I am interested in evolutionary ecology.   I have been studying the theory of speciation and most recently, adaptation and limits to a species' range in spatially and temporally varying environments.

Frontiers of Speciation (FroSpects) one-day symposium, Prague 11.10. 2010:
Evolution of reproductive isolation: Models and empirical evidence

CV: Employment

4/2009 – present: Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for Science and Technology, Austria.

1/2007 – 3/2009: Postdoctoral research fellow, Biomathematics and Statitstics Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

10/2006 – 12/2006: Center for Theoretical Study, Prague; collaboration with Storch and Šizling

5/2005 – 5/2006: Postdoctoral research fellow, Dep. of Ecology and Evolutionay biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Publications:

Jon R. Bridle, Jitka Polechová, Masakado Kawata, Roger K. Butlin. (2010) Why is adaptation prevented at ecological margins? New insights from individual-based simulations. Ecology Letters 13:4, 485-494. PDF

Jitka Polechová, N. Barton, G. Marion (2009): Species' range: Adaptation in space and time. American Naturalist 174: E186-204. PDF

Jon R. Bridle, Jitka Polechová T.H. Vines (2009): Patterns of biodiversity and limits to adaptation in time and space. BES, Speciation and Ecology.

Jitka Polechová, David Storch (2008): Ecological Niche, in Encyclopedia of Ecology, Vol. 2: pp. 1088-1097, eds. Sven Erik Jørgensen and Brian D. Fath, Oxford: Elsevier. 

David Storch, A. Sizling, J. Reiff, J. Polechová, E. Sizlingova, K.J. Gaston (2008): The quest for a null model for macroecological patterns: geometry of species distributions at multiple spatial scales. Ecology Letters 11(8): 771-784.

Jitka Polechová, N. Barton (2005): Speciation through competition: a critical review. Evolution 59: 1194-1210.

Nicholas H. Barton, J. Polechová (2005): The limitations of adaptive dynamics as a model of evolution: Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1186-1190.