Today, the successful applications for the Czech Science Foundation grants have been announced. Our group is involved in three new projects! Stepan got a new project on revealing more details of pollination by birds on Mount Cameroon. Rob is a…
Another field sampling in Cameroon is over
Two weeks ago, Vincent and Sylvain returned from their fieldwork in Cameroon, altogether it was our group’s fourth visit to Cameroon this year. Firstly, they visited the Bimbia-Bonadikombo Community Forest, the last remaining coastal forest in the foothill of Mount…
Critically endangered butterfly at a fly ash deposit
Our detailed study of the Grayling (Hipparchia semele), a critically endangered butterfly with a strong recent decline in Czechia, has just been published in Polish Journal of Ecology. A few years ago, Rob discovered its population at a fly ash deposit…
Another fieldtrip to Cameroon
Vincent and Sylvain are currently in Cameroon for another shorter trip. They are mainly filling the last small gap in our dataset of lepidopteran biodiversity on Mount Cameroon. Currently, they are spending a bit more than a week in the…
Lecture for speleologists
Robert has been invited to the National Meeting of Speleologists 2017 (Setkání jeskyňářů 2017) to have a talk about biodiversity of post-mining sites. Although none of our research goes underground, many speleologists do also manage quarries in which caves were…
Symposium on ecological networks in Uppsala
From Monday till Wednesday, Jan spent three days at the 3rd Symposium on Ecological Networks in Uppsala, Sweden. He presented our research on pollination networks along the altitudinal gradient of Mt. Cameroon and managed to meet and discuss with many…
Pája has defended her master thesis
We have another successful thesis defence in our group! Today, Pavla Halamová has defended her Bachelor thesis entitled “Changes of biodiversity and composition of insect communities during restoration of tropical environments”. Pája has reviewed the current knowledge on impact…
Honza has defended his master thesis
Today, Jan Mengr has defended his master thesis entitled “Accumulation of heavy metals in tissues of terrestrial arthropods at fly ash deposits”. Honza focused on the controversion of fly ash deposits as a crucial biodiversity refuge or an ecological trap.…
Pollination of a critically endangered Gentianella
Gentianella praecox ssp. bohemica is a critically endangered plant endemic to Central Europe, which has disappeared from many of its previous localities because of the short-tuft grasslands management changes. As a part of projects aiming its conservation, our colleagues from…
News from the rains!
Last week, Pavel has come back from Cameroon after successfully finishing the moth sampling in the montane forest of Mt. Cameroon. He also brought some news from the field, especially about the rest of our pollination team staying there for…