Martin Kopecký

 

Martin Kopecký

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Martin Kopecký

I am fascinated by the nature changing in time and space. Through research, I am trying to uncover patterns of plant community changes and the processes that have caused them.

Education

  • 2015   Ph.D. in Botany, Charles University in Prague
    • thesis: Vegetation changes in Czech lowland forests over the past decades
  • 2006   M.Sc. in Biology, Charles University in Prague
    • thesis: Vegetation of secondary woodlands in the Doupovské hills: historical insight

Publications

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  • Altmanová N., Fibich P., Doležal J., Bažant V., Černý T., Molina J.G.A., Enoki T., Hara T., Hoshizaki K., Ida H., Janda P., Kagawa A., Kopecký M., Korznikov K.A., Krestov P. V, Kubota Y., Lanta V., Macek M., Mejstřík M., Nakamura M., Noguchi M., Omelko A.M., Petřík P., Sakai T., Song J.-S., Suzuki S.N., Svoboda M., Šrůtek M., Treydte K., Ukhvatkina O.N., Ulbrichová I., Vozmishcheva A.S., Wang X. & Altman J. (2025) Spatial heterogeneity of tree-growth responses to climate across temperate forests in Northeast Asia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 362: 110355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110355
  • De Frenne P., Beugnon R., Klinges D., Lenoir J., Niittynen P., Pincebourde S., Senior R.A., Aalto J., Chytrý K., Gillingham P.K., Greiser C., Gril E., Haesen S., Kearney M., Kopecký M., le Roux P.C., Luoto M., Maclean I., Man M., Penczykowski R., van den Brink L., Van de Vondel S., De Pauw K., Lembrechts J.J., Kemppinen J. & Van Meerbeek K. (2025) Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16: 269–294. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14476
  • Chondol T., Klimeš A., Hiiesalu I., Altman J., Čapková K., Jandová V., Kopecký M., Macek M., Řeháková K. & Doležal J. (2025) Contrasting habitat associations and ecophysiological adaptations drive interspecific growth differences among Himalayan high-mountain plants. Annals of Botany 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf014
  • Lanta V., Adámek M., Chlumská Z., Pánková K., Kopecký M., Macek M., Růžičková A., Busse A., Vébrová D., Ruka A.T., Řeháková K., Holá E., Čížek L., Doležal J. & Bartoňová A.S. (2025) Plant colonisation, soil nutrient patterns and microclimate after a large forest fire in temperate Central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 585: 122643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122643
  • Macek M., Prošek J., Doležal J., Wild J., Ježek V. & Kopecký M. (2025) Elevation-dependent sensitivity of spectral greening to temperature and precipitation in the Western Himalayas. Environmental Research Letters 20: 054078. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adc9c7
  • Wei L., De Lombaerde E., Vanneste T., Sanczuk P., Baeten L., Lenoir J., De Pauw K., Verheyen K., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Becker‐Scarpitta A., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Diekmann M., Durak T., Hédl R., Heinken T., Horchler P.J., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Nagel T.A., Orczewska A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schei F.H., Schmidt W., Šebesta J., Stachurska‐Swakoń A., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Van Calster H., Vild O., Waller D.M., Wulf M. & De Frenne P. (2025) Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests. New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70502
  • Kopecký M., Hederová L., Macek M., Klinerová T. & Wild J. (2024) Forest plant indicator values for moisture reflect atmospheric vapour pressure deficit rather than soil water content. New Phytologist 244: 1801–1811. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20068
  • Brůna J., Macek M., Klinerová T., Hederová L., Růžičková A. & Kopecký M. (2024) Disturbance effects on mountain spruce forest microclimates. Silva Gabreta 30: 141–160. https://www.npsumava.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bruna_web.pdf
  • Moreno-García P., Montaño-Centellas F., Liu Y., Reyes-Mendez E.Y., Jha R.R., Guralnick R.P., Folk R., Waller D.M., Verheyen K., Baeten L., Becker-Scarpitta A., Berki I., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Brunet J., Van Calster H., Chudomelová M., Closset D., De Frenne P., Decocq G., Gilliam F.S., Grytnes J.-A., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Orczewska A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schei F.H., Schmidt W., Stachurska-Swakoń A., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Vild O. & Li D. (2024) Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants. Science Advances 10: eadp7953. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp7953
  • Sohar K., Altman J., Kopecký M., Pejcha V., Rai S., Fibich P. & Doležal J. (2024) Elevational variations in climate warming impacts on West Himalayan fir growth. Climate Dynamics 9505–9518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07409-6
  • Sanczuk P., Verheyen K., Lenoir J., Zellweger F., Lembrechts J.J., Rodríguez-Sánchez F., Baeten L., Bernhardt-Römermann M., De Pauw K., Vangansbeke P., Perring M.P., Berki I., Bjorkman A.D., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., De Lombaerde E., Decocq G., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Greiser C., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jandt U., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Landuyt D., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Nagel T.A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Staude I.R., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Vanneste T., Vild O., Waller D. & De Frenne P. (2024) Unexpected westward range shifts in European forest plants link to nitrogen deposition. Science 386: 193–198. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado0878
  • Klinges D.H., Baecher J.A., Lembrechts J.J., Maclean I.M.D., Lenoir J., Greiser C., Ashcroft M., Evans L.J., Kearney M.R., Aalto J., Barrio I.C., De Frenne P., Guillemot J., Hylander K., Jucker T., Kopecký M., Luoto M., Macek M., Nijs I., Urban J., van den Brink L., Vangansbeke P., Von Oppen J., Wild J., Boike J., Canessa R., Nosetto M., Rubtsov A., Sallo‐Bravo J. & Scheffers B.R. (2024) Proximal microclimate: Moving beyond spatiotemporal resolution improves ecological predictions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13884
  • Wen B., Blondeel H., Baeten L., Perring M.P., Depauw L., Maes S.L., De Keersmaeker L., Van Calster H., Wulf M., Naaf T., Kirby K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Dirnböck T., Máliš F., Kopecký M., Vild O., Macek M., Hédl R., Chudomelová M., Lenoir J., Brunet J., Nagel T.A., Verheyen K. & Landuyt D. (2024) Predicting trajectories of temperate forest understorey vegetation responses to global change. Forest Ecology and Management 566: 122091. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122091
  • Kemppinen J., Lembrechts J.J., Van Meerbeek K., Carnicer J., Chardon N.I., Kardol P., Lenoir J., Liu D., Maclean I., Pergl J., Saccone P., Senior R.A., Shen T., Słowińska S., Vandvik V., von Oppen J., Aalto J., Ayalew B., Bates O., Bertelsmeier C., Bertrand R., Beugnon R., Borderieux J., Brůna J., Buckley L., Bujan J., Casanova‐Katny A., Christiansen D.M., Collart F., De Lombaerde E., De Pauw K., Depauw L., Di Musciano M., Díaz Borrego R., Díaz‐Calafat J., Ellis‐Soto D., Esteban R., de Jong G.F., Gallois E., Garcia M.B., Gillerot L., Greiser C., Gril E., Haesen S., Hampe A., Hedwall P., Hes G., Hespanhol H., Hoffrén R., Hylander K., Jiménez‐Alfaro B., Jucker T., Klinges D., Kolstela J., Kopecký M., Kovács B., Maeda E.E., Máliš F., Man M., Mathiak C., Meineri E., Naujokaitis‐Lewis I., Nijs I., Normand S., Nuñez M., Orczewska A., Peña‐Aguilera P., Pincebourde S., Plichta R., Quick S., Renault D., Ricci L., Rissanen T., Segura‐Hernández L., Selvi F., Serra‐Diaz J.M., Soifer L., Spicher F., Svenning J., Tamian A., Thomaes A., Thoonen M., Trew B., Van de Vondel S., van den Brink L., Vangansbeke P., Verdonck S., Vitkova M., Vives‐Ingla M., von Schmalensee L., Wang R., Wild J., Williamson J., Zellweger F., Zhou X., Zuza E.J. & De Frenne P. (2024) Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13834
  • Ismaeel A., Tai A.P.K., Santos E.G., Maraia H., Aalto I., Altman J., Doležal J., Lembrechts J.J., Camargo J.L., Aalto J., Sam K., Avelino do Nascimento L.C., Kopecký M., Svátek M., Nunes M.H., Matula R., Plichta R., Abera T. & Maeda E.E. (2024) Patterns of tropical forest understory temperatures. Nature Communications 15: 549. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44734-0
  • Cerioni M., Brabec M., Bače R., Bāders E., Bončina A., Brůna J., Chećko E., Cordonnier T., de Koning J.H.C., Diaci J., Dobrowolska D., Dountchev A., Engelhart J., Fidej G., Fuhr M., Garbarino M., Jansons Ā., Keren S., Kitenberga M., Klopčič M., Konôpka B., Kopecký M., Köster K., Kucbel S., Lacombe E., Laurent L., Leyman A., Lingua E., Macek M., Maciejewski Z., Malandra F., Marzano R., Metslaid M., Morresi D., Panayotov M., Pawlak B., Pittner J., Šebeň V., Socha J., Svoboda M., Szwagrzyk J., Tsvetanov N., Urbinati C., Vallet P., Van de Kerckhove P., Vandekerkhove K., Vencurik J., Vitali A., Vodde F., Wild J. & Nagel T.A. (2024) Recovery and resilience of European temperate forests after large and severe disturbances. Global Change Biology 30: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17159
  • Doležal J., Chondol T., Chlumská Z., Altman J., Čapková K., Dvorský M., Fibich P., Korznikov K.A., Ruka A.T., Kopecký M., Macek M. & Řeháková K. (2024) Contrasting biomass allocations explain adaptations to cold and drought in the world’s highest-growing angiosperms. Annals of Botany 134: 401–414. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae028
  • Vild O., Chudomelová M., Macek M., Kopecký M., Prach J., Petřík P., Halas P., Juříček M., Smyčková M., Šebesta J., Vojík M. & Hédl R. (2024) Long‐term shift towards shady and nutrient‐rich habitats in Central European temperate forests. New Phytologisthttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19587
  • Padullés Cubino J., Lenoir J., Li D., Montaño‐Centellas F.A., Retana J., Baeten L., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Chudomelová M., Closset D., Decocq G., De Frenne P., Diekmann M., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Orczewska A., Petřík P., Pielech R., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Verheyen K., Vild O., Waller D., Wulf M. & Chytrý M. (2024) Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition. New Phytologisthttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19477
  • Landuyt D., Perring M.P., Blondeel H., De Lombaerde E., Depauw L., Lorer E., Maes S.L., Baeten L., Bergès L., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Brūmelis G., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Czerepko J., Decocq G., den Ouden J., De Frenne P., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Fichtner A., Gawryś R., Härdtle W., Hédl R., Heinrichs S., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kirby K., Kopecký M., Máliš F., Macek M., Mitchell F.J.G., Naaf T., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Swierkosz K., Smart S.M., Van Calster H., Vild O., Waller D.M., Wulf M. & Verheyen K. (2024) Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests. Global Change Biology 30: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17086
  • Greiser C., Hederová L., Vico G., Wild J., Macek M. & Kopecký M. (2024) Higher soil moisture increases microclimate temperature buffering in temperate broadleaf forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 345: 109828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109828
  • Rai S., Altman J., Kopecký M., Pejcha V., Svoboda M. & Doležal J. (2023) Global warming alters Himalayan hemlock’s climate sensitivity and growth dynamics. Climate Dynamicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07026-9
  • Rai S., Altman J., Kopecký M., Sohar K., Fibich P., Pejcha V. & Doležal J. (2023) Contrasting impacts of climate warming on Himalayan Hemlock growth: Seasonal and elevational variations. Dendrochronologia 82: 126144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2023.126144
  • Haesen S., Lenoir J., Gril E., De Frenne P., Lembrechts J.J., Kopecký M., Macek M., Man M., Wild J. & Van Meerbeek K. (2023) Microclimate reveals the true thermal niche of forest plant species. Ecology Letters.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14312
  • Man M., Kalčík V., Macek M., Brůna J., Hederová L., Wild J. & Kopecký M. (2023) myClim: Microclimate data handling and standardised analyses in R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14: 2308–2320. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14192 PDF
  • Hiiesalu I., Schweichhart J., Angel R., Davison J., Doležal J., Kopecký M., Macek M. & Řehakova K. (2023) Plant-symbiotic fungal diversity tracks variation in vegetation and the abiotic environment along an extended elevational gradient in the Himalayas. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 99: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad092
  • Chondol T., Klimeš A., Altman J., Čapková K., Dvorský M., Hiiesalu I., Jandová V., Kopecký M., Macek M., Řeháková K., Liancourt P. & Doležal J. (2023) Habitat preferences and functional traits drive longevity in Himalayan high‐mountain plants. Oikos e10073. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10073
  • Haesen S., Lembrechts J.J., De Frenne P., Lenoir J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., Kopecký M., Luoto M., Maclean I., Nijs I., Niittynen P., van den Hoogen J., Arriga N., Brůna J., Buchmann N., Čiliak M., Collalti A., De Lombaerde E., Descombes P., Gharun M., Goded I., Govaert S., Greiser C., Grelle A., Gruening C., Hederová L., Hylander K., Kreyling J., Kruijt B., Macek M., Máliš F., Man M., Manca G., Matula R., Meeussen C., Merinero S., Minerbi S., Montagnani L., Muffler L., Ogaya R., Penuelas J., Plichta R., Portillo‐Estrada M., Schmeddes J., Shekhar A., Spicher F., Ujházyová M., Vangansbeke P., Weigel R., Wild J., Zellweger F. & Van Meerbeek K. (2023) ForestClim —Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology 29: 2886-2892. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16678
  • Hederová L., Macek M., Wild J., Brůna J., Kašpar V., Klinerová T. & Kopecký M. (2023) Ecologically relevant canopy openness from hemispherical photographs. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 330: 109308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109308
  • Segar J., Pereira H.M., Baeten L., Bernhardt-Römermann M., De Frenne P., Fernández N., Gilliam F.S., Lenoir J., Ortmann-Ajkai A., Verheyen K., Waller D., Teleki B., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Dirnböck T., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Orczewska A., Reczynska K., Schmidt W., Šebesta J., Stachurska-Swakoń A., Standovár T., Swierkosz K., Vild O., Wulf M. & Staude I.R. (2022) Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests. Nature Communications 13: 7837. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6
  • Man M., Wild J., Macek M. & Kopecký M. (2022) Can high-resolution topography and forest canopy structure substitute microclimate measurements? Bryophytes say no. Science of The Total Environment 153377. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153377
  • Lembrechts J.J., van den Hoogen J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., De Frenne P., Kemppinen J., Kopecký M., Luoto M., Maclean I.M.D., … Brůna J., Hederová L., Macek M., Man M., Wild J., … & Lenoir J. (2022) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology  28: 3110-3144 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060
  • taude I.R., Pereira H.M., Daskalova G.N., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Diekmann M., Pauli H., Van Calster H., Vellend M., Bjorkman A.D., Brunet J., De Frenne P., Hédl R., Jandt U., Lenoir J., Myers‐Smith I.H., Verheyen K., Wipf S., Wulf M., Andrews C., Barančok P., Barni E., Benito‐Alonso J., Bennie J., Berki I., Blüml V., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Dick J., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Eriksson O., Erschbamer B., Graae B.J., Heinken T., Schei F.H., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Kudernatsch T., Macek M., Malicki M., Máliš F., Michelsen O., Naaf T., Nagel T.A., Newton A.C., Nicklas L., Oddi L., Ortmann‐Ajkai A., Palaj A., Petraglia A., Petřík P., Pielech R., Porro F., Puşcaş M., Reczyńska K., Rixen C., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Steinbauer K., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Theurillat J., Turtureanu P.D., Ursu T., Vanneste T., Vergeer P., Vild O., Villar L., Vittoz P., Winkler M. & Baeten L. (2022) Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters 25: 466-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937 
  • Urfus T., Kopecký M., Urfusová R. & Chrtek J. (2021) Whole genome duplication increases ecological niche breadth of the perennial herb Urtica dioica. Preslia 93: 305–319. doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2021.305
  • Riihimäki H., Kemppinen J., Kopecký M., Luoto M. (2021) Topographic Wetness Index as a Proxy for Soil Moisture: The Importance of Flow‐Routing Algorithm and Grid Resolution. Water Resources Research 57. doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029871
  • Macek M., Dvorský M., Klimeš A., Wild J., Doležal J. & Kopecký M. (2021) Midpoint attractor models resolve the mid‐elevation peak in Himalayan plant species richness. Ecography 44: 1665–1677. doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05901
  • Haesen S., Lembrechts J.J., Frenne P. De, Lenoir J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., Kopecký M., Luoto M., Maclean I., Nijs I., Niittynen P., Hoogen J. van den, Arriga N., Brůna J., Buchmann N., Čiliak M., Collalti A., Lombaerde E. De, Descombes P., Gharun M., Goded I., Govaert S., Greiser C., Grelle A., Gruening C., Hederová L., Hylander K., Kreyling J., Kruijt B., Macek M., Máliš F., Man M., Manca G., Matula R., Meeussen C., Merinero S., Minerbi S., Montagnani L., Muffler L., Ogaya R., Penuelas J., Plichta R., Estrada M.P.-, Schmeddes J., Shekhar A., Spicher F., Ujházyová M., Vangansbeke P., Weigel R., Wild J., Zellweger F. & Meerbeek K. Van (2021) ForestTemp – ­ Sub- ­ canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology 27: 6307–6319. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15892 
  • Macek M., Dvorský M., Kopecký M., Wild J. & Doležal J. (2021) Elevational range size patterns of vascular plants in Himalaya contradict Rapoport’s rule. Journal of Ecology 109: 4025-4037. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13772
  • Caron M.M., Zellweger F., Verheyen K., Baeten L., Hédl R., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Berki I., Brunet J., Decocq G., Díaz S., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Macek M., Malicki M., Máliš F., Nagel T.A., Perring M.P., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Pielech R., Schmidt W., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Wulf M. & De Frenne P. (2021) Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees. Journal of Ecology 109: 3944-3957. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13773
  • Kašpar V., Hederová L., Macek M., Müllerová J., Prošek J., Surový P., Wild J. & Kopecký M. (2021) Temperature buffering in temperate forests: Comparing microclimate models based on ground measurements with active and passive remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment 263: 112522. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112522
  • Máliš F., Bobek P., Hédl R., Chudomelová M., Petřík P., Ujházy K., Ujházyová M. & Kopecký M. (2021) Historical charcoal burning and coppicing suppressed beech and increased forest vegetation heterogeneity. Journal of Vegetation Science 32:e12923. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12923
  • Depauw L., Perring M.P., Landuyt D., Maes S.L., Blondeel H., De Lombaerde E., Brūmelis G., Brunet J., Closset‐Kopp D., Decocq G., Ouden J. Den, Härdtle W., Hédl R., Heinken T., Heinrichs S., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Liepiņa I., Macek M., Máliš F., Schmidt W., Smart S.M., Ujházy K., Wulf M. & Verheyen K. (2020) Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light-demand-signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi-natural temperate forests. Applied Vegetation Science 24: avsc.12532 doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12532
  • Kopecký M., Macek M. & Wild J. (2021) Topographic Wetness Index calculation guidelines based on measured soil moisture and plant species composition. Science of The Total Environment 757: 143785. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143785
  • Landuyt, D., Maes, S.L., Depauw, L., Ampoorter, E., Blondeel, H., Perring, M.P., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., Ouden, J., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K.J., Kopecký, M., Máliš, F., Wulf, M., Verheyen, K., (2020) Drivers of above‐ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests. Journal of Ecology:doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13318
  • Maes, S.L., Perring, M.P., Depauw, L., Bernhardt‐Römermann, M., Blondeel, H., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Govaert, S., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Hertzog, L., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K., Kopecký, M., Landuyt, D., Máliš, F., Vanneste, T., Wulf, M., Verheyen, K., (2020) Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities. Plant Biology:doi.org/10.1111/plb.13082
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  • Šipoš J., Chudomelová M., Vild O., Macek M., Kopecký M., Szabó P., & Hédl R. (2020) Plant diversity in deciduous temperate forests reflects interplay among ancient and recent environmental stress. Journal of Vegetation Science 31:53-62: doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12816
  • Depauw, L., M. P. Perring, D. Landuyt, S. L. Maes, H. Blondeel, E. De Lombaerde, G. Brūmelis, J. Brunet, D. Closset-Kopp, J. Czerepko, G. Decocq, J. Den Ouden, R. Gawryś, W. Härdtle, R. Hédl, T. Heinken, S. Heinrichs, B. Jaroszewicz, M. Kopecký, I. Liepiņa, M. Macek, F. Máliš, W. Schmidt, S. M. Smart, K. Ujházy, M. Wulf, and K. Verheyen. (2020) Light availability and land-use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities. Journal of Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13339
  • Větrovský, T., Kohout, P., Kopecký, M., Machac, A., Man, M., Bahnmann, B.D., Brabcová, V., Choi, J., Meszárošová, L., Human, Z.R., Lepinay, C., Lladó, S., López-Mondéjar, R., Martinović, T., Mašínová, T., Morais, D., Navrátilová, D., Odriozola, I., Štursová, M., Švec, K., Tláskal, V., Urbanová, M., Wan, J., Žifčáková, L., Howe, A., Ladau, J., Peay, K.G., Storch, D., Wild, J., Baldrian, P., (2019) A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns. Nature Communications. 10, 5142. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13164-8
  • Macek, M., Kopecký M., & Wild J. (2019). Maximum air temperature controlled by landscape topography affects plant species composition in temperate forests. Landscape Ecology 34(11):2541-2556. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00903-x
  • Zellweger F., Coomes D., Lenoir J., Depauw L., Maes S.L., Wulf M., Kirby K.J., Brunet J., Kopecký M., Máliš F., Schmidt W., Heinrichs S., den Ouden J., Jaroszewicz B., Buyse G., Spicher F., Verheyen K., & De Frenne P. (2019) Seasonal drivers of understorey temperature buffering in temperate deciduous forests across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.12991.
  • Depauw L., Landuyt D., Perring M.P., Blondeel H., Maes S.L., Kopecký M., Máliš F., Vanhellemont M., & Verheyen K. (2019) A general framework for quantifying the effects of land-use history on ecosystem dynamics. Ecological Indicators, doi: doi.org: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.026
  • Dolezal, J., Kopecky, M., Dvorsky, M., Macek, M., Rehakova, K., Capkova, K., Borovec J., Schweingruber, F., Liancourt, P., & Altman, J. (2019) Sink limitation of plant growth determines treeline in the arid Himalayas. Functional Ecology 33 (4): 553:565. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13284
  • Wild, J., Kopecký, M., Macek, M., Šanda, M., Jankovec, J., & Haase, T. (2019) Climate at ecologically relevant scales: A new temperature and soil moisture logger for long-term microclimate measurement. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 268: 40–47. doi.org:10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.12.018
  • Dolezal, J., Dvorský M., Kopecký M., Altman J., Mudrák O., Čapková K., Řeháková, K.,  M. Macek, & Liancourt, P. (2019). Functionally distinct assembly of vascular plants colonizing alpine cushions suggests their vulnerability to climate change. Annals of Botany 123 (4): 569-578. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy207
  • Maes, S. L., Perring, M. P., Vanhellemont, M., Depauw, L., van den Bulcke, J., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Jaroszewicz, B., Kopecký, M. , Máliš, F., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K. (2019) Environmental drivers interactively affect individual tree growth across temperate European forests. Global Change Biology, 25, 201–217. doi.org:10.1111/gcb.14493
  • Maes S.L., Blondeel H., Perring M.P., Depauw L., Brūmelis G., Brunet J., Decocq G., den Ouden J., Härdtle W., Hédl R., Heinken T., Heinrichs S., Jaroszewicz B., Kirby K., Kopecký M., Máliš F., Wulf M., & Verheyen K. (2019) Litter quality, land-use history, and nitrogen deposition effects on topsoil conditions across European temperate deciduous forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 433, 405–418. doi.org: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.056
  • Verheyen K., Bažány M., Chećko E., Chudomelová M., Closset-Kopp D., Czortek P., Decocq G., De Frenne P., De Keersmaeker L., Enríquez García C., Fabšičová M., Grytnes J., Hederová L., Hédl R., Heinken T., Schei F.H., Horváth S., Jaroszewicz B., Jermakowicz E., Klinerová T., Kolk J., Kopecký M., Kuras I., Lenoir J., Macek M., Máliš F., Martinessen T.C., Naaf T., Papp L., Papp-Szakály Á., Pech P., Petřík P., Prach J., Reczyńska K., Saetersdal M., Spicher F., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Szczęśniak E., Tóth Z., Ujházy K., Ujházyová M., Vangansbeke P., Vild O., Wołkowycki D., Wulf M., & Baeten L. (2018) Observer and relocation errors matter in resurveys of historical vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science 29:812-823.doi.org:10.1111/jvs.12673
  • Perring M.P., Diekmann M., Midolo G., Schellenberger Costa D., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Otto J.C.J., Gilliam F.S., Hedwall P., Nordin A., Dirnböck T., Simkin S.M., Máliš F., Blondeel H., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Durak T., De Frenne P., Hédl R., Kopecký M., Landuyt D., Li D., Manning P., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Vild O., Waller D.M., & Verheyen K. (2018) Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.089
  • De Lombaerde, E., K. Verheyen, M. P. Perring, M. Bernhardt-Römermann, H. Van Calster, J. Brunet, M. Chudomelová, G. Decocq, M. Diekmann, T. Durak, R. Hédl, T. Heinken, P. Hommel, B. Jaroszewicz, M. Kopecký, J. Lenoir, M. Macek, F. Máliš, F. J. G. Mitchell, T. Naaf, M. Newman, P. Petřík, K. Reczyńska, W. Schmidt, K. Świerkosz, O. Vild, M. Wulf, & L. Baeten. (2018) Responses of competitive understorey species to spatial environmental gradients inaccurately explain temporal changes. Basic and Applied Ecology 30:52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.013
  • Vild O., Šipoš J., Szabó P., Macek M., Chudomelová M., Kopecký M., Suchánková S., Houška J., Kotačka M., & Hédl R. (2018) Legacy of historical litter raking in temperate forest plant communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 29:596-606. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12642
  • Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y., Liancourt P., Götzenberger L., de Bello F., Altman J., Brozova V., Chlumska Z., Dvorsky M., Capkova K., Kopecky M., Rehakova K., Riha P., Leps J., & Dolezal J. (2018) A multi-scale approach reveals random phylogenetic patterns at the edge of vascular plant life. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 30, 22–30. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2017.10.002
  • Perring M.P., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Baeten L., Midolo G., Blondeel H., Depauw L., Landuyt D., Maes S.L., De Lombaerde E., Carón M.M., Vellend M., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Diekmann M., Dirnböck T., Dörfler I., Durak T., De Frenne P., Gilliam F.S., Hédl R., Heinken T., Hommel P., Jaroszewicz B., Kirby K.J., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Li D., Máliš F., Mitchell F.J.G., Naaf T., Newman M., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Van Calster H., Vild O., Wagner E.R., Wulf M., & Verheyen K. (2018) Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14030.
  • Prach, J. and Kopecký, M. (2018) Landscape-scale vegetation homogenization in Central European sub-montane forests over the past 50 years. Applied Vegetation Science. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12372
  • Macek, M., Wild, J., Kopecký, M., Červenka, J., Svoboda, M., Zenáhlíková, J., Brůna, J., Mosandl, R. & Fischer, A. (2017) Life and death of Picea abies after bark-beetle outbreak: ecological processes driving seedling recruitment. Ecological Applications, 27, 156–167.
  • Vild, O., Hédl, R., Kopecký, M., Szabó, P., Suchánková, S. & Zouhar, V. (2017) The paradox of long-term ungulate impact: increase of plant species richness in a temperate forest. Applied Vegetation Science, 20, 282–292.
  • Verheyen, K., De Frenne, P., Baeten, L., Waller, D.M., Hédl, R., Perring, M.P., Blondeel, H., Brunet, J., Chudomelová, M., Decocq, G., De Lombaerde, E., Depauw, L., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Gilliam, F.S., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Hermy, M., Jaroszewicz, B., Jenkins, M.A., Johnson, S.E., Kirby, K.J., Kopecký, M., Landuyt, D., Lenoir, J., Li, D., Macek, M., Maes, S.L., Máliš, F., Mitchell, F.J.G., Naaf, T., Peterken, G., Petřík, P., Reczyńska, K., Rogers, D.A., Schei, F.Hø., Schmidt, W., Standovár, T., Świerkosz, K., Ujházy, K., Van Calster, H., Vellend, M., Vild, O., Woods, K., Wulf, M. & Bernhardt-Römermann, M. (2017) Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research. BioScience, 67, 73–83.
  • Kapfer, J., Hédl, R., Jurasinski, G., Kopecký, M., Schei, F.H. & Grytnes, J.-A. (2017) Resurveying historical vegetation data – opportunities and challenges. Applied Vegetation Science, 20, 164–171.
  • Kotilínek, M., Hiiesalu, I., Košnar, J., Šmilauerová, M., Šmilauer, P., Altman, J., Dvorský, M., Kopecký, M. & Doležal, J. (2017) Fungal root symbionts of high-altitude vascular plants in the Himalayas. Scientific Reports 7, 6562. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06938-x
  • Řeháková, K., Čapková, K., Dvorský, M., Kopecký, M., Altman, J., Šmilauer, P. & Doležal, J. (2017) Interactions between soil phototrophs and vascular plants in Himalayan cold deserts. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1–11. doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.020
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  • Angel, R., Conrad, R., Dvorsky, M., Kopecky, M., Kotilínek, M., Hiiesalu, I., Schweingruber, F. & Doležal, J. (2016) The Root-Associated Microbial Community of the World’s Highest Growing Vascular Plants. Microbial Ecology, 72, 394–406.
  • de Bello, F., Fibich, P., Zelený, D., Kopecký, M., Mudrák, O., Chytrý, M., Pyšek, P., Wild, J., Michalcová, D., Sádlo, J., Šmilauer, P., Lepš, J. & Pärtel, M. (2016) Measuring size and composition of species pools: a comparison of dark diversity estimates. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 4088–4101.
  • Dolezal, J., Dvorsky, M., Kopecky, M., Liancourt, P., Hiiesalu, I., Macek, M., Altman, J., Chlumska, Z., Rehakova, K., Capkova, K., Borovec, J., Mudrak, O., Wild, J. & Schweingruber, F. (2016) Vegetation dynamics at the upper elevational limit of vascular plants in Himalaya. Scientific Reports, 6, 24881.
  • Dvorský, M., Chlumská, Z., Altman, J., Čapková, K., Řeháková, K., Macek, M., Kopecký, M., Liancourt, P. & Doležal, J. (2016) Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants. Scientific Reports, 6, 24440.
  • Máliš, F., Kopecký, M., Petřík, P., Vladovič, J., Merganič, J. & Vida, T. (2016) Life stage, not climate change, explains observed tree range shifts. Global Change Biology, 22, 1904–1914.
  • Dolezal, J., Leheckova, E., Sohar, K., Dvorsky, M., Kopecky, M., Chlumska, Z., Wild, J. & Altman, J. (2016) Annual and intra-annual growth dynamics of Myricaria elegans shrubs in arid Himalaya. Trees, 30, 761–773.
  • Kopecký, M. & Macek, M. (2015) Vegetation resurvey is robust to plot location uncertainty. Diversity and Distributions 21: 322–330.
  • Fischer, A., Fischer, H.S., Kopecký, M., Macek, M. & Wild, J. (2015) Small changes in species composition despite stand-replacing bark beetle outbreak in Picea abies mountain forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45, 1164–1171.
  • Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Baeten, L., Craven, D., De Frenne, P., Hédl, R., Lenoir, J., Bert, D., Brunet, J., Chudomelová, M., Decocq, G., Dierschke, H., Dirnböck, T., Dörfler, I., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Hommel, P., Jaroszewicz, B., Keczyński, A., Kelly, D.L., Kirby, K.J., Kopecký, M., Macek, M., Máliš, F., Mirtl, M., Mitchell, F.J.G., Naaf, T., Newman, M., Peterken, G., Petřík, P., Schmidt, W., Standovár, T., Tóth, Z., Calster, H. Van, Verstraeten, G., Vladovič, J., Vild, O., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K. (2015) Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales. Global Change Biology, 21, 3726–3737.
  • Dvorský, M., Altman, J., Kopecký, M., Chlumská, Z., Řeháková, K., Janatková, K. & Doležal, J. (2015) Vascular plants at extreme elevations in eastern Ladakh, northwest Himalayas. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 8, 571–584.
  • Adámek, M., Bobek, P., Hadincová, V., Wild, J. & Kopecký, M. (2015) Forest fires within a temperate landscape: A decadal and millennial perspective from a sandstone region in Central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 336: 81–90.
  • Černý, T., Kopecký, M., Petřík, P., Song, J.S., Šrůtek, M., Valachovič, M., Altman, J. & Doležal, J. (2015) Classification of Korean forests: Patterns along geographic and environmental gradients. Applied Vegetation Science 18: 5–22.
  • Wild, J., Kopecký, M., Svoboda, M., Zenáhlíková, J., Edwards-Jonášová, M. & Herben, T. (2014) Spatial patterns with memory: tree regeneration after stand-replacing disturbance in Picea abies mountain forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 1327–1340.
  • Kopecký M., Hédl R. & Szabó P. (2013) Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 79-87.
  • Vild, O., Roleček, J., Hédl, R., Kopecký, M. & Utinek, D. (2013) Experimental restoration of coppice-with-standards: Response of understorey vegetation from the conservation perspective. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 234–241.
  • Altman J., Hédl R., Szabó P., Mazůrek P., Riedl V., Müllerová J., Kopecký M. & Doležal J. (2013) Tree-rings mirror management legacy: dramatic response of standard oaks to past coppicing in Central Europe. PLoS ONE 8: e55770.
  • Janatková, K., Reháková, K., Doležal, J., Simek, M., Chlumská, Z., Dvorský, M. & Kopecký, M. (2013) Community structure of soil phototrophs along environmental gradients in arid Himalaya. Environmental Microbiology 15: 2505–16.
  • Dvorský M., Doležal J., Kopecký M., Chlumská Z., Janatková K., Altman J., de Bello F. &  Řeháková K. (2013) Testing the stress-gradient hypothesis at the roof of the world: effects of the cushion plant Thylacospermum caespitosum on species assemblages. PLoS ONE 8: e53514.
  • Doležal J., Altman J., Kopecký M., Černý T., Janeček Š., Bartoš M., Petřík P., Šrůtek M., Lepš, J. Song, J-S. (2012) Plant diversity changes during the postglacial in East Asia: insights from forest refugia on Halla Volcano, Jeju Island. PLoS ONE 7: e33065.
  • Walker D.A., Epstein H.E., Raynolds M.K., Kuss P., Kopecký M., Frost G.V., Daniëls F.J.A., Leibman M.O., Moskalenko N.G., Matyshak G.V., Khitun O.V., Khomutov A.V., Forbes B.C., Bhatt U.S., Kade A.N., Vonlanthen C.M., Tichý L. (2012) Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects. Environmental Research Letters 7: 015504.
  • Kopecký M. & Čížková Š. (2010) Using topographic wetness index in vegetation ecology: does the algorithm matter? Applied Vegetation Science 13: 450-459.
  • Hédl R., Kopecký M. & Komárek J. (2010) Half a century of succession in a temperate oakwood: from species-rich community to mesic forest. Diversity and Distributions 16: 267–276.
  • Kuneš P., Abraham V., Kovářík O., Kopecký M. & PALYCZ contributors (2009) Czech Quaternary Palynological Database – PALYCZ: review and basic statistics of the data. Preslia 81: 209–238.
  • Kopecký M. & Vojta J. (2009) Land use legacies in post-agricultural forests in the Doupovské Mountains, Czech Republic. Applied Vegetation Science 12: 251–260.