In our new article, Zdenka Preislerová and I review the trends in describing new syntaxa of European vegetation from the early 20th century to the publication of the EuroVegChecklist (Mucina et al. 2016) and beyond. @applvegsci.bsky.social @euroveg.bsky.social 🔗Open access: doi.org/10.1111/avsc...

Our hydrobiologists observed ephemeral wetlands on arable land which belong to of the last fish-free aquatic habitats that have the potential to serve as refugia for regionally rare zooplankton species. What did they found: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In our new Preslia article, led by Barbora Klímová, we corrected bias in the occurrence data using rarefaction and mapped the geographical distribution of plant species richness in Czechia (left: raw data, right: corrected data). 🔗 doi.org/10.23855/pre...

In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences. 🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365... ‪@journalofecology.bsky.social‬

Česká krajina dál trpí nedostatkem vody a toky vysychají. Hydrobiolog Petr Pařil upozorňuje, že ubývá i prostor pro vodní živočichy. S úbytkem vody mizí druhová pestrost a ekosystémy jsou stále zranitelnější s dlouhodobými následky pro všechny. Reportáž ČT zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10971...

🌱 In our new article led by Luigi Cao Pinna, we show that alien plants in the Mediterranean often shift their niches, i.e. either do not fill or expand their occupied climatic space compared to the native range, partly depending on their traits. 🔗 fulltext: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

I am searching for 1-2 postdocs to join our research team at the Vegetation Ecology Lab, IEEB, National Taiwan University, from August 2025 for one to three years. Details: davidzeleny.net/veglab/lib/e... davidzeleny.net/veglab #postdocjobs #vegetation #TaiwanIsaCountry

Coarse woody debris plays a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity in forest ecosystems by supporting habitat complexity and influencing soil properties. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #malacology #snails #biodiversity #forest @forestecosyst.bsky.social

Our students collected awards in student competition at the Limnospol conference. The award for the best lecture went to Dominik Pliska, the award for the 1st best poster to Erika Skříšovská and for the 3rd best poster to Matěj Kořínek. Congratulations to everyone! #award #wetlands #hydrobiology

Iceland, the land of volcanoes and elves hides more than it seems. Our zoologists have discovered wetland snails which were spread by birds from Europe. Many species are cumulated in the warmest areas, which are under human pressure. Read more here: brill.com/view/journal... #malacology #Iceland

In abandoned sandpit near Železná Ruda in Šumava Mts, Czech scientists discovered a new species of Czech funga - Multiclavula corynoides, a lichenised fungus with unicellular algae of the genus Elliptochloris inside. Read more: czechmycology.org/article/77103 @czechacademy.bsky.social #lichens

Hydnoids, well-known Czech fungi? Not quite. A new study by a Czech team (including Dvořák & Hrouda from MUNI) provides the first complete DNA-based checklist of Czech stipitate hydnoids. #mycology #houby #fungi

There will be a seminar by Lucrecia tomorrow at the lecture room in the Department of Botany, České Budějovice. You can reach it online: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

We published a visual guide to the repertoire of hepatocyte alterations recognized in Nothobranchius furzeri, a vertebrate model in aging research. Giant mitochondria and intense hepatocellular vacuolation are the most prominent features. #killifish

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

Did you know, that spiders offer inspiration for technologies, medicines, bioinsecticides or solutions for sustainable agriculture? They help regulate pests, support nutrient cycling and improve mental health. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #biologicalreviews #arachnology #zoology #spiders

We offer a postdoc position for developing global analyses on seed germination data using SEEDARC. See the job alert on our website and contact us! www.jimenezalfaro.net

Je chov halančíků standardizován? Jaké jsou mezery? To vše v závěrečném dílu o laboratorních halančících nyní v Živě.

EVA-MAP: www.EVAMAP.eu We have launched a new online map of vegetation plots in the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and ReSurveyEurope database. You can select plots using a filtering form or drawing an area in the map, explore plot metadata and export lists of selected plots with metadata.

V časopise Ochrana přírody vychází první výsledky výzkumu našich hydrobiologů o přínosu budování tůní v nížinné zemědělské krajině. Nevhodně vybudované tůně ničí revitalizační potenciál a násobí degradaci přírodních stanovišť. #hydrobiology #biodiversity www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz/pece-o-priro...

🌍 Exciting opportunity with UFZ & iDiv: scientist (f/m/n) with focus on biodiversity restoration, citizen science, data analysis, connecting nature & human health. Projects include FLOW🌊 & VielFaltergarten🌼 💼 Up to pay grade 13 TVöD 🕒 3-year contract 🗓 Apply by 18 May idiv.de/career/job-openings

Zakládání nových tůní nemusí vždy krajině prospět. Často dochází k ničení kvalitních mokřadních biotopů, ústupu jejich specializovaných druhů, zhoršování kvality vody a vysychání okolní krajiny. www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/oblib...

Our malacologists have just published the results of an extensive survey of land snails in the Faroe Islands.They confirmed the presence of all previously known species, but also discovered several new ones - not only on particular islands, but also for the whole archipelago.

Our hydrobiologists analysed changes in the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in 65 pristine Czech rivers between 1997-2015. #hydrobiology #invertebrates #rivers #species_richness

Milan Chytrý was awarded an honorary membership of IAVS (The International Association for Vegetation Science) for his long-term work for the society, scientific activities and management of the journal. Congratulations for this prestigious award! @milanchytry.bsky.social

🌿 The first article of our DarkDivNet consortium, led by Meelis Pärtel, has been published in Nature. Our dataset from 5500 sites in 119 world regions, collected specially for this purpose, shows that plant diversity is negatively affected not only by direct human impact such as local disturbance.

In cooperation with Bulgarian colleagues (Monica Pramatarova,Ilia Gjonov) we managed to publish the first comprehensive list of psyllids (jumping plant lice) of Bulgaria. Its basis was created during Monica's internship at Dept. of Botany & Zoology in spring 2020 under Igor Malenovský supervision.

We are proud of our PhD student Kristýna Kuklová. She was awarded by Brno PhD talent. She is involved in the development of advanced metagenomic methods for the analysis of environmental DNA to identify ancient parasites. www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/179... #JCMM #science #biology #parasitology

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Meloe is eating the flowering Pulsatilla. Natural interference of one endangered species with the reproduction of another endangered species. Read more about monitoring of Pulsatilla populations: www.preslia.cz/article/pdf?... Photo P. Dundek #botany #Pulsatilla #biodiversity #umbrella_species

Jaro klepe na dveře: Vyrážíme znovu do terénu. Připravili jsme pokusné plochy pro Terénní cvičení z geobotaniky. V Jamolicích budeme sledovat dlouhodobé změny vegetace vlivem vypalování a narušování drnu. #botany #field #study_at_MUNI

Nabídka práce: Botanický ústav AV ČR hledá vedoucího průhonického herbáře. Pozice bude otevřena do obsazení, první pohovory jsou plánovány na 13. března 2025. www.ibot.cas.cz/cs/vacancies... #botany, #job, #herbarium

Ústav botaniky a zoologie spolupořádá Zoologické dny. Zde se pravidelně setkávají odborníci různých zoologických zaměření a vzniká prostor pro zajímavé odborné diskuse. Těšíme se na všechny účastníky.

🌱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 🌾 In our new article led by Gilles Colling, we further explored the AgriWeedClim database of species composition of weeds in arable fields across ten countries in Central Europe. We focused on the changes in neophytes and archaeophytes over time.

Two cool post-doc positions available at Umeå Uni to work on David Wardle's unique long-term experiments on lake islands in N-Sweden! One position focuses on microbial communities, the other on above-belowground linkages. Please, share! 🧬🦠🌲🍂 www.umu.se/en/work-with... www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Exciting day at the Masaryk University Brno campus - open day 🤩 A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to organizing this fantastic event. 🙌🎉 🥼🐟❤️ Here's to spreading the love for #science far and wide!

🌿 Half a Century of Plant Community Changes in Non-Forest Habitats 🌿 Our new article in Global Change Biology, led by Klára Klinkovská, reveals how the plant species composition in treeless vegetation has changed over the last 50 years.

Calamagrostis epigejos, is a nasty expansive grass encroaching European grasslands. In a new research paper, we have demonstrated the ability of Rhinanthus hemiparasitic plants to suppress the grass, enhance diversity and restore high-nature-value grasslands. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kSR614Z6t...

Narrow-leaved ragwort (Senecio inaequidens) is the plant of the year 2025 in the Czech Republic. In previous years, the Czech Botanical Society awarded this title to endangered species, but this year, we chose an alien species whose invasion is taking place at breakneck speed right before our eyes.

🌿✨ Great news for Czech nature! The Czech government has officially approved the designation of the Soutok Protected Landscape Area, which should guarantee the conservation of 120 km2 of floodplain with alluvial forests and meadows in the triangle of land next to the Austrian and Slovak border.

Už jen do neděle 12. 1. 2025 se můžete registrovat na oblíbenou konferenci Zoologické dny. Nenechte si tuto výjimečnou událost ujít! www.ivb.cz/vyzkum/zoolo... #zoodny #konference #brno #ivb #muni @czechacademy.bsky.social‬

Our new paper led by Irena Axmanová in @preslia.cz focuses on "expansive plant species", i.e. native plants that are increasing their abundance in the landscape or dominance in local communities. See more info in the thread by @krystofchytry.bsky.social