David Boukal

Areas of expertise: Freshwater insects: trophic interactions, life histories, communities, conservation. Methods and activities: laboratory experiments (functional responses; life histories; metabolic rates; phenotypic plasticity); field experiments (community assembly). Mathematical models and data analyses: life history evolution, population dynamics, consequences of human impacts (fisheries-induced evolution; climate change). Methods and activities: systems of ODEs, numerical simulations (C, R, Mathematica), modern regression tools (R).

Education and Academic Positions

• 2014 – present named head of Dept of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, USB / part-time: head of Laboratory of Aquatic Insects and Relict Ecosystems, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS
• 2012 – 2013 Researcher/Lecturer, Dept of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, USB / part time: Laboratory of Theoretical Ecology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS
• 2012 named Associate professor (docent) in ecology, Faculty of Science, USB
• 2002 – 2011 Researcher, Dept of Theoretical Biology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS / part-time: Dept of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, USB
• 1996 – 2002 External studies in photography (MgA.), Institute of Creative Photography, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava (CZ)
• 1994 – 2002 PhD studies in applied mathematics (external after 1997), FNSPE CTU, Prague
• 1997–2002 Junior researcher, Dept of Theoretical Biology, Institute of Entomology CAS / part-time: Dept of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia (USB), Č. Budějovice
• 1995 – 1997 Civil service, Gymnázium Jírovcova, Č. Budějovice (18 months)
• 1989 – 1994 MSc studies in applied mathematics (Ing.), Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University (FNSPE CTU), Prague

Teaching Interests

• Animal ecology
• Evolutionary ecology
• Modelling for ecologists in R - Faculty of Science USB
• STUDENT SUPERVISION (TOTALS / COMPLETED) Bachelor degree: 13/13, Master degree: 17/13 (2 as co-supervisor), PhD degree 8/1 (4 as co-supervisor) - Faculty of Science USB; Faculty of Agriculture USB; Faculty of Education USB; FNSPE CTU Praha; Faculty of Science, Charles University, Praha (all CZ).

Scientific Activities

List of 10 most important publications with the highest IF:

• C. Jørgensen, K. Enberg, E.S. Dunlop, R. Arlinghaus, D.S. Boukal, K. Brander, B. Ernande, A. Gårdmark, F. Johnston, S. Matsumura, H. Pardoe, K. Raab, A. Silva, A. Vainikka, U. Dieckmann, M. Heino, A.D. Rijnsdorp (2007). Managing evolving fish stocks. Science 318: 1247-1248. IF2007 = 26.372
• A.T. Laugen, G.H. Engelhard, R. Whitlock, R. Arlinghaus, D.J. Dankel, E.S. Dunlop, A.M. Eikeset, K. Enberg, C. Jørgensen, S. Matsumura, S. Nusslé, D. Urbach, L. Baulier, D.S. Boukal, B. Ernande, F.D. Johnston, F. Mollet, H. Pardoe, N.O. Therkildsen, S. Uusi-Heikkilä, A. Vainikka, M. Heino, A.D. Rijnsdorp, U. Dieckmann (2014). Evolutionary impact assessment: Accounting for evolutionary consequences of fishing in an ecosystem approach to fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries 15: 65-96. IF2014 = 8.258
• A. Sentis, J. Morisson, D.S. Boukal (2015). Thermal acclimation modulates the impacts of temperature and enrichment on trophic interaction strengths and population dynamics. Global Change Biology 21: 3290–3298. IF2014 = 8.044
• J. Klecka, D.S. Boukal (2013). Foraging and vulnerability traits modify predator-prey body mass allometry: freshwater macroinvertebrates as a case study. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 1031-1041. IF2013 = 4.726
• L. Berec, D.S. Boukal, M. Berec (2001). Linking the Allee effect, sexual reproduction, and temperature-dependent sex determination via spatial dynamics. American Naturalist 157: 217-230. IF2001 = 4.317
• M. Heino, L. Baulier, D.S. Boukal, E.S. Dunlop, S. Eliassen, K. Enberg, C. Jørgensen, Ø. Varpe (2008). Evolution of growth in Gulf of St Lawrence cod? Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 275: 1111-1112. IF2008 = 4.248
• D.S. Boukal, L. Berec, V. Křivan (2008). Does sex-biased predation stabilize or destabilize predator-prey dynamics? PLoS ONE 3: e2687. IF2009 = 4.351
• J. Klecka, D.S. Boukal (2012). Who eats whom in a pool? A comparative study of prey selectivity by predatory aquatic insects. PLoS ONE 7: e37741. IF2012 = 3.730
• A.M. de Roos, D.S. Boukal, L. Persson (2006). Evolutionary regime shifts in age and size at maturation of exploited fish stocks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 273: 1873-1880. IF2006 = 3.612
• D.S. Boukal, T. Ditrich, D. Kutcherov, P. Sroka, P. Dudová, M. Papáček (2015). Analyses of developmental rate isomorphy in ectotherms: introducing the Dirichlet regression. PLoS ONE 10: e0129341. IF2014 = 3.234

Awards

2006 Young Investigator Award, best presentation, 6th Mote international Symposium in Fisheries Ecology, Sarasota, Florida, USA

List of 5 most important publications from the years 2010-2016 with IF and number of citations (WoS, without autocitations) which correspond to SoWa research:

• A. Sentis, J. Morisson, D.S. Boukal (2015). Thermal acclimation modulates the impacts of temperature and enrichment on trophic interaction strengths and population dynamics. Global Change Biology 21: 3290–3298. IF2014 = 8.044, 0 cites
• J. Klecka, D.S. Boukal (2013). Foraging and vulnerability traits modify predator-prey body mass allometry: freshwater macroinvertebrates as a case study. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 1031-1041. IF2013 = 4.726, 11 cites
• M. Vašek, M. Prchalová, J. Peterka, H.A.M. Ketelaars, A. Wagenvoort, M. Čech, V. Draštík, M. Říha, T. Jůza, M. Kratochvíl, T. Mrkvička, P. Blabolil, D.S. Boukal, J. Duras, J. Kubečka (2013). The utility of predatory fish in biomanipulation of deep reservoirs. Ecological Engineering 52: 104-111. IF2013 = 3.041, 9 cites
• K. Enberg, C. Jørgensen, E.S. Dunlop, Ø. Varpe, D.S. Boukal, L. Baulier, S. Eliassen, M. Heino (2012). Fishing-induced evolution of growth: concepts, mechanisms, and the empirical evidence. Marine Ecology – An Evolutionary Perspective 33: 1–25. IF2012 = 2.561, 54 cites
• D.S. Boukal (2014). Trait- and size-based descriptions of trophic links in freshwater food webs: current status and perspectives. Journal of Limnology 73(s1): 171-185. IF2014 = 1.178, 8 cites

List of most important grants in the years 2010-2016 which correspond to SoWa research:

• 2016–2018 [Ecological interactions in aquatic and terrestrial habitats: implications for community and ecosystem functioning], graduate student team project of Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (GAJU 158/2016/P), PI
• 2014–2016 Impact of predation risk and habitat complexity on the dynamics of macroinvertebrate community assembly in freshwater, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (14-29857S), PI
• 2013–2015 Evaluating the impacts of biotic interactions and abiotic stressors on populations and communities, graduate student team project of Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (GAJU 145/2013/P), PI
• 2010–2013 How plastic are freshwater insects? Measuring growth, phenotypic plasticity and evolution in selected taxa, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (P505/10/0096), PI
• 2010–2012 [From individuals to populations: study of interactions and population dynamics in selected groups of plants and animals], graduate student team project of Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (GAJU 145/2010/P), PI