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Ecology and Evolution
Czechia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
14766
World Ranking
2176
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Jan Frouz is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research covers a considerable number of studies, focusing primarily on Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work delves into key topics including Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Frequent publication venues for Jan Frouz include:

  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Ecological Engineering
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • CATENA

Some recent papers authored by Jan Frouz and collaborators are:

  • The effect of ants on soil properties and processes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2024, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Conceptualizing soil fauna effects on labile and stabilized soil organic matter, 2024, Nature Communications
  • The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Contrasting effect of coniferous and broadleaf trees on soil carbon storage during reforestation of forest soils and afforestation of agricultural and post-mining soils, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management

Jan Frouz has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors including Ondřej Mudrák, Rudy van Diggelen, Jaroslav Kukla, Petr Hědenec, and Tomáš Cajthaml.

Best Publications

  • Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

    Maria A. Tsiafouli;Elisa Thébault;Stefanos P. Sgardelis;Peter C. de Ruiter

  • Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

    Franciska T. de Vries;Franciska T. de Vries;Elisa Thébault;Elisa Thébault;Mira Liiri;Klaus Birkhofer

  • Interactions between soil development, vegetation and soil fauna during spontaneous succession in post mining sites

    Jan Frouz;Karel Prach;Václav Pižl;Ladislav Háněl

  • Effects of soil macro- and mesofauna on litter decomposition and soil organic matter stabilization

    Jan Frouz;Jan Frouz

  • Forest restoration following surface mining disturbance: challenges and solutions

    S. Ellen Macdonald;Simon M. Landhäusser;Jeff Skousen;Jennifer Franklin

  • The effect of ants on soil properties and processes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Jan Frouz;Veronika Jilková

  • Soil biota and upper soil layer development in two contrasting post-mining chronosequences

    Jan Frouz;Beate Keplin;Václav Pižl;Karel Tajovský

  • Accumulation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus during soil formation on alder spoil heaps after brown-coal mining, near Sokolov (Czech Republic)

    Monika Šourková;Jan Frouz;Hana Šantrùčková

  • Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response to disturbance

    Jan Frouz

  • Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation.

    Jan Frouz;Václav Pižl;Emil Cienciala;Jiří Kalčík

  • Is the effect of trees on soil properties mediated by soil fauna? A case study from post-mining sites

    Jan Frouz;Miluše Livečková;Jana Albrechtová;Alica Chroňáková

  • Soil fauna: key to new carbon models

    Juliane Filser;Jack H. Faber;Alexei V. Tiunov;Lijbert Brussaard

  • Effects of soil macrofauna on other soil biota and soil formation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post mining sites: Results of a field microcosm experiment

    Jan Frouz;Dana Elhottová;Václav Kuráž;Monika Šourková;Monika Šourková

  • Rate-specific responses of prokaryotic diversity and structure to nitrogen deposition in the Leymus chinensis steppe

    Minjie Yao;Junpeng Rui;Jiabao Li;Yumei Dai

  • Development of soil microbial properties in topsoil layer during spontaneous succession in heaps after brown coal mining in relation to humus microstructure development

    Jan Frouz;Alena Nováková

  • Enzyme activities and microbial biomass in topsoil layer during spontaneous succession in spoil heaps after brown coal mining

    Petr Baldrian;Josef Trögl;Jan Frouz;Jaroslav Šnajdr

  • Reviews and syntheses: Carbon use efficiency from organisms to ecosystems – definitions, theories, and empirical evidence

    Stefano Manzoni;Petr Čapek;Philipp Porada;Martin Thurner

  • Target strength of some European fish species and its dependence on fish body parameters

    Jaroslava Frouzova;Jan Kubecka;Helge Balk;Jan Frouz

  • The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

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  • Soil development and properties of microbial biomass succession in reclaimed post mining sites near Sokolov (Czech Republic) and near Cottbus (Germany)

    M. Šourková;J. Frouz;U. Fettweis;O. Bens

  • Understory vegetation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining forest stands

    Ondřej Mudrák;Ondřej Mudrák;Jan Frouz;Jan Frouz;Jan Frouz;Václava Velichová

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomáš Cajthaml
Tomáš Cajthaml Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Baldrian
Petr Baldrian Czech Academy of Sciences
Hana Šantrůčková
Hana Šantrůčková University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Xiangzhen Li
Xiangzhen Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matty P. Berg
Matty P. Berg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Juan J. Jiménez
Juan J. Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
James A. Harris
James A. Harris Cranfield University
Carsten W. Mueller
Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen
Martin Mihaljevič
Martin Mihaljevič Charles University
Alexei V. Tiunov
Alexei V. Tiunov Russian Academy of Sciences

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