adaptations of prey-specialised spiders – graduate 2020

Field of study: Zoology

Topics of doctoral theses (supervisor)

Ecology and evolution of myrmecomorphic arthropods – ongoing study
The role of personality in solitary spiders in different contexts – ongoing study
Investigating predator-prey interactions through direct and indirect approaches – graduate 2023

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