I am interested in methodology, in statistical analysis. I want to figure out how to get most of the data we have.

Projects

• StatClim: Statistical analyses to unravel climatic effects on vegetation (2025-2027)

Publications

• A. Klimeš, J. Chipperfield, J. Töpper, M. Macias-Fauria, M. Spiegel, V. Vandvik, L. G. Velle, A. Seddon 2025. mixglm: An R package for estimation of stable states, tipping points, and ecosystem resilience using mixture models (Ecography; Accepted; doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.23.586419)
• G. Ottaviani, T. Harris, M. Millan, A. Klimeš, J. Tsakalos, J. Doležal 2025. Size isn’t age: Decoupled and interacting effects of height and age on functional traits in grassland plants (Journal of Ecology 113; doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70127)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová 2025. The establishment growth and clonal growth organs (Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 67; doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2025.125869)
• K. R. Samraoui, A. Klimeš, V. Jandová, N. Altmanová, J. Altman, M. Dvorsky, V. Lanta, K. Rehakova, A. Ruka, P. Fibich, P. Liancourt, J. Dolezal 2025. Trade-offs Between Growth, Longevity, and Storage Carbohydrates in Herbs and Shrubs: Evidence for Active Carbon Allocation Strategies (Plant, Cell & Environment 48; doi.org/10.1111/pce.15444)
• T. Chondol, A. Klimeš, I. Hiiesalu, J. Altman, K. Capkova, V. Jandová, M. Kopecký, M. Macek, K. Rehakova, J. Dolezal 2025. Contrasting habitat associations and ecophysiological adaptations drive interspecific growth differences among Himalayan high-mountain plants (Annals of Botany 135; doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf014)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, I. Marešová, J. Klimešová 2025. The hidden half of ontogeny and seasonal dynamics in perennial herbs (Journal of Ecology 113; doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14494)
• A. Klimeš, R. Molina-Venegas, A. Carta, M. Chytrý, L. Conti, L. Götzenberger, M. Hájek, M. Horsák, B. Jiménez-Alfaro, J. Klimešová, F. E. Méndez-Castro, D. Zelený, G. Ottaviani 2024. Weak phylogenetic effect on the formation of specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on terrestrial habitat islands (Journal of Biogeography 51; doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14833)
• F. C. Lubbe, A. Hrouda, M. Bartoš, A. Klimeš, K. Míčková, J. Vergricht, N. Karlová, J. Klimešová 2024. Creating a root architecture model: taprooted or adventitious-rooted Plantago lanceolata (Folia Geobotanica 58; doi.org/10.1007/s12224-023-09429-2)
• J. Ptáček, P. Sklenář, A. Klimeš, K. Romoleroux, R. Vidal-Russell, T. Urfus 2024. Apomixis occurs frequently along the entire American Cordillera (Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 204; doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boad038)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová 2023. Intraspecific trait variability: herbs are not just small trees (Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 62; doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125776)
• T. Chondol, A. Klimeš, J. Altman, K. Capkova, M. Dvorsky, I. Hiiesalu, V. Jandova, M. Kopecký, M. Macek, K. Rehakova, P. Liancourt, J. Dolezal 2023. Habitat preferences and functional traits drive longevity in Himalayan high-mountain plants (Oikos e010073; doi.org/10.1111/oik.10073)
• T. Harris, A. Klimeš, J. Martínková, J. Klimešová 2023. Herbs are not just small plants: What biomass allocation to rhizomes tells us about differences between trees and herbs (American Journal of Botany 110; doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16202)
• P. Sklenář, R. Jaramillo, S. S. Wojtasiak, R. I. Meneses, P. Muriel, A. Klimeš 2023. Thermal tolerance of tropical and temperate alpine plants suggests that “mountain passes are not higher in the tropics” (Global Ecology and Biogeography 32; doi.org/10.1111/geb.13678)
• R. Cruz, A. Klimeš, J. Doležal, P. Sklenář, J. Klimešová 2023. Morphological and anatomical evolution of species of Valeriana (Caprifoliaceae) during the uplifting of the Andean range (Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 203; doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boad011)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, V. Motyka, L. Adamec, P. Dobrev, R. Filepová, A. Gaudinová, J. Lacek, I. Marešová, J. Klimešová 2023. Why is root sprouting not more common among plants? Phytohormonal clues and ecological correlates (Environmental and Experimental Botany 205; doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105147)
• P. Stiblíková, A. Klimeš, J. Cahill, T. Koubek, M. Weiser 2023. Interspecific differences in root foraging precision cannot be directly inferred from species’ mycorrhizal status or fine root economics (Oikos e08995; doi.org/10.1111/oik.08995)
• P. Sklenář, J. Ptáček, A. Klimeš 2022. Genome size of alpine plants does not predict temperature resistance (Planta 256; doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-03935-x)
• A. Klimeš, I. Šímová, A. Zizka, A. Antonelli, T. Herben 2022. The ecological drivers of growth form evolution in flowering plants (Journal of Ecology 110; doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13888)
• A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová, Z. Janovský, T. Herben 2022. Demographic correction – a tool for inference from individuals to populations (Functional Ecology 36; doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14031)
• A. L. Filartiga, A. Klimeš, J. Altman, M. P. Nobis, A. Crivellaro, F. Schweingruber, J. Doležal 2022. Comparative anatomy of leaf petioles in temperate trees and shrubs (Annals of Botany 129; doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac014)
• M. Macek, M. Dvorský, A. Klimeš, J. Wild, J. Doležal, M. Kopecký 2021. Midpoint attractor models resolve the mid-elevation peak in Himalayan plant species richness (Ecography 44; doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05901)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová 2021. Effect of nutrient and light stress on the mortality and growth of young clonal and non-clonal herbs after disturbance (Folia Geobotanica 56; doi.org/10.1007/s12224-021-09395-7)
• J. Doležal, A. Kučerová, V. Jandová, A. Klimeš, P. Říha, L. Adamec, F. Schweingruber 2021. Anatomical adaptations in aquatic and wetland dicot plants: disentangling the environmental, morphological and evolutionary signals (Environmental and Experimental Botany 187; doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104495)
• A. Klimeš, M. Weiser, T. Koubek, T. Herben 2021. Evolution of herbs: Key to the conundrum might be tolerance not avoidance (Journal of Plant Ecology 14; doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtab042)
• F. Lubbe, A. Klimeš, J. Dolezal, V. Jandová, O. Mudrák, S. Janecek, A. Bartuskova, J.  Klimešová 2021. Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum (Annals of Botany 127; doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab014)
• A. Klimeš, T. Koubek, M. Weiser, T. Herben 2021. Growth plasticity in response to shading as a potential key to the evolution of herbs (Plant Ecology 222; doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01113-9)
• A. Klimeš, L. Klimešová, A. Bartušková, J. Klimešová 2020. Climbing strategy in herbs does not necessarily lead to lower investments into stem biomass (Plant Ecology 221; doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01070-9)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová 2020. Young clonal and non-clonal herbs differ in growth strategy but not in aboveground biomass compensation after disturbance (Oecologia 193; doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04724-7)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Puy, J. Klimešová 2020. Response of clonal versus non-clonal herbs to disturbance: different strategies revealed (Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 44; doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125529)
• T. Mašková, A. Klimeš 2020. The Effect of Rhizoboxes on Plant Growth and Root: Shoot Biomass Partitioning (Frontiers in Plant Science 10; doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01693)
• J. Dolezal, A. Klimes, M. Dvorsky, P. Riha, J. Klimesova, F. Schweingruber 2019. Disentangling evolutionary, environmental and morphological drivers of plant anatomical adaptations to drought and cold in Himalayan graminoids (Oikos 128; doi.org/10.1111/oik.06451)
• J. Martínková, A. Klimeš, J. Klimešová 2018. No evidence for nutrient foraging in root-sprouting clonal plants (Basic and Applied Ecology 28; doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.03.002)