The next step to curative beer18. 10. 2018 The hop contains several compounds usable in medicine - some of them have also anti-cancerogenic activities. Their concentration in the hop (or a beer) is however very low. Scientist from Biology...
Vojtech Novotny was awarded Marsh Award for Insect Conservation17. 10. 2018 Professor Vojtěch Novotný was awarded the Marsh Award for Insect Conservation for his outstanding contribution to insect conservation on the basis of lifetime achievement.
Impact of herbivory and competition on lake ecosystem structure: underwater experimental manipulation13. 9. 2018 Two basic ecological relationships, herbivory and competition, distinctively influence terrestrial ecosystem characteristics, such as plant cover, species richness and species composition. It is...
Eliška Padyšáková awarded for the Outstanding Article published in Biotropica24. 8. 2018 Researcher Eliška Padyšáková, Institute of Entomology, BC CAS, was awarded "Peter Ashton Prize" for the Outstanding Paper in Biotropica by a Student: Padyšáková, E. and Janeček, Š. (2016),...
Which bacterivorous flagellates are major grazers in summer plankton of freshwaters? 21. 8. 2018 Small bacterivorous eukaryotes play a cardinal role in aquatic food webs and their taxonomic classification and ecological traits are currently hot topics in aquatic microbial ecology. Despite...
New study reveals evolutionary cycles of ants17. 8. 2018 “The article published in Molecular Ecology explores the hidden diversity of ants in Melanesia and gives robust evidence for a trait-dependent dispersal scenario. The authors reveal that Island...
Passing and obituary of Dr. James H. Oliver, Jr., Calloway Professor of Biology Emeritus, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA19. 7. 2018 Dr. James H. Oliver, Jr., Dr. h.c., a renowned parasitologist, our collaborator and holder of the title Doctor honoris causa by the University of South Bohemia died at the age of 87. For his...
What controls Carbon storage in soils?18. 7. 2018 What controls Carbon (C) storage in soils? Only if we know the most relevant factors, we can sustainably manage soils to persistently store old and new C withdrawn from the atmosphere and reduce...
Projecting the effects of climate change on fish populations15. 6. 2018 Climate change is one of the biggest threats for biodiversity nowadays, affecting many aspects of species life, range of suitable areas of occurrence and ecological interactions. Despite of the...
We need more PET bottles24. 5. 2018 Thank you very much for collecting empty PET bottles. These bottles, which are otherwise civilization waste, have been considered to be the appropriate material for building floating wetlands, that...
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