Specializace
Ekológia vodných organizmov, taxonómia vodného hmyzu, vplyv človeka a globálnych zmien na vodné a terestrické ekosystémy, analýza ekologických dát.
Stručný životopis
2018–2019: post doctoral fellowship, JIhočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (12 mesiacov)
2017–súčasnosť: prodekan pre vedu, výskum a doktorandské štúdium, Fakulta ekológie a environmentalistiky, Technická univerzita vo Zvolene
2014–2015: post doctoral fellowship, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Švajčiarsko (14 mesiacov)
2010: výskumný a cestovný grant – Venezuela, Národný štipendijný program SAIA (3 mesiace)
2008–súčasnosť: lektor, Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
2007: výskumný a cestovný grant –Venezuela, Nadácia ekológia pri FEE (2 mesiace)
2005–súčasnosť: odborný asistent, Fakulta ekológie a environmentalistiky, Technická univerzita vo Zvolene
2002–2010: doktorandské štúdium v odbore Ekológia (od 2005 externe), Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, dizertačná práca na tému "Klasifikácia sladkovodných ekosystémov na základe vybraných skupín vodného hmyzu"
1997–2002: inžinierske štúdium v odbore Ekológia, Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, diplomová práca na tému "Vplyv malej vodnej elektrárne na spoločenstvá podeniek podhorského úseku potoka Hučava (Poľana)"
Další informace
Bežiace projekty
od 2020: Phosphorus leaching from undeveloped alpine soils: Biotic or abiotic control? (GAČR 20-19284S)
od 2020: Understanding the combined effects of multiple stressors on freshwater biota: Will climate change alter the impact of chemical pollution? (GAČR 20-16111S)
od 2017: Functional and taxonomic diversity of wetlands and their relationship to ecosystem processes (APVV-12-0236, PI)
od 2017: Diversity and dispersal in metapopulations and metacommunities of small aquatic biotopes (VEGA 2/0030/17, co-PI)
Články v recenzovaných časopisoch
2020
Hrivnák R., Svitok M., Kochjarová J., Jarolímek I., Machava J., Senko D. & Slezák M. 2020. Drivers of plant species composition in alder-dominated forests with contrasting connectivity. Wetlands Ecology and Management 28: 137-150.
Kattge J., Bönisch G., Díaz S., ... Svitok M. ... & Wirth C. 2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119-188.
Kluge N. J., Godunko R. J. & Svitok M. 2020. Nomenclatural changes in Centroptella Braasch & Soldán, 1980 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). ZooKeys 914: 81-125. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.914.46652
Lindtner P., Svitok M., Ujházy K. & Kubovčík V. 2020. Disturbances by the European ground squirrel enhance diversity and spatial heterogeneity of plant communities in temperate grassland. Biodiversity and Conservation 29: 853-867.
2019
Hrivnák R., Medvecká J., Baláži P., Bubíková K., Oťaheľová H. & Svitok M. 2019. Alien aquatic plants in Slovakia over 130 years: historical overview, current distribution and future perspectives. NeoBiota 49: 37-56.
Korňan M., Svitok M. & Krištín A. 2019. Null model analyses of temporal patterns of bird assemblages and their foraging guilds revealed the predominance of positive and random associations. Ecology & Evolution 9: 8541-8554.
Lürig M. D., Best R. J., Svitok M., Jokela J. & Matthews B. 2019. The role of plasticity in the evolution of cryptic pigmentation in a freshwater isopod. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 612-623.
Magalhães O. M., Reduciendo-Klementová B., Svitok M. & Moreira F. F. F. 2019. New species, new record, and key to the species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Venezuela. Zootaxa 4603: 389-396.
Mikoláš M., Svitok M., Teodosiu M., Nagel T. A. & Svoboda M. 2019. Land use planning based on the connectivity of tree species does not ensure the conservation of forest biodiversity. Land Use Policy 83: 63–65.
Svitková I., Svitok M., Petrík A., Bernátová D., Senko D. & Šibík J. 2019. The fate of endangered rock sedge (Carex rupestris) in the Western Carpathians — The future perspective of an arctic-alpine species under climate change. Diversity 11, 172.
2018
Bútora Ľ., Lešo P., Kociková K., Kropil R. & Svitok M. 2018. Sexual dimorphism of craniological characters in the European badger Meles meles (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Western Carpathians. Folia Zoologica 67: 220-230.
Korňan M. & Svitok M. 2018. Pairwise null model analysis of temporal patterns of bird assemblages contradict the assumptions of competition theory. Basic and Applied Ecology 31: 72-81.
Kozák D., Mikoláš M., Svitok M., Bače R., Paillet Y., Larrieu L, Nagel T. A., Begovič K., Čada V., Diku A., Frankovič M., Janda P., Kameniar O., Keren S., Kjučukov P., Lábusová J., Langbehn T., Málek J., Mikac S., Morrissey R. C., Nováková M., Schurrman J. S., Svobodová K., Synek M., Teodosiu M., Toromani E., Trotsiuk V., Vítková L. & Svoboda M. 2018. Profile of tree-related microhabitats in European primary beech-dominated forests. Forest Ecology and Management 429: 363-374.
Lindtner P., Ujházy K., Svitok M. & Kubovčík V. 2018 The European ground squirrel increases diversity and structural complexity of grasslands in the Western Carpathians. Mammal Research 63: 223-229.
Litavský J., Stašiov S., Svitok M., Michalková E., Majzlan O., Žarnovičan H. & Fedor P. 2018. Epigean communities of harvestmen (Opiliones) in Pannonian Basin floodplain forests: an interaction with environmental parameters. Biologia 73:753-763.
Polášek M., Godunko R. J., Rutschmann S., Svitok M., Novikmec M. & Zahrádková S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of genus Electrogena (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae): the role of innovative morphological analyses for species delimitation. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76: 449-462.
Sochuliaková L., Sienkiewicz E., Hamerlík L., Svitok M., Fidlerová D. & Bitušík P. 2018. Reconstructing the trophic history of an alpine lake (High Tatra Mts.) using subfossil diatoms: disentangling the effects of climate and human influence. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 229: 289
Spíšek Z., Uherková A., Svitok M. & Vašut R. J. 2018. Sorbus domestica L. at its northern Pannonian distribution limits: distribution of individuals, fruit shapes and dendrometric characteristics. Dendrobiology 80: 37-47.
Svitok M., Novikmec M., Hamerlík L., Kochjarová J., Oťaheľová H., Paľove-Balang P., Senko D., Matúšová Z., Bubíková K. & Hrivnák R. 2018. Test of the efficiency of environmental surrogates for the conservation prioritization of ponds based on macrophytes. Ecological Indicators 95: 606-614
Vician V., Svitok M., Michalková E., Lukáčik I. & Stašiov S. 2018. Influence of tree species and soil properties on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities. Acta Oecologica 91: 120-126.
2017
Bitušík P., Svitok M., Novikmec M., Trnková K. & Hamerlik L. 2017. Biological recovery of acidified alpine lakes may be delayed by dispersal limitation of aquatic insect adults. Hydrobiologia 790: 287-298.
Bitušík P., Svitok M., Novikmec M., Trnková K. & Hamerlík L. 2017. A unique way of passive dispersal of aquatic invertebrates by wind: chironomid larvae are traveling in fragments of aquatic mosses. Limnologica 63: 119-121.
Fačkovcová Z., Senko D., Svitok M., Guttová A. 2017. Niche conservatism across lichens' distribution range: geographical segregation at the range margin does not reflect ecological differentiation. Preslia 89: 63-85.
Hamerlík L., Svitok M., Novikmec M., Veselská M. & Bitušík P. 2017. Weak altitudinal pattern of overall chironomid richness is a result of contrasting trends of subfamilies in high-altitude ponds. Hydrobiologia 793: 67-81.
Kochjarová J. Novikmec M., Oťaheľová H., Hamerlík L., Svitok M., Hrivnák M., Senko D., Bubíková K, Matúšová Z., Paľove-Balang P. & Hrivnák R. 2017. Vegetation-environmental variable relationships in ponds with various origins along an altitudinal gradient (Tatra Mountains, Slovakia). Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 26: 1575-1583.
Mikoláš M., Svitok M., Bollmann K., Reif J., Bače R., Janda P., Trotsiuk V., Čada V., Vítková V., Teodosiu M., Coppes J., Shurman J. S., Morrissey R. C., Mrhalová H. & Svoboda M. 2017. Mixed-severity natural disturbances promote the occurrence of an endangered umbrella species in primary forests. Forest Ecology and Management 405: 210-218.
Stašiov S., Diviaková A., Svitok M. & Novikmec M. 2017. Hedgerows are important habitats of myriapods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) in upland agricultural landscape. Biologia 72: 1320-1326.
Štubňová E., Hodálová I., Kučera K, Mártonfiová L., Svitok M. & Slovák M. 2017. Karyological pattern in the European endemic genus Soldanella (Primulaceae): absolute genome size variation uncorrelated with cytotype chromosome numbers. American Journal of Botany 104: 1241-1253.
2016
Derka T., Svitok M. & Fedor P. 2016. Hydrolutos piaroa sp.n. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a new semiaquatic Lutosini species from south-western Venezuelan lowland streams. Zootaxa 4066 (4): 485-492.
Kolář F., Lučanová M., Záveská E., Fuxová G., Mandáková T., Španiel S., Senko D., Svitok M., Kolník M., Gudžinskas Z. & Marhold K. 2016. Ecological segregation does not drive the intricate parapatric distribution of diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the Arabidopsis arenosa group (Brassicaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119: 673-688.
Kulfan J., Dvořáčková K., Zach P., Parák M. & Svitok M. 2016. Distribution of lepidopteran larvae on Norway spruce: Effects of slope and crown aspect. Environmental Entomology 45: 436-445.
Mereďa P. Jr., Kučera J., Marhold K, Senko D., Slovák M., Svitok M., Šingliarová B. & Hodálová I. 2016. Ecological niche differentiation between tetra- and octoploids of Jacobaea vulgaris (Asteraceae). Preslia 88: 113-136.
Moreira F. F. F., Rodrigues H. D. D., Barbosa J. F., Reduciendo Klementová B. & Svitok M. 2016. New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7975.
Novikmec M., Hamerlík L., Kočický D., Hrivnák R., Kochjarová J., Oťaheľová H., Paľove-Balang P. & Svitok M. 2016 Ponds and their catchments: size relationships and influence of land use across multiple spatial scales. Hydrobiologia 774: 155-166.
Svitok M., Hrivnák R., Kochjarová J., Oťaheľová H. & Paľove-Balang P. 2016. Environmental thresholds and predictors of macrophyte species richness in aquatic habitats in Central Europe. Folia Geobotanica 51: 227-238.
2015
Derka T., Nieto C. & Svitok M. 2015. A new species of Parakari (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Guiana Highlands. Zootaxa 4028 (2): 296–300.
Mikoláš M., Svitok M., Tejkal M., Leitão P., Morrissey R. C., Svoboda M., Seedre M., Fontaine J. B. 2015. Evaluating forest management intensity on an umbrella species: Capercaillie persistence in central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 354: 26-34.
Reduciendo Klementová B., Kment P. & Svitok M. 2015. Checklist of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of Slovakia. Zootaxa 4058 (2): 227-243.
Vician V., Stašiov S., Kočík K. & Svitok M. 2015. The influence of agricultural management on the structure of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages. Biologia 70: 240-251.
Wiezik M., Svitok M., Wieziková A. & Dovčiak M. 2015. Identifying shifts in leaf-litter ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) across ecosystem boundaries using multiple sampling methods. PloS One 10(7), e0134502.
Zozomová-Lihová J., Malánová-Krásná I., Vít P., Urfus T., Senko D., Svitok M., Kempa M. & Marhold K. 2015. Cytotype distribution patterns, ecological differentiation and genetic structure in a diploid-tetraploid contact zone of Cardamine amara (Brassicaceae). American Journal of Botany 102: 1380-1395.
2014
Čiliak M., Novikmec M. & Svitok M. 2014. Biological zonation of the last unbound big river in the West Carpathians: reference scheme based on caddisfly communities. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 415 (04): 1-17.
Hamerlík L., Svitok M., Novikmec M., Očadlík M. & Bitušík P. 2014. Local, among-site, and regional diversity patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in high altitude waterbodies: do ponds differ from lakes? Hydrobiologia 723: 41-52.
Hrivnák R., Hrivnák M., Slezák M., Vlčko J., Baltiarová J. & Svitok M. 2014. Distribution and eco-coenotic patterns of the forest orchid Epipactis pontica in Slovakia. Ann. For. Res. 57: 55-69.
Kissová R., Svitok M., Klement C. & Maďarová L. 2014. Factors affecting the success of influenza laboratory diagnosis. Central European Journal of Public Health 22: 164-169.
Medvecká J., Jarolímek I., Senko D. & Svitok M. 2014 Fifty years of plant invasion dynamics in Slovakia along a 2500 m altitudinal gradient. Biological Invasions 16: 1627-1638.
Reduciendo Klementová B. & Svitok M. 2014. Anisops sardeus (Heteroptera): a new expansive species in the Central Europe. Biologia 69: 678-680.
Stašiov S., Hazuchová L., Vician V., Kočík K & Svitok M. 2014. Millipede (Diplopoda) communities in agricultural landscape: Influence of management form. Polish Journal of Ecology 62: 587-598
Svitok M., Novikmec M., Bitušík P., Máša B., Oboňa J., Očadlík M. & Michalková E. 2014. Benthic communities of low-order streams affected by acid mine drainages: a case study from Central Europe. Water 6: 1312-1338.
2013
Wiezik M., Svitok M., Wieziková A. & Dovčiak M. 2013. Shrub encroachment alters composition and diversity of ant communities in abandoned grasslands of western Carpathians. Biodiversity & Conservation 22: 2305-2320.
Bottová K., Derka T., Svitok M. 2013. Population dynamics of mayflies in a constant temperature spring stream in West Carpathians. Limnologica 43: 469-474.
Derka T., Fedor P., Svitok M. & Trizna M. 2013. Hydrolutos gransabanensis sp. n. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a new semi-aquatic Lutosini species from Gran Sabana (Venezuela). Zootaxa 3682: 432-440.
Novikmec M., Svitok M., Kočický D., Šporka F. & Bitušík P. 2013. Surface water temperature and ice cover of Tatra Mountain lakes depends on altitude, topographic shading and bathymetry. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 45(1): 77-87.
2012
Bottová K., Derka T. & Svitok M. 2012. Life history and secondary production of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) indicate disturbance in two small Carpathian streams. Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol. 97: 100-116.
Stašiov S., Stašiová A., Svitok M., Michalková E., Slobodník B. & Lukáčik I. 2012. Millipede (Diplopoda) communities in an arboretum: Influence of tree species and soil properties. Biologia 67: 945-952.
2011
Stašiov S., Uhorskaiová L., Svitok M., Hazuchová L., Vician V. & Kočík K. 2011. Influence of agricultural management form on the species structure of harvestman communities (Opiliones). Biologia 66: 149-155.
Svitok M., Hrivnák R., Oťaheľová H., Dúbravková D., Paľove-Balang P. & Slobodník V. 2011. The importance of local and regional factors on the vegetation of created wetlands in central Europe. Wetlands 31: 663-674.
Wiezik M., Wieziková A. & Svitok M. 2011. Vegetation structure, ecological stability, and low-disturbance regime of abandoned dry grasslands support specific ant assemblages in Central Slovakia. Tuexenia 31: 301-315.
2006–2009
Bitušík P., Kubovčík V., Štefková E., Appleby P. G. & Svitok M. 2009. Subfossil diatoms and chironomids along an altitudinal gradient in the High Tatra Mountain lakes: a multi-proxy record of past environmental trends. Hydrobiologia 631: 65-85.
Derka T., Svitok M. & Schlögl J. 2009. Massartella hirsuta sp. nov. (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae) and new data on mayflies of Guyana Highlands. Aquatic Insects 31, Supplement 1: 83-94.
Wiezik M, Svitok M. & Dovčiak M. 2007. Conifer introductions decrease richness and alter composition of litter-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) in Carpathian oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management 247: 61-71
Bitušík P. & Svitok M. 2006. Structure of chironomid assemblages along environmental and geographical gradients in the Bohemian Forest lakes (Central Europe): An exploratory analysis. Biologia, Bratislava, 61/Suppl. 20: S467-S476.
Bitušík P., Svitok M., Kološta P. & Hubková M. 2006. Classification of the Tatra Mountains lakes (Slovakia) using chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae). Biologia, Bratislava 61/Suppl. 18: S191-S201.
Svitok M. 2006. Structure and spatial variability of mayfly (Ephemeroptera) communities in the upper Hron River basin. Biologia, Bratislava, 61: 547-554.