Martin Macek

researcher

E-mail: martin.macek(at)ibot.cas.cz
Phone: +420 271 015 278

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-5921


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My research interest is focused 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.


Publications

2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 1–13. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14192 PDF

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

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

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

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

2022

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

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

2021

Staude I.R., Pereira H.M., Daskalova G.N., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Diekmann M., …, Macek M., … & Baeten L. (2021) Directional turnover towards larger‐ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters 25: 466–482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2019

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

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

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

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

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 33:553-565. https://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: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.12.018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Dvorský, M., Z. Chlumská, J. Altman, K. Čapková, K. Řeháková, M. Macek, M. Kopecký, P. Liancourt, and J. Doležal. (2016) Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants. Scientific Reports 6:24440.

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.


Software

myClim R package

Chianucci, F., & Macek, M. (2022). hemispheR: an R package for fisheye canopy image analysis. BioRxiv, 336(1.4.2022), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.01.486683 ; https://gitlab.com/fchianucci/hemispheR


Conference presentations

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

Project participation:

2024-2026 GAČR GA24-11954S – Alpine plants under climate change: from adaptive strategies to ecosystem functioning. PI: Jiří Doležal

2023 – 2025 GAČR GA23-06614S Linking microclimate and forest dynamics. PI: Martin Kopecký

2019 –  TAČR ZETA TJ02000281 Innovative microclimate measurement as a tool for forest management in NP Bohemian Forest. PI: Josef Brůna

2019 – 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


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.