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Gábina has defended her thesis!

Robert TropekMonday September 12th, 2016Wednesday September 14th, 2016 Uncategorized

Today, Gabriela Wofková has successfully defended her master thesis entitled “Diversity of traits of aculeatan hymonopterans in habitats with finely-grained substrate”. It is thus the second defended thesis of our group in the last few days. Gábina analysed what traits of individual “bees and wasps” species are responsible for their (in)ability to effectively colonise post-industrial sites. After recovering from celebrations she will start compiling a manuscript from her results. Congratulations!

Liang J. et al. (incl. Delabye S., Janeček Š., Klomberg Y., Maicher V., Tropek R.) (in press) Co-limitation toward lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Delabye S., Gaona F.P., Potocký P., Foxcroft L.C., Halamová P., Hejda M., MacFadyen S., Pyšková K., Sedláček O., Staňková M., Storch D., Pyšek P., Tropek R. (in press) Thirteen moth species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Noctuidae) newly recorded in South Africa, with comments on their distribution. Biodiversity Data Journal.

Klomberg Y., Tropek R., Mertens J.E.J., Kobe I.N., Hodeček J., Raška J., Fominka N.T., Souto-Vilarós D., Janečková P., Janeček Š. (2022) Spatiotemporal variation in the role of floral traits in shaping tropical plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology Letters 25: 839-850.

Hejda M., Čuda J., Pyšková K., Zambatis G., Foxcroft L.C., MacFadyen S., Storch D., Tropek R., Pyšek P. (2022) Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South‑African savanna. Scientific Reports 12: 338.

Kolar V., Tichanek F., Tropek R. (2021) Evidence-based restoration of freshwater biodiversity after mining: Experience from Central European spoil heaps. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 1921-1932.

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