Martin Macek

Martin Macek

Researcher
Martin Macek

Identifiers:

Follow me on ResearchGate

Where? Why? How many?

My research interest is focus on forest ecology with emphasis on species niche modelling, long-term vegetation dynamics and forest microclimate. I participate on research of vegetation dynamics and diversity under extreme conditions of their upper elevation limit in Himalaya.

Project participation:

2026 DIVLAND – Centre for landscape and biodiversity
2024 – 2026 GAČR GA24-11954S – Alpine plants under climate change: from adaptive strategies to ecosystem functioning. PI: Jiří Doležal
2024 – 2026 Forest microclimate in time and space (2023-2026) TAČR PPŽ SS06010011
2023 – 2025 GAČR GA23-06614S Linking microclimate and forest dynamics: from plant growth responses to long-term vegetation change. PI: Martin Kopecký
2019 – 2021 TAČR ZETA TJ02000281 Innovative microclimate measurement as a tool for forest management in NP Bohemian Forest. PI: Josef Brůna
2019 – 2021 GAČR 19-20970Y Land use, social transformations and woodland in Central European Prehistory. Modelling approaches to human-environment interactions. PI: Jan Kolář
2018 NP Šumava 207226NP Microclimate characteristics of natural forest stages influenced by disturbances and management. PI: Josef Brůna
2017-2019 GAČR GA17-19376S Ecological and Evolutionary Responses of Plants to Climate Change: Growth Analysis across Ecosystems and Evolutionary Linkages. PI: Jiří Doležal
2017 – 2019 GAČR GA17-13998S Forest microclimate – neglected link between plant diversity and climate change. PI: Jan Wild
2017 – 2018 GAČR GA17-09283S Humans as nature: anthropogenic legacy in temperate forest ecosystems. PI: Radim Hédl
2017 – 2019 GAČR GA17-07378S Spatiotemporal reconstruction of tropical cyclones and their impact on the forest structure and diversity in Northeast Asia. PI: Jan Altman
2015 – 2017 GAUK 359515 Parametrization of ecological niche of forest plant species. PI: Martin Macek
2013 – 2017 GAČR GA13-13368S Plant diversity changes under climate warming: from regional flora to microhabitat adaptation and diversity patterns. PI: Jiří Doležal.
2012 – 2016 ERC 278065 Long-term woodland dynamics in Central Europe: from estimations to a realistic model. PI: Peter Szabó.
2011 – 2013 TAČR TA01021283 Design and calibration of modular autonomous station for the measurement of soilmoisture and temperature conditions in vast point clusters. PI: Jan Wild.
2010 – 2013 GAČR P504/10/0843  The role of disturbances in dynamics of temperate mountain spruce-dominated forests – a landscape simulation model of the Šumava Mts. PI: Jan Wild.

Education

  • 2020 PhD in Botany. Thesis: “Patterns and processes in spatial distribution of plant species across scales”. Charles University, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Botany. Prague, Czech Republic. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/121988
  • 2011 MSc in Botany: Vliv světla na složení a diverzitu lesní vegetace v Českém Středohoří (Effects of light on understory vegetation composition and diversity). Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Botany, Czech Republic. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/32731
  • 2009 Bachelor in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology. Thesis: Variabilita vegetace dubohabrových lesů na jemné škále
    (Small-scale vegetation variability of oak-hornbeam forests). Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Botany, Czech Republic. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/20480

Publications

2026
  • Brůna J., Macek M., Man M., Hederová L., Klinerová T., Moudrý V., Heurich M., Červenka J., Wild J. & Kopecký M. (2026) High-resolution microclimatic grids for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem based on in situ measurements. Scientific Data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06566-z
  • Caron M.M., Vangansbeke P., Zellweger F., Verheyen K., Baeten L., Hédl R., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Berki I., Brunet J., Guillaume D., Sandra D., Thomas D., Tomasz D., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Macek M., Malicki M., Máliš F., Nagel T.A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Remigiusz P., Schmidt W., Swierkosz K., Teleki B., Wulf M., Naaf T., Rodríguez‐Sánchez F., Waller D. & De Frenne P. (2026) Greater Thermophilisation in Communities of Juveniles Than Adults in Temperate European Forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 37: e70111. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70111
  • Yue K., Vangansbeke P., Myers-Smith I.H., Waller D.M., Verheyen K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Baeten L., Staude I.R., Bjorkman A.D., Hédl R., Andrews C., Barni E., Becker T., Becker-Scarpitta A., Benito-Alonso J.-L., Bennie J., Berki I., Blüml V., Brunet J., Bullock J.M., Van Calster H., Carbognani M., Chudomelová M., Closset-Kopp D., Dan Turtureanu P., Daskalova G.N., Decocq G., Dick J., Diekmann M., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Eriksson O., Erschbamer B., Graae B.J., Heinken T., Hermy M., Horchler P., Jandt U., Jaroszewicz B., Kanka R., Kollár J., Kopecký M., Kudernatsch T., Lamprecht A., Lenoir J., Macek M., Malicki M., Máliš F., Michelsen O., Mitchell F., Naaf T., Nagel T.A., Newman M., Newton A.C., Nicklas L., Oddi L., Orczewska A., Orsenigo S., Ortmann-Ajkai A., Ouden J. den, Pauli H., Peterken G., Petřík P., Pielech R., Puşcaş M., Randin C., Reczyńska K., Rixen C., Schei F.H., Schmidt W., Šebesta J., Stachurska-Swakon A., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Theurillat J.-P., Ursu T.-M., Vanneste T., Vellend M., Vergeer P., Vild O., Villar L., Vittoz P., Winkler M., Wipf S., Wu F., Zhang S. & De Frenne P. (2026) Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09622-7
2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Binter J., Macek M. & Dolezal J. (2025) Integrating morphological, anatomical, and physiological traits to explain elevational distributions in Himalayan steppe and alpine plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 67: 2643-2657. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13971
  • Jandova V., Altman J., Sehadova H., Macek M., Fibich P., Ruka A.T. & Dolezal J. (2025) Climate warming promotes growth in Himalayan alpine cushion plants but threatens survival through increased extreme snowfall. New Phytologist 247: 115-127 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70206
  • 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 135: 1093-1106. 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
  • Mandl L., Cerioni M., Bače R., Bončina A., Brůna J., Chećko E., de Koning J.H.C., Diaci J., Dobrowolska D., Fidej G., Garbarino M., Jansons Ā., Keren S., Kitenberga M., Klopčič M., Konôpka B., Kopecký M., Köster K., Kucbel S., Lingua E., Macek M., Marzano R., Metslaid M., Panayotov M., Pittner J., Šebeň V., Socha J., Svoboda M., Szwagrzyk J., Tsvetanov N., Urbinati C., Vencurik J., Vitali A., Vodde F., Wild J., Nagel T.A. & Senf C. (2025) The amount of undisturbed forest in proximity of severe disturbance patches enhances their recovery in temperate Europe. Landscape Ecology 40:199 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02231-9
  • Růžičková A., Man M., Macek M., Wild J. & Kopecký M. (2025) Temperature-driven vapor pressure deficit structures forest bryophyte communities across the landscape. Biogeosciences 22: 6291–6307. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-6291-2025
  • Vejmělka F., Fabre P., Lövy M., Sam K., Helgen K.M., Macek M., Drumo M. & Novotny V. (2025) Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of Non- ­ Volant Mammals in New Guinea. Diversity and Distributions 31: e70127. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70127
  • 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 248: 2128–2142https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70502
2024
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. PDF
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: e17159. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17159
De Schuyter W., De Lombaerde E., Depauw L., …, Macek M., … & Verheyen K. (2024) Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change. Journal of Ecology 112: 832–847. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14274
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 1-14 doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae028
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109828
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 33: e13884. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13884
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
Landuyt D., Perring M.P., Blondeel H., De Lombaerde E., … Macek 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: e17086 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17086
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
Padullés Cubino J., Lenoir J., Li D., …Macek M., … & Chytrý M. (2024) Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition. New Phytologist 241: 2287-2299 doi.org/10.1111/nph.19477
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
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 Phytologist 242: 1018-1028. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19587
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
2023
Abraham V., Macek M., Tkáč P., Novák D., Pokorný P., Kozáková R., Jamrichová E., Soukupová M.G. & Kolář J. (2023) Pollen anthropogenic indicators revisited using large-scale pollen and archaeological datasets: 12,000 years of human-vegetation interactions in central Europe. Preslia 95: 385–411. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19477 PDF
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., …Macek, M… & Van Meerbeek, K. (2023). ForestClim —Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology 29: 2886-2892. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19477
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
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109828
Chianucci, F., & Macek, M. (2023). hemispheR: an R package for fisheye canopy image analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 336: 109470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109470
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. doi.org/10.1111/oik.10073
Macek M., Abraham V., Tkáč P., Novák D. & Kolář J. (2023) The diversity and distribution of introduced plant species reflect 8000 years of settlement history. Journal of Ecology 111:787-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14060
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 2023:14 2308-2320. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14192 PDF
see more publications (2018 – 2022)
2022
Kolář J., Macek M., Tkáč P., Novák D. & Abraham V. (2022) Long-term demographic trends and spatio-temporal distribution of past human activity in Central Europe: Comparison of archaeological and palaeoecological proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews 297: 107834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107834
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
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
Staude I.R., Pereira H.M., Daskalova G.N., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Diekmann M., …, Macek 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
2021
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., … & De Frenne P. (2021) Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees. Journal of Ecology 1365-2745.13773. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13773
Dolezal J., Jandova V., Macek M. & Liancourt P. (2021) Contrasting biomass allocation responses across ontogeny and stress gradients reveal plant adaptations to drought and cold. Functional Ecology 35:32-42 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13687
Dolezal J., Jandova V., Macek M., Mudrak O., Altman J., Schweingruber F.H. & Liancourt P. (2021) Climate warming drives Himalayan alpine plant growth and recruitment dynamics. Journal of Ecology 109:179-190 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13459
Haesen S., Lembrechts J.J., Frenne P. De, Lenoir J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., Kopecký M., Luoto M., …, Macek M., …, Wild J., Zellweger F. & Meerbeek K. Van (2021) ForestTemp – ­ Sub- ­ canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology 1–13. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15892 
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112522
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143785
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., … (incl. Brůna J., Hederová L., Macek M., Man M., Wild J.), … & Lenoir J. (2021) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology 28: 3110-3144 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060 
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 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05901
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 1365-2745.13772. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13772
2020
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 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12532
Kirschner J., Štěpánek J., Klimeš L., Dvorský M., Brůna J., Macek M. & Kopecký M. (2020) The Taraxacum Flora of Ladakh, with notes on the adjacent regions of the West Himalaya. Phytotaxa 457: 1–409. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.457.1.1
Lembrechts J.J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., De Frenne P., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Luoto M., Maclean I.M.D., … , Macek M., Man M., Wild J., … & Nijs I. (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near‐surface temperature. Global Change Biology 131: gcb.15123. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123
Liancourt P., Song X., Macek M., Santrucek J. & Dolezal J. (2020) Plants’ eye view of temperature governs elevational distributions. Global Change Biology gcb.15129. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15129
Staude I.R., Waller D.M., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Bjorkman A.D., Brunet J., De Frenne P., Hédl R., Jandt U., Lenoir J., Máliš F., Verheyen K., Wulf M., Pereira H.M., Vangansbeke P., Ortmann-Ajkai A., Pielech R., Berki I., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Malicki M., Naaf T., Nagel T.A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schei F.H., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Van Calster H., Vild O. & Baeten L. (2020) Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe’s temperate forest biome. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:802-808 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1176-8
Zellweger F., De Frenne P., Lenoir J., Vangansbeke P., Verheyen K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Baeten L., Hédl R., Berki I., Brunet J., Van Calster H., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Máliš F., Macek M., … & Coomes D. (2020) Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming. Science 368: 772–775. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba6880
2019
Altman, J., Ukhvatkina O. N. , Omelko A. M., Macek M., Plener T., Pejcha V., Cerny T., Petrik P., Srutek M., Song J.-S., Zhmerenetsky A. A., Vozmishcheva A. S., Krestov P. V., Petrenko T. Y., Treydte K., & Dolezal J. (2018) Poleward migration of the destructive effects of tropical cyclones during the 20th century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (45):11543-11548. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808979115
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. 2019. Light availability and land-use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities. Journal of Ecology 108:1411-1425 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13339
Dolezal, J., M. Dvorský, M. Kopecký, J. Altman, O. Mudrák, K. Čapková, K. Řeháková, M. Macek, and P. Liancourt. (2019) Functionally distinct assembly of vascular plants colonizing alpine cushions suggests their vulnerability to climate change. Annals of Botany 123:569-578. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy207
Dolezal, J., Kopecky M., Dvorský M., Macek M., Řeháková K., Čapková K., Borovec J., Schweingruber F., Liancourt P., Altman J. (2019) Sink limitation of plant growth determines treeline in the arid Himalayas. Functional Ecology 33:553-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13284
Knapp M., Seid M., Knappová J., Macek M., & Saska P. (2019). Temporal changes in the spatial distribution of carabid beetles around arable field-woodlot boundaries. Scientific Reports 9:8967. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45378-7
Macek, M., Kopecký M., & Wild J. (2019) Maximum air temperature controlled by landscape topography affects plant species composition in temperate forests. Landscape Ecology 34:2541-2556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00903-x
Šipoš, J., Chudomelová M., Vild O., Macek M., Kopecký M., Szabó P., & Hédl R. (2019) Plant diversity in deciduous temperate forests reflects interplay among ancient and recent environmental stress. Journal of Vegetation Science: 31:53-62 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12816
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: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.12.018
2015-2018
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, … & 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
Dolezal, J., M. Dvorsky, M. Kopecky, P. Liancourt, I. Hiiesalu, M. Macek, J. Altman, Z. Chlumska, K. Rehakova, K. Capkova, J. Borovec, O. Mudrak, J. Wild, and F. Schweingruber. (2016) Vegetation dynamics at the upper elevational limit of vascular plants in Himalaya. Scientific Reports 6:24881.
Dvorský, M., Macek M., Kopecký M., Wild J., Doležal J. (2017) Niche asymmetry of vascular plants increases with elevation. Journal of Biogeography 44 (6) 1418-1425.
Dvorský, M., Chlumská Z., Altman J., Čapková K., Řeháková K., Macek M., Kopecký M., Liancourt P., and Doležal J. (2016) Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants. Scientific Reports 6:24440.
Kolář, J., Macek, M. & Szabó, P. (2018) Using archaeology for population estimates and land-use reconstructions: a perspective from Central Europe. Past Global Changes Magazine 26:30-31. https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.26.1.30
Kolář J., P. Kuneš P., P. Szabó, M. Hajnalová, H. Svobodová-Svitavská, M. Macek, P. Tkáč. 2016 Population and forest dynamics during the Central European Eneolithic (4500-2000 BC). (2016) Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences doi:10.1007/s12520-016-0446-5
Kolář J., P. Szabó P., M. Macek & P. Tkáč., (2016) Spatio-temporal modelling as a way to reconstruct patterns of past human activities. Archeometry 58 (3): 513-528
Kolář J., Tkáč P., Macek M. & Szabó P. (2016) Archaeology and historical ecology: the archaeological database of the LONGWOOD ERC project. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 46:539-554.
Macek, M., J. Wild, M. Kopecký, J. Červenka, M. Svoboda, J. Zenáhlíková, J. Brůna, R. Mosandl, and A. Fischer. (2017) Life and death of Picea abies after bark-beetle outbreak: ecological processes driving seedling recruitment. Ecological Applications 27:156–167.
Röder, M., Latifi, H., Hill, S., Wild, J., Svoboda, M., Brůna, J., Macek, M., Nováková, M. H., Gülch, E., Heurich, M. (2018). Application of optical unmanned aerial vehicle-based imagery for the inventory of natural regeneration and standing deadwood in post-disturbed spruce forests. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(15-16), 5288-5309. doi:10.1080/01431161.2018.1441568
Szabó, P., Suchánková S., Křížová L, Kotačka M., Kvardová M., Macek M., Müllerová J., and Brázdil R. (2018) More than trees: The challenges of creating a geodatabase to capture the complexity of forest history. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 5440:1–15. doi: 10.1080/01615440.2018.1444523
Verheyen, K., P. De Frenne, L. Baeten, D. M. Waller, R. Hédl, M. P. Perring, H. Blondeel, J. Brunet, M. Chudomelová, G. Decocq, E. De Lombaerde, L. Depauw, T. Dirnböck, T. Durak, O. Eriksson, F. S. Gilliam, T. Heinken, S. Heinrichs, M. Hermy, B. Jaroszewicz, M. A. Jenkins, S. E. Johnson, K. J. Kirby, M. Kopecký, D. Landuyt, J. Lenoir, D. Li, M. Macek, … & M. Bernhardt-Römermann. (2017) Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research. BioScience 67:73–83.
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
Fischer, A., H. S. Fischer, M. Kopecký, M. Macek, and J. Wild. 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., L. Baeten, D. Craven, P. De Frenne, R. Hédl, J. Lenoir, D. Bert, J. Brunet, M. Chudomelová, G. Decocq, H. Dierschke, T. Dirnböck, I. Dörfler, T. Heinken, M. Hermy, P. Hommel, B. Jaroszewicz, A. Keczyński, D. L. Kelly, K. J. Kirby, M. Kopecký, M. Macek, …& K. Verheyen. 2015. Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales. Global Change Biology 21:3726–3737.
Kuneš, P., Kolář, J., Hajnalová, M., Abraham, V., Svobodová-Svitavská, H., Macek, M., Tkáč, P., and Szabó, P., 2015. The origin of grasslands in the temperate forest zone of east-central Europe: long-term legacy of climate and human impact. Quarternary Science Reviews 116, 15–27.
Kopecký, M., Macek, M., 2015. Vegetation resurvey is robust to plot location uncertainty. Diversity and Distributions 21, 322–330.

Datasets:

Methods

Software

Conference presentations

  • MEB General Assembly 10.3.2026 (online presentation): CzechGrids Micro – national microclimate grids at 10m resolution.
  • 67th IAVS Annual Symposium: 7. 2025 – 3. 8. 2025 Greeley, CO, USA. Presentation: Macek M., Hederová L., Kopecký M., Klinerová T. & Wild J. One Canopy to Rule Them All: Unraveling the Effects of Heat, Cold, Light and Moisture on Understory Vegetation.
  • IBS 11th Biennial Conference – Prague 2024: 7.-11.1.2024 Poster: Macek M, Dvorský M., Kopecký M., Wild J. & Doležal J. Understanding Elevational Gradients in Species Richness, Range Size and Niche Asymmetry with Ecological Null Model.
  • Konference 50 let CHKO Český kras, 3.11.2022-4.11.2022 Presentation: Forest microclimates from plant’s perspective.
  • 62nd IAVS Symposium 2019, Bremen. Bremen, Germany 14. – 19. 7. 2019. Presentation: Macek, M., Kopecký, M. & Wild J. Buffering climate change impacts in forests: it is not (only) about temperature.
  • Climate Change Biogeography: International Biogeographical Society meeting: 20. – 24. 3. 2018, Évora, Portugal. Poster: Macek M., Dvorský M., Kopecký M., Wild J. & Doležal J. Can ecological rules survive in Himalaya?
  • 2018 IAVS 61st Annual Symposium. Bozeman, Montana, USA 22. -27.7.2018. Presentation: Macek M., Kopecký M. & Wild J. What do forest plants think about climate?; Poster: Macek M., Dvorský M., Kopecký M., Wild J. & Doležal J. Can ecological rules survive in Himalaya?
  • Conference on Forests. Neuschönau, Germany 26. – 29. 4. 2017. Presentation: Macek M, Wild K., Kopecký M., Svoboda M. & Fischer A. Life and death of spruce forest:  ecological processes in the first 12 years after bark-beetle outbreak.
  • British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2016. Liverpool, UK 11. – 14. 11. 2016. Presentation: Macek M., Müllerová J., Kopecký M. & Szabó P. Historical distribution of tree species: a bridge between native and actual range?
  • 15th Meeting on Vegetation Databases. Potsdam, Germany 2. – 4. 3. 2016. Poster: Macek, M., Kopecký, M. & Hédl R. Regional drivers of forest vegetation change.
  • 58th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science: Understanding broad-scale vegetation patterns. Brno, Czechia. 19. – 24. 7. 2015. Presentation: Macek, M., Kopecký, M. & Hédl R. Modelled niche parameters along soil reaction gradient outperform Ellenberg indicator values.
  • 56th IAVS Symposium. Tartu, Estonia 26. – 30. 6. 2013. Poster: Macek M. & Kopecký M. Scale matters: Disentangling drivers of fine-scale and regional species richness pattern in temperate forest understorey.

Employment

  • 2024 – present: Researcher at Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
  • 2020 – 2023: Postdoc at Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
  • 2010 – 2020: Research assistant at Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic

Workshops/training

  • Go Belowground! course on functional ecology of plants. Organized by the Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 18.- 22.9.2023 in Nové Hrady.
  • Professional Development Course for Academics Group Leaders (hfp consulting, Průhonice, CZ, June 2023)