- Chief Editor of Applied Vegetation Science and Journal of Vegetation Science, official journals of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), developing these journals as leading international publication platforms for outstanding research in plant community ecology, including its application in nature conservation and ecological restoration.
Research Experience
- Head of the Vegetation Science Group at Masaryk University, involved in various national and international projects on vegetation research. - Emphasizes practical skills in field vegetation sampling and up-to-date methods of data analysis in teaching. - President of the Czech Botanical Society, uniting professional and amateur botanists since 1912. - Works for the Society’s leading journal, Preslia. - Secretary of the Working Group European Vegetation Survey (EVS) of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), coordinating the European Vegetation Archive, an integrated database of European vegetation plots.
Background
Professor of Botany, with research interests including: - patterns of plant species diversity across large scales - vegetation change - survey and classification of European vegetation - databases of flora and vegetation - plant invasions