Hrcek lab – community ecology & evolution
Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences

Research questions:

We work on the interface of community ecology and population genetics, focusing on: 1) maintenance of genetic variation in populations, 2) maintenance of species diversity in communities, 3) eco-evolutionary dynamics, 4) evolution under multiple selective pressures, 5) response of communities to global change, and 6) control of Drosophila populations by parasitoids.

Research organisms: Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila species community from Australian rainforest, parasitoids of Drosophila (parasitic wasps)

Experimental & Bioinformatic expertise: parasitoid resistance, microcosm experiments, experimental community evolution, Drosophila-parasitoid food web surveys