Fieldworks of the Zelezne hory pollination project (more info here) already finished several weeks ago. Until last week, however, greenhouse experiments were still running. For the whole season, our group members assisted with removal of study plants from the Zelezne hory Mts. to…
We have finally added more details on our pollination projects! Other projects pages will be upgraded soon…
Seminar on post-industrial sites in Krakow
In the past week Robert was invited to give a seminar on post-industrial sites at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Krakow. Rob has summarised the long-term research of our group, which proves…
New publication on conservation potential of old solitary trees
Old solitary trees used to be a common component of our landscape. Open-grown trees differ in architecture from trees grown in closed forests, as they are usually more patulous with a higher heterogeneity of micro-habitats inhabited by numerous organisms. A recent study of…
Gábina has defended her thesis!
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…
Lucie has successfuly defended her thesis!
Yesterday morning, Lucie Palivcová has defended her Bachelor thesis entitled “Effectivity and utilisation of different methods of moths research” (it is written in Czech). Lucka has reviewed all the available methodological studies on sampling of moth communities. Despite quite strong…
Czech TV broadcast on post-industrial sites restoration
In spring, our group has collaborated on shooting of Nedej se!, the environmentalistic broadcast of the Czech national television. On the last Sunday, there was a premiere of the broadcast. We intensively discuss the current practice of various post-industrial sites…
Our contributions at the SER 2016 conference
A week ago, Filip and Robert have attended the 10th European Conference on Ecological Restoration in Freising. Filip, whose attendance was funded by a scholarship from the Society for Ecological Restoration, has presented a talk on differences between effects of technical reclamation…
New publication on restoration of artificial streams for the endangered damselfly
After showing the unxepectedly great potential of drainage ditches of the Radovesická spoil heap for conservation of communities of headwaters dragonflies and damselflies, Filip has focused in more detail on the endangered damselfly Coenagrion ornatum, the most threatened odonate species found. Just…
Yannick’s visit to Naturalis
Yannick is currently in Leiden, the Netherlands, to visit the collections at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. There he is preparing himself for the coming trip to Cameroon. As one of the botanists from the team he is responsible for the…