Curriculum vitae
Person Identification
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Michal Horsák, born 26 September 1975 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Workplace
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Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University,
Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
http://www.muni.cz/sci/people/8803
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/mirecol/personnel.php?lang=en&p=2
http://www.sci.muni.cz/zoolecol/hydrobio/people.php?lang=en&p=2
http://www.mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/Horsak.htm
Employment - Position
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Assistant of Professor of the Department of Botany and Zoology
Member of the Mire Ecology Working Group
Member of the Laboratory of Running Waters Biology
Education and Academic Qualifications
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1996–2001: Mgr. (M.Sc.) in Systematic Biology and Ecology, Masaryk
University, Brno
2001: RNDr. degree in Zoology, Masaryk University Brno, thesis: "The
current state of knowledge on freshwater mollusc fauna of the Czech
Republic"
2001–2004: Ph.D. in Hybdrobiology, Masaryk University, Brno, thesis:
"Classification and ecology of mollusc communities in the Western Carpathian
spring fens"
Employment Summary
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2004–2005: Assistant Professor at the Department of Systematic Zoology and
Ecology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
2006–: Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty
of Science, Masaryk University
Teaching Activities
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Current teaching at Masaryk University:
System and evolution of invertebrates (with E. Sedlák, 2005, alone 2006–)
Special zoology of invertebrates (with E. Sedlák, 2005-2007, with M.
Omesová, 2008–)
Malacozoology (2008–)
Introduction to Field Invertebrate Zoology (with other tutors, 2009–)
Special field practice in zoology (with other tutors, 2004–)
Field practice in zoology (with other tutors, 2005–)
Field course in entomology (with other tutors, 2006–)
Mire ecology - practice (with M. Hájek, 2006–)
Tutoring of Bachelors' Theses: Zoology
Tutoring of Masters' Theses: Soil Biology, Hydrobiology, Botany
Tutoring of Ph.D. Dissertations: Ecology, Hydrobiology
11 bachelor and 5 master have been defended until 2010
Scientific and Research Activities
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Diversity and compositional changes of Central European mollusc faunas
along various environmental gradients
Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of European and Asian land molluscs
Historical development and processes structuring modern communities
Classification of mire habitats, ecology and palaeoecology of fen mollusc
faunas, fen conservation strategies
Processes influencing communities of running waters invertebrates, current
focus on spring fens
Southern Siberia and Southern Urals as modern analogies of the Late
Pleistocene and Early Holocene landscapes of Central Europe
International Experience
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Academic stays:
2006: Department of Malacology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian
University, Kraków, Poland (1 month)
Repeated short-time scientific stays in Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw
University, Poland (two weeks in total)
Active participation in various international conferences, e.g., Congress of the
International Association of Limnology, Molluscan Forum, Congress of the
European Malacological Societies, Krajowe Seminarium Malakologiczne
Scientific expeditions outside Central Europe: 2005–2006: Altai, Russia; 2007:
Southern Urals, Russia, 2007: Azores, Portugal
University Activities
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2006–: Coordinator of the study programme Systematic Biology and Ecology,
Zoology
2008–: Member of the Committee for PhD. Study in Zoology
Activities Outside University
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Membership in professional societies:
2004–: Czech Zoological Society
2008–: Czech Society for Ecology
Member of editorial boards:
2005–: Malacologica Bohemoslavaca (Bratislava)
Research Projects
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2002–2004: Ecology and palaeoecology of spring wetlands in the western part
of the Carpathians (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, No. 206/02/056, coworker)
2005–2007: Molluscs-vegetation-environment relationship in CarpathianBalkan fens: patterns across scales, threats for biodiversity (Grant Agency of
the Academy of the Czech Republic, No. KJB601630501, applicant)
2007: Comparative collection of freshwater invertebrates (Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, No. FRVS/1755/2007,
project team member)
2008–2010: Origin and development of the Western Carpathian calcareousfens and their biota: the question of glacial relicts and refuges (Grant Agency
of the Academy of the Czech Republic, No. KJB601630803, applicant)
2008–2010: Macroecological patterns of urban biodiversity: species richness,
invasions and biotic homogenization in two taxonomic groups (Grant Agency
of the Academy of the Czech Republic, No. IAA601630803, project team
member)
2010–2014: Development of the Holocene mollusc biodiversity and
distribution in Central Europe: differences among climatic zones in relation to
human colonization (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, P504/10/0688, key
co-worker)
Major Publications
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Horsák, Michal - Chytrý, Milan - Danihelka, Jiří - Kočí, Martin - Kubešová,
Svatava - Lososová, Zdeňka - Otýpková, Zdenka - Tichý, Lubomír. Snail
faunas in the Southern Ural forests and their relations to vegetation: an
analogue of the Early Holocene assemblages of Central Europe? Journal of
Molluscan Studies, 76, 1, od s. 1-10, 10 s. ISSN 0260-1230. 2010. info
Černohorská, Nicole - Horsák, Michal - Cameron, Robert. Land snail species
richness and abundance at small scales: the effects of distinguishing between
live individuals and empty shells. Journal of Conchology, 40, 2, od s. 233-241,
9 s. ISSN 0022-0019. 2010. info
Horsák, Michal - Bojková, Jindřiška - Zahrádková, Světlana - Omesová, Marie
- Helešic, Jan. Impact of reservoirs and channelization on lowland river
macroinvertebrates: A case study from Central Europe. Limnologica, 39, 2, od
s. 140–151, 12 s. ISSN 0075-9511. 2009. info
Cameron, Robert - Pokryszko, Beata - Horsák, Michal. Contrasting patterns of
variation in urban populations of Cepaea (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): a tale of
two cities. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97, 1, od s. 27–39, 13 s.
ISSN 0024-4066. 2009. info
Vávrová, Lubomíra - Horsák, Michal - Šteffek, Jozef - Čejka, Tomáš. Ecology,
distribution and conservation of Vertigo species of the European Importance in
Slovakia. Journal of Conchology, 40, 1, od s. 61-71, 11 s. ISSN 0022-0019.
2009. info
Horsák, Michal - Juřičková, Lucie - Kintrová, Kateřina - Hájek, Ondřej.
Patterns of land snail diversity over a gradient of habitat degradation: a
comparison of three Czech cities. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 1, od
s. 3453–3466, 14 s. ISSN 0960-3115. 2009. info
Hájek, Michal - Hájková, Petra - Apostolova, Iva - Horsák, Michal - Plášek,
Vítězslav - Shaw, Blanka - Lazarova, Maria. Disjunct occurrences of plant
species in the refugial mires of Bulgaria. Folia Geobotanica, Průhonice :
Springer, 44, 4, od s. 365-386, 22 s. ISSN 1211-9520. 2009. info
Čejka, Tomáš - Horsák, Michal - Némethová, Danka. The composition and
richness of Danubian floodplain forest land snail faunas in relation to forest
type and flood frequency. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74, 1, od s. 37-45, 9 s.
ISSN 0260-1230. 2008. info
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Juřičková, Lucie - Horsák, Michal - Cameron, Robert - Hylander, Kristoffer Míkovcová, Alena - Hlaváč, Jaroslav - Rohovec, Jan. Land snail distribution
patterns within a site: the role of different calcium sources. European Journal
of Soil Biology, 44, 2, od s. 172-179, 8 s. ISSN 1164-5563. 2008. info
Horsák, Michal - Černohorská, Nicole. Mollusc diversity patterns in Central
European fens: hotspots and conservation priorities. Journal of Biogeography,
Blackwell Science, 35, 1, od s. 1215-1225, 11 s. ISSN 0305-0270. 2008. info
Omesová, Marie - Horsák, Michal - Helešic, Jan. Nested patterns in hyporheic
meta-communities: the role of body morphology and penetrability of sediment.
Naturwissenschaften, 95, 10, od s. 917–926, 10 s. ISSN 0028-1042. 2008. info
Horsák, Michal - Hájek, Michal - Dítě, Daniel - Tichý, Lubomír. Modern
distribution patterns of snails and plants in the Western Carpathian spring fens:
is it a result of historical development? Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73, 1, od
s. 53-60, 8 s. ISSN 0260-1230. 2007. info
Sulikowska-Drozd, Anna - Horsák, Michal. Woodland mollusc communities
along environmental gradients in the East Carpathians. Biologia, Bratislava,
62, 2, od s. 201-209, 9 s. ISSN 1335-6372. 2007. info
Horsák, Michal - Hájek, Michal - Tichý, Lubomír - Juřičková, Lucie. Plant
indicator values as a tool for land mollusc autecology assessment. Acta
Oecologica, 2007, 32, od s. 161-171, 11 s. ISSN 1146-609X. 2007. info
Schileyko, Anatoly - Horsák, Michal. A new genus and two new species of
Hygromiidae (Pulmonata) from southern Siberia. Ruthenica, 17, 1-2, od s. 6972, 4 s. ISSN 0136-0027. 2007. info
Čejka, Tomáš - Dvořák, Libor - Horsák, Michal - Šteffek, Jozef. Checklist of
the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Slovak Republic. Folia Malacologica, 15, 2, od
s. 49-58, 10 s. ISSN 1506-7629. 2007. info
Horsák, Michal. Mollusc community patterns and species response curves
along a mineral richness gradient: a case study in fens. Journal of
Biogeography, 33, 1, od s. 98-107, 10 s. ISSN 0305-0270. 2006. info
Hájek, Michal - Horsák, Michal - Hájková, Petra - Dítě, Daniel. Habitat
diversity of central European fens in relation to environmental gradients and an
effort to standardise fen terminology in ecological studies. Perspectives in
Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Zürich : Elsevier, 8, 2, od s. 97-114,
18 s. ISSN 1433-8319. 2006. info
Horsák, Michal - Hájek, Michal. Habitat requirements and distribution of
Vertigo geyeri (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Western Carpathian rich fens.
Journal of Conchology, United Kingdom : Conchological Society of Great
Britain &, 38, 6, od s. 683-700, 18 s. ISSN 0022-0019. 2005. info
Horsák, Michal - Neumanová, Kateřina. Distribution of Pisidium globulare
Clessin, 1873 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with
notes to its ecology and morphological characters. Journal of Conchology, 38,
4s. 373-381. ISSN 0022-0019. 2004. info
Horsák, Michal - Hájek, Michal. Composition and species richness of
molluscan communities in relation to vegetation and water chemistry in the
Western Carpathian spring fens: the poor-rich gradient. Journal of Molluscan
Studies, London : Malacological Society of London, 69, 4, od s. 349-357, 9 s.
ISSN 0260-1230. 2003. info
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2010/05/22
Dvořák, Libor - Čejka, Tomáš - Horsák, Michal. First record of Deroceras
panormitanum (Gastropoda, Agriolimacidae) from Slovakia. Biologia,
Bratislava, 58, 5s. 917-918. 2003. info