The Group of Tropical Ecology
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Ecology and evolution of pollination interactions in Afromontane ecosystems

Biological interactions represent important aspect of biodiversity. The studies about these interactions help us to discover how the organism assemblages are organized and to create hypotheses on their evolution.

Research topics:

  • The evolution of bird pollinated plants in central Africa
  • Pollination systems of two Hypericum spp.
  • Nectar properties of Afromontane plants
  • Afromontane interaction networks

Ecology of tropical forests
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The deforestation of tropical areas represents one of the most important factor causing decrease of global biodiversity in the recent years. The studies on both undisturbed and fragmented tropical forests help us to assess processes which follow forest disturbance and to suggest conservation priorities.

Research topics:
  • Changes of plant functional traits along altitudinal gradients
  • Effect of fragmentation on structure and biodiversity of mountain tropical forests

Because studies on both pollination interactions and biodiversity patterns represent the interdisciplinary field our team from Institute of Botany cooperates closely with researchers and students of broad spectrum of interests. We cooperate mainly with researchers from Charles University in Prague and University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.

Our research is supported by Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IAA601410709 and B601110703), by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (P505/11/1617) and by GAJU 136/2010/P