Postdoc, PhD
David Boukal


 
 
Curriculum Vitae
Affiliations:
Department of Biology
University of Bergen
PO Box 7800
N-5020 Bergen
Norway
Population Genetics group
Institute of Marine Research
PO Box 1870 Nordnes
N-5817 Bergen
Norway
Phone: (+47) 55 58 42 47
Fax: (+47) 55 58 44 50
Email: boukal [at] entu [dot] cas [dot] cz
Web pages: http://bio.uib.no/evofish/dsb (no longer updated)
http://www.entu.cas.cz/boukal (more info there)

 

Education and degrees
2002 PhD in applied mathematics, Czech Technical University, Prague (CZ)
thesis title: "Essays on optimal foraging and the Allee effect"
2002 MA in photography, Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University, Opava (CZ) - long-distance/combined study
1994 MSc equivalent in applied mathematics, Czech Technical University, Prague (CZ)

 

Positions
2005- FishACE Research Training Network, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen (NO), postdoctoral fellow
2004 Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dunamics, University of Amsterdam (NL), postdoctoral fellow
1997- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre AS CR, Ceske Budejovice (CZ), researcher - currently on unpaid leave
1997- Faculty of Natural Sciences [formerly Faculty of Biological Sciences], South Bohemian University, Ceske Budejovice (CZ), researcher - currently on unpaid leave

 

Supervision & Teaching
2005- supervision of four BSc/MSc theses, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Bohemian University, Ceske Budejovice (CZ)
models of population dynamics, field/lab studies of aquatic insects
2002-2004 external lecturer, Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University, Opava (CZ)
1995-1997 community service, Jirovcova High School, Ceske Budejovice (CZ)
18 months of great fun

 

Submitted Manuscripts
D.S. Boukal and L. Berec. Submitted.
Modelling mate-finding Allee effects and populations dynamics, with applications in pest control
 
 
Articles (Theoretical Biology)
D.S. Boukal, L. Berec, and V. Krivan. 2008.
Does sex-biased predation stabilize or destabilize predator-prey dynamics?
PLOS One 3: e2687. [ pdf ] [ [ open access ] ]
A. Deredec, L. Berec, D.S. Boukal, and F. Courchamp. 2008.
Are non-sexual models appropriate for predicting the impact of virus-vectored immunocontraception?
Journal of Theoretical Biology 250: 281-290. [ pdf ]
M. Heino, L. Baulier, D.S. Boukal, E.S. Dunlop, S. Eliassen, K. Enberg, C. Jørgensen, and Ø. Varpe. 2008.
Evolution of growth in Gulf of St Lawrence cod?
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 275: 1111-1112. [ open access ]
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, and A.D. Rijnsdorp. 2008.
The role of fisheries-induced evolution - response
Science 320: 48-50. [ pdf ] [ more information ]
D.S. Boukal, M.W. Sabelis, and L. Berec. 2007.
How predator functional responses and Allee effects in prey affect the paradox of enrichment and population collapses
Theoretical Population Biology 72: 136-147. [ pdf ]
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, and A.D. Rijnsdorp. 2007.
Managing evolving fish stocks
Science 318: 1247-1248. [ more information ]
A.M. de Roos, D.S. Boukal, and 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. [ pdf ]
L. Berec, P.J. Schembri, and D.S. Boukal. 2005.
Sex determination in Bonellia viridis (Echiura : Bonelliidae): population dynamics and evolution
Oikos 108: 473-484.
L. Berec and D.S. Boukal. 2004.
Implications of mate search, mate choice and divorce rate for population dynamics of sexually reproducing species
Oikos 104: 122-132. [ pdf ]
D.S. Boukal and L. Berec. 2002.
Single-species models of the Allee effect: Extinction boundaries, sex ratios and mate encounters
Journal of Theoretical Biology 218: 375-394. [ pdf ]
L. Berec, D.S. Boukal, and M. Berec. 2001.
Linking the Allee effect, sexual reproduction, and temperature-dependent sex determination via spatial dynamics
American Naturalist 157: 217-230. [ pdf ]
D.S. Boukal and V. Krivan. 1999.
Lyapunov functions for Lotka-Volterra predator-prey models with optimal foraging behavior
Journal of Mathematical Biology 39: 493-517.
 
 
Conference Proceedings, Theses, and Reports
R. Arlinghaus, D.S. Boukal, U. Dieckmann, E.S. Dunlop, K. Enberg, B. Ernande, A. Gårdmark, M. Heino, F. Johnston, C. Jørgensen, S. Matsumura, H. Pardoe, K. Raab, A.D. Rijnsdorp, A. Silva, and A. Vainikka. 2007.
Report of the Study Group on Fisheries Induced Adaptive Change (SGFIAC).
26 February-2 March 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. [ pdf ] [ pdf at ICES website ]

 

Articles and Book Chapters (Aquatic Insects)
D.S. Boukal, M. Boukal, M. Fikacek, J. Hajek, J. Klecka, S. Skalicky, J. Stastny and D. Travnicek. 2007.
Katalog vodnich brouku Ceske republiky / Catalogue of water beetles of the Czech Republic.
Klapalekiana 43, Supplementum: 1-289. (In Czech & English).
M. Papacek, D.S. Boukal, J. Matena, J. Petr, T. Soldan. 2006.
Vodní hmyz [Aquatic insects]. Pp. 203-210 in V. Dudák, ed. Novohradske hory a Novohradske predhori - priroda, historie, zivot. [Novohradske hory Mountains and Novohradske predhori Foothills - Environment, History, Life].
Milos Uhlir - Baset, Praha (book chapter, in Czech).
D.S. Boukal, J. Klecka, T. Soldan. 2006.
Vodni hmyz reky Malse v okoli Ceskych Budejovic. (Aquatic insects of the Malse River in the environs of Ceske Budejovice).
Sbornik Jihoceskeho muzea v Ceskych Budejovicich, Prirodni Vedy 46: 206-214. (In Czech, English summary).
D.S. Boukal. 2005.
Hydraenidae (vodanoviti) / Scirtidae / Psephenidae / Limnichidae / Dryopidae / Elmidae. Pp. 419-421 / 450-451 / 458 / 459 / 460-461 in J. Farkac, D. Kral, M. Skorpik, eds. Cerveny seznam ohrozenych druhu Ceske republiky. Bezobratli. [Red list of threatened species in the Czech Republic. Invertebrates].
Agentura ochrany prirody a krajiny CR, Praha. (In Czech and English).
D.S. Boukal. 2004.
Vodni brouci (Coleoptera). [Water beetles (Coleoptera)]. Pp. 136-144 in M. Papacek, ed. Biota Novohradských hor: Modelove taxony, spolecenstva a biotopy. [Biota of the Novohradske hory Mts.: Model taxa, communities and habitats.]
Jihoceska Univerzita, Ceske Budejovice. (In Czech).
D.S. Boukal, M. Fikacek, J. Hajek, J. Stastny, D. Travnicek. 2003.
Water beetles of the Novohradské hory Mts. Pp. 136-144 in M. Papacek, ed. Biodiverzita a prirodni podminky Novohradskych hor II. [Biodiversity and natural conditions of the Novohradske hory Mts. II.]
South Bohemian University and Institute of Entomology AS CR, Ceske Budejovice.
J. Kodada, D.S. Boukal. 2003.
Dryopidae: II. Description of Ceradryops matei sp.n. from Hong Kong, and synonymical note on the genus Uenodryops Satô (Coleoptera). Pp. 136-144 in M.A. Jaech & L. Ji, eds. Water Beetles of China, Vol. III.
Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, Wien.
J. Kodada, D.S. Boukal. 2000.
Monstrosostea solivaga new genus and species of aberrant terrestrial dryopid from southern India (Coleoptera: Dryopidae).
Entomological Problems 31: 129-136.
J. Stastny, M. Boukal, D.S. Boukal, J. Hajek. 1999.
Coleoptera: Hydradephaga. Pp. 241-250 in V. Opravilova, J. Vanhara, I. Sukop, eds. Aquatic Invertebrates of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.
Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia: 101.
D. Travnicek, D.S. Boukal, M. Boukal. 1999.
Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea. Pp. 251-261 in V. Opravilova, J. Vanhara, I. Sukop, eds. Aquatic Invertebrates of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.
Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia: 101.
D.S. Boukal. 1999.
Coleoptera: Dryopoidea and Eucinetoidea. Pp. 263-268 in V. Opravilova, J. Vanhara, I. Sukop, eds. Aquatic Invertebrates of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.
Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 101.
D. Travnicek, D.S. Boukal, M. Boukal, P. Jeziorski. 1997.
Faunistic records from the Czech Republic 69.
Klapalekiana 33: 123-127.
M.A. Jaech, D.S. Boukal. 1997.
The genus Hedyselmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae).
Entomological Problems 28: 111-116.
M.A. Jaech, D.S. Boukal. 1997.
Description of two new genera of Macronychini: Aulacosolus and Nesonychus (Coleoptera: Elmidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 67: 207-224.
D.S. Boukal. 1997.
A revision of the genus Austrolimnius Carter and Zeck from New Guinea and Moluccas (Coleoptera: Elmidae).
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 99B: 155-215.
M.A. Jaech, D.S. Boukal. 1996.
Description of two new riffle beetle genera from peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Elmidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 66: 179-189.
D.S. Boukal, S. Skalicky. 1996.
Coleoptera: Dryopoidea. Pp. 435-438 in V. Opravilova, J. Vanhara, I. Sukop, eds. Terrestrial Invertebrates of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, III.
Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 94.
M.A. Jaech, D.S. Boukal. 1995.
Rudielmis gen.n. from South India (Coleoptera: Elmidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 65: 149-157.
D.S. Boukal. 1995.
Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea. Pp. 367-368 in V. Opravilova, J. Vanhara, I. Sukop, eds. Terrestrial Invertebrates of the Palava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, II.
Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 93.

 

 
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