A5025286448- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Forest Management and Policy
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Institute of Entomology
2016-2025
Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre
2016-2025
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
2015-2024
Czech Academy of Sciences
2013-2024
University of Hradec Králové
2023
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology
2013
Sewanee: The University of the South
1999-2009
Mendel University in Brno
2003-2005
Šumava National Park
2004
Due to the attractiveness of butterflies, and their usefulness as model systems for biological questions, there has been a considerable amount material written on butterfly biology, largely in Europe. This book synthesizes all relevant recent knowledge field, which is must those making use this taxonomic group system. It divided into five major parts deal with habitat use, population ecology genetics, evolutionary ecology, distribution phylogeny, global change conservation. There are growing...
Summary 1. The view of post‐mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such into biodiversity refuges in human‐exploited regions. However, technical reclamation, consisting covering the by topsoil, sowing fast‐growing herb mixtures planting trees, still commonly adopted. Until now, no multi‐taxa study has compared technically reclaimed left with succession. 2. We sampled communities vascular plants 10...
Birds are commonly used as an example of the strongly declining farmland biodiversity in Europe. The populations many species have been shown to suffer from intensification management, reduction landscape heterogeneity, and habitat loss fragmentation. These conditions particularly dominate economically well developed countries Western Currently, environment Central-Eastern Europe is generally more extensive than a larger proportion people still live rural areas; thus generating different for...
ABSTRACT Aim To assess whether altitude changes in the distribution of butterflies during second half 20th century are consistent with climate warming scenarios. Location The Czech Republic. Methods Distributional data were taken from a recent butterfly atlas, which maps all using grid 10′ longitude to 6′ latitude, equivalent about 11.1 × 12 km. Cell was used as an independent variable, and altitudinal ranges individual species (less migrants, extinct species, arrivals extremely rare...
Abstract: The large‐scale decline of traditionally managed early‐successional habitats caused by the joint effects agricultural intensification and abandonment marginal lands has resulted in a continent‐wide xerophilous butterflies throughout Europe. question is whether newly generated sites industrial origin may partially compensate for this habitat loss. We studied butterfly assemblages 21 limestone quarries region Moravia, Czech Republic, within an important corridor latitudinal faunal...
Gut-content analyses using molecular techniques are an effective approach to quantifying predator-prey interactions. Predation is often assumed but scavenging equally likely route by which animal DNA enters the gut of a predator/scavenger. We used PCR (polymerase chain reaction) detect scavenged material in predator homogenates. The rates at decaying slugs (Mollusca: Pulmonata) and aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) became undetectable were estimated. detectability from both carrion types guts...
Abstract Aim To evaluate the relative role of environmental factors and geographical position (latitude longitude) in determining species distribution composition local assemblages butterflies birds. Location Czech Republic, central Europe. Methods Canonical correspondence analysis that ordinates samples (grid cells atlases) such interspecific intersample differences attributable to are maximized. The technique allowed us test significance individual factors, including ones, by controlling...
Military training generates frequent and irregular disturbance followed by succession, resulting in fine-scaled mosaics of ecological conditions military areas (MTAs). The awareness that MTAs may represent important biodiversity sanctuaries is increasing recently. Concurrently, changes doctrine are leading to abandonment many MTAs, which being brought under civilian administration opened for development. We surveyed vascular plants 43 butterflies 41 the Czech Republic compared records with...
Abstract The bacterium Wolbachia infects many insect species and spreads by diverse vertical horizontal means. As co-inherited organisms, these bacteria often cause problems in mitochondrial phylogeny inference. phylogenetic relationships of closely related Palaearctic blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) are ambiguous. We considered the patterns infection diversity two systems: Aricia agestis / artaxerxes Pseudophilotes baton complex. sampled across their distribution...
We analyzed elevational species richness gradients (“decline”, “increase”, “unimodal”, or “bimodal”) in the Himalayan range using data from 157 publications covering both plants and animals. Our study tested hypothesis that unimodal gradients, explainable by geometric mid-domain effect, dominate mountains, while decreasing increasing result studies only examined limited sections of full altitudinal range. Multivariate canonical correspondence analysis was applied to associate gradient shapes...
Abstract We studied population sizes and mobility of Erebia epiphron sudetica , two high mountain butterflies forming endemic subspecies in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, Czech Republic. E. formed continuous populations containing ≈100,000 ≈4,500 individuals on alpine grasslands. The moved freely within their habitats, but movements between were highly unlikely. a system colonies at timberline sites valley headwalls forest clearings. Two such detail contained ≈450 adults interconnected by...
Abstract The knowledge of ecological requirements declining butterflies European woodlands remains limited, which hinders conservation management their localities. This also applies for continentally threatened scarce fritillary Euphydryas maturna . On the basis largest data set on its habitat use ever collected in Central Europe, we analyse populations Austria (A), Czech Republic (Cz) and Germany (D). All studied inhabit open‐canopy sites within woodlands, but larval survival decreases...