Matěj Man

Interests

I focus on microclimate ecology, large environmental data processing, topographic analysis, spatial interpolation, and databasing. I am passionate about reproducible research and skill sharing. My favorite model organisms are bryophytes.

Employment

  • 2025 – present: Director, Environmental Education Centre “Chaloupky – Kněžice”
  • 2015 – present: Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 – 2015: Environmental Campaigner, NGO Arnika, Prague

Education

  • 2015 – 2024: PhD study in Botany, Charles University, Faculty of Science in Prague, Czech Republic. Dissertation: Forest bryophytes and microclimate (PDF)
  • 2010 – 2015: Charles University, Faculty of Science in Prague, Dept. of botany,  MSc in Botany, Thesis: Bryophytes of the arable land in the Czech Republic (PDF)

Publications

  • 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
  • Moudrý V., Bazzichetto M., Remelgado R., Devillers R., Lenoir J., Mateo R.G., Lembrechts J.J., Sillero N., Lecours V., Cord A.F., Barták V., Balej P., Rocchini D., Torresani M., Arenas-Castro S., Man M., Prajzlerová D., Gdulová K., Prošek J., Marchetto E., Zarzo-Arias A., Gábor L., Leroy F., Martini M., Malavasi M., Cazzolla Gatti R., Wild J. & Šímová P. (2024) Optimising occurrence data in species distribution models: sample size, positional uncertainty, and sampling bias matter. Ecography: 1-20.https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07294
  • 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
  • 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
  • Radoměřský T., Bobek P., Man M., Svitavská Svobodová H. & Kuneš P. (2023) Modelling the location of interglacial microrefugia for cold-adapted species. Preslia 95: 267–296. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.267
  • Abraham V., Man M., Theuerkauf M., Pokorný P., Bobek P. & Novák J. (2023) Spatially explicit, quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation based on pollen or charcoal data as a tool for autecology of trees. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01652-8
  • Klinerová T., Man M. & Dostál P. (2023) Invasion tolerance varies along a topographic gradient irrespective of invader presence. Oikos 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09430
  • Man M., Malíček J., Kalčík V., Novotný P., Chobot K. & Wild J. (2022) DaLiBor: Database of Lichens and Bryophytes of the Czech Republic. Preslia 94: 579–605. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2022.579
  • 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
  • Vojík, M., Sádlo, J., Petřík, P., Pyšek, P., Man, M., & Pergl, J. (2021). Two faces of parks: Sources of invasion and habitat for threatened native plants. Preslia, 92(4), 353–373. https://doi.org/10.23855/PRESLIA.2020.353
  • Čmoková, A., Kolařík, M., Dobiáš, R., Hoyer, L. L., Janouškovcová, H., Kano, R., Kuklová, I., Lysková, P., Machová, L., Maier, T., Mallátová, N., Man, M., Mencl, K., Nenoff, P., Peano, A., Prausová, H., Stubbe, D., Uhrlaß, S., Větrovský, T., Hubka, V. (2020). Resolving the taxonomy of emerging zoonotic pathogens in the Trichophyton benhamiae complex. Fungal Diversity, 104(1), 333–387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-020-00465-3
  • Lembrechts J.J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B., De Frenne P., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Luoto M., Maclean I.M.D., Roupsard O., Fuentes‐Lillo E., García R.A., Pellissier L., Pitteloud C., Alatalo J.M., Smith S.W., Björk R.G., Muffler L., Cesarz S., Gottschall F., Backes A.R., Okello J., Urban J., Plichta R., Svátek M., Phartyal S.S., Wipf S., Eisenhauer N., Pușcaș M., Dan Turtureanu P., Varlagin A., Dimarco R.D., Jump A.S., Randall K., Dorrepaal E., Larson K., Walz J., Vitale L., Svoboda M., Finger Higgens R., Halbritter A.H., Curasi S.R., Klupar I., Koontz A., Pearse W.D., Simpson E., Stemkovski M., Graae B.J., Vedel Sørensen M., Høye T.T., Fernández Calzado M.R., Lorite J., Carbognani M., Tomaselli M., Forte T.G.W., Petraglia A., Haesen S., Somers B., Van Meerbeek K., Björkman M.P., Hylander K., Merinero S., Gharun M., Buchmann N., Dolezal J., Matula R., Thomas A.D., Bailey J.J., Ghosn D., Kazakis G., de Pablo M.A., Kemppinen J., Niittynen P., Rew L., Seipel T., Larson C., Speed J.D.M., Ardö J., Cannone N., Guglielmin M., Malfasi F., Bader M.Y., Canessa R., Stanisci A., Kreyling J., Schmeddes J., Teuber L., Aschero V., Čiliak M., Máliš F., De Smedt P., Govaert S., Meeussen C., Vangansbeke P., Gigauri K., Lamprecht A., Pauli H., Steinbauer K., Winkler M., Ueyama M., Nuñez M.A., Ursu T., Haider S., Wedegärtner R.E.M., Smiljanic M., Trouillier M., Wilmking M., Altman J., Brůna J., Hederová L., Macek M., Man M., Wild J., Vittoz P., Pärtel M., Barančok P., Kanka R., Kollár J., Palaj A., Barros A., Mazzolari A.C., Bauters M., Boeckx P., Benito Alonso J.L., Zong S., Di Cecco V., Sitková Z., Tielbörger K., van den Brink L., Weigel R., Homeier J., Dahlberg C.J., Medinets S., Medinets V., De Boeck H.J., Portillo‐Estrada M., Verryckt L.T., Milbau A., Daskalova G.N., Thomas H.J.D., Myers‐Smith I.H., Blonder B., Stephan J.G., Descombes P., Zellweger F., Frei E.R., Heinesch B., Andrews C., Dick J., Siebicke L., Rocha A., Senior R.A., Rixen C., Jimenez J.J., Boike J., Pauchard A., Scholten T., Scheffers B., Klinges D., Basham E.W., Zhang J., Zhang Z., Géron C., Fazlioglu F., Candan O., Sallo Bravo J., Hrbacek F., Laska K., Cremonese E., Haase P., Moyano F.E., Rossi C. & Nijs I. (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near‐surface temperature. Global Change Biology 26: 6616–6629. gcb.15123. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123
  • 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
  • Man M., Wild J. (2014): Specifická stanoviště – cenné rokle, In Indikátory pro hodnocení přírodě blízkého prostředí, s. 73 – 76
  • Man M., Handincová V., Wild J., Bobek P., Adámek M. (2014): Specifická stanoviště – limitní zastoupení smrku, In Indikátory pro hodnocení přírodě blízkého prostředí, s. 83 – 90 (PDF)

Awards and Grants

  • 2022 Winner of the Vojtěch Jarošík Award: Czech Society for Ecology award for an excellent student publication in the field of ecology. (Can high-resolution topography and forest canopy structure substitute microclimate measurements? Bryophytes say no).
  • 2022 Award for the best talk at the Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography conference in Antwerp
  • 2020 – 2022: Drought and bark beetle – what next? Assessment of a forest response to disturbances as a basis
    for NP Bohemian Switzerland management, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Principal investigator 
  • 2016 – 2020: System for predictive distribution modelling of endangered bryophytes and lichens applied in nature conservation, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Second investigator
  • 2015 – 2018: Where all the bryophytes grow? Driving factors and species distribution modelling, University grant (GAUK), Main resolver
  • 2015 Award for the best poster, ESRI GIS conference (LiDar is helping to discover valuable localities in Czech Bohemian Sand Stones)