Martin Bouda

Martin Bouda

Researcher

I work on the hydrodynamics of plants and their environment across scales and the role of drought in plant evolution.

Identifiers:

https://bsky.app/profile/boudalab.bsky.social

Projects:

Representing root system architecture in terrestrial models to increase accuracy of prediction of plant water uptake and soil moisture in future climate (2019-2021)

Education

  • Ph.D.: Yale University: New Haven, CT, US (2017) Forestry & Environmental Studies
  • M.Phil. Yale University: New Haven, CT, US (2012) Forestry & Environmental Studies
  • M.E. Sc. Yale University: New Haven, CT, US (2012) Forestry & Environmental Studies
  • B.A. University of Pennsylvania, PA, US (2008), Environmental Science

Publications:

2025

Zelíková N., Toušková J., Kocum J., Vlček L., Tesař M., Bouda M., Šípek V. (in press) Divergent water balance trajectories under two dominant tree species in a montane forest catchment shifting from energy- to water-limitation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 2024-244.

2024

Fanton A., Bouda M., Brodersen C. (2024) Xylem-dwelling pathogen unaffected by local xylem vessel network properties in grapevines (Vitis spp.). Annals of Botany 133(4):521-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae016

2022

Bouda M., Huggett B., Prats K., Wason J., Wilson J., Brodersen C. (2022) Hydraulic failure as a primary driver of xylem network evolution in early vascular plants. Science 378(6620):642-646. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2910

2021

Vanderborght J., Couvreur V., Meunier F., Schnepf A., Vereecken H., Bouda M., Javaux M. (2021) From hydraulic root architecture models to macroscopic representations of root hydraulics in soil water flow and land surface models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25(9): 4835-4860. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4835-2021
Wason J., Bouda M., Lee E., McElrone A., Phillips R., Shackel K., Matthews M., Brodersen C. (2021) Xylem network connectivity and embolism spread in grapevine(Vitis vinifera L.). Plant Physiology 186(1):373-387. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab045

2019

Bouda M., Windt C., McElrone A., Brodersen C. (2019) In vivo pressure gradient heterogeneity increases flow contribution of small diameter vessels in grapevine. Nature Communications 10(1):5645. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13673-6
Bouda M. (2019) A Big Root Approximation of Site‐Scale Vegetation Water Uptake. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11(12):4597-4613. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001806
Hofmeister J., Hošek J., Brabec M., Střalková R., Mýlová P., Bouda M., Pettit J., Rydval M., Svoboda M. (2019) Microclimate edge effect in small fragments of temperate forests in the context of climate change. Forest Ecology and Management 448:48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.069