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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni
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Our botanists fianlly discovered "flowering" tetraploid ginkgo tree (with four sets of chromosomes). Using pollen from this plant, they performed controlled crossbreeding with common diploid female plants and obtained four new triploid plants—the first in this species! doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Gratulujeme Milanovi Chytrému k Ceně ministra školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy za vynikající vzdělávací činnost na vysoké škole! Kromě toho, že je špičkovým vědcem v oblasti ekologie a botaniky, je i inspirativním učitelem, který dokáže nadchnout své studenty.
www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Symposium on Fish Mating Systems (Czechia, 21-23 Jan 2026): REGISTRATION NOW OPEN at fish.ivb.cz/registration/ Plenary talks by Suzanne Alonzo, John Fitzpatrick, and Chiara Benvenuto.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
New study in which our colleagues were involved shows that landscapes with ≈ 60 % unmanaged forests + 40 % intensively managed forests maximise multitaxonomic biodiversity (birds, plants, fungi, lichens, etc.).
Read more 👀: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Our hydrobiologists observed ephemeral wetlands on arable land which belong to of the last fish-free aquatic habitats that have the potential to serve as refugia for regionally rare zooplankton species. What did they found: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Česká krajina dál trpí nedostatkem vody a toky vysychají. Hydrobiolog Petr Pařil upozorňuje, že ubývá i prostor pro vodní živočichy. S úbytkem vody mizí druhová pestrost a ekosystémy jsou stále zranitelnější s dlouhodobými následky pro všechny. Reportáž ČT zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10971...
August 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our students collected awards in student competition at the Limnospol conference. The award for the best lecture went to Dominik Pliska, the award for the 1st best poster to Erika Skříšovská and for the 3rd best poster to Matěj Kořínek. Congratulations to everyone! #award #wetlands #hydrobiology
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Iceland, the land of volcanoes and elves hides more than it seems. Our zoologists have discovered wetland snails which were spread by birds from Europe. Many species are cumulated in the warmest areas, which are under human pressure.
Read more here: brill.com/view/journal...
#malacology #Iceland
July 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In abandoned sandpit near Železná Ruda in Šumava Mts, Czech scientists discovered a new species of Czech funga - Multiclavula corynoides, a lichenised fungus with unicellular algae of the genus Elliptochloris inside.
Read more: czechmycology.org/article/77103
@czechacademy.bsky.social #lichens
June 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hydnoids, well-known Czech fungi? Not quite. A new study by a Czech team (including Dvořák & Hrouda from MUNI) provides the first complete DNA-based checklist of Czech stipitate hydnoids. #mycology #houby #fungi
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
V časopise Ochrana přírody vychází první výsledky výzkumu našich hydrobiologů o přínosu budování tůní v nížinné zemědělské krajině. Nevhodně vybudované tůně ničí revitalizační potenciál a násobí degradaci přírodních stanovišť. #hydrobiology #biodiversity
www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz/pece-o-priro...
May 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our malacologists have just published the results of an extensive survey of land snails in the Faroe Islands.They confirmed the presence of all previously known species, but also discovered several new ones - not only on particular islands, but also for the whole archipelago.
April 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our hydrobiologists analysed changes in the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in 65 pristine Czech rivers between 1997-2015. #hydrobiology #invertebrates #rivers #species_richness
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We are proud of our PhD student Kristýna Kuklová. She was awarded by Brno PhD talent. She is involved in the development of advanced metagenomic methods for the analysis of environmental DNA to identify ancient parasites.
www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/179...
#JCMM #science #biology #parasitology
March 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Meloe is eating the flowering Pulsatilla. Natural interference of one endangered species with the reproduction of another endangered species. Read more about monitoring of Pulsatilla populations:
www.preslia.cz/article/pdf?...
Photo P. Dundek
#botany #Pulsatilla #biodiversity #umbrella_species
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Jaro klepe na dveře: Vyrážíme znovu do terénu. Připravili jsme pokusné plochy pro Terénní cvičení z geobotaniky. V Jamolicích budeme sledovat dlouhodobé změny vegetace vlivem vypalování a narušování drnu.
#botany #field #study_at_MUNI
March 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Nabídka práce:
Botanický ústav AV ČR hledá vedoucího průhonického herbáře. Pozice bude otevřena do obsazení, první pohovory jsou plánovány na 13. března 2025.
www.ibot.cas.cz/cs/vacancies...
#botany, #job, #herbarium
February 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The experiment was done at multiple sites covering the principal environmental gradients in Central Europe. We have also shown that Rhinanthus change the structure of arthropod communities. The use of Rhinanthus in ecological restoration is now supported by compelling experimental evidence.
January 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Calamagrostis epigejos, is a nasty expansive grass encroaching European grasslands. In a new research paper, we have demonstrated the ability of Rhinanthus hemiparasitic plants to suppress the grass, enhance diversity and restore high-nature-value grasslands. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kSR614Z6t...
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Už jen do neděle 12. 1. 2025 se můžete registrovat na oblíbenou konferenci Zoologické dny. Nenechte si tuto výjimečnou událost ujít!
www.ivb.cz/vyzkum/zoolo...
#zoodny #konference #brno #ivb #muni @czechacademy.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM