
Position: senior researcher, team leader
Branch: Department of Biodiversity Research
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v.v.i.Prokišova 356/7České Budějovice370 01
Email: kindlmann.p@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 604 753 397
Research Focus
- Population and metapopulation dynamics, evolution of life histories, prediction of insect pest outbreaks, landscape connectivity, nature protection, mathematical modelling
- Model groups: insect pests and their predators, orchids, large mammals
Education
- Charles University, Prague, mathematics – theoretical cybernetics, prom. mat. (~B.Sc.), 1979
- Charles University, Prague, mathematics – mathematical analysis, RNDr. (~M.Sc.), 1982
- Inst. of Mathematics and Inst. of Entomology, Prague, appl. math., CSc. (~Ph.D.), 1985
- Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, biology – entomology, DrSc., 1997
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Univ. South Bohemia, České Budějovice, assoc. prof. of ecology, 1997
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Univ. South Bohemia, České Budějovice, prof. of ecology, 2001
Appointments
- 1980 – 2001: Biomath. Lab., Inst. Ent., Czech Acad. Sci., Č. Budějovice (part time since 1991)
- 1986 – 1994: Deputy Head of the Biomath. Lab., Inst. Ent., Czech Acad. Sci., Č. Budějovice
- 1991 – 1997: Faculty of Biol. Sci., Univ. South Bohemia, Č. Budějovice, lecturer
- 1997 – 2001: Faculty of Biol. Sci., Univ. South Bohemia, Č. Budějovice, Assoc. Prof. of Ecology
- 2001 – 2007: Faculty of Biol. Sci., Univ. South Bohemia, Č. Budějovice, Professor of Ecology
- 1996 – 2000: Vice-Dean, Fac. Biol. Sci., Univ. South Bohemia and Head of Department
- 2000 – 2001: Vice-Rector of the Univ. South Bohemia and Head of Department
- 2001 – present: Global Change Research Center, Czech Acad. Sci., Č. Budějovice
- 2009 – present: Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
- 2016 – Global Change Research Institute CAS
Awards
Antonín Frič Prize 2013
Important research visits and fellowships
Only stays longer than 3 months:
- Invited Professor, Univ. Yamagata, Tsuruoka, Japan, 6 months in total; funded by JSPS
- Invited Professor, Universite de Rennes 1, France, 22 months in total, funded by Universite de Rennes 1, France, 22 months in total, funded by Universite de Rennes 1
- BITÖK Bayreuth, Germany, 2001, 3 months, funded by ESF
- Ecole Nat. Superior Agr. Rennes, France, 12 months, funded by ENSA
- Invited Professor, Institute National Agronomique Paris Grignon, France, 8 months in total, financed by INAPG
- University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences, Norwich, Great Britain 28 months in total, funded by the British Council, Royal Society, NATO, ESF, Centre for Biodiversity Research
- Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology, Trieste, Italy. Lecturer. 4 months in total, funded by ACME.
- Visiting Assoc. Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, 6 months, funded by UTK.
Membership
- 2001 – present: IUCN – Species Survival Commission – OSG – In Situ Conservation Committee
- 1993 – present: IOBC Working Group “Biological Control of aphids and coccids”
- 2005 – 2009: Steering Committee, Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids, European Science Foundation
- 2011-present: Society for Conservation Biology, Eur. Section, Policy Committee
Membership in editorial boards:
- Acta Oecologica (Associate Editor) – IF2012 = 1.621, 2005 – 2016
- Journal of Applied Entomology – IF2012 = 1.560, 2004 – present
- Folia Parasitologica – IF2012 = 2.515, 2003 – 2011
- Eur. J. Environ. Sci. (Editor-in-chief) – IF under consideration (new journal), 2011 – present
Brief scientometrics
Numbers of publications as of October 10, 2019:
4 books in English, foreign publisher
4 books in Czech, Czech publisher
171 papers in impacted journals
Sum of the Times Cited in WoS: 3276
Sum of Times Cited in WoS without self-citations: 2790
H-index (WoS): 29
Most important publications (citations are without self-citations):
Books:
- Dixon A.F.G. and Kindlmann P. (2019), Data on aphids indicate that rarity in herbivorous insects may be a consequence of a low rate of potential population growth. Ecological Entomology, doi:10.1111/een.12779 [IF2018 = 2.073]
- Timsina B, Kindlmann P, Rokaya MB, Vrchotová N, Tříska J, Horník Š, Sýkora J. (2018) Xanthones Content in Swertia multicaulis D. Don from Nepal. Molecules, 3;23(5), pii: E1067. doi: 10.3390/molecules23051067 [IF2018 = 3.060]
- Kindlmann, P.; Honěk, A. & Martinková, Z. Spreading of alien species and diversity of communities. BioControl, 2017, 62, 397-407. [IF2018 = 2.191, 6 citací]
- Kindlmann P. (2012): Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Dordrecht. X+226 p., hardcover. ISBN 978-94-007-1801-2.
- Kindlmann P.; Dixon A.F.G.; Michaud J.P. (Eds.) (2010): Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change. X+191 p., hardcover. ISBN 978-90-481-8600-6.
- Berryman A.A., Kindlmann P. (2008): Population systems: A general introduction. Springer, Dordrecht, XVI+224 pp., with CD-ROM, hardcover. ISBN 978-1-4020-6818-8.
- Kindlmann P., Willems J. H. & Whigham D.F. (2002): Trends and fluctuations and underlying mechanisms in terrestrial orchid populations. Backhuys, The Netherlands, ix + 254 pp., with 87 figures and 34 tables, hardbound, ISBN 90-5782-123-0.
Papers:
- Traxmandlová, I., Ackerman, J. D., Tremblay, R. L., Roberts, D. L., Štípková, Z. and Kindlmann, P. (2017), Determinants of orchid species diversity in world islands. New Phytol., doi:10.1111/nph.14862. [IF2018 = 7.299, 9 citací]
- Kindlmann P., Křenová Z. (2016) Protect Czech park from development, Nature 531: 448-448. [IF2016 = 40.137, 2 citations]
- Jersáková J., Johnson S.D., Kindlmann P. (2006): Mechanisms and evolution of deceptive pollination in orchids. Biol. Reviews 8: 219-235. [IF2016 = 11.615, 227 citations]
- Stadler B, Dixon A.F.G., Kindlmann P. (2002): Relative fitness of aphids: effects of plant quality and ants. Ecology Letters 5: 216-222 [IF2012 = 17.949, 46 citations]
- Dixon A.F.G., Kindlmann P., Lepš J., Holman J. (1987): Why there are so few species of aphids, especially in the tropics.
Am. Nat. 129: 580-592. [IF2016 = 4.167, 111 citations]
- Kindlmann P., Burel F. (2008): Connectivity measures: a review. Landscape Ecol. 23: 879-890 [IF2016 = 3.615, 171 citations]
- Dixon A.F.G., Horth S., Kindlmann P. (1993): MIGRATION IN INSECTS – COST AND STRATEGIES. J. Anim. Ecol. 62: 182-190. [IF2016 = 4.474, 57 citations]