I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Rubáčová

I.2 - Name

Lucia

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1981

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4

I.7 - Position

assistant professor

I.8 - E-mail address

lucia.turcokova@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20904

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Biology

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-2819

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2003

II.c - Study field and programme

Biology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2005

II.c - Study field and programme

Zoology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences Palacky University in Olomouc

II.b - Year

2012

II.c - Study field and programme

Zoology

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
researcher	Department of Zoology and Ornithological laboratory, Palacky University in Olomouc	2009-2010
ornithologist	Ornithological station, Comenius Museum in Přerov	2010-2013
assistant professor	Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava	2013 -

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.1.a - Name of the profile course	V.1.b - Study programme	V.1.c - Degree	V.1.d - Field of study
Phylogeny and system of chordates 1	Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Phylogeny and system of chordates 2	Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Zoology	Biology	I.	Biology

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Bioacoustics	Biology, Systematic biology, Teacher Training for Biology in Combination	I.	Biology
Ornithology	Biology, Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Field work in vertebrate zoology	Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Bachelor thesis in zoology 1, 2	Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Master thesis 1,2,3,4	Systematic biology	I.	Biology
Ornithology	Teacher Training for Biology in Combination	I.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Zoology	Paleontology	I.	Biology
Methods of zoological research 2	Zoology	II.	Biology
Special field work in zoology	Zoology	II.	Biology
Introduction to animal ecology	Biology	I.	biology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

102

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Matysioková, B., Friedman, N., Turčoková Rubáčová, L. and Remeš, V. 2017: The evolution of feather coloration and song in Old World orioles (genus Oriolus). Journal of Avian Biology, 48(7), pp.1015-1024.

Remešová, E., Matysioková, B., Turčoková Rubáčová, L. and Remeš, V. 2020: Foraging behaviour of songbirds in woodlands and forests in eastern Australia: resource partitioning and guild structure. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 120(1), pp.22-32.

Remeš, V., Remešová, E., Friedman, N.R., Matysioková, B., Rubáčová, L. 2021: Functional diversity of avian communities increases with canopy height: From individual behavior to continental‐scale patterns. Ecology and Evolution, 11(17), pp.11839-11851.

Remeš, V., Harmáčková, L., Matysioková, B., Rubáčová, L., Remešová, E. 2022: Vegetation complexity and pool size predict species richness of forest birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, p.964180.

Leroy, H., Bowie, R.C., Rubáčová, L., Matysioková, B., Remeš, V. 2024: A late burst of colour evolution in a radiation of songbirds (Passeriformes: Parulidae) suggests secondary contact drives signal divergence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 37(4), pp.401-413.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Cepková, M., Balážová, M., Melišková, M., Rubáčová, L. 2022: Influence of age and body condition on breeding performance in Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. Journal of Ornithology, 163(1), pp.251-261.

Cepková, M., Melišková, M., Rubáčová, L. 2022: Low extra-pair paternity and polygamy in the common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. Ardeola, 70(1), pp.41-58.

Czocherová, I., Rubáčová, L., Petrusek, A., Petruskova, T. 2022: Contrasting patterns of geographical song variation in two closely related passerine species with a simple song. Journal of Ornithology, 163(1), pp.93-104.

Rubáčová L., Melišková M., Cepková M., Balážová M., Matysioková B.2024: Male’s age and plumage coloration predicts brood sex ratio in the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Journal of Ornithology 165 (2): 439-448.

Czocherová, I., Svetlík, J., Rubáčová, L. 2024: Intra-and interspecific interactions in the two coexisting Locustella warblers revealed by song playback experiments. Behavioural Processes, 216, p.104992.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

2. Cohen, J.M., Sauer, E.L., Santiago, O., Spencer, S., Rohr, J.R. (2020).

Divergent impacts of warming weather on wildlife disease risk across climates. Science, 370 (6519), art. no. eabb1702, . DOI: 10.1126/science.abb1702/ Svoboda A., Marthinsen G., Turčoková L. , Lifjeld J. T., Johnsen A. 2009: Identification of Blood Parasites in Old World Warbler Species from the Danube River Delta. Avian Diseases 53(4): 634-636.

3. Nourani, L., Zakeri, S., Dinparast Djadid, N. (2020). Dynamics of prevalence and distribution pattern of avian Plasmodium species and its vectors in diverse zoogeographical areas - A review Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 81, art. no. 104244, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104244 / Svoboda A., Marthinsen G., Turčoková L. , Lifjeld J. T., Johnsen A. 2009: Identification of Blood Parasites in Old World Warbler Species from the Danube River Delta. Avian Diseases 53(4): 634-636

4. Kubacka, J., Gerlée, A., Foucher, J., Korb, J., Podmokła, E. (2019). Correlates of blood parasitism in a threatened marshland passerine: Infection by kinetoplastids of the genus Trypanosoma is related to landscape metrics of habitat edge. Parasitology, 146 (8), pp. 1036-1046. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019000350 /Svoboda A., Marthinsen G., Turčoková L. , Lifjeld J. T., Johnsen A. 2009: Identification of Blood Parasites in Old World Warbler Species from the Danube River Delta. Avian Diseases 53(4): 634-636

8. Fourcade, Y., Keišs, O., Richardson, D.S., Secondi, J. (2014). Continental-scale patterns of pathogen prevalence: A case study on the corncrake. Evolutionary Applications, 7 (9), pp. 1043-1055. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12192/Svoboda A., Marthinsen G., Turčoková L. , Lifjeld J. T., Johnsen A. 2009: Identification of Blood Parasites in Old World Warbler Species from the Danube River Delta. Avian Diseases 53(4): 634-636

10. Rooyen, J.V., Lalubin, F., Glaizot, O., Christe, P. (2013). Altitudinal variation in haemosporidian parasite distribution in great tit populations. Parasites and Vectors, 6 (1), art. no. 139, . DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-139/Svoboda A., Marthinsen G., Turčoková L. , Lifjeld J. T., Johnsen A. 2009: Identification of Blood Parasites in Old World Warbler Species from the Danube River Delta. Avian Diseases 53(4): 634-636.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Vega V-20-063-00: Reproductive strategies and relation to acoustic parameters and migration strategies: studies on Reed Warbler and Lesser Grey Shrike- scientific co-worker.

Vega 1/0134/23: Stanovenie funkcií spevu a perových ornamentov u lelka lesného (Caprimulgus europaeus) prostredníctvom časovania vokálnych aktivít a pomocou behaviorálneho experimentu - hlavný riešiteľ

VEGA 2/0018/24: Potravná a akustická ekológia a trendy vlajkových druhov vtákov v čase globálnych zmien - zodpovedný riešiteľ za spoluriešiteľskú organizáciu

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2025-01-27

Name and surname:	Mgr. Lucia Rubáčová, PhD.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava