Publications

In press

Zimmermann K., Konvicka M., Fric Z., Cihakova V. 2009. Demography of a large and common butterfly: Argynnis aglaja (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) studied by mark-recapture. Polish Journal of Ecology in press.

2009

Dvořák L., Belicek J., Fric Z. 2002 [2009]. Observations of overwintering nymphalid butterflies in underground shelters in SW and W Bohemia (Czech Republic) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalini). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 41: 45-52.

2008

Fric Z., Hula V., Zapletal M., Konvička M. 2008. Zavíječ bahenní (Ostrinia palustralis), zajímavý druh vlhkých luk a ruderálů západních Čech. [Ostrinia palustralis, an interesting species of wet meadows in Western Bohemia] Sborník muzea Karlovarského kraje 16: 307-314.

Konvička M., Dvořák L., Hanč Z., Pavlíčko A., Fric Z. 2008. The Baton blue (Pseudophilotes baton) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in south-western Bohemia: iron curtain, military ranges and endangered butterfly. Silva Gabreta 14: 187-198.

Konvicka M., Novak J., Benes J., Fric Z., Bradley J., Keil P., Hrcek J., Chobot K., Marhoul P. 2008. The last population of the Woodland Brown butterfly (Lopinga achine) in the Czech Republic: habitat use, demography and site management. Journal of Insect Conservation 12: 549-560.

Konvicka M., Novak J., Benes J., Fric Z., Bradley J., Keil P., Hrcek J., Chobot K., Marhoul P. 2008. The last population of the Woodland Brown butterfly (Lopinga achine) in the Czech Republic: habitat use, demography and site management - Erratum. Journal of Insect Conservation 12: 561.

2007

Pech P., Fric Z., Konvicka M. 2007. Species-specificity of the Phengaris (Maculinea) – Myrmica host system: Fact or myth? (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Sociobiology 50: 983-1003.

Fric Z., Wahlberg N., Pech P., Zrzavý J. 2007. Phylogeny and classification of the Phengaris-Maculinea clade (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): total evidence and species concepts. Systematic Entomology 32: 558-567.

Fric Z., Konvička M. 2007. Dispersal kernels of butterflies: power-law functions are invariant to marking frequency. Basic and Applied Ecology, 8: 377-386.

2006

Fric Z., Klímová M., Konvička M. 2006. Mechanical design indicates mobility differences among butterfly generations. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 1511-1522.

Konvička M., Fric Z., Beneš J. 2006. Butterfly extinctions in European states: Do socioeconomic conditions matter more than physical geography? Global Ecology & Biogeography, 15: 82-92.

Ricankova V., Fric Z., Chlachula J., Stastna P., Faltynkova A., Zemek F. 2006. Habitat requirements of the long-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus) in the Southern Altai. Journal of Zoology 270: 1-8.

Cizek L., Fric Z., Konvicka M. 2006. Host plant defences and voltinism in European butterflies. Ecological Entomology 31: 337-344.

2005

Fric, Z., Klimova, M., Hula, V. and Konvicka M. 2005. Catterpillars of Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) feeding on Bistorta major. Atalanta 36: 119-121 + Color plate II.

Konvička M., Hula V. and Fric Z. 2005. Picromerus bidens (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) as predator of the Checkerspot Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologica Fennica 16: 233-236.

Konvička M., Čížek O., Filipová L., Fric Z., Beneš J., Krupka M., Zámečník J.,Dočkalová Z. 2005. For whom the bells toll: Demography of the last population of the butterfly Euphydryas maturna in the Czech Republic. Biologia 60: 551-557.

Zimmermann K, Fric Z., Filipová L. and Konvička M. 2005. Adult demography, dispersal and behaviour of Brenthis ino (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): How to be a succesful wetland butterfly. European Journal of Entomology 102: 699-706.

Fric Z. 2005. Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829) advancing northwards in Spain (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 30: 169-171.

Konvicka M., Fric Z. and Hula V. 2005. Hnědásek chrastavcový - ohrožený klenot západních Čech. Arnika 5: 29-34.

2004

Fric Z. and Konvička M. 2004. Sezonní dvojtvárnost babočky síťkované: Objevů přibývá, záhady zůstávají. Vesmir 83: 441-446.

Fric Z., Konvička, M. and Zrzavý, J. 2004. Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(2): 265-278.

Hula V., Fric Z., Pavlíčko A. and Konvička M. 2004. Hnědásek chrastavcový - ohrožený evropský motýl. [The Marsh Fritillary - an endangered European butterfly] Živa 52: 76-78.

Hula V., Konvicka M., Pavlicko A. and Fric Z. 2004. Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic: Monitoring, metapopulation structure, and conservation of the endangered butterfly. Entomologica Fennica 15: 231-241.

Konvička M., Beneš J., Fric Z. and Čížek O. 2004. Natura 2000 a denní motýli: lekce ze síťového atlasu. Ochrana přírody 59: 178-183.

Pech P., Fric Z., Konvicka M. and Zrzavy J. 2004. Phylogeny of Maculinea blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on morphological and ecological characters: evolution of parasitic myrmecophily. Cladistics 20, 362-375.

2003

Konvička M., Hula V. and Fric Z. 2003. Habitat of pre-hibernating larvae of the endangeredbutterfly Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae): what can be learned from vegetation composition and architecture? European Journal of Entomology 100: 313-322.

Konvicka M. Maradova M., Benes J., Fric Z. and Kepka P. 2003 Uphill shifts in distribution of butterflies in the Czech Republic: effects of changing climate detected on a regional scale. Glogal Ecology and Biogeography 12: 403-410.

Kuras T., Beneš J., Fric Z., Konvicka M. 2003. Dispersal patterns of endemic alpine butterflies with contrasting population structures: Erebia epiphron and E. sudetica. Population Ecology 45: 115-123.

2002

Fric Z. and Konvička, M. 2002. Generations of the polyphenic butterfly Araschnia levana differ in body design. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 1017-1033.

Konvička M., Fric Z. and Beneš J. 2002. Motýli a klimatické změny. [Butterflies and climate changes] Vesmír 81: 492-493.

Konvička M., Nedvěd O. and Fric Z. 2002. Early-spring floods decrease the survival of hibernating larvae of wetland-inhabiting population of Neptis rivularis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 48(2): 79-88.

2001

Beneš J., Konvička M. and Fric Z. 2001. Faunistic records from the Czech Republic - 137. Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae. Pyrgus trebevicensis. Klapalekiana, 37: 152.

Konvička M. and Fric Z. 2001. Hmyz starých stromů. [Threatened insects of old trees] Živa 49: 79-82.

2000

Fric Z. and Beneš, J. 2000. Faunistic records from the Czech Republic - Lepidoptera: Noctuidae. Klapalekiana, 36: 322.

Fric Z. and Konvička, M. 2000. Adult population structure and behaviour of two seasonal generations of the European Map Butterfly, Araschnia levana, species with seasonal polyphenism (Nymphalidae). Nota lepidopterologica, 23: 2-25.

Fric Z., Hula, V., Konvička, M. and Pavlíčko, A. 2000. A note on the recent distribution of Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Czech Republic (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Atalanta, 31(3/4): 453-454.

Hula V., Fric Z. and Pavlíčko A. 2000. Bělásek ovocný na Sokolovsku. Živa, 48: 281-282. [Aporia crataegi in the region of Sokolov] (in Czech)

before 2000

Holý Z., Laňka V., Fric Z. and Hula V. 1994. Příspěvek k inventarizaci motýlů (Lepidoptera) Doupovských hor- část II. (1994). [Contribution to the inventarization of the Lepidoptera in Doupovské hory - Mts, part II.] Občasník KPDH, 1995: 9-12.

Laňka V., Fric Z. and Hula V. 1994. Příspěvek k inventarizaci motýlů (Lepidoptera) Doupovských hor. [Contribution to the inventarization of the Lepidoptera in Doupovské hory - Mts.] Občasník KPDH, 1994: 13-14.

Books or book chapters

Fric Z., Pech P. 2007. Palaearctic butterfly ecology model for Oriental species conservation. In: Kendrick R.C. [Ed.]: Proceedings of the First South East Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium. Kaadorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Hong Kong, pp. 63-69.

Cizek L., Fric Z. & Konvička M. 2005. Does voltinism in temperate insect herbivores depend on defences of their host plant? In: Kühn E., Feldmann R., Thomas J.A. & Settele J. [Eds.]: Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe. Vol. 1: General Concepts and Case Studies. Pensoft, Sofia, pp. 37.

Konvička M., Fric Z., Benes J., Cizek O. & Zamecnik J. 2005. Descend towards unimodality: butterfly loss in Czechia changes a major macroecological pattern. In: Kühn E., Feldmann R., Thomas J.A. & Settele J. [Eds.]: Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe. Vol. 1: General Concepts and Case Studies. Pensoft, Sofia, pp. 88.

Vrabec V., Laštůvka Z., Beneš J., Šumpich J., Konvička M., Fric Z., Hrnčíř J., Matouš J., Marek S., Kuras T., Hula V., Heřman P. 2005. Lepidoptera (motýli). In: Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. [eds.]: Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Bezobratlí. Red list of threatened species in the Czech Republic. Invertebrates. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, pp 172-237.

Beneš, J., Konvička, M., Dvořák, J., Fric Z., Havelda, Z., Pavlíčko, A., Vrabec, V. & Weidenhoffer, Z. 2002. Motýli České republiky: Rozšíření a ochrana/Butterflies of the Czech Republic: Distribution and Conservation. I., II. SOM, Prague. Review [In Czech]

Book reviews

Fric Z. (2008) Book review: Miller J.C., Janzen D.H. & Hallwachs W.: 100 Butterflies and moths: Portraits from the tropical forests of Costa Rica. European Journal of Entomology 105: 642.

Conference contributions

2009

Fric Z. (2009) Chov damanů skalních (Procavia capensis) v bytových podmínkách. Otazníky kolem CITES 2009, České Budějovice, 25.-26. 2. 2009

Klímová M., Fric Z. (2009) Vliv izolace a "homogenizace" krajiny na disperzalitu motýlů. In: Bryja J, Řehák Z & Zukal J. (Eds.) Zoologické dny Brno 2009. Sborník abstraktů z konference 12.-13. února 2009. Ústav biologie obratlovců AVČR, Brno. 97-98.

Zimmermann K., Konvička M., Fric Z., Hula V., Vlašánek P., Zapletal M., Novotný D., Blažková P., Kopečková M., Jiskra P. (2009) Populace hnědáska chrastavcového (Euphydryas aurinia) v Čechách: Osmiletý monitoring druhu v ČR a návazné studie. In: Bryja J, Řehák Z & Zukal J. (Eds.) Zoologické dny Brno 2009. Sborník abstraktů z konference 12.-13. února 2009. Ústav biologie obratlovců AVČR, Brno. 225.

2008

Zimmermann K., Konvička M., Fric Z., Hula V., Vlašánek P., Zapletal M., Novotný D., Blažková P., Kopečková M., Jiskra P. (2008) Populace hnědáska chrastavcového (Euphydryas aurinia) v Čechách: pokus o nejmasivnější mark-recapture ve středoevropských dějinách. In: Bryja J., Nedvěd O., Sedláček F., Zukal J. (eds.), Zoologické dny České Budějovice 2008, Sborník abstraktů z konference 14.-15. února 2008. 221.

Zimmermann K., Konvička M., Fric Z., Hula V., Vlašánek P., Zapletal M., Novotný D., Blažková P., Kopečková M., Jiskra P. (2008) Populace hnědáska chrastavcového (Euphydryas aurinia) v západních Čechách: Pokus o nejmasovější mark-recapture ve středoevropských dějinách. Laštůvka Z., Šefrová H.(eds). III. Lepidopterologické kolokvium. Program, sborník referátů a abstraktů. AF MZLU v Brně, 24. ledna 2008. 29.

Fric Z, Pech P. (2008) Myrmekofilie, modrásci, fylogeneze, taxonomie. Laštůvka Z., Šefrová H.(eds). III. Lepidopterologické kolokvium. Program, sborník referátů a abstraktů. AF MZLU v Brně, 24. ledna 2008. 7.

Pech P., Fric Z., Zrzavy J. (2008) Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and evolution of parasitic myrmecophily in the Glaucopsyche-section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings ICE 2008, XXIII International Congress of Entomology, 6-12 July, 2008 p. 2157.

Zimmermann K., Konvicka M., Hula V., Jiskra P., Kopeckova M., Novotny D., Vlasanek P., Zapletal M., Fric Z. (2008) Dispersal abilities in marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): A large scale study. Proceedings ICE 2008, XXIII International Congress of Entomology, 6-12 July, 2008 p. 2160.

Klimova M., Fric Z. (2008) Effects of isolation and landscape fragmentation on dispersal abilities of butterflies. Proceedings ICE 2008, XXIII International Congress of Entomology, 6-12 July, 2008 p. 2179.

2007

Zimmermann K., Konvicka M., Hula V., Fric Z., Klímová M. (2007) Od hnědáska chrastavcového k jeho sousedům: populační struktutra tří hnědásků a tří perleťovců. II. Lepidopterologické kolokvium, MZLU v Brně, 25. ledna 2007. 31.

Fric Z., Konvicka M., Novak J., Benes J. (2007) Eutrophication of forest floor and declines of the Woodland brown butterfly (Lopinga achine). Fauna Pannonica 2007, Symposium on Conservation and Genesis of the Fauna of the Carpathian Basin. Kecskemét, Hungary. 29 November – 1 December 2007 Abstracts 28.

Konvicka M., Benes J., Fric Z.(2007) Landscape heterogeneity and butterflies: effects on species richness and community composition. 15th European Congress of Lepidopterology, 8-12 September 2007, Erkner near Berlin.

Jarab, M., Kula E., Fric Z. & Hula, V., 2007: Influence of limming in a Harvestmen (Opiliones) of the Krušne hory Mts. Symposium Internationale Entomofaunistic Europae Centralis XX. Cluj, Romania, 26. – 30.5. 2007, 8 s.

Korenko S., Kula E., Fric, Z., Hula, V., Michalková V. & Jarab M., 2007: Influence of limming in a spiders (Araneae) communities of the Krušne hory Mts. in the Czech Republic. Symposium Internationale Entomofaunistic Europae Centralis XX. Cluj, Romania, 26. – 30.5. 2007, 3 s.

2006

Konvicka M., Cizek L., Fric Z. 2006. Why is current paradigm failing to stop insect extinctions in Central Europe. 1st European Congress of Conservation Biology, 22-26 August 2006 Eger, Hungary

Fric Z., Pech P. 2006. Palaearctic butterfly ecology model for Oriental species conservation. South Eeast Asia Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium, Hong Kong 2006.

2005

Fric Z., Hula V., Konvicka, M. 2005. Behaviour and habitat use of Euphydryas aurinia - a lesson of landscape level ethology. XIV European Congress of Lepidopterology, 12. - 17. September 2005, Rome 33-34.

Fric Z., Hula V., Klimova M., Zimmerman K., Konvicka M. 2005. Four fritillaries in the same network - Effects of conspecifics, habitat quality and matrix. Butterfly Conservation 5th International Symposium, Southampton University 8th-10th April 2005. p.30

Konvicka M., Benes J., Fric Z. 2005. Declines and extinctions of butterflies in Europe - geographic patterns. Butterfly Conservation 5th International Symposium, Southampton University 8th-10th April 2005. p.38.

Cihakova V., Fric Z., Hula V., Konvicka M. 2005. Size and shape variation in a population of E. aurinia - no biomechanical correlates disclosed. Butterfly Conservation 5th International Symposium, Southampton University 8th-10th April 2005. p.49.

Fric Z., Zahlavova L., Filipova L., Konvicka M. 2005. Marsh Fritillary as indicator: congruency in butterfly, plant, and heteropteran diversity. Butterfly Conservation 5th International Symposium, Southampton University 8th-10th April 2005. p.50.

Ricankova V., Fric Z., Chlachula J., Faltynkova A., Stastna P. 2005. Habitat selection of Grey Marmots, Marmota baibacina, in Southern Altai mountains. In: Bykova E.A.,Esipov A.V., Vashetko A.V. (Eds.) Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Genus Marmota. Institute of Zoology, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, pp. 102-103.

2004

Cizek L., Fric Z., Konvicka M. 2004. Does voltinism in temperate insect herbivores depend on defences of their host plants? Comparative analysis using European butterflies. Entomology: Strength in diversity. XXII International Congress of Entomology, 15-21 August 2004, Brisbane, Australia.

Fric Z., Konvicka M. 2004. Dispersal kernels, matrix, and marsh fritillary. Entomology: Strength in diversity. XXII International Congress of Entomology, 15-21 August 2004, Brisbane, Australia.

Tesarova M., Prokopova M., Fuchs R., Konvicka M., Fric Z. 2004. Unpalatability of European checkerspots (Nymphalidae, Melitaeinae). Entomology: Strength in diversity. XXII International Congress of Entomology, 15-21 August 2004, Brisbane, Australia.

Pech P., Fric Z., Konvička M. 2004. Phylogeny of Maculinea blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on morphological and ecological characters, and the evolution of parasitic myrmecophily. MacMan Mid-term Conference, 19-23 January 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Kassai F., Peregovits L., Settele J., Fric Z. 2004. Nappali lepkéken végzett jelölés-visszafogás vizsgálatok és a “handling effect”. 2. Szünzoológiai Szimpózium. Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest.

2003

Řičánková V., Fric Z., Faltýnková A., Chlachula J. 2003. Habitat preferences of grey marmots, Marmota baibacina, in Altai Mountains. In: Erzhanov N.T., Baitulin I.O., Bekenov A.B., Masalinov A.S. (Eds.) Actual Problems of Ecology, Material of the Second International Scientific Practise Conference. Karaganda State University, Karaganda. pp. 323-325.

Řičánková V., Janeček Š., Faltýnková A., Fraňková E., Fric Z., Havelková P., Chlachula J., Kamenov R.A. 2003. Habitat preferences and ecology of the snow leopard prey species in the Southern Altai Nature Reserve. 3rd International Wildlife Management Congress, 1-5 December 2003, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2002

Fric Z. and Konvička, M. 2002. Polyphenism in Araschnia levana (L.) (Nymphalidae): origin and biomechanics of seasonal generations. 4th International Biology of Butterflies Conference, Leiden.

Beneš J, Fric Z., Kepka P. and Konvička M. 2002. Potential of limestone quarries for butterfly conservation: a study across two scales. VII. European Congress of Entomology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Konvička M., Maradová M., Fric Z. and Beneš J. 2002. Does warming climate cause uphill retreats of mountain butterflies? Analysis of data from the Czech distribution atlas. VII. European Congress of Entomology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Zimmermann K., Konvička M. and Fric Z. 2002. Behaviour and habitat selection of the butterfly Coenonympha arcania (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): seasonal decline of mate-locating effort. VII. European Congress of Entomology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2001

Fric Z., Beneš J. and Konvička M. 2001. Butterfly extinctions on three different scales - detecting patterns from the "grey" literature. Pan-European Management of Butterflies of the Habitats' Directive (FFH), Laufen.

Konvička M., Kepka P., Fric Z. and Beneš J. 2001. Government officials, Lepidoptera scientists and Butterfly enthusiasts: Three facets of butterfly conservation in the Czech Republic. Pan-European Management of Butterflies of the Habitats' Directive (FFH), Laufen.

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