Category: News

  • Successful Ph.D. defense of Martin Adámek

    Our lab-member, Martin Adámek, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis “Wildfire as an ecological factor in the forests of Central Europe” at the Depatment of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University. The main result of the thesis is that wildfire is an important factor for certain Central European Scots pine forest formations, for example for pine…

  • Research highlight in Nature

    Paper from LONGWOOD project, co-authored by Jana Müllerová from our department just got into research highlights in Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7623/full/538009e.html Original paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12763/abstract

  • We will appear at GIS Esri in ČR Conference 2016

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    Held in Prague 2.-3.11.2016. We are preparing multiple posters and small presentation in education section. More information: arcdata.cz/zpravy-a-akce/akce/konference

  • New project: COST LD

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    1.11.2015 We have started working on our new project Modelling of large scale multi-agents disturbances in mountain spruce forests to assess their different scenarios  2015-2017  funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, project number: LD15158.

  • Team Botany Peloton won in Bike 2 Work competition

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    Botany Peloton team (Jan Wild, Martin Adámek, Martin Macek, Martin Kopecký and Jan Čuda (department of ecological invasions)) had participad in Bike to work competition during May. They won the first place in periodicity category in Prague. Congratulations! http://www.dopracenakole.net/locations/praha/vysledky

  • We are part of COST PROFOUND

    Towards robust projections of European forests under climate change Jan Wild and Josef Brůna became MC Member and MC Substitute for this COST action earlier in 2014. Now, after the first meeting, we can say it will be really beneficial for us and hoepfully for other members as well. We took part of several task…

  • Second call: Coppice forests: past, present and future

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    Brno, Czech Republic, 9 – 11 April 2015 Second call: http://coppice.eu/conference_en.html The deadline for submitting abstracts for interdisciplinary conference Coppice forests: past, present and future has been extended until January 15, 2015 Aims of the conference Coppice forests have been a focal topic for foresters, ecologists and conservationists over the past decades. This short-rotation management system…

  • ERC LONGWOOD – mid term evaluation

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    ERC – after delivering mid-term scientific report our project was evaluated as ‘excellent progress.’ Project details: LONGWOOD

  • Migrating ArcGIS WMS and server settings

    Upon migration between computers, you can simply move your WMS and servers settings. Files are located: windows xp: c:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\ESRI\Desktop10.1\ArcCatalog windows 7: C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.1\ArcCatalog every connection is stored as a file: .ags, .odc, and .wms, copy and paste on the new computer and run ArcGIS. ApplicationData is a Hidden folder source:http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/68322-Export-GIS-Server-connections-in-ArcCatalog

  • First call: Coppice forests: past, present and future

    International conference Brno, Czech Republic, 9 – 11 April 2015 website: http://coppice.eu/iufro_en.html PDF: Coppice conference first call Coppice forests have been a focal topic in forestry, ecology and nature conservation over the past decades. This short-rotation management system has a long tradition in the temperate regions of Europe and Asia. As a result of its multi-purpose functions, such…