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Research stays abroad
Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic - several short-term stays (1991-2008)
Zaklad Zoologii Systematicznej, Wydzial Biologii, Universytet A. Mickiewicza, Poznaň, Poland (May 1989)
Instytut Systematiky i Ewolucji Zwierzat PAN, Krakow, Poland (June 1992)
Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (November 1995)
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, Mexico (March-April 1995, April 1998)
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Bioci?ncias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (April 2007)
Oral presentations at conferences
8th Int.Colloquium on Apterygota, August 1992, Helsinki, Finland
4th Int. Seminar on Apterygota, September 1994, Bialowieža, Poland
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, April 1995 (invited lecture)
Institut für Zoologie, Technisches Universität, Braunschweig, Germany, November 1995 (invited lecture)
9th Int. Colloquium on Apterygota, July 1996, Dublin, Ireland
5th Int. Seminar on Apterygota, September 1998, Córdoba, Spain
16th Int. Symposium of Biospeleology, September 2002, Verona, Italy
6th Int. Seminar on Apterygota, September 2002, Siena, Italy
18th Int. Symposium of Biospeleology, July 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (key lecture)
20th Int. Conference on Subterranean Biology, August 2010, Postojna, Slovenia
Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic - several lectures (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009)
Study
Teaching:
Zoogeography
Conservation Biology
Soil Ecology
Biospeleology
Field Course of Ecology
PhD students:
Natália Raschmanová, PhD - Institute of Zoology SAS (2002-2007)
Vladimír Papáč, PhD - Institute of Zoology SAS (2006-2011)
Peter Čuchta, PhD. - Institute of Zoology SAS and Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2006-2012)
Veronika Urbanovičová, PhD. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2009-2013)
Jana Lóšková, PhD. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2009-2013)
Roman Lohaj, PhD. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2011-2013)
Michal Rendoš, MSc. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2012-)
Monika Pajonková, MSc. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2012-)
Andrea Parimuchová, MSc. - Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University (2013-)
Research activities
Ecology and taxonomy of Collembola (Hexapoda)
Soil biology
Ecology of soil animals
Biospeleology
Membership
ISSB-SIBIOS International Society for Subterranean Biology SIBIOS - Council member (from 2008),
President of the Society (from 2012)
Subterranean Biology - Editorial Board member (from 2013)
Travaux de ľ?Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza“ - Redaction Commitee member (from 2010)
Acta Carsologica Slovaca - Editorial Board member (from 2002)
Aragonit - Editorial Board member (from 2008)
Committee of the Slovak Scientific Grant Agency VEGA for biological sciences - member (2005-2012)
Projects
Project of the Slovak Scientific Grant Agency No. 1/0282/11: „Long-term succession of soil arthropod communities (Arthropoda) at windthrow sites of the spruce forests in the High Tatra Mts.“
- principal investigator (2011-2013)
Project of the Slovak Scientific Grant Agency No.1/0139/09: „Taxonomy, zoogeography and ecology of cavernicolous arthropods of the Western Carpathians“ - deputy of the principal investigator (2009-2012)
Project OPŽP-PO5-09-1: „Monitoring of the status and developmental trends of invertebrate communities in caves of Slovakia not open to public (2010-2012)“, State Nature Conservancy – Slovak Caves Administration (EU funds) - principal investigator (2010-2012)
Recent publications
Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Kováč, Ľ., 1995: A new species of Isotomodes (Collembola, Isotomidae) from Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 20: 501-505
Kováč, Ľ., Miklisová, D., Pižl, V., 1996: Earthworm communities in arable soils of the East-Slovak Lowland. Plant Production, 42: 405-410
Kováč, Ľ., Palacios-Vargas, J.G., 1996: A survey of Mexican Folsomides (Collembola, Isotomidae) with description of three new species. European Journal of Entomology, 93: 595-606
Kováč, Ľ., Miklisová, D., 1997: Collembolan communities (Hexapoda, Collembola) in arable soils of East Slovakia. Pedobiologia, 41: 62-68
Kováč, Ľ., Schnitzerová, E., Miklisová, D., Mati, R., 1999: Gamasina communities (Acari, Parasitiformes) of arable soils with two different soil types. Pedobiologia, 43: 54-63
Kováč, Ľ., 1999: Stachorutes ruseki sp. n. (Collembola, Neanuridae) from Slovakia. Biologia, Bratislava, 54: 135-138
Kováč, Ľ., 2000: A review of the distribution of cave Collembola (Hexapoda) in the Western Carpathians. Mémoires de Biospéologie, 27: 71-76
Kováč, Ľ., Ľuptáčik, P., Miklisová, D., Mati, R., 2001: Soil Oribatida and Collembola communities across a land depression in an arable field. European Journal of Soil Biology, 37 (4): 285-289
Juberthie, C., Decu, V., Košel, V., Kováč, Ľ., Uhrin, M., 2001: Slovakia. In: Juberthie C., Decu V. (eds), Encyclopaedia Biospeologica, Tome III., Société de Biospéologie, Moulis – Bucarest, 1445-1456
Kováč, Ľ., Mock, A., Ľuptáčik, P. & Palacios-Vargas, J.G., 2002: Distribution of Eukoenenia spelaea (Peyerimhoff, 1902) (Arachnida, Palpigradida) in the Western Carpathians with remarks on its biology and behaviour. In: Tajovský, K., Balík, V., Pižl, V. (eds.), Studies on Soil Fauna in Central Europe. Proc. 6th CEWSZ, ISB AS CR, České Budějovice, p. 93-99
Kováč, Ľ., Magdová, J.,Miklisová, D., 2002: Introductory monitoring of Collembola (Hexapoda) in the Pieniny Mts. (Western Carpathians). In Tajovský K., Balík V., Pižl V.(eds.) Studies on Soil Fauna in Central Europe. Proc. 6th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, České Budějovice, p. 83-92
Kováč, Ľ., Kostúrová, N., Miklisová, D., 2005: Comparison of collembolan assemblages (Hexapoda, Collembola) of thermophilous oak wood and Pinus nigra plantation in the Slovak Karst (Slovakia). Pedobiologia, 49 (1): 29-40
Kováč, Ľ., Mock, A., Ľuptáčik, P., Košel, V., Fenďa, P., Svatoň J.,Mašán, P., 2005: Terrestrial arthropods of the Domica Cave system and the Ardovská Cave (Slovak Karst) – principal microhabitats and diversity. In: Tajovský K., Schlaghamerský J., Pižl, V (eds.) Contributions to Soil Zoology in Central Europe I. Proc.7th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, České Budějovice, p. 61-70
Raschmanová, N., Kováč, Ľ., Miklisová, D., 2008: The effect of mesoclimate on the Collembola diversity in the Zádiel Valley, Slovak Karst (Slovakia). European Journal of Soil Biology, 44 (5-6): 463-472
Král, J., Kováč, Ľ., Šťáhlavský, F., Lonský, P., Ľuptáčik, P., 2008: The first karyotype study in palpigrades, a primitive order of arachnids (Arachnida: Palpigradi). Genetica, 134 (1): 79-87
Kováč, Ľ., Palacios-Vargas, J.G., 2008: Redescription of Isotomiella alulu and I. delamarei (Collembola: Isotomidae) with notes to systematics of the genus and new records from the Neotropics. Zootaxa, 1825: 1-17
Kováč, Ľ., Papáč, V., 2010: Revision of the genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Collembola, Neelida) with the description of two new troglobiotic species from Europe. Zootaxa, 2663: 36-52
Čuchta, P., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2012: Changes within collembolan communities in windthrown European montane spruce forests 2 years after disturbance by fire. Annals of Forest Science, 69 (1): 81-92
Ľuptáčik, P., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2012: Diversity and community structure of soil Oribatida (Acari) in an arable field with alluvial soils. European Journal of Soil Biology, 50: 97-105
Čuchta, P., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2012: A three-year study of soil Collembola communities in spruce forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia) after a catastrophic windthrow event. European Journal of Soil Biology, 50: 151-158
Kováč, Ľ., Rusek, J., 2012: Redescription of two troglobiotic species of the genus Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from the Western Carpathians. Zootaxa, 3341: 32-45
Christian, E., Kováč, Ľ., Ozimec, R., Polak, S., Zagmajster, M., 2012: Distribution and morphology of the Karst palpigrade Eukoenenia gasparoi (Arachnida: Palpigradi). The Journal of Arachnology, 40: 265-273
Lóšková, J., Ľuptáčik, P., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ. 2013: The effect of clear-cutting and wildfire on soil Oribatida (Acari) in windthrown stands of the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia). European Journal of Soil Biology, 55: 131-138
Raschmanová, N., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2013: Soil Collembola communities along a steep microclimatic gradient in the collapse doline of the Silická ľadnica Cave, Slovak Karst (Slovakia). Biologia, 68(3): 470-478
Čuchta, P., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2013: The impact of disturbance and ensuing forestry practices on Collembola in monitored stands of windthrown forest in the Tatra National Park (Slovakia). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 5085-5098
Papáč, V., Kováč, Ľ. (in press): Four new troglobiotic species of the genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (Collembola: Neelipleona) from the Carpathian Mountains (Slovakia, Romania). Zootaxa
Urbanovičová, V., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ., 2013: The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia). Biologia, 68 (5): 941-949.
Lóšková, J., Miklisová, D., Ľuptáčik, P., Kováč, Ľ., 2013: Community structure of soil Oribatida (Acari) two years after the windthrow in the High Tatra Mountains. Biologia, 68 (5): 932-940.
Smrž, J, Kováč, Ľ, Mikeš, J, Lukešová, A., 2013: Microwhip scorpions (Palpigradi) feed on heterotrophic cyanobacteria in Slovak caves – a curiosity among Arachnida. PLoS ONE, 8(10): e75989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075989
Urbanovičová, V., Miklisová, D., Kováč, Ľ. (in press): Forest disturbance enhanced activity of epigeic Collembola in windthrown stands of the High Tatra Mts. Journal of Mountain Science
Urbanovičová, V., Miklisová, D., Mock, A., Kováč, Ľ. (in press): Activity of epigeic arthropods in differently managed windthrown forest stands in the High Tatra Mts. NW Journal of Zoology
Interesting links
21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology, 2 - 7 September 2012, Košice, Slovakia
www.icsb2012.eu
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