Insect Communities

Insect Community Ecology Group

Student excursion to South Bohemian sandpits

Robert TropekTuesday May 29th, 2018Sunday June 3rd, 2018 Uncategorized

On Monday, a few members of our group, together with some students of our department, attended an excursion to South Bohemian sand pits led by Jiří Řehounek and Robert. Firstly, Klára Řehounková from University of South Bohemia showed us their experimental plots in Klara’s Island in the Cep II sanp pit. Jiří then showed us their other restoration projects in the same site, followed by several other sand pits managed by the Calla NGO or by the regional conservation offices. Besides several successful projects, we have also found a previously highly valued fly ash deposit in Hodějovice to be under intensive technical reclamation which has already destroyed all the interesting habitats. But, generally, the excursion was successful bringing practical experience to our students.

Klára Řehounková presenting experimental plots in the Klára’s Island. © R. Tropek

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