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Was our landscape ever truly “wild”?
Hinterland, awarded Magnesia Litera, shows that sandstone regions in Czechia were shaped by people for thousands of years—through grazing, fire, and daily life. Congratulations to the authors Petr Pokorný & Petr Šída. We’re proud to have contributed to the book.

@akademievedcr.bsky.social udělila Ceny Živa 2025. Mezi oceněnými byli taky naši kolegové za seriál "Mají se vzácné druhy rostlin bát křížení s hojnějšími příbuznými?" Purkyňovu cenu si odnesl Vít Latzel @vtec.bsky.social za článek, který shrnuje desetiletý výzkum o epigenetické paměti rostlin. 🏆

Our new review asks a simple question with big implications: can mycorrhizal symbiosis leave an epigenetic “memory” in plants? 🧬🌱nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70982
One key message: reproduction matters.

Spolu & práce Zbožňuju synergii spolupráce, vzájemnou inspiraci, provokaci, adaptaci, perkolaci, meditaci a nakonec i tu frustraci. Vzniká něco nového, originálního, a nebála bych se říct, že dokonce inovativníh…

Nikdy to nevzdávej: Spolu & práce klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/s...

What if #belowground organs had personalities? ▶️ 1url.cz/ueHMb
This post turns the hidden #diversity of #roots and #storage organs into a playful study, inspired by the remarkable forms #plants take beneath the #soil.
#ExFuMo #GoBelowground #artㅤㅤㅤㅤ
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Program Krize biodiverzity propojuje výzkum dopadů úbytku druhové rozmanitosti na krajinu, vodu, potraviny i naši budoucnost. Botanický ústav AV ČR tím pomáhá dostávat téma biodiverzity z vědeckých pracovišť i do širší veřejné debaty: strategie.avcr.cz/programy/kri... #BotanickyUstav #biodiverzita

Minulost a budoucnost biodiverzity. Je druhů kolem nás méně nebo více? - Ekolist.cz Mluvíme o šestém masovém vymírání, ale současně každý rok přibývá kolem patnácti tisíc nově popsaných druhů. Jsme tedy svědky kolapsu biodiverzity, anebo spíš žijeme v období nebývalého poznávání života na Zemi? Čísla nabízejí zajímavější a méně černobílý obraz, než by se mohlo zdát.

Biodiverzita není luxus, ale základ fungující krajiny i společnosti. Jak připomíná dnešní text Ekolistu (ekolist.cz/cz/publicist...), o rozmanitosti života se stále učíme, o to víc ji musíme chránit. I proto Botanický ústav AV ČR koordinuje program Krize biodiverzity. #BotanickyUstav #biodiverzita

Identification of past wetland habitats, their commonness and analogism using macrofossil indicators derived from large vegetation databases Previous research on ecosystem and climate dynamics using fossil data has mainly focused on tracking shifts at the species or biome levels or relied e…

How has the landscape of Central Europe changed over the last 15,000 years? A new article in Global Ecology and Conservation, published by our colleagues: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hidden diversity uncovered: molecular screening reveals cryptic Batrachium taxa in Pannonia, with their closest relatives not in central Europe, but as far as the western Mediterranean area.
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Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits - Nature Analyses of large-scale, multitaxa and long-term thermophilization patterns in forests, grasslands and alpine summits across Europe provide insight into shifts in community composition among different...

@nature.com research paper!
🔎 Our botanists contributed to a study that, for the first time, compared how climate warming–driven changes unfold across different types of European environments – in forests, grasslands and mountain summits. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️ 1url.cz/2ziQz
#clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

Recovery after extirpation of an invasive tree? Effect of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) removal on soil, vegetation and saproxylic beetles Alien invasions are a major driver of global biodiversity loss, with invasive trees posing particular threats due to their ability to dominate native …

The Podyjí National Park Administration and the Prague City Hall are among the first institutions to undertake systematic removal of invasive black locust. More about the research I contributed to: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sbírka jihoafrických šťavelů | Collection of Southern African Oxalis YouTube video by Botanický ústav AV ČR - Průhonický park a zámek

Dr. Curtis Lubbe presents our unique collection of South African Oxalis. The collection was established and expanded 20 years ago and comprises around 100 species!
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1/2 V pondělí můžete, ať již osobně nebo virtuálně, zavítat na přednášku věnovanou podzemním orgánům rostlin. Do světa pod povrchem nás pomyslně zavede @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social z Botanického ústavu AV ČR ( @ibotcz.bsky.social )

@akademievedcr.bsky.social zahajuje program Krize biodiverzity, který koordinujeme. Cílem je posílit roli vědeckých poznatků v rozhodování státu a ve veřejné debatě o budoucí stabilitě české krajiny a kvalitě života. Vědci budou kvantifikovat míru úbytku biodiverzity a vyhodnocovat jeho dopady.

New study from our team: we tested two common Central European grasses (Festuca rubra vs Lolium perenne) across a strong drought gradient under today’s climate vs “future” conditions (warming + elevated CO₂), tracking plant traits + leaf/root/rhizosphere microbiomes via amplicon sequencing.

Grassland, illustrative picture. Source: freepik.com

How will drought reshape #grassland life under climate change? 🌾🌍 New work shows #drought strongly shifts plant #microbiomes, especially #bacteria. Elevated CO₂ can partly buffer losses, revealing species-specific strategies that shape resilience from roots to leaves.

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🙌FunSem IV is behind us — long live FunSem V! 👑The 4th edition of the Functional Ecology Seminar was full of interesting talks and inspiring discussions. See you again next year! 🌱 @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
#ExFuMo #GoBelowground #plant #ecology #traits #evolution #diversity

Our colleague Tomáš Figura won the first prize of the Invisible Imaging Contest by @eurobioimaging.bsky.social!

The image "Is this what a fern looks like?" shows the fertile frond of Schizaea fluminensis, a curly grass fern from South America, with blue spore capsules on its purple frond. 🥇🎉

Survival without photosynthesis: physiological characterization of long-lived albino beech (Fagus sylvatica) Abstract. Albinism is typically lethal in autotrophic plants due to the absence of photosynthetic pigments and functioning chloroplasts. Yet, rare exceptio

A research team including our botanists has drawn attention to a rare albino beech from the Moravian Karst. The tree lacks chlorophyll and, despite this, has been growing for about 30 years. Researchers investigated where it gets the sugars it needs to survive. Read more
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Projekt EXPLANT (MSCA OP JAK) nám pomůže podpořit 3 talentované mladé vědce.
🌱 Dva zahraniční badatelé u nás budou zkoumat, jak rostliny zvládají sucho a stárnutí.
🌍 Český kolega naopak vyrazí do Španělska studovat sekvestraci uhlíku.
Projekt je spolufinancován Evropskou unií. Těšíme se na výsledky!

Právě vyšla nová odborná monografie Karpatské lesostepní louky, která se věnuje jednomu z nejbohatších a nejméně pochopených ekosystémů střední Evropy. Přináší ucelený pohled na vegetaci, druhovou pestrost a vývoj lesostepních luk na okraji Karpat. Autorem je kolega Jan Roleček a kolektiv.

Drawing by Curtis Lubbe

📢 Root exudates: invisible, fast-changing chemical signals shaping microbes, neighbors and soil. 🦠🌱
A new on our blog ▶️ 📢https://1url.cz/lJAdf
#Rhizosphere #RootExudates #PlantEcology #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #Soil #Exudate #Microbes @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

The year 2025 for ExFuMo in review Commentary by Jitka Klimešová, from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above is by F. Curtis Lubbe. Now it is the time for reflecting on the p…

#ExFuMo in 2025🎯 Review: new insights into #rhizome investment & #ontogeny, the #Belowground #Persistence Types” framework, the Plant Bodies book, and hands-on belowground training #IAVS #workshop + #GoBelowground course)
Read the recap ▶️ 1url.cz/KJxLz
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Go Belowground! 2026 The Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences organize the 8th edition of PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ 1…

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️ Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026, Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️ 1url.cz/2ziQz
#clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo
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Differences in root traits among species are shaped mainly by the environments they are adapted to, especially levels of soil disturbance, rather than by lifespan or evolutionary history, with root form showing consistent patterns across environments while root chemistry and biomass allocation are more context dependent.

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek

Species habitat preferences and root trait variation across 65 temperate perennial forbs by Zuzana Münzbergová and co-authors in @annbot.bsky.social

#freeaccess article
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We continue uncovering hidden Batrachium diversity with the discovery of an extremely rare diploid hybrid combination, newly found in the Czech Republic.
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