Recently, Jirka Mašek successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Response of tree rings and NDVI of Central-European conifers to extreme climatic events”. With his research, Jirka contributes to a better understanding of environmental effects on growth of temperate forest trees. Congratulations!
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