Overview
of topics I am interested in and projects I am
involved in. Most of the projects are in colaboration
with other people. Many of the projects are parts of theses of master or PhD.
students I am supervising. I am interested in contacts with people working in
related topics and I would be happy to get involved in any cooperation related
to my interests.
Metapopulation dynamics of perennial plants
Plant - herbivore interactions
Population biology of rare species
Population biology of invasive species
Restoration of grassland communities
Local adaptations in plant populations: Does arbuscular mycorrhiza
matter?
Biology
of polyploids
Population biology of clonal plants
Factors determining species diversity and coexistence at landscape
level
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Metapopulation dynamics of perennial plants
Summary of my PhD. thesis.
Current
projects
Dynamics of species in dry grasslands in České
středohoří, Czech Republic. Among other the aim is to determine the relationship between
species traits (related to dispersal ability, growth rate and so on) and
landscape history for distribution of species in the present landscape (master
thesis Katka Blažková and Tereza Chýlová).
Dynamics of Succisa pratensis in an agricultural landscape in
southern Sweden
- in cooperation with T. Herben, J. Ehrlén, M. Mildén,
O. Eriksson.
Plant - herbivore interactions
Effects of herbivores on plant population dynamics at both local and
regional scale.
Current
projects
Plant Aster
amellus and its monophagous frugivore
Coleophora obscenella
(together with Jan Rothanzl)
Cirsium pannonicum and Cirsium acaule and their frugivores.
Interaction of herbivore guilds on Cirsium arvense. In cooperation with Svata Louda, University of
Nebraska.
Master and PhD. thesis Ines Abela
Hofbauerová.
Population
biology of rare species
Determination of
critical life transitions, pollination ecology and habitat requirements of rare
and endanger species in the Czech
Republic. Processes affecting species survival in small populations.
Priorities
of conservation of vascular plant species – MŠMT project in collaboration
with AOPK – 2006-2011.
Current projects
Dracocephalum
austriacum - comparative population biology of Czech and Slovak
populations. - Master and PhD. thesis Tomáš Dostálek –
also with Silvia Castro
Gladiolus palustris and Gladiolus
imbricatus. - Master thesis Pavla Novotná
Population
and metapopulation dynamics of Asplenium adulterinum and Asplenium
cuneifolium. - PhD. thesis Anna Bucharová.
Local
adaptations in plant populations at regional scale, factors determining
importance of local adaptations. Working with
species Aster amellus and Inula hirta.
- PhD. thesis Jana Raabová.
Population
biology of invasive species
Determining factors
responsible for spread of invasive species at the landscape level, modelling future species spread.
Current projects
Rumex alpinus in
Krkonoše
Mountains
. - Master thesis Zita
Červenková
I also take part
in a project predicting future spread of Pinus strobus organised by Věra Hadincová.
Restoration
of grassland communities
In my master
thesis I studied the effect of mowing and winter burning on diverisity
of a dry grassland community. Since then I am interested in projects related to
grassland restoration.
Current projects
Importance
of seedling regeneration for restoration success and grazing as a tool to
restore grassland communities. - Master and PhD. thesis of Kateřina Čiháková. This project
is a part of the project of the Ministry for Environmental Protection studying
importance of grazing for preserving grassland communitites
in protected areas. The botanical part of the project is coordinated by Jan Mládek.
Local
adaptations in plant populations: Does arbuscular mycorrhiza matter?
with Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of
Botany. Master thesis Hanka Plachá
Aster amellus
as a model species
The aim of the
project is to study the importance of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) in local
adaptations of plant populations and to test whether the response of plant
population to AM fungi is related to soil conditions and fungal isolate. We
compare the response of six populations of the model plant species Aster
amellus to different isolates of one model AM fungal species, obtained from the
model localities, when grown in the original soils of the plant populations and
in the original soils of the fungal isolates. We then relate the observed
differences to differences in soil conditions between the localities and
genetic similarity of the plant populations. We also study the specificity of
the plant-fungus association by assessing whether different plant populations induce
sporulation of different AM fungal species in the
soils from the six localities. The study will provide novel insights into local
adaptations of plant and AM fungal populations in natural communities.
Biology of polyploids
Aster amellus –
coexistence in diploid-hexaploid contact zone – with Silvia Castro, Maria
Šurinová
Population
biology of clonal plants
Current projects
Population
biology of species of the genus Polygonatum
using information from its rhizomes. - Master thesis Kristýna
Vazačová.
Factors
determining species diversity and coexistence at landscape level
Together
with Deborah Goldberg (University of Michigan, USA) and Vigdis Vandvik (University
of Bergen, Norway).
List of all
student projects I am surpervising is here. List of new possible topics for
master and possible PhD. projects is here.
List of my
publications is in my CV.