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2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
12626
World Ranking
2305
National Ranking
12

Karel Prach publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karel Prach sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 177 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Karel Prach D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karel Prach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Karel Prach is affiliated with the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Ecology and related subfields.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, the subfields of study most frequently addressed in their publications are:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Karel Prach's work covers several prominent research topics, which include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Their recent published papers reflect a concentration on ecological succession, restoration ecology, and vegetation dynamics. Selected recent works are:

  • "Pladias Database of the Czech flora and vegetation" (2021), published in Preslia
  • "Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration - challenges, strategies, and practice" (2020), published in Restoration Ecology
  • "Topsoil removal in degraded open sandy grasslands: can we restore threatened vegetation fast?" (2020), published in Restoration Ecology
  • "Two centuries of forest succession, and 30 years of vegetation changes in permanent plots in an inland sand dune area, The Netherlands" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Which landscape and abiotic site factors influence vegetation succession across seres at a country scale?" (2020), published in Journal of Vegetation Science

The venues where Karel Prach has frequently published include:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Preslia
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Global Change Biology

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Lawrence R. Walker
  • Klára Řehounková
  • Kamila Vítovcová
  • Lubomír Tichý
  • Anna Müllerová

Karel Prach has contributed to academic books as well, notably authoring "Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World," published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Time lags in biological invasions with regard to the success and failure of alien species.

    I. Kowarik;P. Pyšek;K. Prach;M. Rejmánek

  • Plant invasions and the role of riparian habitats: a comparison of four species alien to central Europe.

    Petr Pyšek;Karel Prach

  • Plant invasions : general aspects and special problems

    Petr Pyšek;Karel Prach;Marcel Rejmánek;Max Wade

  • Spontaneous Succession versus Technical Reclamation in the Restoration of Disturbed Sites

    Karel Prach;Karel Prach;Richard J. Hobbs

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

    Jan Frouz;Karel Prach;Václav Pižl;Ladislav Háněl

  • Using spontaneous succession for restoration of human-disturbed habitats: Experience from Central Europe

    Karel Prach;Petr Pyšek

  • Four opportunities for studies of ecological succession

    Karel Prach;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Invasion dynamics of Impatiens glandulifera - a century of spreading reconstructed.

    Petr Pyšek;Karel Prach

  • On the terminology used in plant invasion studies.

    P. Pyšek;K. Prach;M. Rejmánek;M. Wade

  • The role of spontaneous vegetation succession in ecosystem restoration: A perspective

    K. Prach;S. Bartha;Christopher Joyce;P. Pysek

  • Spoil Heaps From Brown Coal Mining: Technical Reclamation Versus Spontaneous Revegetation

    Darina Hodacova;Karel Prach

  • Spontaneous Vegetation Succession in Gravel–Sand Pits: A Potential for Restoration

    Klára Řehounková;Karel Prach;Karel Prach

  • Relating invasion success to plant traits: an analysis of the Czech alien flora.

    P. Pyšek;K. Prach;P. Šmilauer;M. Rejmánek

  • Spontaneous vegetation succession in human-disturbed habitats: a pattern across seres.

    Karel Prach;Petr Pyšek;Marek Bastl

  • Central-European mountain spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) forests: regeneration of tree species after a bark beetle outbreak

    Magda Jonášová;Karel Prach

  • How do species dominating in succession differ from others

    Karel Prach;Petr Pyšek

  • Plant invasions : ecological threats and management solutions

    L. Child;J. H. Brock;G. Brundu;K. Prach

  • Pladias Database of the Czech Flora and Vegetation

    Milan Chytrý;Jiří Danihelka;Zdeněk Kaplan;Jan Wild

  • Changes in Species Traits during Succession: A Search for Pattern

    Karel Prach;Petr Pyšek;Petr Šmilauer

  • Vegetation succession in basalt quarries: Pattern on a landscape scale

    Jan Novák;Karel Prach

  • How important are rivers for supporting plant invasions.

    P. Pyšek;K. Prach;L.C. de Waal;L.E. Child

  • Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier

    Karel Prach;Klara Rehounkova

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Lubomír Tichý
Lubomír Tichý Masaryk University
Marcel Rejmánek
Marcel Rejmánek University of California, Davis
Jitka Klimešová
Jitka Klimešová Czech Academy of Sciences
Lawrence R. Walker
Lawrence R. Walker University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University
Mark Williamson
Mark Williamson University of York
Roger del Moral
Roger del Moral University of Washington
Tomáš Herben
Tomáš Herben Charles University

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