Jitka Klimesova
@jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
Ecologist, Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Science, functional morphology of plants, plant architecture & lino cut https://klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/jitka-klimesova/
Plant Bodies https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-92192-6
Plant Bodies https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-92192-6
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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
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November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Už je čas na pohádku? Podzimní pohádka klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
Podzimní pohádka
Ježek Jouda šel podzimní zahradou a přemýšlel, kde najde zimní pelíšek, když tu najednou na něj spadlo přezrálé jablko a rozpláclo se mu na hřbetě až mu do kožichu začala stékat jablečná šťáva. „Dá…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Už je čas na pohádku? Podzimní pohádka klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/p...
New on the Belowground blog: wooody versus fleshy belowground plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
When fire digs deeper: How changing fire frequency reshapes the belowground world of campos rupestres
New research by Aline Bertolosi Bombo at the Lab of Vegetation Ecology, São Paulo State University (UNESP). Above are views of the stunning campos rupestres in southeastern Brazil — ancie…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New on the Belowground blog: wooody versus fleshy belowground plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Černý pudlík Faustův klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
Černý pudlík Faustův
Mefistofeles se zjeví doktoru Faustovi* nejdříve v podobě černého pudlíka a potom mu nabídne své služby, aby ukázal pánu bohu, jak jsou lidé slabí a snadno podléhají pokušení. Jak to nakonec d…
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November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Černý pudlík Faustův klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
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🌿🪶 New Review in #BAAE: Abandonment & intensification impact biodiversity in marginal grasslands.
Across 174 European studies, both pathways reduced diversity — while restoration & extensive management help recover ecological value. 🌾
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Across 174 European studies, both pathways reduced diversity — while restoration & extensive management help recover ecological value. 🌾
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌿🪶 New Review in #BAAE: Abandonment & intensification impact biodiversity in marginal grasslands.
Across 174 European studies, both pathways reduced diversity — while restoration & extensive management help recover ecological value. 🌾
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Across 174 European studies, both pathways reduced diversity — while restoration & extensive management help recover ecological value. 🌾
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
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A mají tam i zelený Vesmírníček, což znamená, že byl po roce exkluzivity puštěn do široké distribuce.
Měli byste ho tak nově sehnat u každého dobrého knihkupce!
Měli byste ho tak nově sehnat u každého dobrého knihkupce!
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A mají tam i zelený Vesmírníček, což znamená, že byl po roce exkluzivity puštěn do široké distribuce.
Měli byste ho tak nově sehnat u každého dobrého knihkupce!
Měli byste ho tak nově sehnat u každého dobrého knihkupce!
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V Neoluxoru na pražském Chodově na vás čekají tři výtisky červených Geostorek s podpisem a věnováním. Zaskočte si tam tak pro ně!
Ideální vánoční dárek do zimních měsíců 😀
Ideální vánoční dárek do zimních měsíců 😀
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
V Neoluxoru na pražském Chodově na vás čekají tři výtisky červených Geostorek s podpisem a věnováním. Zaskočte si tam tak pro ně!
Ideální vánoční dárek do zimních měsíců 😀
Ideální vánoční dárek do zimních měsíců 😀
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
Mechanisms of carbon allocation to stem-like axial sink organs academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social
Mechanisms of carbon allocation to stem-like axial sink organs
Abstract. Carbon source organs such as leaves provide organic carbon for distribution to non-photosynthetic carbon sink organs, transported as sugars in th
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October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mechanisms of carbon allocation to stem-like axial sink organs academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social
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New book out soon! 📖 (Unfortunately only in Czech)
Planet of Melting Ice by Zdeněk Zvonek brings together 19 interviews with scientists from all sorts of fields — from biology to geology to social science — all united by one thing: their work in the polar regions. 🧊
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Planet of Melting Ice by Zdeněk Zvonek brings together 19 interviews with scientists from all sorts of fields — from biology to geology to social science — all united by one thing: their work in the polar regions. 🧊
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October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New book out soon! 📖 (Unfortunately only in Czech)
Planet of Melting Ice by Zdeněk Zvonek brings together 19 interviews with scientists from all sorts of fields — from biology to geology to social science — all united by one thing: their work in the polar regions. 🧊
👇🧵
Planet of Melting Ice by Zdeněk Zvonek brings together 19 interviews with scientists from all sorts of fields — from biology to geology to social science — all united by one thing: their work in the polar regions. 🧊
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New on the Belowground blog: Perfection versus feasibility in belowground ecology plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Life Lessons in Root Identification
Commentary by S. Grady Welsh from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA. The photo above shows members of the Tumber-Dávila Lab learning to sieve roots and soil. Photo by Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dá…
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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New on the Belowground blog: Perfection versus feasibility in belowground ecology plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
Občas vám vadí, že jenom hejtujeme každou změnu, která ve VaVaI přijde. A tak jsme zkusili vyrobit i něco pozitivního a sepsali jsme Teze pro českou vědu, aneb co si myslíme, že čeští vědci, vědkyně a vědecké instituce potřebují k úspěšnému rozvoji. Enjoy!
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Teze pro českou vědu 2025 | Věda žije!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Občas vám vadí, že jenom hejtujeme každou změnu, která ve VaVaI přijde. A tak jsme zkusili vyrobit i něco pozitivního a sepsali jsme Teze pro českou vědu, aneb co si myslíme, že čeští vědci, vědkyně a vědecké instituce potřebují k úspěšnému rozvoji. Enjoy!
www.vedazije.cz/clanek/clane...
www.vedazije.cz/clanek/clane...
New on the Belowground blog: To understand plant resilience to fire, look belowground plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/t...
To understand plant resilience to fire, look belowground
New research and commentary by Marco Antonio Chiminazzo from Universidade Estadual Paulista in Brazil. The photo above was taken by Marco Antonio Chiminazzo during a prescribed burn in Central Braz…
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October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New on the Belowground blog: To understand plant resilience to fire, look belowground plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/t...
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Check out this new #AJB Review by Tom Givnish!
Causes of delayed #angiosperm #diversification: The photosynthetic revolution, increased opportunity costs of anti-herbivore defenses, selection for qualitative toxins & acceleration of plant–herbivore coevolution
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #plantscience
Causes of delayed #angiosperm #diversification: The photosynthetic revolution, increased opportunity costs of anti-herbivore defenses, selection for qualitative toxins & acceleration of plant–herbivore coevolution
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #plantscience
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Check out this new #AJB Review by Tom Givnish!
Causes of delayed #angiosperm #diversification: The photosynthetic revolution, increased opportunity costs of anti-herbivore defenses, selection for qualitative toxins & acceleration of plant–herbivore coevolution
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #plantscience
Causes of delayed #angiosperm #diversification: The photosynthetic revolution, increased opportunity costs of anti-herbivore defenses, selection for qualitative toxins & acceleration of plant–herbivore coevolution
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #plantscience
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
🌱 RESEARCH 🌱
Phloem cell proliferation in Plasmodiophora brassicae-induced clubroot galls doesn't directly depend on PEAR transcription factors, despite transcriptional up-regulation - Singh et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sdeeksha1994.bsky.social @malinowskilab.bsky.social
Phloem cell proliferation in Plasmodiophora brassicae-induced clubroot galls doesn't directly depend on PEAR transcription factors, despite transcriptional up-regulation - Singh et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sdeeksha1994.bsky.social @malinowskilab.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌱 RESEARCH 🌱
Phloem cell proliferation in Plasmodiophora brassicae-induced clubroot galls doesn't directly depend on PEAR transcription factors, despite transcriptional up-regulation - Singh et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sdeeksha1994.bsky.social @malinowskilab.bsky.social
Phloem cell proliferation in Plasmodiophora brassicae-induced clubroot galls doesn't directly depend on PEAR transcription factors, despite transcriptional up-regulation - Singh et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sdeeksha1994.bsky.social @malinowskilab.bsky.social
Do you study effect of disturbance on large scales? Use Belowground Persistence Types of plants! We hope that they will help us to understand better ecosystem resilience than only plant traits.
🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience.
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(MK)
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(MK)
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Do you study effect of disturbance on large scales? Use Belowground Persistence Types of plants! We hope that they will help us to understand better ecosystem resilience than only plant traits.
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
🌿 CSR strategies reflect species' habitat preferences for stress and disturbance, as well as whole-plant traits, offering support for Grime’s hypothesis and highlighting its significance to understanding plant adaptation in the Anthropocene🌲
Read here: buff.ly/yFDdpAZ
Read here: buff.ly/yFDdpAZ
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌿 CSR strategies reflect species' habitat preferences for stress and disturbance, as well as whole-plant traits, offering support for Grime’s hypothesis and highlighting its significance to understanding plant adaptation in the Anthropocene🌲
Read here: buff.ly/yFDdpAZ
Read here: buff.ly/yFDdpAZ
New on the Belowground blog: Rhizarium plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/i...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
New on the Belowground blog: Rhizarium plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/i...
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New paper out. Check it at #AJB!
🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New paper out. Check it at #AJB!
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
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📢 Funded #PhD position!
🌿Interested in studying angiosperm macroevolution linking genome size, polyploidy and trait evolution? 🍀🌻🔬🧬 Join my group @ibotcz.bsky.social
📄Apply/Details: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
💬 Questions welcome!
#science #plants #polyploidy #genomesize #trait #evolution
🌿Interested in studying angiosperm macroevolution linking genome size, polyploidy and trait evolution? 🍀🌻🔬🧬 Join my group @ibotcz.bsky.social
📄Apply/Details: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
💬 Questions welcome!
#science #plants #polyploidy #genomesize #trait #evolution
October 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
📢 Funded #PhD position!
🌿Interested in studying angiosperm macroevolution linking genome size, polyploidy and trait evolution? 🍀🌻🔬🧬 Join my group @ibotcz.bsky.social
📄Apply/Details: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
💬 Questions welcome!
#science #plants #polyploidy #genomesize #trait #evolution
🌿Interested in studying angiosperm macroevolution linking genome size, polyploidy and trait evolution? 🍀🌻🔬🧬 Join my group @ibotcz.bsky.social
📄Apply/Details: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
💬 Questions welcome!
#science #plants #polyploidy #genomesize #trait #evolution
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
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Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🧬Does DNA methylation inheritance differ in clonal and sexual offspring? In wild strawberry, we found higher methylation inheritance in clonal offspring linked to stronger transgenerational plasticity under climate stress.
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@vtec.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
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@vtec.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
Stronger transgenerational plasticity in clonal compared to sexual offspring of Fragaria vesca: effects of drought, elevated temperature and CO2
AbstractBackground and Aims. Climate change threatens plant species, potentially exceeding their adaptive capacities. Plants may adapt to rapid environment
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October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🧬Does DNA methylation inheritance differ in clonal and sexual offspring? In wild strawberry, we found higher methylation inheritance in clonal offspring linked to stronger transgenerational plasticity under climate stress.
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@vtec.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
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@vtec.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
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My Creatures are almost ready to be released into the wild!
10 days until publication day 📕
What do you all think of my cover? She’s SO shiny! 🤩
You can pre-order at your local bookshop or online 🐨🦉🐍
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
10 days until publication day 📕
What do you all think of my cover? She’s SO shiny! 🤩
You can pre-order at your local bookshop or online 🐨🦉🐍
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My Creatures are almost ready to be released into the wild!
10 days until publication day 📕
What do you all think of my cover? She’s SO shiny! 🤩
You can pre-order at your local bookshop or online 🐨🦉🐍
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
10 days until publication day 📕
What do you all think of my cover? She’s SO shiny! 🤩
You can pre-order at your local bookshop or online 🐨🦉🐍
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
Reposted by Jitka Klimesova
By @alinebombo.bsky.social, @alefidelis.bsky.social & Soizig Le Stradic
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
By @alinebombo.bsky.social, @alefidelis.bsky.social & Soizig Le Stradic
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
Začalo to kopírkou klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/z...
Začalo to kopírkou
Když jsem na konci 80. let začínala dělat vědu, dost času jsme strávili sháněním a čtením literatury. Každý měsíc jsme jezdili do botanických knihoven v Praze a Průhonicích na novinky. Prohlíž…
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October 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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