We are focused on interdisciplinary research combining especially GIS, remote sensing, unmanned aerial systems, GNSS, citizen science, data uncertainty, scaling, spatial ecology, spatial patterns and processes in landscape, ecological indicators, species distribution modelling, restoration ecology, landscape ecology, vegetation health and geohazards. Team leader doc. Ing. Petra Šímová, Ph.D. Projects Early Detection of the European Spruce […]
Plant Biodiversity and Evolution research group (PBE) at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences CZU is primarily focused on fundamental questions concerning the origin, evolution and diversification of plants. The research is combining systematics, morphology, karyology, population and molecular genetics and vegetation science. The major theme uniting these different approaches is phylogeography, which we use to […]
Our research is focused on statistical analysis of hydrological and climate variability and mathematical modelling of related physical processes. Team leader doc. Ing. Martin Hanel, Ph.D. Projects Soil moisture and runoff droughts in a changing climate Compensation climate change impacts on water supply Contact https://www.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-9409-science-research/r-9674-leading-research-groups/r-9669-hydrological-and-climate-variability/r-9713-team-news
Much of our researches are strongly interdisciplinary studies, based on the collaboration with an international network of ecologists. We combine different branches of ecology, animal behavior, GIS and remote sensing with citizen science. We are particularly interested in macro-ecology, spatial patterns of biodiversity in plant and animals, as well as the use of ecological indicators […]
Constructed wetlands represent a viable alternative to conventional treatment systems for wastewater treatment. The efficiency of this low O&M systems is known for organics, suspended solids, nitrogen and phosphorus and therefore, the research is aimed at emerging pollutants such as PPCP, i.e., farmaceuticals and personal care products. Besides constructed wetlands, also natural wetlands are used […]
The modern landscape is strongly influenced by various human activities resulting in extensive exploitation of natural resources at the expense of biodiversity loss. This leads to the need to search for trade-offs between sustained use of natural resources and biodiversity conservation. Knowledge of community structure and of risks due to habitat management and species´ population […]
Individual EU countries vary significantly in their socioeconomic and environmental conditions, as well as in their historical development. There are often extreme differences in land ownership fragmentation, the role of the land rental market, climatic conditions as well as economic and social conditions. These and other pre-dispositions of individual countries/regions result in the need to […]
The modelling of hydrological processes significantly contributes to water resource management and planning in EU member states. Large and significant floods and droughts have appeared in Europe during the last two decades. It is expected that these natural phenomena will escalate due to ongoing climate change, which could have adverse impacts in many sectors ranging […]
Managing spatial development of human society is one of the key activities that ensure its long term sustainability. Development, if not properly coordinated, leads to various problems. The most visible of all is urban sprawl, which inevitably leads to raising dependence of people on individual automotive transportation, increased fosil fuel consumption, increased monetary costs, worsening […]
Chemical stabilization is a soil remediation method based on the application of various inorganic and organic amendments to contaminated soils. These stabilizing agents lower the mobility and bioavailability of risk elements in such soils. Immobilization is achieved through several physico-chemical processes, such as adsorption, complexation, precipitation and co-precipitation. Our research team studies sorption mechanisms on […]