Contact
Office address: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Benátská 2, Prague, 128 43, Czech Republice-mail: jarvojta@natur.cuni.cz
Scientific interests
- Historical ecology
- long-term effects of former human activities on current vegetation
- Influence land-use changes on vegetation
- ecological consequences of abandonment - Use of GIS and GPS in geobotany and vegetation ecology
- data analysis and sampling strategy - Plant species distributions and its changes
PhD thesis
- Introduction of my PhD study (PDF)
- Presentation (PDF)
- Evaluation from Olivier Honnay (PDF)
- Evaluation from Lubomír Tichý (PDF)
Research projects
Principal investigator:
- The effect of secondary succession on plant species diversity on different scales and historical determinants of vegetation in abandoned landscape (2004 - 2006)
Co-investigator:
- Postglacial migrations from the Alps and Carpathians - Phylogeography of selected plant species (2004 - 2006)
- Importance of microbiotic crusts on anthropogenic substrates (2005 - 2007)
- Dynamics of spreading of woody species in central European landscape (2006 - 2008)
- Involved in BioHab (Biodiversity and Habitats) (2003 - 2005)
Teaching
Lectures and excursions
- Vegetation of Central Europe I and II (with Pavel Kovář and Jarmila Kubíková) - since 2003
- Field excursion "Vegetation of Central Europe" (with help of PhD students and local experts) - since 2003
- Field training on Phytosociology (with help of PhD students and local experts) - since 2001
- Course in winter ecology (organized by Petr Sklenář)
- Geobotanical excursion
Supervising
- Kopecký, Martin (2006): Vegetation of secondary woodlands in the Doupovské hory hills: historical insight
- Drhovská, Lucie (2007): The importance of historical landscape structure for current shrubby vegetation
- Dohnal, Tomáš (2008): Woody species of rural gardens in the Žďárské vrchy hills and preserving Landscape Character
- Zajíčková, Linda (2009): Factors influencing woody species distribution in the abandoned landscape
- Brůna, Josef (2009): Modelling of land cover change in abandoned landscape using time series of aerial photography
- Horčičková, Eva (2010): Effect of wild boar on dry grasslands
- Kubát, Miloš (2010): Influence of local woody species coverage on herb vegetation on a small spatial scale
- Bartoš, Michael (in progress): Species diversity of meadows and pastures on small spatial scale
- Němeček, Jakub (in progress): Influence of coniferous plantations on plant species diversity
- Klagová, Zuzana (in progress): Effect of canopy openning on undergrowth of pioneer forests
- Staněk, Ondřej (in progress): Influence of military activities on vegetation diversity in Dokesko
Curriculum vitae
Publications
Scientific papers
- Kopecký M, Vojta J (accepted in AVS): Land use legacies in post-agricultural forests in the Doupovské Mountains, Czech Republic.- accepted in Applied Vegetation Science
- Kučera J, Tremetsberger K, Vojta J, Marhold K (2008): Molecular study of the Cardamine maritima group (Brassicaceae) from the Balkan and Apennine Peninsulas based on amplified fragment length polymorphism.- Plant Syst Evol (2008) 275:193-207.
- Rejzková E, Fér T, Vojta J, Marhold K (2008): Phylogeography of the forest herb Carex pilosa (Cyperaceae).- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158, 115-130.
- Fér T, Vašák P, Vojta J, Marhold K (2007): Out of the Alps or Carpathians? Origin of Central European populations of Rosa pendulina.- Preslia 79(4): 367–376.
- Vojta J (2007): Relative importance of historical and natural factors influencing vegetation of secondary forests in abandoned villages.- Preslia, Praha, 79(3): 223–244.
- Vojta J, Kopecký M, Drhovská L (2007): Diverzita rostlin v křovinaté krajině Vojenského újezdu Hradiště(Plant Species Diversity in Shrublands in the Hradiště Military Area).- In: Petříček P and Kuchařová P [Eds.]: Ochrana přírody a krajiny ve vojenských újezdech, sborník z konference Libavá 3. - 4. května 2006, Praha, 2007: 187 - 194. Conference proceedings.
- Vojta J, Kopecký M (2006): Vegetace sekundárních lesů a křovin Doupovských hor (Vegetation of secondary forests and shrubs in the Doupovské hory hills).- Zprávy Čes. Bot. Společ., Praha, 41, Mater. 21: 209-225.
- Drhovská L, Vojta J (2006): Význam historické kontinuity vegetace pro výskyt lesních druhů (The importance of historical continuity of vegetation for occurence of forest species).- In: Neuhöferová P (ed.): Historie a vývoj lesů v českých zemích., Srní, 2006: 129 - 134. Conference proceedings.
- Vojta J (2003): Nejzápadnější česká lokalita Carex pilosa je v Doupovských horách (The westernmost locality of Carex pilosa in the Czech Republic occurs in the Doupovské hory hills). - Zprávy Čes. Bot. Společ., Praha, 38: 63-67.
Other
- Kovář P, Vojta J(2007): Management nelesních biotopů (Management of non-forest habitats).- In: Čihař M, Hřebík Š, Růžičková J, Třebický V(Eds.): Udržitelný management přírodě blízkých oblastí (Sustainable management of near-natural areas), Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Ústav pro životní prostředí, 90 - 94. Chapter in textbook.
- Kučera J, Vojtová J, Vojta J(2006): Přírodní památka Hostivické rybníky (Hostivické rybníky Natural Monument).- Český svaz ochránců přírody Hostivice, 72 pp. Popular Science book
- Vojta J(2002): Doupovské hory, poklad v zakázaném světě (Doupovské Mountains; the treasure in the prohibited world).- Živa, 50/4, 186 - 188. Popular Science Article.
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