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Effect of global change drivers on carbon fluxes and resilience of European forests
European forests play a central role for meeting the EU’s climate targets, but the declining carbon sink has left them trailing behind climate goals. Reversing this trend requires a systematic understanding…
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Forest eutrophication and biodiversity loss
We are happy to announce that our new project has been funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). It focuses on the ongoing ruderalization of temperate oak forests – habitats that…
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2025/2 Quarterly research highlights – advancing forest plant ecology
We are excited to share the publication of three innovative articles that showcase our team’s cutting-edge research. Häusler et al. (2025) explore how managing light and nutrients can restore plant diversity…
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Article published – Introducing Rveg: An R Package for Phytosociological Data Digitizing
Rveg is an open-source package extension for the R statistical programming language, designed to facilitate the efficient and straightforward digitization of phytosociological relevés (vegetation plot observations) into plain comma-separated values (CSV)…
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New Book on the Importance of Traditional Forest Practices in Nature Conservation
This publication provides readers with insights into how forest habitats have historically changed under European conditions and how these changes have affected the organisms that depend on forests or individual trees…
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PhD Thesis by A. Holeštová: Vegetation & Conservation in Floodplain Forests
Anežka Holeštová – PhD Thesis 📄 Vegetation dynamics and biodiversity conservation in floodplain forests of regulated rivers The defense will take place at the Faculty of Environmental SciencesFebruary 3, 2025, at…