The loss of biodiversity and species extinction are well-known phenomena of today. However, biodiversity is not only disappearing today but also emerging. This process was demonstrated by scientists from the Biology Centre and their colleagues from Masaryk University in Brno and the University of Prešov in Slovakia. They found out how the evolution of new species is currently in process in the...
On 14 September 2022, the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, prof. RNDr. Eva Zažímalová, CSc. awarded the G. J. Mendel Medal of Honour for Merit in the Biological Sciences to our colleague František Marec. Congratulations on receiving this important award!
Using a combination of laboratory experiments and dynamic simulations, we quantified the effects of phenological shifts on Drosophila–parasitoid interactions under the climatic change.
Our PhD student Samuel Dijoux won the 4th International SIL Student Competition for the best paper from a PhD a MSc thesis (https://limnology.org/students/sil-student-competition/sil-student-competition-winners/) with his 2021 Ecology Letters entry on multi-channel food webs. Samuel also shared the 3rd place in the Vojtěch Jarošík Award for 2021...
Mayflies constitute a very ancient group of insects; fossils of their relatives can be hundreds of millions years old. Scientists from Biology Centre and Natural History Museum in Stuttgart studied unique fossils of mayfly nymphs from the Triassic (early Mesozoic).
RNDr. Martin Volf, Ph.D., head of Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology, was awarded the Award of the CAS for young scientific employees for outstanding results of scientific work. He showed that branch-localized induction creates a chemical mosaic in canopy trees, promoting variation in tree chemistry, predation, and herbivore abundance across forest canopies.
The cryoprotectants of C. costata were localized in larval tissues using MALDI-MS imaging and their metabolism, thermal behaviour, and protective functions were studied.
Using a combination of laboratory experiments and dynamic simulations, we quantified the effects of phenological shifts on Drosophila–parasitoid interactions under the climatic change.
Understanding the causes and consequences of insect declines has become an important goal in ecology, particularly in the tropics, where most terrestrial diversity exists. Researchers from Entomology Institute Greg Lamarre, Nick Pardikes, and Yves Basset are pursuing efforts to understand how climate change affects arthropod communities and how these changes may influence trophic interactions...
The study examines the general validity of Dale's principle, which states that one neuron generates one neurotransmitter.
