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Ecology and Evolution
Czechia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
18449
World Ranking
1942
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Miroslav Svoboda is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. The primary areas of research encompass Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, Atmospheric Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Management and Policy, and Lichen and Fungal Ecology.

Miroslav Svoboda's recent publication record includes papers appearing in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management," 2021, Current Forestry Reports
  • "Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests," 2022, Communications Biology
  • "Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests," 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Miroslav Svoboda include Martin Mikoláš, Daniel Kozák, Pavel Janda, Vojtěch Čada, and Jeňýk Hofmeister.

Typical publication venues for this researcher include Forest Ecology and Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Global Change Biology. The highest count of publications appears in Forest Ecology and Management.

Miroslav Svoboda has also contributed to book publications. One example is a book published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique titled Handbook of sampling for multi-taxon biodiversity studies in European forests released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Forest disturbances under climate change

    Rupert Seidl;Dominik Thom;Markus Kautz;Dario Martin-Benito;Dario Martin-Benito

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era

    Edward R. Cook;Richard Seager;Yochanan Kushnir;Keith R. Briffa

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • Suitability of close-to-nature silviculture for adapting temperate European forests to climate change

    Peter Brang;Peter Spathelf;J. Bo Larsen;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Where are Europe's last primary forests?

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Sabina Burrascano;William S. Keeton;Christian Levers

  • Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe : State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management

    Tomáš Hlásny;Louis König;Paal Krokene;Marcus Lindner

  • Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;Ch. Ammer;A. Avdagic

  • Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests

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  • The number of tree species on Earth

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  • Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome

    Andreas Sommerfeld;Cornelius Senf;Cornelius Senf;Brian Buma;Anthony W. D’Amato

  • Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia.

    Constantin M. Zohner;Lidong Mo;Susanne S. Renner;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • A walk on the wild side: Disturbance dynamics and the conservation and management of European mountain forest ecosystems

    Dominik Kulakowski;Rupert Seidl;Jan Holeksa;Timo Kuuluvainen

  • Regeneration patterns after intermediate wind disturbance in an old-growth Fagus-Abies forest in southeastern Slovenia

    Thomas A. Nagel;Miroslav Svoboda;Jurij Diaci

  • Living with bark beetles: impacts, outlook and management options

    Tomáš Hlásny;Paal Krokene;Andrew Liebhold;Claire Montagné-Huck

  • Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe

    David Ian Forrester;David Ian Forrester;Christian Ammer;Peter J. Annighöfer;Ignacio Barbeito

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris-Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

    Miren del Río;Miren del Río;Hans Pretzsch;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Evy Ampoorter

  • Natural development and regeneration of a Central European montane spruce forest

    Miroslav Svoboda;Shawn Fraver;Pavel Janda;Radek Bače

  • Disturbance history of an old-growth sub-alpine Picea abies stand in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Svoboda;Pavel Janda;Thomas A. Nagel;Shawn Fraver

  • European Mixed Forests: definition and research perspectives

    Andres Bravo-Oviedo;Hans Pretzsch;Christian Ammer;Ernesto Andenmatten

  • Gap regeneration and replacement patterns in an old-growth Fagus – Abies forest of Bosnia–Herzegovina

    Thomas A. Nagel;Miroslav Svoboda;Tihomir Rugani;Jurij Diaci

  • Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth

    Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert

Frequent Co-Authors

Volodymyr Trotsiuk
Volodymyr Trotsiuk Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Thomas A. Nagel
Thomas A. Nagel University of Ljubljana
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Tzvetan Zlatanov
Tzvetan Zlatanov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo Spanish National Research Council
Jan Wild
Jan Wild Czech Academy of Sciences
Quentin Ponette
Quentin Ponette Université Catholique de Louvain
Lluís Coll
Lluís Coll University of Lleida
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado Spanish National Research Council

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