David Storch, Ph.D.

Employment and fellowships

• since 1998 Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University (research fellow, since 2004 vice-director, since 2008 director)
• since 2004 Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University (associate professor)
• external lecturer at Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, and Department of Ecology, Palacky University Olomouc
• 2002-2004 international fellow of Santa Fe Institute
• 2002 Royal Society fellowship at the Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK

Other professional experience

• editor of the journal Ecology Letters
• member of editorial board of the journal Vesmír (The Universe), about 40 popular scientific papers in this and other Czech journals
• reviewer for journals Nature, Science, PNAS, American Naturalist, Ecology Letters, Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Oikos, Ecography, Oecologia, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Biogeography, Diversity & Distributions, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Biological Reviews, Ecological Research, Ecological Complexity, Ecological Entomology, Journal of Vegetation Science, Landscape Ecology, Journal of Ornithology, Folia geobotanica, Folia zoologica
• field experience: Caucasus (1989), Siberia, Lake Baikal (1992), South-east Turkey (1996), The Balkans (1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005), South Africa (2001, 2005, 2007), New Mexico (2003, 2004, 2006, 2009), Costa Rica (2007), Mexico (2009)

Education

• 1993-1998 PG study of zoology (Thesis: Spatial aspects of bird ecology in patchy environment), Faculty of Science, Charles University
• 1988-1993 Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (Special biology and Ecology)

Research interests

Macroecology, biodiversity, evolutionary ecology, biogeography, community ecology, ecological complexity, species commonness and rarity.

University courses

• Animal ecology (Ekologie živočichů; together with Lukáš Kratochvíl)
• Macroecology (Makroekologie)
• Community ecology (Ekologie společenstev; together with prof. Tomáš Herben)
• Field course of quantitative ornithology (Terénní cvičení z ornitologie)
• Macroecology and Biodiversity (Makroekologie a biodiverzita; at University of South Bohemia)

Selected publications

Original papers

Harte J., Smith A.B. & Storch D. 2009: Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve. Ecology Letters 12: 789-797. [PDF]

Šizling A.L., Šizlingová E., Storch D., Reif J. & Gaston K.J. 2009: Rarity, commonness and the contribution of individual species to species richness patterns. American Naturalist 174: 82-93. [PDF]

Morlon H., White E.P., Etienne R.S., Green J.L., Ostling A., Alonso D., Enquist B.J., He F., Hurlbert A., Magurran A.E., Maurer B.A., McGill B.J., Olff H., Storch D. & Zillio T. 2009: Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals. Ecology Letters 12: 488-501. [PDF]

Šizling A.L., Storch D., Šizlingová E., Reif J. & Gaston K.J. 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. [PDF]

Šizling A.L., Storch D., Reif J. & Gaston K.J. 2009: Invariance in species-abundance distribution. Theoretical Ecology 2: 89-103. [PDF]

Reif J., Storch D. & Šímová I. 2008: The effect of scale-dependent habitat gradients on the structure of bird assemblages in the Czech Republic. Acta Ornithologica 43: 197-206. [PDF]

Storch D. & Šizling A.L. 2008: The concept of taxon invariance in ecology: do diversity patterns vary with changes in taxonomic resolution? Folia Geobotanica 43: 329-344. [PDF]

Nekola J.C., Šizling A.L., Boyer A.G. & Storch D. 2008: Artifactions in the log-transformation of species abundance distributions. Folia Geobotanica 43: 259-268. [PDF]

Reif J., Storch D., Voříšek P., Šťastný K. & Bejček V. 2008: Bird-habitat associations predict population trends in central European forest and farmland birds. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 3307-3319. [PDF]

Keil P., Dziock F. & Storch D. 2008: Geographical patterns of hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) functional groups in Europe: inconsistency in environmental correlates and latitudinal trends. Ecological Entomology 33: 748-757. [PDF]

Storch D., Šizling A.L., Reif J., Polechová J., Šizlingová E. & Gaston K.J. 2008: The quest for a null model for macroecological patterns: geometry of species distributions at multiple spatial scales. Ecology Letters 11: 771-784. [PDF]

Evans K.L., Newson S.E., Storch D., Greenwood J.J.D. & Gaston K.J. 2008: Spatial scale, abundance and the species-energy relationship in British birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 395-405. [PDF]

Davies R.D., Orme C.D.L., Storch D., Olson V., Thomas G.H., Ross S.G., Benett P.M., Owens I.P.F., Blackburn T.M. & Gaston K.J. 2007: Topography, temperature and the global distribution of bird species richness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1189-1197. [PDF]

Storch D., Davies R.G., Zajíček S., Orme C.D.L., Olson V., Thomas G.H., Ding T.S., Rasmussen P.C., Ridgely R.S., Bennett P.M., Blackburn T.M., Owens I.P.F. & Gaston K.J. 2006: Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: Reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity. Ecology Letters 9: 1308-1320. [PDF]

Reif J., Hořák D., Sedláček O., Riegert J., Pešata M., Hrázský Z., Janeček Š. & Storch D. 2006: Unusual abundance-range size relationship in an Afromontane bird community: the effect of geographical isolation? Journal of Biogeography 33: 1959-1968. [PDF]

Storch D., Evans K. L. & Gaston K. J. 2005: The species-area-energy relationship. Ecology Letters 8: 487-492. [PDF]

Storch D., Marquet P. A. & Gaston K. J. 2005: Untangling an entangled bank. Science 307: 684-686. [PDF]

Storch D. & Gaston K. J. 2004: Untangling ecological complexity on different scales of space and time. Basic and Applied Ecology 5: 389-400. [PDF]

Bonn A., Storch D. & Gaston K. J. 2004: Structure of the species-energy relationship. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 1685-1691. [PDF]

Šizling A.L. & Storch D 2004: Power-law species-area relationships and self-similar species distributions within finite areas. Ecology Letters   7: 60-68. [PDF]

Storch D. 2003: Comment on “Global biodiversity, biochemical kinetics and the energetic-equivalence rule”. Science 299: 346b. [PDF]

Storch D., Šizling A. & Gaston K. 2003: Geometry of the species-area relationship in central European birds: testing the mechanism. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 509-519. [PDF]

Storch D., Konvička M., Beneš J., Martinková J. & Gaston K.J. 2003: Distribution patterns in butterflies and birds of the Czech Republic: separating effects of habitat and geographic position. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1195-1205. [PDF]

Storch D., Gaston K.J. & Cepák J. 2002: Pink landscapes: 1/f spectra of spatial environmental variability and bird community composition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 1791-1796. [PDF]

Storch D. & Šizling A.L. 2002: Patterns in commoness and rarity in central European birds: Reliability of the core-satellite hypothesis within a large scale. Ecography 25: 405-416. [PDF]

Storch D. & Frynta D. 2000: Evolution of habitat selection: Stochastic acquisition of cognitive clues? Evolutionary Ecology 13: 591-600. [PDF]

Storch D.2000: Rapoport effect and speciation/extinction rates in the tropics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15: 514.

Storch D. & Kotecký V. 1999: Structure of bird communities in the Czech Republic: The effect of area, census technique and habitat type. Folia zoologica 48 (4): 265-277.

Storch D. & Musil P. 1999: Waterbird habitat preferences and their inter-annual changes related to population dynamics. Vogelwelt 120 (Suppl.): 257-260.

Storch D. 1998: Densities and territory sizes of birds in two different  lowland communities in eastern Bohemia. Folia zoologica 47 (3): 181-188.

Books

Zrzavý J., Storch D. & Mihulka S. 2009: Evolution: Ein Lese-Lehrbuch. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg.

Storch D., Marquet P.A. & Brown J.H. (eds.) 2007: Scaling biodiversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Zrzavý J., Storch D. & Mihulka S. 2004: Jak se dělá evoluce: Od sobeckých genů k rozmanitosti života. [Evolution: From selfish genes to the diversity of life] Paseka, Praha.

Sádlo J., Storch D. 2000: Biologie krajiny: Biotopy České republiky. [Biology of Landscape: Habitats of the Czech Republic] Vesmír, Praha.

Storch D., Mihulka S. 2000: Úvod do současné ekologie. [An introduction to contemporary ecology] Portál, Praha.

Storch D., Mihulka S. 1997: Ekologie. [Ecology] IDM MŠMT ČR, Praha. [the first, shorter version of Storch & Mihulka 2000]

Reviews, book chapters and major popular scientific articles

Storch D. 2009: Čtení Darwina: Původ druhů po 150 letech. Vesmír 88: 444-450. [PDF]

Polechová J. & Storch D. 2008: Ecological niche. In: Jorgensen S.E. & Fath B. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 1088-1097. [PDF]

Storch D. 2008: Katastrofy v přírodě: statistika, dynamika a teorie. In: Pokorný P. & Bárta M. (eds.), Něco překrásného se končí: Kolapsy v přírodě a společnosti. Dokořán, Praha, pp. 31-36. [PDF]

Storch D., Šizling A.L. & Gaston, K.J. 2007: Scaling species richness and distribution: Uniting the species-area and species-energy relationships. In: Storch D., Marquet P.A. & Brown J.H. (eds.), Scaling biodiversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 300-322. [PDF]

Šizling A.L. & Storch D. 2007: Geometry of species distributions: Random clustering and scale invariance. In: Storch D., Marquet P.A. & Brown J.H. (eds.), Scaling biodiversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 77-100. [PDF]

Storch D. 2006: Jaký je vlastně les: Obraz lesa v přírodních vědách. Dějiny a současnost 11: 34-36. [PDF]

Storch D. 2006: Pochybnosti o stavu přírody aneb proč ji vlastně chránit. Ekolist 3: 12-15. [PDF]

Storch D. 2004: Metabolická teorie biologie aneb Nová teorie všeho (živého)? Vesmír 83, 508-516. [PDF]

Storch D. and Reif J. 2003: Macroecology of birds: what have we learned from the large-scale censuses. Sylvia 38, 1-18. (in Czech, summary in English) [PDF]

Storch D. 2002: Krajina není. In: Hájek P. (editor) 2002: Krajina zevnitř. Malá skála, Praha.

Storch D. 2001: Biodiversity, Chapter 1.1.6.3. in Encyclopedia of Life support Systems, UNESCO.

Storch D. 2001: Jak rychle vymírají druhy: Potíže s odhady globální biodiverzity a jejích změn. Vesmír 80: 573-575. [PDF]

Storch D. 2000: O vzniku druhů přirozeným výběrem: Role prostředí v evoluci biodiverzity. Vesmír 79: 550-552. [PDF]

Storch D. 2000: Přežívání populací v ostrůvkovitém prostředí: Co jsou metapopulace a jak fungují. Vesmír 79: 143-145. [PDF]

Storch D. 1999: Proč je malých zvířat víc než velkých. Vesmír 78: 377-383. [PDF]

Storch D. 1998: Proč žije v tropech tolik druhů organismů. Vesmír 77: 677-678. [PDF]

Storch D. 1995: Interspecific competition in birds. Biol.listy  60: 259-273. (in Czech, summary in English)

Invited lectures

• Storch D.: Metabolic theory of biodiversity? (British Ecological Society annual meeting, University of Hertfordshire, 7-10 September, 2009)
• Storch D.: The relationship between energy availability and species diversity: role of abundance, range dynamics and speciation (University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, February 25, 2008)
  
• Storch D.: Abundance, distribution and diversity: The quest for a null model of biodiversity patterns (University of California, San Diego, USA, October 13, 2006)
• Storch D.: Geometry of species distributions: null models of biodiversity patterns (Santa Fe Institute, USA, September 15-19, 2006).
  
• Storch D.: Macroecological patterns (Workshop "Biodiversity Patterns, Ecological Modelling & Statistics", Moulis, France, August 23-September 7, 2006)
• Storch D. & Šizling A.L.: Geometry of species distributions: null models of biodiversity patterns (International conference "Macroecological Tools for Global Change Research", Potsdam, Germany, August 21-23, 2006).
• Storch D.: Linking biodiversity patterns to species´ spatial distributions: scaling patterns in continental avifaunas derived from the structure and dynamics of species´ ranges (24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August 13-19, 2006).
• Storch D. & Šizling A.L.: From species to communities: the scaling of biodiversity (Annual meeting of Ecological Society of America and IX International Congress of Ecology, INTECOL, Montreal, Canada, August 7-12, 2005)
• Storch D.: Major ultimate determinants of (avian) species richness patterns (Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, USA, March 2003)
• Storch D.: Patterns in animal abundance and distribution: reliability of null models (Santa Fe Institute, USA, February 2003)
• Storch, D.: Macroecological patterns in distribution of organisms: Complex patterns with simple explanations and simple patterns with complex explanations (Joint workshop of Santa Fe Institute for the Sciences of Complexity and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, 2001)
• Storch D.: Habitat selection: Ecology and evolution (Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK, November 2000)