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Ecology and Evolution
Czechia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
35521
World Ranking
734
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Jan Pergl is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

The scientist's work extensively covers key topics in ecological and botanical research. These include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Lichen and Fungal Ecology, and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

Jan Pergl has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent notable works include:

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species, 2020, Biological Reviews / Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Pladias Database of the Czech flora and vegetation, 2021, Preslia
  • Global models and predictions of plant diversity based on advanced machine learning techniques, 2022, New Phytologist

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, among whom Petr Pyšek, Franz Essl, Mark van Kleunen, Holger Kreft, and Patrick Weigelt are notable co-authors. Publications often appear in venues such as NeoBiota, Biological Invasions, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, and Preslia.

Best Publications

  • Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

    Montserrat Vilà;José L Espinar;Martin Hejda;Philip E Hulme

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  • A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Philip E. Hulme;Jan Pergl;Jan Pergl

  • Grasping at the routes of biological invasions: a framework for integrating pathways into policy

    P. E. Hulme;S. Bacher;M. Kenis;S. Klotz

  • Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • Geographical and taxonomic biases in invasion ecology

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;David M. Richardson;Jan Pergl;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík

  • Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

    Petr Pysek;Vojtech Jarosík;Philip E Hulme;Ingolf Kühn

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

    Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

  • Defining the Impact of Non-Native Species

    Jonathan M Jeschke;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Jaimie T A Dick

  • Naturalized alien flora of the world: species diversity, taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns, geographic distribution and global hotspots of plant invasion

    Petr Pyšek;Jan Pergl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner

  • Bias and error in understanding plant invasion impacts

    Philip E. Hulme;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Jan Pergl;Jan Pergl

  • Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations

    Sabrina Kumschick;Mirijam Gaertner;Montserrat Vilà;Franz Essl

  • Catalogue of alien plants of the Czech Republic (2nd edition): checklist update, taxonomic diversity and invasion patterns

    Petr Pyšek;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Sádlo;Jindřich Chrtek

  • Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora

    Marten Winter;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz;Wolfgang Nentwig

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Global trade will accelerate plant invasions in emerging economies under climate change

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Wayne Dawson;Nicol Fuentes

  • Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) beloved and despised: A story of an invasive tree in Central Europe

    Michaela Vítková;Jana Müllerová;Jiří Sádlo;Jan Pergl

  • The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management

    Jane A. Catford;Curtis C. Daehler;Helen T. Murphy;Andy W. Sheppard

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Vojtěch Jarošík
Vojtěch Jarošík Charles University
Marten Winter
Marten Winter Leipzig University
Wayne Dawson
Wayne Dawson Durham University
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Philip E. Hulme
Philip E. Hulme Lincoln University

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