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Plant Science and Agronomy
Czechia
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
52
Citations
13630
World Ranking
1860
National Ranking
15

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
13633
World Ranking
3406
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Jitka Klimešová is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research spans a broad range of topics within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, supported by substantial publication output in these areas.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of research focus on ecological and botanical aspects, including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology

The key topics that characterize their research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies

Jitka Klimešová has contributed extensively to scientific literature with papers published in prominent venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Functional Ecology
  • Annals of Botany
  • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Plant and Soil

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jitka Klimešová are:

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs, 2020, New Phytologist
  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Pladias Database of the Czech flora and vegetation, 2021, Preslia
  • Linking Plant Functional Ecology to Island Biogeography, 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • The Neglected Belowground Dimension of Plant Dominance, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The scientist collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, indicating active participation in research networks. These collaborators include:

  • Jana Martínková
  • Gianluigi Ottaviani
  • Adam Klimeš
  • Martin Bitomský
  • Frederick Curtis Lubbe

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • Clonal plant architecture A comparative analysis of form and function

    L. Klimes;J. Klimesova;R. Hendriks;J. Van Groenendael

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Comparative ecology of clonal plants

    J.M. van Groenendael;L. Klimes;J. Klimesova;R.J.J. Hendriks

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

    Jitka Klimešová;Francesco De Bello

  • 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

  • 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

  • The ecology and significance of below-ground bud banks in plants.

    Jacqueline P Ott;Jitka Klimešová;David C Hartnett

  • Belowground plant functional ecology: Towards an integrated perspective

    Jitka Klimešová;Jitka Klimešová;Jana Martínková;Gianluigi Ottaviani

  • Pladias Database of the Czech Flora and Vegetation

    Milan Chytrý;Jiří Danihelka;Zdeněk Kaplan;Jan Wild

  • Plant functional traits in studies of vegetation changes in response to grazing and mowing: towards a use of more specific traits

    J. Klimesová;V. Latzel;F. de Bello;J.M. van Groenendael

  • Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits

    Jitka Klimešová;Jitka Klimešová;Jana Martínková;Juli G. Pausas;Moemy Gomes de Moraes

  • Distribution of clonal growth forms in wetlands

    Monika Sosnova;Monika Sosnova;Rudy van Diggelen;Rudy van Diggelen;Jitka Klimesova

  • Evolution of clonal growth forms in angiosperms.

    Tomáš Herben;Tomáš Herben;Jitka Klimešová;Jitka Klimešová

  • Linking Plant Functional Ecology to Island Biogeography.

    Gianluigi Ottaviani;Gunnar Keppel;Lars Götzenberger;Susan Harrison

  • The effects of mowing and fertilization on carbohydrate reserves and regrowth of grasses: do they promote plant coexistence in species-rich meadows?

    Leoš Klimeš;Jitka Klimešová

  • Vegetation types of East Ladakh: species and growth form composition along main environmental gradients: Vegetation of East Ladakh

    M. Dvorský;M. Dvorský;J. Doležal;J. Doležal;F. de Bello;J. Klimešová

  • Clonal growth and sexual reproduction: tradeoffs and environmental constraints

    Tomáš Herben;Tomáš Herben;Božena Šerá;Božena Šerá;Jitka Klimešová

  • Herbs are different: clonal and bud bank traits can matter more than leaf-height-seed traits.

    Jitka Klimešová;Oliver Tackenberg;Tomáš Herben;Tomáš Herben

  • CLO-PLA2 – a database of clonal plants in central Europe

    Leoš Klimeš;Jitka Klimešová

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomáš Herben
Tomáš Herben Charles University
Jiří Doležal
Jiří Doležal Czech Academy of Sciences
Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council
Leoš Klimeš
Leoš Klimeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Jan Lepš
Jan Lepš University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University
Lars Götzenberger
Lars Götzenberger Czech Academy of Sciences
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Karel Prach
Karel Prach University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences

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