[1] Janouskova, E., Berec, L. (2020) Fecundity-longevity trade-off, vertical transmission and evolution of virulence in sterilizing pathogens. American Naturalist
doi number: 10.1086/706182

[2] Berec, L. (2019) Allee effects under climate change. Oikos 128:972-983
Support: 15‐24456S (GACR)

[3] Drake, J. M., Berec, L., Kramer, A. M. (2019) Allee effects. In: Fath, B.D. (editor in chief) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd edition, vol. 3, pp. 6-13. Oxford: Elsevier
doi number: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10587-1

[4] Angulo, E., Luque, G. M., Gregory, S. D., Wenzel, J. W., Bessa-Gomes, C., Berec, L., Courchamp, F. (2018) Allee effects in social species. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:47-58
Support: GACR (15-24456S), BC (RVO:60077344)
doi number: 10.1111/1365-2656.12759

[5] Berec, L. (2018) Mate search and mate-finding Allee effect: on modeling mating in sex-structured population models. Theoretical Ecology 11:225-244
Support: GACR (15-24456S), BC (RVO:60077344)
doi number: 10.1007/s12080-017-0361-0

[6] Berec, L. (2018) Když se matematika potká s biologií: matematická epidemiologie. Pokroky matematiky, fyziky a astronomie 63:91-107

[7] Berec, L., Bernhauerova, V., Boldin, B. (2018) Evolution of mate-finding Allee effect in prey. Journal of Theoretical Biology 441:9-18
Support: 15-24456S (GACR), RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.12.024

[8] Berec, L., Kramer, A. M., Bernhauerova, V., Drake, J. M. (2018) Density-dependent selection on mate search and evolution of Allee effects. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:24-35
Support: GACR (15-24456S), BC (RVO:60077344)
doi number: 10.1111/1365-2656.12662

[9] Janouskova, E., Berec, L. (2018) Host-pathogen dynamics under sterilizing pathogens and fecundity-longevity trade-off in hosts. Journal of Theoretical Biology 450:76-85
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.04.017

[10] Kramer, A. M., Berec, L., Drake, J. M. (2018) Allee effects in ecology and evolution. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:7-10
doi number: 10.1111/1365-2656.12777

[11] Lenart, P., Bienertová-Vašků, J., Berec, L. (2018) Evolution favours aging in populations with assortative mating and in sexually dimorphic populations. Scientific Reports 8:16072
Support: BC (RVO: 60077344)
doi number: 10.1038/s41598-018-34391-x

[12] Theuer, M., Berec, L. (2018) Impacts of infection avoidance for populations affected by sexually transmitted infections. Journal of Theoretical Biology 455:64-74
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.06.030

[13] Berec, L., Janouskova, E., Theuer, M. (2017) Sexually transmitted infections and mate-finding Allee effects. Theoretical Population Biology 114:59-69
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1016/j.tpb.2016.12.004

[14] Maxin, D., Georgescu, P., Sega, L., Berec, L. (2017) Global stability of the coexistence equilibrium for a general class of models of facultative mutualism. Journal of Biological Dynamics 11:339-364
Support: BC (RVO: 60077344)
doi number: 10.1080/17513758.2017.1343871

[15] Berec, L., Maxin, D., Bernhauerova, V. (2016) Male-killing bacteria as agents of insect pest control. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:1270-1279
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1111/1365-2664.12638

[16] Hais M., Wild J., Berec L., Bruna J., Kennedy R., Braaten J., Broz Z. (2016) Landsat imagery spectral trajectories - important variables for spatially predicting the risks of bark beetle disturbance. Remote Sensing 8: article number 687
doi number: 10.3390/rs8060687

[17] Liebhold, A. M., Berec, L., Brockeroff, E. G., Epanchin-Niell, R. S., Hastings, A., Herms, D. A., Kean, J. M., McCullough, D. G., Suckling, D. M., Tobin, P. C., Yamanaka, T. (2016) Eradication of invading insect populations: from concepts to applications. Annual Reviews of Entomology 61:335-352
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023809

[18] Berec, L., Kean, J. M., Epanchin-Niell, R., Liebhold, A. M., Haight, R. G. (2015) Designing efficient surveys: spatial arrangement of sample points for detection of invasive species. Biological Invasions 17:445-459
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1007/s10530-014-0742-x

[19] Bernhauerova, V., Berec, L. (2015) Role of trade-off between sexual and vertical routes for evolution of pathogen transmission. Theoretical Ecology 8:23-36
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1007/s12080-014-0234-8

[20] Bernhauerova, V., Berec, L., Maxin, D. (2015) Evolution of early male-killing in horizontally transmitted parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:20152068
Support: RVO:60077344 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2068

[21] Krivan V., Berec L. (2015) Matematika ve službách biologie. Scientific American, Czech edition 2015(2):17

[22] Maxin, D., Berec, L., Bingham, A., Molitor, D., Pattyson, J. (2015) Is more better? Higher sterilization of infected hosts need not result in reduced pest population size. Journal of Mathematical Biology 70:1381-1409
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1007/s00285-014-0800-0

[23] Pribylova, L., Berec, L. (2015) Predator interference and stability of predator-prey dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Biology 71:301-323
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1007/s00285-014-0820-9

[24] Berec, L., Gelbic, I., Sebesta, O. (2014) Worthy of their name: how floods drive outbreaks of two major floodwater mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 51:76-88
Support: Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (grant number 2B08003), Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre ASCR (grant number Z50070508)
doi number: 10.1603/ME12255

[25] Berec, L., Maxin, D. (2014) Why have parasites promoting mating success been observed so rarely?. Journal of Theoretical Biology 342:47-61
Support: RVO:60077344 (BC)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.10.012

[26] Berec, L., Dolezal, P., Hais, M. (2013) Population dynamics of Ips typographus in the Bohemian Forest (Czech Republic): validation of the phenology model PHENIPS and impacts of climate change. Forest Ecology and Management 292:1-9
Support: P504/10/0843 (GACR)
doi number: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.018

[27] Berec, L., Maxin, D. (2013) Fatal or harmless: extreme bistability induced by sterilizing, sexually transmitted pathogens. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 75:258-273
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), Short-term Visitor grant (NIMBioS)
doi number: 10.1007/s11538-012-9802-5

[28] Berec, L., Mrkvicka, T. (2013) Neglecting uncertainty behind Allee effect estimation may generate false predictions of population extinction risk. Oikos 122:845-856
Support: P504/10/0843 (GACR), Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.19987.x

[29] Berec, L., Maxin, D. (2012) Double impact of sterilizing pathogens: added value of increased life expectancy on pest control effectiveness. Journal of Mathematical Biology 64:1281-1311
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1007/s00285-011-0449-x

[30] Blackwood, J. C. , Berec, L., Yamanaka, T., Epanchin-Niell, R. S., Hastings, A., Liebhold, A. M. (2012) Bioeconomic synergy between tactics for insect eradication in the presence of Allee effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 279:2807-2815
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0255

[31] Epanchin-Niell, R. S., Haight, R. G., Berec, L., Kean, J. M., Liebhold, A. M. (2012) Optimal surveillance and eradication of invasive species in heterogeneous landscapes. Ecology Letters 15:803-812
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01800.x

[32] Maxin, D., Berec, L., Covello, M., Jessee, J., Zimmer, M. (2012) The impact of sexually abstaining groups on persistence of sexually transmitted infections in populations with ephemeral pair bonds. Journal of Theoretical Biology 292:1-10
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.09.023

[33] Pavlova, V., Berec, L. (2012) Impacts of predation on dynamics of age-structured prey: Allee effects and multi-stability. Theoretical Ecology 5:533-544
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1007/s12080-011-0144-y

[34] Prchalova, M., Mrkvicka, T., Peterka, J., Cech, M., Berec, L., Kubecka, J. (2011) A model of gillnet catch in relation to the catchable biomass, saturation, soak time and sampling period. Fisheries Research 107:201-209
doi number: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.10.021

[35] Tobin, P. C., Berec, L., Liebhold, A. M. (2011) Exploiting Allee effects for managing biological invasions. Ecology Letters 14:615-624
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), NCEAS Santa Barbara California

[36] Berec, L. (2010) Impacts of foraging facilitation among predators on predator-prey dynamics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 72:94-121
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1007/s11538-009-9439-1

[37] Berec, L. (2010) Population dynamics on complex food webs. Pages 167-193 in R. P. Mondaini, ed. BIOMAT 2009: International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology. World Scientific, Singapore
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), IAA100070601 (GAAVCR), MSM6007665801 (MSMT)

[38] Berec, L., Eisner, J., Krivan, V. (2010) Adaptive foraging does not always lead to more complex food webs. Journal of Theoretical Biology 266:211-218
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), IAA100070601 (GAAVCR)
Link to this work
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.034

[39] Fibich, P., Leps, J., Berec, L. (2010) Modelling the population dynamics of root hemiparasitic plants along a productivity gradient. Folia Geobotanica 45:425-442
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), MSM6007665801 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1007/s12224-010-9080-7

[40] Maxin, D., Berec, L. (2010) A two-sex demographic model with single-dependent divorce rate. Journal of Theoretical Biology 265:647-656
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.013

[41] Pavlova, V., Berec, L., Boukal, D. S. (2010) Caught between two Allee effects: trade-off between reproduction and predation risk. Journal of Theoretical Biology 264:787-798
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR), MSM6007665801 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.009

[42] Boukal, D. S., Berec, L. (2009) Modelling mate-finding Allee effects and populations dynamics, with applications in pest control. Population Ecology 51:445-458
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1007/s10144-009-0154-4

[43] Gascoigne, J., Berec, L., Gregory, S., Courchamp, F. (2009) Dangerously few liaisons: a review of mate-finding Allee effects. Population Ecology 51:355-372
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1007/s10144-009-0146-4

[44] Berec, L. (2008) Models of Allee effects and their implications for population and community dynamics. Biophysical Reviews and Letters 3:157-181
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1142/S1793048008000678

[45] Berec, L. (2008) Models of Allee effects and their implications for population and community dynamics. Pages 179-207 in R. P. Mondaini and R. Dilao, eds. BIOMAT 2007: International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology. World Scientific, Singapore
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)

[46] Boukal, D. S., Berec, L., Krivan, V. (2008) Does sex-selective predation stabilize or destabilize predator-prey dynamics?. PloS ONE 3(7): e2687
Support: KJB600070602 (GAAVCR), IAA100070601 (GAAVCR), Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
Link to this work
doi number: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002687

[47] Courchamp, F., Berec, L., Gascoigne, J. (2008) Allee effects in ecology and conservation. Oxford University Press.
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)

[48] Deredec, A., Berec, L., Boukal, D. S., Courchamp, F. (2008) Are non-sexual models appropriate for predicting the impact of virus-vectored immunocontraception?. Journal of Theoretical Biology 250:281-290
Support: IAA100070601 (GAAVCR), Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.037

[49] Angulo, E., Roemer, G. W., Berec, L., Gascoigne, J., Courchamp, F. (2007) Double Allee effects and extinction in the island fox. Conservation Biology 21:1082-1091
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00721.x

[50] Berec, L., Angulo, E., Courchamp, F. (2007) Multiple Allee effects and population management. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22:185-191
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), KJB600070602 (GAAVCR)
doi number: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.12.002

[51] Boukal, D. S., Sabelis, M. W., Berec, L. (2007) How predator functional responses and Allee effects in prey affect the paradox of enrichment and population collapses. Theoretical Population Biology 72: 136-147
Support: 201/03/0091 (GACR), Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1016/j.tpb.2006.12.003

[52] Wu, H.-H., Lee, H.-J., Horng, S.-B., Berec, L. (2007) Modeling population dynamics of two cockroach species: effects of the circadian clock, interspecific competition and pest control. Journal of Theoretical Biology 249:473-486
Support: Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology)
doi number: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.014

[53] Berec, M., Krivan, V., Berec, L. (2006) Asymmetric competition, body size and foraging tactics: testing the ideal free distribution in two competing species. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8:929-942
Support: IAA100070601 (GAAVCR), AV0Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), MSM6007665801 (MSMT)
Link to this work

[54] Zurovcova, M., Tatarenkov, A., Berec, L. (2006) Differences in the pattern of evolution in six physically linked genes of Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 381:24-33
Support: AV0Z50070508 (Institute of Entomology), MSM6007665801 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.06.011

[55] Berec, L., Schembri, P. J., Boukal, D. S. (2005) Sex determination in Bonellia viridis (Echiura: Bonelliidae): population dynamics and evolution. Oikos 108:473-484
Support: KJB1007201 (GAAVCR), Z5007907 (AVCR), K6005114 (AVCR)
Link to this work

[56] Berec, L., Boukal, D. S. (2004) Implications of mate search, mate choice and divorce rate for population dynamics of sexually reproducing species. Oikos 104:122-132
Support: IAB1007201 (GA AVCR), MSM123100004 (MSMT), Z5007907 (AVCR)
Link to this work

[57] Berec, L. (2003) Simultaneous prey encounters by optimally foraging predators: theory and experiments. Comments on Theoretical Biology 8:1-36
Support: MSM123100004 (MSMT), Z5007907 (AVCR)
doi number: 10.1080/08948550390181595

[58] Berec, M., Krivan, V., Berec, L. (2003) Are great tits (Parus major) really optimal foragers?. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:780-788
Support: MSM123100004 (MSMT), Z5007907 (AVCR)
Link to this work
doi number: 10.1139/Z03-057

[59] Berec, L. (2002) Techniques of spatially explicit individual-based models: construction, simulation, and mean-field analysis. Ecological Modelling 150:55-81
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), MSM123100004 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00463-X

[60] Boukal, D.S., Berec, L. (2002) Single-species models of the Allee effect: extinction boundaries, sex ratios and mate encounters. Journal of Theoretical Biology 218:375-394
Support: IAB1007201 (GAAVCR), MSM123100004 (MSMT), Z5007907 (AVCR)
doi number: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3084

[61] Jorgensen, S. E., Ray, S., Berec, L., Straskraba, M. (2002) Improved calibration of a eutrophication model by use of the size variation due to succession. Ecological Modelling 153:269-277
doi number: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00029-7

[62] Berec, L., Boukal, D.S., Berec, M. (2001) Linking the Allee effect, sexual reproduction and temperature-dependent sex determination via spatial dynamics. American Naturalist 157:217-230
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), 201/98/0227 (GACR), MSM123100004 (MSMT), VS96086 (MSMT)

[63] Ray, S., Berec, L., Straskraba, M., Jorgensen, S.E. (2001) Optimization of exergy and implications of body sizes of phytoplankton and zooplankton in an aquatic ecosystem model. Ecological Modelling 140:219-234
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), VS96086 (MSMT), MSM123100004 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00322-2

[64] Ray, S., Berec, L., Straskraba, M., Ulanowicz, R. E. (2001) Evaluation of system performance through optimizing ascendency in an aquatic ecosystem model. Journal of Biological Systems 9:269-290
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), VS96086 (MSMT), MSM123100004 (MSMT)

[65] Berec, L. (2000) Mixed encounters, limited perception and optimal foraging. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 62:849-868
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), VS96086 (MSMT)
doi number: 10.1006/bulm.2000.0179

[66] Berec, L., Krivan, V. (2000) A mechanistic model for partial preferences. Theoretical Population Biology 58:279-289
Support: 201/98/P202 (GACR), VS96086 (MSMT)
Link to this work
doi number: 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1491

[67] Tesar, L., Berec, L., Dolanc, G., Szederkenyi, G., Kadlec, J., Juricic, D., Hangos, K.M., Kinnaert, M. (1999) A toolbox for model-based fault detection and isolation. In Proceedings of the European Control Conference ECC99, Karlsruhe (CD-ROM). European Union Control Association

[68] Berec, L. (1998) Model structure identification: global and local views, Bayesian solution. Ph.D. Thesis, Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic

[69] Berec, L. (1998) A multi-model method to fault detection and diagnosis: Bayesian solution. An introductory treatise. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing 12(1):81-92

[70] Berec, L., Karny, M. (1997) Identification of reality in Bayesian context. Pages 181-193 in K. Warwick and M. Karny, eds. Computer-intensive methods in control and signal processing: curse of dimensionality. Birkhauser, Boston

[71] Berec, L., Rojicek, J. (1997) Control period selection: verification on coupled tanks. In G. Bastin and M. Gevers, eds. Proceedings of the European Control Conference ECC97, Brussels (CD-ROM). European Union Control Association

[72] Karny, M., Nedoma, P., Berec, L. (1997) Statistical decision making and neural networks. Pages 29-45 in M. Karny, K. Warwick, and V. Kurkova, eds. Dealing with complexity: a neural networks approach. Springer-Verlag, London

[73] Berec, L. (1996) On model structure identification (a unifying view and a particular example). Pages 121-127 in L. Berec, J. Rojicek, M. Karny, and K. Warwick, eds. Computer-intensive methods in control and signal processing. Proceedings of the 2nd European IEEE Workshop CMP96. UTIA AV CR, Prague

[74] Berec, L., Karny, M. (1996) Identification of reality in Bayesian context. Pages 211-216 in L. Berec, J. Rojicek, M. Karny, and K. Warwick, eds. Computer-intensive methods in control and signal processing. Proceedings of the 2nd European IEEE Workshop CMP96. UTIA AV CR, Prague

[75] Karny, M., Berec, L., Nedoma, P. (1995) Bayesian structure estimation: state and progress. Pages 13-27 in J. Bohm and J. Rojicek, eds. Identification and optimization, oriented for use in adaptive control. Proceedings of the Summer School Course. UTIA AV CR, Prague