The last week, Lucka has started to work on her thesis focused on influence of past disturbances in shooting plots in the abandoned military training area in the Brdy Mts. In this joint project with Ondřej Sedláček, we are focusing on…
Popular paper on our pollination research
Our collaborator Michael Bartoš has written a popular paper on our joint research of pollination networks in the Zelezne hory Mts. Although it was published in a Czech journal Moderní včelař (“Modern Beekeeper”), any non-Czech speaker can still enjoy Sylvain’s pictures…
New research: Fire, bombs and arthropods
For her Master thesis, Lucka will be sampling communities of arthropods at the relatively recently abandoned training bombing ranges in the Brdy Mts. Since 1930s the whole mountain range served as a military training area, especially target ranges for bombing created…
Back to Cameroon
Yesterday, a small part of our group has left to Cameroon again. Vincent, Sylvain and Pavel will spend two months in the field, presumably finishing our sampling of both butterflies and moths along the altitudinal gradient of Mt. Cameroon. During…
Group meeting in Ruda
Last weekend, our group, together with a few close collaborators, met in the Ruda field station belonging to the Zoological Department of Charles University in South Bohemia. We have discussed our plans for the coming field seasons in both Czechia…
New study on competition in pollination systems
For already a few years, our group collaborates in research of a pollination system of Hypoestes aristata plant in the Cameroonian Bamenda Highlands. We have already revealed the carpenter bee Xylocopa caffra to be its most frequent and efficient pollinator among…
New invasive crayfish for Czechia
During our long-term research of freshwater communities of lignite spoil heaps in Nortwestern Bohemia, we have also found several adult females of marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax f. virginalis) in an artificial pool at the Radovesická spoil heap. Simultaneously, our colleagues…
New office in Budejovice
Since the reconstruction of our departmental building of the Biology Centre in Ceske Budejovice is in its final stage, we have finally moved to our new office. After a few years, our last office has started to be insufficient for us…
New publication on efficient habitat restoration for newts
As a by-product of our intensive research of freshwater invertebrates at lignite spoil heaps, we have also sampled enough newts to make an analysis of their needs during restoration possible. Just recently, results of this side project have been published…
New study on spatial dynamics and monitoring of Coenagrion ornatum
In the second publication based on results of Filip Tichanek’s master thesis, we focus on spatial ecology of threatened damselfly Coenagrion ornatum in the drainage ditches of the Radovesická spoil heap. By re-capturing of previously marked individuals, we showed the extreme sedentarity…