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Jiří Danihelka

Jiří Danihelka

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
10194
World Ranking
4779
National Ranking
25

Overview

Jiří Danihelka is a researcher affiliated with Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, specializing in agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on plant science and ecology.

Their research spans several subfields including plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and molecular biology. The main topics of their work encompass botany and plant ecology studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, bryophyte studies and records, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, as well as plant and fungal species descriptions.

Jiří Danihelka has contributed to multiple papers published in notable venues. Some recent publications include:

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats (2020, Applied Vegetation Science)
  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Pladias Database of the Czech flora and vegetation (2021, Preslia)
  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats (2021, Journal of Vegetation Science)
  • The colonial legacy of herbaria (2023, Nature Human Behaviour)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Milan Chytrý, Jürgen Dengler, Ilona Knollová, Martin Večeřa, and Zdeněk Kaplan. These collaborations have been substantial, reflecting continuity within their research network.

Jiří Danihelka's work is frequently published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe), Preslia, Journal of Vegetation Science, and Applied Vegetation Science. These outlets are notable for disseminating research in ecological and plant science fields.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Vegetace České republiky 1. Travinná a keříčková společenstva

    Milan Chytrý;Martin Kočí;Kateřina Šumberová;Jiří Sádlo

  • SEPARATING HABITAT INVASIBILITY BY ALIEN PLANTS FROM THE ACTUAL LEVEL OF INVASION

    Milan Chytrý;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Ondřej Hájek

  • 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

  • Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic

    Jiří Danihelka;Jindřich Chrtek;Zdeněk Kaplan

  • European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

    Milan Chytrý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro;Ilona Knollová

  • Invasions by alien plants in the Czech Republic: a quantitativeassessment across habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Petr Pyšek;Lubomír Tichý;Ilona Knollová

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Ilona Knollová

  • The global invasion success of Central European plants is related to distribution characteristics in their native range and species traits

    Petr Pysek;Jan Pergl;Rod Randall

  • CLO-PLA: a database of clonal and bud-bank traits of the Central European flora.

    Jitka Klimešová;Jiří Danihelka;Jindřich Chrtek;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello

  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale.

    Enrique Valencia;Francesco de Bello;Thomas Galland;Peter B Adler;Peter B Adler

  • Naturalization of central European plants in North America: species traits, habitats, propagule pressure, residence time

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Ameur M. Manceur;Christina Alba;Kirsty F. McGregor;Kirsty F. McGregor;Kirsty F. McGregor

  • Native and alien floras in urban habitats: a comparison across 32 cities of central Europe

    Zdeňka Lososová;Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Danihelka

  • Biotic homogenization of Central European urban floras depends on residence time of alien species and habitat types

    Zdeňka Lososová;Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Danihelka

  • Pladias Database of the Czech Flora and Vegetation

    Milan Chytrý;Jiří Danihelka;Zdeněk Kaplan;Jan Wild

  • Plant species richness in continental southern Siberia: effects of pH and climate in the context of the species pool hypothesis

    Milan Chytrý;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Danihelka;Nikolai Ermakov;Michal Hájek;Michal Hájek

  • Klíč ke květeně České republiky

    Zdeněk Kaplan;Jiří Danihelka;Jindřich jun. Chrtek;Jan Kirschner

  • Inferring Species Networks from Gene Trees in High-polyploid North American and Hawaiian Violets (Viola, Violaceae)

    Thomas Marcussen;Kjetill S. Jakobsen;Jiří Danihelka;Jiří Danihelka;Harvey E. Ballard

  • Diversity of Central European urban biota: effects of human-made habitat types on plants and land snails

    Zdeňka Lososová;Michal Horsák;Milan Chytrý;Tomáš Čejka

  • Genetic structure among and within peripheral and central populations of three endangered floodplain violets.

    R. L. Eckstein;R. A. O’Neill;J. Danihelka;J. Danihelka;A. Otte

Frequent Co-Authors

Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University
Lubomír Tichý
Lubomír Tichý Masaryk University
Petra Hájková
Petra Hájková Masaryk University
Michal Hájek
Michal Hájek Masaryk University
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Michal Horsák
Michal Horsák Masaryk University
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Jan Wild
Jan Wild Czech Academy of Sciences
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Tomáš Herben
Tomáš Herben Charles University

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