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Plant ecologist at Czech Academy of Sciences / Inst of Botany / Dept of Geoecology forests, microclimate, biogeography

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Graduate Student Position (M/F) 0204 Graduate Student Position (M/F) in Parallel Evolution of Clonality in Angiosperms...

We are looking for a new PhD student: Parallel Evolution of Clonality in Angiosperms www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...

27.02.2026 08:26 👍 5 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Extended submission deadline! Spread the good news! And make sure to drop an abstract by 1.3.2026 at www.meb-network.com/meb-2026 ❄️🌡️💧🌱

29.01.2026 06:21 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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

26.01.2026 15:26 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Forests in Šumava and Bavarian Forest NP are getting wild - describing their structure with #LiDAR was very helpful for #microclimate modelling.
Here are a just few pics from the #fieldwork:

15.01.2026 13:39 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Dear US citizen's, you are welcome to visit our 🇨🇿 national parks, they're free to visit for everyone, no matter what's your citizenship.

12.01.2026 22:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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😊 Ptačí hodinka je tady! Tak ať to lítá.🪶

Sčítáme až do neděle, přidejte se.
ptacihodinka.birdlife.cz

Foto: zvonci zelení / Helena Hurtová

09.01.2026 08:27 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 3
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The annual Photogenic Science exhibition, showcasing awarded photos taken by @czechacademy.bsky.social of their day-to-day research, is on view at our headquarters on Národní Street in Prague until 30 January 2026 (free admission). Details & winning photos ➡️ www.avcr.cz/en/news-arch...

19.12.2025 07:32 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Zítra na posledním letošním semináři #ctvrtkycts vystoupí David Storch a Arnošt L. Šizling (CTS) na téma Neuvěřitelný příběh párových ekologických indexů. Čtvrtek 10-12h v seminárce CTS nebo online na cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267.

17.12.2025 14:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non‐Volant Mammals in New Guinea Aim We address a critical gap in the elevational community ecology of tropical non-volant mammals in the Australian and Oceanian zoogeographic realms. Specifically, we document alpha and beta divers...

Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non‐Volant Mammals in New Guinea - Vejmělka - 2025 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

15.12.2025 09:09 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Announcement: I will start as an assistant professor of ecohydrology at the University of Oulu starting from January. Snow, microclimate and Arctic-alpine ecosystems still on focus. Stay tuned for soon-to-be-opened Postdoc and PhD positions! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

15.12.2025 14:46 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
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Vítěznou fotografií letošní Vědy fotogenické je Anglermoss od našeho kolegy Tomáše Figury. Gratulujeme! Nejen ji můžete vidět na aktuální výstavě v galerii Věda a umění @akademievedcr.bsky.social.

04.12.2025 19:11 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Nice to have such a motivated excursion to our #microclimate research plot! @spacetimeeco.bsky.social

04.12.2025 14:40 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Glad to see that cage protecting our loggers is still there.

04.12.2025 11:01 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New in gdalraster 2.2.0 🎉

You can now run GDAL CLI algorithms (e.g., gdal raster calc) directly from R -- thanks to the new GDAL 3.11 unified CLI.

Docs: usdaforestservice.github.io/gdalraster/a...

#RStats #RSpatial #GDAL #OSGeo

03.12.2025 14:02 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

A co nám k historicky nejbídnější úspěšnosti ve vlajkové lodi 🇨🇿podpory základního výzkumu (GAČR) poví
@mzenisek.bsky.social
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28.11.2025 12:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is figure 1. The global extent of natural forests in 2020 (according to the model, and based on the probability threshold of 0.52) with zoom-in examples (from left to right: Amazon Basin in Brazil, deforestation frontier in Indonesia, and boreal forest in Western Canada).

This is figure 1. The global extent of natural forests in 2020 (according to the model, and based on the probability threshold of 0.52) with zoom-in examples (from left to right: Amazon Basin in Brazil, deforestation frontier in Indonesia, and boreal forest in Western Canada).

A paper in Scientific Data presents a novel global natural forest map for 2020 at 10 m resolution. This map can support forest monitoring or conservation efforts that require a comprehensive baseline for monitoring deforestation and degradation. go.nature.com/4remVIQ ⚒️ 🧪

20.11.2025 20:46 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Whole‐seedling trait adjustments of mountain birch under contrasting environmental conditions Warming temperatures can promote arctic tree seedling establishment and growth, but these effects depend on the environmental context and the seedlings' capacity to acquire limiting resources. Here, ....

Check out our new paper about birch seedlings, traits, nutrient acquisition and warming in subarctics! 👀⚠️🌳 Just now coming out in Oikos :)
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Many thanks to Maja Sundqvist and the whole amazing team 🤩
@stefhupperts.bsky.social
@michael-gundale.bsky.social
@aclassen.bsky.social

18.11.2025 07:05 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Love to see the progress in implementation of shape-restricted smooths in my favourite package! Shape-restricted smooths are great for constructing models reflecting theoretical assumptions and hypothesis testing in ecology. #rstats

12.11.2025 12:09 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphical abstract of the paper shoving spatial variability in atmospheric vapor pressure deficit driven by the interplay between temperature-driven patterns in saturated water vapor pressure and actual water vapor pressure across topographically diverse landscape of the National Park Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic.

Graphical abstract of the paper shoving spatial variability in atmospheric vapor pressure deficit driven by the interplay between temperature-driven patterns in saturated water vapor pressure and actual water vapor pressure across topographically diverse landscape of the National Park Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic.

Atmospheric #VaporPressureDeficit structures #forest #bryophyte communities across #landscape

our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal

BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!

doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...

04.11.2025 08:24 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

🎉 Registration is now open for MEB2026 – the 3rd Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography Conference!

📅 June 1–5, 2026
📍 Montpellier, France 🇫🇷

This edition highlights terrestrial and aquatic microclimates.

🔗 meb-network.com/meb-2026

#MEB2026 #Microclimate #Ecology #Biogeography #Conference

31.10.2025 09:41 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
IAVS Symposium 2026, Thematic 'Understanding Ecosystems Through Vegetation'.

IAVS Symposium 2026, Thematic 'Understanding Ecosystems Through Vegetation'.

📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain

Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!

📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026

22.10.2025 06:28 👍 25 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 2
Short, thick segments of light-coloured roots woven into a brown soil with dark cracks and macropores. Glare at image top and bottom from LED light.

Short, thick segments of light-coloured roots woven into a brown soil with dark cracks and macropores. Glare at image top and bottom from LED light.

Technician carefully inserting a camera on a very long rail into a transparent tube in the ground in a beech forest.

Technician carefully inserting a camera on a very long rail into a transparent tube in the ground in a beech forest.

First images from our #HydroScale Průhonice site show a cluster of beech roots growing at a depth of 1.2m!

Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.

10.10.2025 21:30 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! 🌲🌳
👇Fully funded postdoc position 👇
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol

14.10.2025 14:07 👍 19 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 2

Děkuji!

08.10.2025 07:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Botanospol - YouTube

Vybrané nahrávky přednášek, které pořádá ČBS ve spolupráci s Katedrou botaniky PřF UK, můžete nově najít na YouTube. Přehrát si zde můžete třeba seminář věnovaný letošní rostlině roku, starčku úzkolistému #rostlinaroku2025 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

07.10.2025 18:10 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Dr. Brett Scheffers will be giving our October Funk lecture! If you are interested in how micro-scale variation in climate and habitat interact to shape biogeographic patterns, you won't want to miss this talk! Learn more here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...

06.10.2025 19:48 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Podíl VaV na celkových výdajích státního rozpočtu se v Česku snížil šestým rokem v řadě, a to z nejvyšší hodnoty 2,40 % v roce 2017 na 1,77 % v roce 2023. Vůči HDP to v roce 2021 bylo 0,61 %, v roce 2022 pak 0,55 % a v roce 2023 jen 0,51 %, což je nejméně od roku 2008. Ale zase máme nový zákon.

29.09.2025 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).

An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.

🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...

25.09.2025 11:20 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Cool technology , just if the DTS unit price could drop tenfold...

23.09.2025 09:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🌿 The Botanical Garden of Charles University’s Faculty of Science turns 250! Founded in 1775, it is one of Central Europe’s oldest university gardens.

Join us for a special anniversary program 15–21 Sept 2025. 🎉

@unikarlova.cuni.cz @botanickazahradauk.bsky.social

16.09.2025 08:22 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0