Team news
Congratulations Alfredo!
September 2021: Alfredo Venturo is just starting the second year of his PhD and has the first published article in his pocket

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

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

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

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).

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

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 :-)