Department of Geoecology
@spacetimeeco.bsky.social
We combine field measurements with geospatial technologies to understand plant distribution across time and space.
Led by Martin Kopecký, placed in @IBOTCZ
Led by Martin Kopecký, placed in @IBOTCZ
Pinned
I created a feed for microclimate ecology and biogeography to capture posts with the hashtag #microclimate
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Atmospheric #VaporPressureDeficit structures #forest #bryophyte communities across #landscape
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Atmospheric #VaporPressureDeficit structures #forest #bryophyte communities across #landscape
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
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#ForestSoils are more than dirt beneath our feet: they regulate water, store carbon, & support #biodiversity 🌱
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
HoliSoils Webinar Series - Introductory lecture on forest soils, monitoring and mapping - HoliSoils
Don’t miss the HoliSoils webinar on 22 October (14:00–15:00 CEST) on monitoring forest soil biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and microbial responses to management.
holisoils.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#ForestSoils are more than dirt beneath our feet: they regulate water, store carbon, & support #biodiversity 🌱
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
Atmospheric #VaporPressureDeficit structures #forest #bryophyte communities across #landscape
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Atmospheric #VaporPressureDeficit structures #forest #bryophyte communities across #landscape
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
our new #microclimate research in @egubg.bsky.social #Biogeosciences journal
BIG congratulation to the very first paper from our #bryophyte lover Anna Růžičková!
doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...
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Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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📣So happy to share the PhorEau model, combining models of forest dynamics, plant water relations, and process-based SDM = linking ecophysiology, ecology & biogeography 🌳📈💻
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC
PHOREAU v1.0: a new process-based model to predict forest functioning, from tree ecophysiology to forest dynamics and biogeography
Abstract. Climate change impacts forest functioning and dynamics, but large uncertainties remain regarding the interactions between species composition, demographic processes and environmental drivers...
gmd.copernicus.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📣So happy to share the PhorEau model, combining models of forest dynamics, plant water relations, and process-based SDM = linking ecophysiology, ecology & biogeography 🌳📈💻
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC
our new research - proximal #RemoteSensing below ground :)
First images from our #HydroScale Průhonice site show a cluster of beech roots growing at a depth of 1.2m!
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
October 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
our new research - proximal #RemoteSensing below ground :)
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💡 Came across this nice tool today:
🎨 qualpal for algorithmically choosing maximally distinct colors under certain restrictions #dataviz
JOSS paper, online tool, R package #rstats
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
🎨 qualpal for algorithmically choosing maximally distinct colors under certain restrictions #dataviz
JOSS paper, online tool, R package #rstats
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Qualpal: Qualitative Color Palettes for Everyone
Larsson, J., (2025). Qualpal: Qualitative Color Palettes for Everyone. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(114), 8936, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08936
joss.theoj.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
💡 Came across this nice tool today:
🎨 qualpal for algorithmically choosing maximally distinct colors under certain restrictions #dataviz
JOSS paper, online tool, R package #rstats
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
🎨 qualpal for algorithmically choosing maximally distinct colors under certain restrictions #dataviz
JOSS paper, online tool, R package #rstats
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
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Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
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Dr. Brett Scheffers will be giving our October Funk lecture! If you are interested in how micro-scale variation in climate and habitat interact to shape biogeographic patterns, you won't want to miss this talk! Learn more here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dr. Brett Scheffers will be giving our October Funk lecture! If you are interested in how micro-scale variation in climate and habitat interact to shape biogeographic patterns, you won't want to miss this talk! Learn more here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...
very interesting reading about #macroecology patterns emerging...just everywhere :) and what biological mechanisms we can (or rather can not) infer from such patterns
Classic macroecological laws-long held as signatures of biological systems-also emerge in economic and geological systems. The real signal lies not in the static universal patterns, but in how those patterns shift with scale 🌐🧪 #scaling #macroecology journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Separating Macroecological Pattern and Process: Comparing Ecological, Economic, and Geological Systems
Theories of biodiversity rest on several macroecological patterns describing the relationship between species abundance and diversity. A central problem is that all theories make similar predictions f...
journals.plos.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
very interesting reading about #macroecology patterns emerging...just everywhere :) and what biological mechanisms we can (or rather can not) infer from such patterns
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Occlusion in forest laser scanning is often seen as a problem, but it can also be an opportunity. Our new preprint tries to find the positives in the things we haven't seen. 🌲🌳🧪 eartharxiv.org/repository/view/10336/
September 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Occlusion in forest laser scanning is often seen as a problem, but it can also be an opportunity. Our new preprint tries to find the positives in the things we haven't seen. 🌲🌳🧪 eartharxiv.org/repository/view/10336/
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If you maybe missed the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC, video-recordings 📼 and lecture materials are now available: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The event was organized in collaboration with EO Council (www.eo-council.nl), Netherlands Space Office (www.spaceoffice.nl/en/) and SURF (www.surf.nl/en/).
The event was organized in collaboration with EO Council (www.eo-council.nl), Netherlands Space Office (www.spaceoffice.nl/en/) and SURF (www.surf.nl/en/).
OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 at WICC "Data Science for Earth Observation" - YouTube
Data Science for Earth Observation: Hands-on Training in Python, R and Julia Date: 1—6 September 2025 Location: Wageningen, Netherlands IMPORTANT NOTICE: Som...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you maybe missed the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC, video-recordings 📼 and lecture materials are now available: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The event was organized in collaboration with EO Council (www.eo-council.nl), Netherlands Space Office (www.spaceoffice.nl/en/) and SURF (www.surf.nl/en/).
The event was organized in collaboration with EO Council (www.eo-council.nl), Netherlands Space Office (www.spaceoffice.nl/en/) and SURF (www.surf.nl/en/).
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📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
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🔔 Register now for the #C3S User Workshop on 20 Oct. in Prague, an in-person event for users to explore climate data tools and real-world applications, with hands-on training and networking opportunities. 📅 Sign up by 30 September: climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-eng...
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🔔 Register now for the #C3S User Workshop on 20 Oct. in Prague, an in-person event for users to explore climate data tools and real-world applications, with hands-on training and networking opportunities. 📅 Sign up by 30 September: climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-eng...
interesting method to measure #microclimate:
about fiber-optics use in #microclimatology see also e.g.
Tyler et al. (2008) Journal of Glaciology doi.org/10.3189/0022...
Lutz et al. (2012) Northwest Science doi.org/10.3955/046....
Seyfried et al. (2016) Vadose Zone Journal doi.org/10.2136/vzj2...
about fiber-optics use in #microclimatology see also e.g.
Tyler et al. (2008) Journal of Glaciology doi.org/10.3189/0022...
Lutz et al. (2012) Northwest Science doi.org/10.3955/046....
Seyfried et al. (2016) Vadose Zone Journal doi.org/10.2136/vzj2...
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
interesting method to measure #microclimate:
about fiber-optics use in #microclimatology see also e.g.
Tyler et al. (2008) Journal of Glaciology doi.org/10.3189/0022...
Lutz et al. (2012) Northwest Science doi.org/10.3955/046....
Seyfried et al. (2016) Vadose Zone Journal doi.org/10.2136/vzj2...
about fiber-optics use in #microclimatology see also e.g.
Tyler et al. (2008) Journal of Glaciology doi.org/10.3189/0022...
Lutz et al. (2012) Northwest Science doi.org/10.3955/046....
Seyfried et al. (2016) Vadose Zone Journal doi.org/10.2136/vzj2...
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We just published a paper that shows including lateral flow of soil moisture matters for climate once you get down to km-scale modelling of the land surface. More and more of our work is at these scales so we need to start including processes like this. 🧪
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
The influence of lateral flow on land surface fluxes in southeast Australia varies with model resolution
Abstract. Land surface models (LSMs) used in climate models typically represent surface hydrology as one-dimensional vertical fluxes, neglecting the lateral movement of water within and between grids....
hess.copernicus.org
September 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We just published a paper that shows including lateral flow of soil moisture matters for climate once you get down to km-scale modelling of the land surface. More and more of our work is at these scales so we need to start including processes like this. 🧪
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
In this study, we attempt to shift the perspective on near-ground forest microclimate towards smaller organisms. We aimed to quantify how ground cover type further modifies air temp., air humidity and soil temp. on small scales. Our initial findings were presented at this year's GFÖ in Würzburg!
September 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Had a privilege and pleasure to teach terra pkg (created by @roberthijmans.bsky.social et al.) and spatial sampling with R together with Alexandre Wadoux at the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC. You can follow the terra tutorial from here: differ.blog/p/processing...
📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...
📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...
Processing large rasters using terra package for R: combining tiling and time-series modeling
Processing large rasters using terra package for R: combining tiling and time-series modeling
differ.blog
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Had a privilege and pleasure to teach terra pkg (created by @roberthijmans.bsky.social et al.) and spatial sampling with R together with Alexandre Wadoux at the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC. You can follow the terra tutorial from here: differ.blog/p/processing...
📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...
📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...
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New on CRAN: mlr3spatiotempcv (2.3.4). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mlr3spatiotempcv
mlr3spatiotempcv: Spatiotemporal Resampling Methods for 'mlr3'
Extends the mlr3 machine learning framework with spatio-temporal resampling methods to account for the presence of spatiotemporal autocorrelation (STAC) in predictor variables. STAC may cause highly biased performance estimates in cross-validation if ignored. A JSS article is available at <<a href="https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v111.i07" target="_top">doi:10.18637/jss.v111.i07</a>>.
CRAN.R-project.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New on CRAN: mlr3spatiotempcv (2.3.4). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mlr3spatiotempcv
Like #microclimate, #tundra, #plants and experiments? Then apply for this position with @juliakemppinen.bsky.social
Highly recommended....
Highly recommended....
I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to conduct experiments on tundra plants and microclimates 🌱🌡️💧❄️ Call ends October 7! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Change
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Change
jobs.helsinki.fi
September 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Like #microclimate, #tundra, #plants and experiments? Then apply for this position with @juliakemppinen.bsky.social
Highly recommended....
Highly recommended....
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📢 Materials from the OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 (“Data Science for Earth Observation”) by Krzysztof Dyba are now online.
Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #RStats.
👉 github.com/kadyb/OGH2025
#RSpatial #RemoteSensing #GISchat
Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #RStats.
👉 github.com/kadyb/OGH2025
#RSpatial #RemoteSensing #GISchat
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 Materials from the OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 (“Data Science for Earth Observation”) by Krzysztof Dyba are now online.
Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #RStats.
👉 github.com/kadyb/OGH2025
#RSpatial #RemoteSensing #GISchat
Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #RStats.
👉 github.com/kadyb/OGH2025
#RSpatial #RemoteSensing #GISchat
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Our paper now in @nature.com Scientific Data
"Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and ML"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌍 stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_gsvh-30m...
📱 global-pasture-watch.projects.earthengine.app/view/gsvh-30m
📰 landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...
"Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and ML"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌍 stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_gsvh-30m...
📱 global-pasture-watch.projects.earthengine.app/view/gsvh-30m
📰 landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...
Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning
doi.org
September 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our paper now in @nature.com Scientific Data
"Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and ML"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌍 stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_gsvh-30m...
📱 global-pasture-watch.projects.earthengine.app/view/gsvh-30m
📰 landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...
"Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and ML"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌍 stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_gsvh-30m...
📱 global-pasture-watch.projects.earthengine.app/view/gsvh-30m
📰 landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...
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🌳 New Tansley Insight!
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🌳 New Tansley Insight!
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
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We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...
September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...
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Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...