Team news
Project in photovoltaic power plants
December 2024: Initial results from biodiversity monitoring and management efforts at FVE Komorovice
Citizen science activities to support pollinators in urban environments
November 2024: Workshops, lectures, and participation in insect monitoring
Monitoring, management, and educational activities for children in locations around Prokopské údolí
November 2024: Biodiversity as a public good
Perennial experimental wildflower strips
October 2024: last data collection in perennial experimental wildflower strips
Biodiverse green roofs supporting natural plant and insect communities
October 2024: Experimental plots on a green roof – enhancing biodiversity in central Prague
Experiments with dragonfly larvae
October 2024: project introduction
Rationalisation of agricultural landscapes to combine production functions with efficient biodiversity support
September 2024: project introduction
Rationalisation of wildflower strip application to support biodiversity on arable land
September 2024: project introduction
Annual Meeting of the German Ecological Society (GFÖ)
September 2024: our active participation (6 contributions)
Insect monitoring in photovoltaic power plants
August 2024: Successful completion of the first year of field data collection
Catching dragonfly larvae
July 2024: Evaluating a manipulative experiment with dragonfly larvae
Introducing our ideas to farmers and government officials
June 2024: Workshop presenting potential improvements of flower strips and the EIPC concept
Results of a three-year monitoring
May 2024: Targeted support for endangered butterfly species based on a combination of flexible habitat management and detailed biological data is almost complete
Alfredo has his first first-author paper
April 2024: Publication in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment reveals important results from field experiments with arthropods
Spring management at Dívčí hrady have begun
March 2024: Mowing and removing sprouts
Again, we were part of the best zoological conference in the Czech Republic
February 2024: Successful Zoological days in Ostrava...
How do carabid beetle communities change from field edges to interiors?
January 2023: Eze and Michal K. publish study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Rationalizing agriculture with simple adjustments benefits all parties involved
December 2023: Our conceptual study was published in Biological Conservation
Post with the most likes and comments on our Facebook page
November 2023: Publication of our study on mating of ladybird males with dead females
Light pollution as a threat to the overwintering of the Chiasmia clathrata
October 2023: Our new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology
Presentation of our results at the GfÖ conference
September 2023: We were seen and heard not only during the scientific program
New publication in the prestigious journal Communications Biology
August 2023: Heatwaves have irreversible impacts on the ecophysiology of ladybirds
Effects of different temperatures on infections
July 2023: Ecophysiological experiment with the Dinocampus coccinellae, a parasitoid wasp of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Artificial caterpillars around the world
June 2023: Start of the global predation experiment with caterpillars
Management measures to support biodiversity continue
May 2023: Vegetation preparation in spring
Females are more affected by early/life nutritional stress
April 2023: Meta-analysis of sex differences in insects published in the prestigious journal Ecology Letters
Management activities to support the biodiversity of arthropods around the Prokop Valley
March 2023: management in the Prokop valley are carried out even during the dormant season
Zoological days with our abundant participation
February 2023: six contributions at the traditional conference were from our team
Butterflies of Prague - Atlas of Distribution
January 2023: a new book about butterfly distributions of Prague.
What do ecologists do in the winter?
January 2023: sorting samples and writing grant reports
Successful habitation thesis defence by Michal Knapp
December 2022: team leader is associate professor
Party, party, and party again
December 2022: Celebration of 150 years of the Insect Ecology Team
The effect of environmental temperature on insect development rate does not differ between sexes
December 2022: Tiit published his meta-analysis in Evolution Letters
Monitoring of moths in protected areas of Prague
November 2022: the entire season is over
Kostelecké Inspirování
November 2022: four members of our team presented their research at a traditional FES conference
Help with active nature conservation near Innsbruck
October 2022: management activities to support diurnal butterflies and other invertebrates
The importance of grassland islands and forest habitats for the overwintering of terrestrial arthropods in agricultural landscape
October 2022: Our multi-taxonomic study published in Biological Conservation
Monitoring arthropods in nectareous strips successfully completed
October 2022: Data pertaining to the impact of differentially managed flower strips on arthropod communities
Our team participated in the organization of the ECCB 2022 in Prague
September 2022: European Congress of Conservation Biology
Michal K. and Michal Ř. presented their work at ICE "2020"
July 2022: International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki
Anička, Adam and Filip continue with their work on artificial ponds for aquatic invertebrates
July 2022: "tents" for aquatic invertebrates in Jevany
We have new reinforcements, this time from abroad
June 2022: Dr. David Awde and Shahriar Abul Fazal, M.Sc.
Successful defence of the dissertation
May 2022: Michal Ř. has a PhD title
Publication in Global Change Biology and Ecology
May 2022: four team members participated in a world experiment
Management supporting of Hipparchia semele
April 2022: work in the spring can also be so sweaty
The new TAČR project “flowery strips” is already running
April 2022: long-lived nectareous flower strips for effective biodiversity support in agricultural landscapes
The Praha kvete project
April 2022: realization, oral presentations, and children programmes
Publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
March 2022: ladybirds in the most traditional journal of the world
Reservation V Bahnách under patronage FES-CZU
March 2022: Tomáš Kadlec participates in the entomological monitoring PR V Bahnách
First year of monitoring in the project mistopromotyly.cz
February 2022: Among the target species, the most common species are Hipparchia semele and Polyommatus thersites
Research of field defects bring well-deserved publications
February 2022: Field defects artificial and natural…
Our team have new group members
February 2022: Tom Dvořák has first publication with our affiliation
Christmas time in the Insect Ecology group
December 2021: This year we got the board games
Eze is darling in Journal of Applied Ecology!
November 2021: Ezequiel pushed one of his articles to the prestigious Journal of Applied Ecology
Managements in action
October 2021: A combination of mechanical and manual work is needed for quality care of the site
Congratulations Alfredo!
September 2021: Alfredo Venturo is just starting the second year of his PhD and has the first published article in his pocket
Working visit to Germany
September 2021: analysis of CHC and future collaboration
A place for butterflies - we create new habitats around the Prokop Valley
August 2021: support of endangered butterfly species based on a combination of flexible habitat management and evaluation of detailed biological data
Cooperation with the Institute of Entomology of the Biology Centre in České Budějovice
August 2021: strength of coagulation of haemolymph and resistance to nematode parasites across different ladybird species
2021 is the year of the dragonflies
July 2021: thanks to the support of the Prague City Hall this year we launched the Prague dragonfly monitoring project
The project “Okáčům na stopě” was launched
July 2021: involving the broad public in the study of the population ecology of the critically endangered Hipparchia semele
Party tents for dragonflies
June 2021: behavioural experiments with dragonflies
Public lesson in front of the National Museum of Agriculture
June 2021: the participants learned interesting facts and news on pollinators, insect biodiversity loss in urban environments and our project Praha kvete
Blooming of our wildflower strips received a lot of attention from the media
June 2021: finally, our wildflower strips in fields around Prague-Vinoř are in full beauty!
The Praha kvete project expands even in 2021
May 2021: the educational project focuses on the differences between a short mowed lawn and a flowering area from an insect biodiversity perspective
Great publication by Tiit Teder
May 2021: Why do males emerge before females? Sexual size dimorphism drives sexual bimaturism in insects
Additional 30 hectares of wildflower strips sown in cooperation with the company VIN AGRO
April 2021: nectar-rich wildflower strips northeast of Prague
Publishing successes during spring
March 2021: in March, several of our articles were accepted for publication
Eze’s success in the Journal of Applied Ecology
March 2021: Ezequiel González among the final candidates for the Southwood Prize for Young Scientists for his article
Thank you Lada for all your work in our projects
January 2021: it's time to say BYE, BYE!
Interview in the Živá univerzita (Life University) journal
December 2020: detailed description of our activities at the Dívčí hrady site
November sampling as our last field work in 2020
November 2020: successful autumn light trapping
We did not let our conference fall – the Kostelecké inspirování 2020 (Kostelec inspiration 2020) conference was online
November 2020: thanks to the contribution of our team members
Conference Naše příroda 2020 (Our Nature 2020)
November 2020: Michal Knapp and Tomáš Kadlec presented our research and conservation activities at the Dívčí hrady
Kim Jensen as a new reinforcement for our team
November 2020: Kim will be to join in our research on ladybird physiology and insect life span
Ladybirds are ready for overwintering
October 2020: next year of long term experiment
Healthy light in the TV show Nedej se! (Don't Give Up!)
October 2020: Tom in Czech TV show called Nedej se!
Dragonflies deserve systematic monitoring
October 2020: publication in the top-ranked scientific journal Bioscience
Alfredo Venturo became a new member of the Insect Ecology Group
October 2020: Welcome, Alfredo!
31 hectares of flower strips were sown in collaboration with farmers from VIN AGRO s.r.o. company
September 2020: Martin as helper in a tractor
In the footsteps of rare butterflies
September 2020: it seems that this species is currently even rarer than we thought
The importance of forest patches for the functioning of agricultural landscapes
September 2020: article in the Journal of Applied Ecology
Patience brings flowers: the first phase of the Praha kvete (Prague is blooming) project
August 2020: first phase is done
Monitoring carabid beetles in arable fields from the Prague City Hall
June 2020: the impact of changes in farming management and landscape structure on carabids
Tomáš Dvořák joins our team
May 2020: Tomáš Dvořák is the new reinforcement of the Insect Ecology Group (with a part-time position).
Support to Prague pollinators
May 2020: pollinators and citizen science
Dívčí hrady … everything goes according to the plan
May 2020: reintroduced blue butterflies
New project investigating the impacts of flower strips on invertebrate assemblages and ecosystem services provision was launched
May 2020: flower strips in agricultural landscapes
Bumblebees like the forest
April 2020: agricultural landscape
Voltinism in insects vs. climate change
April 2020: new interesting study
Pitfalls of pitfall trapping
April 2020: ecological methods
Arthropod assemblages inhabiting Argentinian green roofs
April 2020: urban ecology
The third year of the freshwater exclusion experiment was launched
April 2020: pond works were launched
Nectar-rich meadow area in front of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences
March 2020: support for pollinators
Fruitful March: several interesting publications were published
March 2020: March - behind the stove we climb (and publish)
New project investigating the influence of black locust cover on moth communities
March 2020: first fieldwork of the year 2020 under supervision of Tomáš Kadlec was lunched
Successful trip to the Zoological Days 2020 conference
February 2020: Zoological days - we can't miss this event :-)
New projects in Prague
January 2020
Superb conference Kostelecke inspirovani 2019
November 2019
Cages before winter
October 2019
New logo of Insect Ecology Group
October 2019
Insect hotel - Summer school for children
August 2019
Estonian trip
June 2019
Behavioral experiment in Ostrava
May 2019
The Czech Republic is a unique place :-)
April 2019
Trip to the Neobiota conference in Dublin
September 2018
New harvestmen species for Bohemia discovered
August 2018
The Dívčí hrady project is growing
May 2018
The first article by Michal Řeřicha
May 2018
