Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni
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I started the Czech Vegetation Database 30 years ago. Now, my colleagues and I have prepared the entire database (> 17,000 vegetation plots) as an open dataset.
Our new Preslia article describes the database, its history, current state, published datasets & related resources
doi.org/10.23855/pre...
Our new Preslia article describes the database, its history, current state, published datasets & related resources
doi.org/10.23855/pre...
September 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I started the Czech Vegetation Database 30 years ago. Now, my colleagues and I have prepared the entire database (> 17,000 vegetation plots) as an open dataset.
Our new Preslia article describes the database, its history, current state, published datasets & related resources
doi.org/10.23855/pre...
Our new Preslia article describes the database, its history, current state, published datasets & related resources
doi.org/10.23855/pre...
Noc vědy už tento pátek! Stavte se za námi v Univerzitním kampusu Bohunice (pavilony D31 a D32). @masarykuniversity.bsky.social #EuropeanResearchersNight #NocVedcu #NocVedy #Brno
September 24, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Noc vědy už tento pátek! Stavte se za námi v Univerzitním kampusu Bohunice (pavilony D31 a D32). @masarykuniversity.bsky.social #EuropeanResearchersNight #NocVedcu #NocVedy #Brno
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We sampled a dry grassland in Armenia, which contained 90 and 104 vascular plant species in plots of 10 m² and 25 m², respectively. These counts are higher than those recorded in any European grassland so far, except for the Carpathian region and steppes near Kursk.
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September 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
We sampled a dry grassland in Armenia, which contained 90 and 104 vascular plant species in plots of 10 m² and 25 m², respectively. These counts are higher than those recorded in any European grassland so far, except for the Carpathian region and steppes near Kursk.
www.tuexenia.de/publications...
www.tuexenia.de/publications...
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Can we trust? Yes, we can trust estimates of species turnover, but estimates of changes in species richness are less reliable. Our new article in the Journal of Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/1365... @journalofecology.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social
August 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Can we trust? Yes, we can trust estimates of species turnover, but estimates of changes in species richness are less reliable. Our new article in the Journal of Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/1365... @journalofecology.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social
Milan Chytrý se zúčastnil Dne pro životní prostředí na zámku v Lánech, kde na pozvání prezidenta Petra Pavla diskutovali vědci, zemědělci, lesníci, pracovníci nevládních center ekologické výchovy a influenceři o hlavních výzvách a možných řešeních pro zlepšení stavu přírody a životního prostředí.
August 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Milan Chytrý se zúčastnil Dne pro životní prostředí na zámku v Lánech, kde na pozvání prezidenta Petra Pavla diskutovali vědci, zemědělci, lesníci, pracovníci nevládních center ekologické výchovy a influenceři o hlavních výzvách a možných řešeních pro zlepšení stavu přírody a životního prostředí.
After longterm research our botanists have published a comprehensive study on the remarkable endemic plants found in Balkan wetlands. They have compiled an original dataset on wetland vegetation in nine countries where Balkan endemics and subendemics are found.
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
August 18, 2026 at 10:57 AM
After longterm research our botanists have published a comprehensive study on the remarkable endemic plants found in Balkan wetlands. They have compiled an original dataset on wetland vegetation in nine countries where Balkan endemics and subendemics are found.
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
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Ferns and flowering plants followed divergent chromosome paths
Bureš et al. @botzool.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
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July 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Ferns and flowering plants followed divergent chromosome paths
Bureš et al. @botzool.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
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Bureš et al. @botzool.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
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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....
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July 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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
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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
@preslia.cz #podyji #thayavalley #drygrassland #vegetation
July 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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
@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!
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July 1, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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!
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Centurial Degradation of Insect Diversity in Lowland Rivers: Partial Recovery but Restructuration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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June 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Centurial Degradation of Insect Diversity in Lowland Rivers: Partial Recovery but Restructuration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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.
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.
June 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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.
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
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #mycology #forest #deadwood #bluecat
June 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #mycology #forest #deadwood #bluecat
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1/2 Pozvánka na Týden invazních druhů. Součástí je i tradiční víkendové mapování Biosmršť:
May 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM
1/2 Pozvánka na Týden invazních druhů. Součástí je i tradiční víkendové mapování Biosmršť:
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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...
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Open-access article: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
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May 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@ecography.bsky.social
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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...
May 12, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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...
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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....
May 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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
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May 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Congratulations to Jan Roleček for Presl Brothers Award for his book about Carpathian meadows
@paleoibot.bsky.social #carpathian #meadows #botany
@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/...
May 2, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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/...
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April 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations to Kristina Svobodová and @fishjakub.bsky.social to 2025 Živa Awards
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April 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to Kristina Svobodová and @fishjakub.bsky.social to 2025 Živa Awards
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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...
April 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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....
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March 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Sexual selection and reproductive success in mesocosm populations of African annual killifish
doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
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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
March 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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...
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Our new study introduces a way to identify entire past habitats, using plant macrofossils and large vegetation databases. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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March 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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
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