Ferns and flowering plants followed divergent chromosome paths Bureš et al. @botzool.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Forest Herb-Layer Species Richness in Western Balkan Diversity Hotspot. First article based on our extensive fieldwork in Montenegro with group of Masaryk Uni students has just been published in the Journal of Vegetation Science. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.... @jvs-avs.bsky.social @milanchytry.bsky.social
Hidden changes in rocky dry grasslands of the Dyje/Thaya River Valley. By revisiting vegetation plots 30 years after original survey, we discovered that these seemingly untouched habitats are changing. Read more: doi.org/10.23855/pre... @preslia.cz #podyji #thayavalley #drygrassland #vegetation
Our PhD student Sophio Maglakelidze was awarded Bat Conservation International scholarship for her research of cave ecosystems in Samegrelo–Zemo Svaneti region bat fauna. Congratulations! www.batcon.org/our-work/res...
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Centurial Degradation of Insect Diversity in Lowland Rivers: Partial Recovery but Restructuration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @chmi-cz.bsky.social @narodnimuzeum.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy @akademievedcr.bsky.social
We are proud to celebrate Dean’s Awards 2025/2026 at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Congratulations to B. Pavlíčková, J. Rohel, E. Nosková, R. Míč and M. Horsák on this well-deserved recognition. We are delighted to see their talent, dedication, and achievements acknowledged.
Does it matter how a tree dies? Yes! Our research in the Biological Conservation journal shows that trees that die standing and fall years later host significantly more fungal species than trees that are uprooted while alive. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #mycology #forest #deadwood #bluecat
1/2 Pozvánka na Týden invazních druhů. Součástí je i tradiční víkendové mapování Biosmršť:
Our new study, led by Xiao-Peng Tan, maps the distribution of plant strategies across European grasslands and projects how current patterns will be affected by ongoing climate change. Open-access article: doi.org/10.1002/ecog... @ecography.bsky.social
The first comprehensive analysis of vegetation changes across Europe, based on the ReSurveyEurope dataset, is out! In an article led by Stephan Kambach, we analyzed 57,390 time series of vegetation plots. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Our new study, led by Marc Riera, compares European niches and habitat relationships of alien plant species introduced intentionally or unintentionally. doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Congratulations to Jan Roleček for Presl Brothers Award for his book about Carpathian meadows @paleoibot.bsky.social #carpathian #meadows #botany
V Evropě přibylo rostlin, které upřednostňují dusíkatou půdu. Výzkum založený na stovkách tisíc lokalit ukazuje, že intenzivní hospodaření a hnojení zásadně mění podobu krajiny napříč kontinentem. ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
Congratulations to Kristina Svobodová and @fishjakub.bsky.social to 2025 Živa Awards ziva.avcr.cz/aktuality/20...
Our new article in Science Advances, led by Gabriele Midolo, identifies the main factors driving changes in the species composition of plant communities across Europe: eutrophication, denser, more productive vegetation, and drying of wetlands. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Sexual selection and reproductive success in mesocosm populations of African annual killifish doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @fishjakub.bsky.social
Last week Martin Večeřa participated in 2nd OSCARS Annual General Meeting in Seville Spain, where he presented interim results of project Implementing FAIR principles in European Vegetation Archive data (EVA-FAIR) supported within Open Science Clusters' Action for Research&Society oscars-project.eu
What did Europe’s wetlands look like 15,000 years ago and how have they become what we see today? 🌿 Our new study introduces a way to identify entire past habitats, using plant macrofossils and large vegetation databases. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... @paleoibot.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Záznam mé přednášky z Pražského hradu byl zveřejněn na YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjX...
Věda na Hradě - Milan Chytrý: Lidská stopa v krajině (SPH, ÚOCHB, UK 4.3.2026)
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After publishing species occurrence data in GBIF, we have now also made available online 117,739 vegetation plots from the Czech Vegetation Database in CSV and Turboveg formats, complemented with a data processing tutorial. czechveg.github.io
Even a slight deterioration in the conservation status of our small Sphagnum fens can be seen from space – can we use this in their monitoring? #Fens #Remotesensing #Biodiversity #Climateimpact #Natureconservation zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Identification of initial vegetation and habitat changes in small temperate fens using remote sensing
Temperate fens with only incipient, subtle signs of deterioration can be reliably identified using Sentinel-2 and aerial imagery, which sensitively detect early productivity-related structural change...
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We have just published 2,474,166 records of plant species occurrences from the Czech Vegetation Database in GBIF: doi.org/10.15468/94b... These records represent 74% of the plant occurrence data and 30% of all organism occurrence data in the GBIF database for the territory of the Czech Republic.
We are proud of Martin Večeřa, who received the TACR project from the program Environment for life 2 called “Steppic grasslands of Southern Moravia – an analysis of current state, development, and resources for ecological restoration“ tacr.gov.cz/program-pros... #science #botany #grassland #Moravia
Program Prostředí pro život 2: Vyhlášení výsledků 2. veřejné soutěže - Technologická agentura ČR
Technologická agentura České republiky (dále jen „TA ČR“) vyhlašuje výsledky 2. veřejné soutěže Programu na podporu aplikovaného výzkumu a inovací v oblasti životního prostředí, ochrany klimatu a udrž...
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We're back with more webinars! Starting 2026 with two events co-hosted with European Vegetation Survey all about sharing and accessing open vegetation data. Register here for the upcoming webinar on the 13th and follow our updates! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A new paper led by Joshua Erkelenz has been published in the Journal of Vegetation Science! We showed how elevation, slope aspect, and tree canopy filter the understory functional composition in broadleaved forests in the Apennines. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interested in a PhD in European wetland flora and vegetation? See details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5ob6...
New interactive global maps of 31 plant traits were prepared by Daniel Lusk, based on plant distribution data from GBIF and sPlot, plant trait data from TRY, and various satellite-based products. Map viewer: global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-... Article: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
An interview - rozhovor English: www.sci.muni.cz/.../succes..... Česky: www.sci.muni.cz/.../rozhovor...
Právě vyšla monografie Karpatské lesostepní louky, která se věnuje jednomu z nejbohatších ekosystémů střední Evropy. Autorem knihy je Jan Roleček s kolektivem autorů z Botanického ústavu AV ČR, Masarykovy univerzity a dalších českých univerzit. @ibotcz.bsky.social @academianakladatel.bsky.social