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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I started the Czech Vegetation Database 30 years ago. Now, my colleagues and I have prepared the entire database (> 17,000 vegetation plots) as an open dataset. Our new Preslia article describes the database, its history, current state, published datasets & related resources doi.org/10.23855/pre...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Noc vědy už tento pátek! Stavte se za námi v Univerzitním kampusu Bohunice (pavilony D31 a D32). @masarykuniversity.bsky.social #EuropeanResearchersNight #NocVedcu #NocVedy #Brno

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We sampled a dry grassland in Armenia, which contained 90 and 104 vascular plant species in plots of 10 m² and 25 m², respectively. These counts are higher than those recorded in any European grassland so far, except for the Carpathian region and steppes near Kursk. www.tuexenia.de/publications...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can we trust? Yes, we can trust estimates of species turnover, but estimates of changes in species richness are less reliable. Our new article in the Journal of Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/1365... @journalofecology.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Milan Chytrý se zúčastnil Dne pro životní prostředí na zámku v Lánech, kde na pozvání prezidenta Petra Pavla diskutovali vědci, zemědělci, lesníci, pracovníci nevládních center ekologické výchovy a influenceři o hlavních výzvách a možných řešeních pro zlepšení stavu přírody a životního prostředí.

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

After longterm research our botanists have published a comprehensive study on the remarkable endemic plants found in Balkan wetlands. They have compiled an original dataset on wetland vegetation in nine countries where Balkan endemics and subendemics are found. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Ferns and flowering plants followed divergent chromosome paths Bureš et al. @botzool.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Phylogenetic overview of fern genomic traits showing genome size, chromosome size, genomic GC content and chromosome number across the sampled fern diversity. The figure highlights broad variation in fern genome size and chromosome number, but comparatively narrower variation in mean chromosome size.

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Forest Herb-Layer Species Richness in Western Balkan Diversity Hotspot. First article based on our extensive fieldwork in Montenegro with group of Masaryk Uni students has just been published in the Journal of Vegetation Science. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.... @jvs-avs.bsky.social @milanchytry.bsky.social

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hidden changes in rocky dry grasslands of the Dyje/Thaya River Valley. By revisiting vegetation plots 30 years after original survey, we discovered that these seemingly untouched habitats are changing. Read more: doi.org/10.23855/pre... @preslia.cz #podyji #thayavalley #drygrassland #vegetation

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our PhD student Sophio Maglakelidze was awarded Bat Conservation International scholarship for her research of cave ecosystems in Samegrelo–Zemo Svaneti region bat fauna. Congratulations! www.batcon.org/our-work/res...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Centurial Degradation of Insect Diversity in Lowland Rivers: Partial Recovery but Restructuration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @chmi-cz.bsky.social @narodnimuzeum.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy @akademievedcr.bsky.social

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We are proud to celebrate Dean’s Awards 2025/2026 at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Congratulations to B. Pavlíčková, J. Rohel, E. Nosková, R. Míč and M. Horsák on this well-deserved recognition. We are delighted to see their talent, dedication, and achievements acknowledged.

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Does it matter how a tree dies? Yes! Our research in the Biological Conservation journal shows that trees that die standing and fall years later host significantly more fungal species than trees that are uprooted while alive. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #mycology #forest #deadwood #bluecat

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Botanospol - Czech Botanical Society @botanospol.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

1/2 Pozvánka na Týden invazních druhů. Součástí je i tradiční víkendové mapování Biosmršť:

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Our new study, led by Xiao-Peng Tan, maps the distribution of plant strategies across European grasslands and projects how current patterns will be affected by ongoing climate change. Open-access article: doi.org/10.1002/ecog... @ecography.bsky.social

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The first comprehensive analysis of vegetation changes across Europe, based on the ReSurveyEurope dataset, is out! In an article led by Stephan Kambach, we analyzed 57,390 time series of vegetation plots. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Our new study, led by Marc Riera, compares European niches and habitat relationships of alien plant species introduced intentionally or unintentionally. doi.org/10.1111/geb....

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Congratulations to Jan Roleček for Presl Brothers Award for his book about Carpathian meadows @paleoibot.bsky.social #carpathian #meadows #botany

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

V Evropě přibylo rostlin, které upřednostňují dusíkatou půdu. Výzkum založený na stovkách tisíc lokalit ukazuje, že intenzivní hospodaření a hnojení zásadně mění podobu krajiny napříč kontinentem. ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...

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Pepik Hipik @pepikhipik.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Letošní sčítání proběhne 1.-7. června a 13.-19. července 2026 skupinajaro.cz/motyli-pulho...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Congratulations to Kristina Svobodová and @fishjakub.bsky.social to 2025 Živa Awards ziva.avcr.cz/aktuality/20...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Our new article in Science Advances, led by Gabriele Midolo, identifies the main factors driving changes in the species composition of plant communities across Europe: eutrophication, denser, more productive vegetation, and drying of wetlands. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Sexual selection and reproductive success in mesocosm populations of African annual killifish doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @fishjakub.bsky.social

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Last week Martin Večeřa participated in 2nd OSCARS Annual General Meeting in Seville Spain, where he presented interim results of project Implementing FAIR principles in European Vegetation Archive data (EVA-FAIR) supported within Open Science Clusters' Action for Research&Society oscars-project.eu

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

What did Europe’s wetlands look like 15,000 years ago and how have they become what we see today? 🌿 Our new study introduces a way to identify entire past habitats, using plant macrofossils and large vegetation databases. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... @paleoibot.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Záznam mé přednášky z Pražského hradu byl zveřejněn na YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjX...

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Věda na Hradě - Milan Chytrý: Lidská stopa v krajině (SPH, ÚOCHB, UK 4.3.2026)

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

After publishing species occurrence data in GBIF, we have now also made available online 117,739 vegetation plots from the Czech Vegetation Database in CSV and Turboveg formats, complemented with a data processing tutorial. czechveg.github.io

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We have just published 2,474,166 records of plant species occurrences from the Czech Vegetation Database in GBIF: doi.org/10.15468/94b... These records represent 74% of the plant occurrence data and 30% of all organism occurrence data in the GBIF database for the territory of the Czech Republic.

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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

We're back with more webinars! Starting 2026 with two events co-hosted with European Vegetation Survey all about sharing and accessing open vegetation data. Register here for the upcoming webinar on the 13th and follow our updates! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

a flyer with the next two webinars: open vegetation data on march 13th and from a vegetation-plot database to a GBIF dataset on march 27th

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A new paper led by Joshua Erkelenz has been published in the Journal of Vegetation Science! We showed how elevation, slope aspect, and tree canopy filter the understory functional composition in broadleaved forests in the Apennines. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Interested in a PhD in European wetland flora and vegetation? See details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5ob6...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

New interactive global maps of 31 plant traits were prepared by Daniel Lusk, based on plant distribution data from GBIF and sPlot, plant trait data from TRY, and various satellite-based products. Map viewer: global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-... Article: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

An interview - rozhovor English: www.sci.muni.cz/.../succes..... Česky: www.sci.muni.cz/.../rozhovor...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Právě vyšla monografie Karpatské lesostepní louky, která se věnuje jednomu z nejbohatších ekosystémů střední Evropy. Autorem knihy je Jan Roleček s kolektivem autorů z Botanického ústavu AV ČR, Masarykovy univerzity a dalších českých univerzit. @ibotcz.bsky.social @academianakladatel.bsky.social

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

In our new article in Nature Cities, led by Susanne Tautenhahn, we used our recently published European datasets of plant indicator values, linked them to citizen science data, and mapped environmental conditions for Europe and, at a finer resolution, for 326 cities. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🐾 Divoká příroda nezmizela. Jen se přesunula blíž k nám. Podívejte se na nový dokumentární cyklus, který ukazuje střety lidí a zvířat na silnicích, ve městech i v krajině rozdělené infrastrukturou. @ceskatelevize.cz #vzpoura_zvirat www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/16463...

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Jaké jsou důsledky krajiny protkané silnicemi ve vztahu s přírodou?

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Current protected areas provide limited benefits for European river biodiversity. Read more: nature.com/articles/s41... @rstubbington.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com #biodiversity #hydrobiology #river

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Further evidence of the declining quality of endangered natural habitats has just been published in a new Preslia article on vegetation resurvey by Klára Friesová and collaborators. Open-access article: doi.org/10.23855/pre... Infographic by NotebookLM

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We are proud of our colleague Zdeňka Lososová, she was awarded with MUNI Scientist prize. @masarykuniversity.bsky.social www.sci.muni.cz/en/current-n...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New arachnology research shows that Clubiona spiders—key natural enemies of orchard pests—stay active even in winter thanks to unique antifreeze proteins that stop ice crystals from growing. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/febs... @FEBSJournal @QueensKingston #arachnology #spider

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Antifreeze proteins from winter-active spiders were purified using their affinity for ice. After LC–MSMS characterization, corresponding transcripts were identified. The antifreeze protein folds as a...

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Josep Padullés Cubino @padulles.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🧵1/ New paper out in @ecography.bsky.social ! 🌍🌳 We looked at temperate deciduous forests across North America, West Eurasia, and East Eurasia, three regions that share ancient roots but have been separated for millions of years. What does that long breakup mean for today’s biodiversity?

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Our new paper in Ecology Letters, led by Jan Divíšek, shows that non-invasive alien plant species that successfully establish within local plant communities tend to resemble the resident native species. In contrast, invasive alien species usually differ from native plants. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The first European classification of vegetation in seasonally drained salt lakes, led by Svitlana Iemelianova from our Vegetation Science Group, and supported by an MSCA4Ukraine grant. Our findings will change the standard European vegetation classification system. doi.org/10.1111/avsc...

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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...

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed. dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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. @ivb-cas.bsky.social

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Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk Uni @botzool.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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/...

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