Mgr. Arnošt L. Šizling Ph.D.
E-mail: sizling@cts.cuni.cz
Osobní webové stránky: http://www.sweb.cz/arnost.l.sizling/
Telefon: +420 221 183 540
Employment: -1998 - 2001 - Czech Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection, Praha – researcher -1997 - 1998 - Archaeological Institute, Praha – research assistant -1995 - 1996 - TelcomSpol s r. o., Praha – analyst and consultant for BPR -1991 - 1995 - High and Basic Schools of Mathematics and Physics, Praha (Gymnázium Zborovská, Praha 1; ZŠ Na Planinì, Praha 4) - teacher
Professional education: 1986-1991 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, Prague MS. Thesis: “Stability in Biological Systems” 2001-2003 Faculty of Sciences, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Charles University, Prague Ph.D. Thesis: “Methodological Reliability and Informational Value of Mathematical Modelling in Biology Illustrated Using Two Macroecological Phenomena” Other courses: Astronomical course of Observatory and Planetarium of Prague – two years Conservation biology and environmental experiences: Volunteer in the Czech Karst; working group „Školka“ – two years Member of the Recycling group – since 1988
Languages: Russian, English
Research interest: Methodology; differences between animate and inanimate; mechanisms of spatial distribution of plants and animals, processes of invasion and immigration; dynamics of geographical ranges; macroecological and zoogeographical patterns; movement within landscape.
Aktuální granty:
2009 - 2014, Evropský projekt v rámci 7. RP (SP1-Spolupráce) č. 226852; MŠMT 7E09119
2011 - 2014, GA ČR P505/11/2387
2013 - 2017, GA ČR 13-08169S panelu č. P504
Vybrané publikace:
Javůrková, Veronika; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Kreisinger, Jakub; Albrecht T., (2012): An Alternative Theoretical Approach to Escape Decision-Making: The Role of Visual Cues.
PLOS one, 7:e32522.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Kunin, William, E.,; Šizlingová, Eva; Reif, Jiří; Storch, David (2011): Between geometry and biology: the problem of universality of the species-area relationship.
American Naturalist, 175:602-609.
Kůrka, Petr; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Rosindell, J. (2010): Analytical evidence for scale-invariance in the shape of species abundance distributions
Mathematical Biosciences, 223:151-159.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Storch, David; Reif, Jiří; Gaston, Kevin (2009): Invariance in species-abundance distributions
Theoretical Ecology, 2: 89-103, doi 10.1007/s12080-008-0031-3.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Storch, David; Keil, Petr (2009): Rapoport’s rule, species tolerances, and the latitudinal diversity gradient: geometric considerations
Ecology, 90: 3575-3586.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Šizlingová, Eva; Storch, David; Reif, Jiří; Gaston, Kevin (2009): Rarity, commonness and the contribution of individual species to species richness patterns
American Naturalist 174: 82-93.
Dixon, A.F.G.; Honěk, A.; Keil, Petr; Kotela, M.A.A.; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Jarošík, V. (2009): Relationship between the minimum and maximum temperature thresholds for development in insects
Functional Ecology, 23:257-264, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01489.x.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Storch, David; Šizlingová, Eva; Reif, Jiří; Gaston, Kevin (2009): Species-abundance distribution results from a spatial analogy of central limit theorem
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 106: 6691-6695.
Nekola, J.C.; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Boyer, A.G. ; Storch, David (2008): Artifactions in the Log-transformation of Species Abundance Distributions
Folia Geobotanica, 43:259-268, doi: 10.1007/s12224-008-9020-y.
Storch, David; Šizling, Arnošt L. (2008): The concept of taxon invariance in ecology: Do diversity patterns vary with changes in taxonomic resolution?
Folia Geobotanica, 43:329-344, doi: 10.1007/s12224-008-9015-8.
Storch, David; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Reif, Jiří; Polechová, Jitka; Šizlingová, Eva; Gaston, Kevin (2008): The quest for a null model for macroecological patterns: geometry of species distributions at multiple spatial scales
Ecology Letters 11: 771-784.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Storch, David (2007): Geometry of species distributions: Random clustering and scale invariance
In: Scaling Biodiversity (eds. Storch D., Marquet P.A.& Brown J.H.], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Storch, David; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Gaston, Kevin (2007): Scaling species richness and distribution: Uniting the species-area and species-energy relationships
In: Scaling Biodiversity (eds. Storch D., Marquet P.A.& Brown J.H.], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Šizling, Arnošt L. (2004): O zvířátkách a lidech
In: Prostor a jeho člověk (Ajvaz, M., Havel, I.M. & Mitášová, M., eds.). Vesmír, Praha. ISBN 80-85977-60-5
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Storch, David (2004): Power-law species-area relationships and self-similar species distributions within finite areas
Ecology Letters, 7: 60-68.
Storch, David; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Gaston, Kevin (2003): Geometry of the species-area relationship in central European birds: testing the mechanism
Journal of Animal Ecology, 72: 509-519.
Fišerová, Jindra; Musil, P.; Šizling, Arnošt L. (2003): Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) - habitat preference in breeding season in the Třeboňsko Biosphere Reserve
Sylvia, 39: 107-118. In Czech.
Zavadil, Vít; Šizling, Arnošt L. (2002): Morphological variability in the newts of the cristatus group. In. Vogrin, M. (ed.). Proceedings of the 11th Ordinary General Meeting of Societas Europea Herpetologica (SEH), Žalec, Slovenia, July 13-
Biota 3: 181-189.
Storch, David; Šizling, Arnošt L. (2002): Patterns in commoness and rarity in Central European birds: Reliability of the core-satellite hypothesis
Ecography, 25: 405-416.
Šizling, Arnošt L.; Zavadil, Vít (2001): The estimation of population size of northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) on the locality Suchá Rudná in the Jeseníky Mts. Czech Republic.
RANA, Sonderheft 4: 163-171.
Zavadil, Vít; Šizling, Arnošt L.; Dandová, Radka (2000): The estimation of population density and sex-ratio in a sympatric population of newts, Triturus montandoni and T. alpestris (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Karlova Studánka in the Jeseníky Mts.
Čas. Slez. Muz., Opava (A), 49: 21-27.