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The book Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology: From Theory to R Tools by Assoc. Prof. Francesco de Bello from the Department of Botany at the FSc USB, is now also being released in Japanese.

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Parasites are expected to speciate by adapting to specific hosts, but examples of it are rare. New research reveals that it is happening in sympatry, when strong Darwinian selection overpowers gene exchange between populations of a fish parasite. doi.org/10.1093/molbev…

Researching amber revealed two of the oldest undescribed species of fossil animal-pathogenic fungi. This study found that Ophiocordyceps fungi originated around 100-140 million years ago and offers a glimpse into early insect-fungal interactions! doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

The review by Dr. Adam Bajgar and Dr. Gabriela Krejcova explores antiviral & antibacterial immune memory, highlights key open questions, and presents Drosophila melanogaster as a model for innate immune memory and potential insect vaccination. elifesciences.org/articles/105011

Immune cells don’t just fight infection—they manage the body’s energy too. A Trends in Biochemical Sciences spotlight on Nedbalova et al. shows they release adenosine, signaling other tissues to dial down energy use. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… elifesciences.org/articles/105039

Congratulations to our student Gabriela Krejčová for receiving a runner-up recognition for her phd thesis by the European Drosophila Society! bsky.app/profile/fscusb…

New global study of "dark diversity", to which our botanists contributed with a local Czech dataset, was published in Nature.

Plant ecology in České Budějovice @PlantEcolCB

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New global study of "dark diversity", to which our botanists contributed with a local Czech dataset, was published in Nature.

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The retreat of glaciers and the creation of new coasts: a team led by a glaciologist from FSc USB published a groundbreaking study in Nature Climate Change. doi.org/10.1038/s41558…

Paper on the diversity of malaria in threatened passerines, by our phd student Dragomir Damnjanović, is featured on the cover page of the International Journal for Parasitology. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Traditional grasslands face biodiversity loss from mismanagement. A 30-year experiment showed that fertilization had stronger negative effects than mowing abandonment, with slower community recovery post-fertilization suggesting that resilience depends on past land use.

Secondly: Half a Century of Temperate Non-Forest Vegetation Changes: No Net Loss in Species Richness, but Considerable Shifts in Taxonomic and Functional Composition was published in Global Change Biology - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111….

Climate change also drove species shifts. @suspaprfjcucz1 @AlesLisner doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

On the way to Tromsø, the Arctic ❄️ capital of Norway for very timely talks on the Arctic state of affairs and much more at @arcticfrontiers conference. For decades, Czechia developed polar research expertise in Svalbard and actively contributed to the stability and preservation…

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