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A Spectral Emissivity Library of Spoil Substrates

A new method for rearing the sciarid fly, Lycoriella ingenua (Diptera: Sciaridae), in the laboratory: possible implications for the study of fly — fungal interactions

article by Jan Frouz & Alena Nováková published January 2001 in Pedobiologia

Above-ground and below-ground competition between the willowSalix capreaand its understorey

article by Ondřej Mudrák et al published 10 August 2015 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Accumulation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus during soil formation on alder spoil heaps after brown-coal mining, near Sokolov (Czech Republic)

scholarly article by Monika Šourková et al published January 2005 in Geoderma

Activity of carbohydrases in the gut of Bibionidae (Diptera) larvae

Aggression, cooperation, and relatedness among colonies of the invasive ant, Monomorium pharaonis, originating from different areas of the world

Allelopathic effect of Salix caprea litter on late successional plants at different substrates of post-mining sites: pot experiment studies

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Allelopathic effect of new introduced biofuel crops on the soil biota: A comparative study

Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities in reclaimed and unreclaimed brown coal mining spoil dumps in the Czech Republic

scholarly article by Michal Holec & Jan Frouz published August 2005 in Pedobiologia

Application of ARDRA and PLFA analysis in characterizing the bacterial communities of the food, gut and excrement of saprophagous larvae of Penthetria holosericea (Diptera: Bibionidae): a pilot study

scientific article

Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

Biological Soil Crusts in Post-Mining Areas

Can laboratory toxicity tests explain the pattern of field communities of algae, plants, and invertebrates along a toxicity gradient of post-mining sites?

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Carbon accumulation and changes in soil chemistry in reclaimed open-cast coal mining heaps near Sokolov using repeated measurement of chronosequence sites

Carbon storage in post-mining forest soil, the role of tree biomass and soil bioturbation

Changes in amount of bacteria during gut passage of leaf litter and during coprophagy in three species of Bibionidae (Diptera) larvae

scientific article published in January 2003

Changes in chemical composition of litter during decomposition: a review of published 13c nmr spectra

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Changes in some physical properties of soils in the chronosequence of self-overgrown dumps of the Sokolov quarry-dump complex, Czechia

Changes in the pH and other soil chemical parameters in soil surrounding wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests

Chemical properties of forest soils as affected by nests of Myrmica ruginodis (Formicidae)

Comparison of earthworm populations in arable and grassland fields in the Outer Western Carpathians, South Poland

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Contrasting effect of coniferous and broadleaf trees on soil carbon storage during reforestation of forest soils and afforestation of agricultural and post-mining soils

scientific article published in 2021

Contribution of ant and microbial respiration to CO2 emission from wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests

Contribution of wood ants to nutrient cycling and ecosystem function

Controls on labile and stabilized soil organic matter during long-term ecosystem development

scientific article published in 2022

Deep, subsurface microflora after excavation respiration and biomass and its potential role in degradation of fossil organic matter

scientific article

Desiccation resistance of Chironomid larvae

article published in 2015

Determination of Toxicity of Spoil Substrates After Brown Coal Mining Using a Laboratory Reproduction Test with Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta)

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Development of canopy cover and woody vegetation biomass on reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites

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Development of soil microbial properties in topsoil layer during spontaneous succession in heaps after brown coal mining in relation to humus microstructure development

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Differences in colonization strategies of three common pioneer woody species in post mining heaps

scientific article published in 2022

Distinguishing recent and fossil organic matter — A critical step in evaluation of post-mining soil development – using near infrared spectroscopy

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Diurnal and seasonal fluctuations in wood ant (Formica polyctena) nest temperature in two geographically distant populations along a south – north gradient

Do soil fauna really hasten litter decomposition? A meta-analysis of enclosure studies

Does the addition of leaf litter affect soil respiration in the same way as addition of macrofauna excrements (of Bibio marci Diptera larvae) produced from the same litter?

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Dominant trees affect microbial community composition and activity in post-mining afforested soils

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Earthworms drive succession of both plant and Collembola communities in post-mining sites

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Ecological Studies of Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) with Emphasis onGlyptotendipes paripes(Diptera: Chironomidae) in Three Central Florida Lakes

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Ecological significance of standing dead phytomass: Marcescence as a puzzle piece to the nutrient cycle in temperate ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Effect of accelerated weathering and leaching on the chemistry and phytotoxicity of coal-mine overburden

Effect of earthworm on growth of late succession plant species in postmining sites under laboratory and field conditions

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Effect of long term cropping hybrid sorrel (Rumex patientia x Rumex tianshanicus) on soil biota

Effect of soil invertebrates on the formation of humic substances under laboratory conditions

Effects of Soil Development Time and Litter Quality on Soil Carbon Sequestration: Assessing Soil Carbon Saturation with a Field Transplant Experiment along a Post-mining Chronosequence

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Effects of nutrient-rich substrate and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis on spruce seedling biomass in abandoned nests of the wood ant ( Formica polyctena ): a laboratory experiment

scholarly article

Effects of soil macrofauna on other soil biota and soil formation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post mining sites: Results of a field microcosm experiment

scientific article published in 2006

Effects of soil substrate quality, microbial diversity and community composition on the plant community during primary succession

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Effects of the Exotic Crustacean, Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda), and Other Macrofauna on Organic Matter Dynamics in Soil Microcosms in a Hardwood Forest in Central Florida

scientific article published in 2008

Enzyme activities and microbial biomass in topsoil layer during spontaneous succession in spoil heaps after brown coal mining

Evolution of the soil humus status on the calcareous Neogene clay dumps of the Sokolov quarry complex in the Czech Republic

scholarly article by E. V. Abakumov et al published July 2009 in Eurasian Soil Science

Factors causing spatial heterogeneity in soil properties, plant cover, and soil fauna in a non-reclaimed post-mining site

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Flow of CO2 from soil may not correspond with CO2 concentration in soil.

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Forest restoration following surface mining disturbance: challenges and solutions

Grazing preference and utilization of soil fungi by Folsomia candida (Isotomidae:Collembola)

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Soil Macroarthropods Along a Spatio-Temporal Moisture Gradient in Subtropical Central Florida

Humus Accumulation and Humification during Soil Development in Post-Mining Soil

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Humus accumulation, humification, and humic acid composition in soils of two post-mining chronosequences after coal mining

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Improved method for comparing abundance data for soil zoological field studies

In situ soil respiration at reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites: Responses to temperature and reclamation treatment

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Influence of Chironomidae (Diptera) faecal pellet accumulation on lake sediment quality and larval abundance of pestiferous midge Glyptotendipes paripes

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Influence of Selected Sediment Physical Parameters on Spatial Distribution of Larval Glyptotendipes paripes (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Three Central Florida Lakes

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Influence of temperature on developmental rate, wing length, and larval head capsule size of pestiferous midge Chironomus crassicaudatus (Diptera: Chironomidae).

scientific article published in August 2002

Influence of the wood ant, Formica polyctena, on soil nutrient and the spruce tree growth

Initial species composition predicts the progress in the spontaneous succession on post-mining sites

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Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

scientific article published on 17 November 2014

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

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Intraspecific competition of Glyptotendipes paripes (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae under laboratory conditions

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Is the effect of trees on soil properties mediated by soil fauna? A case study from post-mining sites

article published in 2013

Laboratory Estimation of Degree-Day Developmental Requirements ofGlyptotendipes paripes(Diptera: Chironomidae)

Large scale manipulation of the interactions between key ecosystem processes at multiple scales: why and how the falcon array of artificial catchments was built

scientific article published in 2020

Larval gut pH profile in pestiferous Chironomus crassicaudatus and Glyptotendipes paripes (Chironomidae: Diptera) in reference to the toxicity potential of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis

scientific article published on September 2007

Litter chemistry of common European tree species drives the feeding preference and consumption rate of soil invertebrates, and shapes the diversity and structure of gut and faecal microbiomes

scientific article published in 2023

Litter decomposition along a primary post-mining chronosequence

Local and landscape drivers of ant and carabid beetle communities during spruce forest succession

Major mechanisms contributing to the macrofauna-mediated slow down of litter decomposition

Mechanisms of pH change in wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests

Methane and carbon dioxide flux in the profile of wood ant (Formica aquilonia) nests and the surrounding forest floor during a laboratory incubation.

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Methodological comparison for quantitative analysis of fossil and recently derived carbon in mine soils with high content of aliphatic kerogen

Microbial activity in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites near Sokolov (Czech Republic)

scholarly article by Monika Helingerová et al published June 2010 in Ecological Engineering

Microbial properties of soil aggregates created by earthworms and other factors: spherical and prismatic soil aggregates from unreclaimed post-mining sites

scientific article published in January 2011

Natural abundance of 13C in leaf litter as related to feeding activity of soil invertebrates and microbial mineralisation

Nutrient limitation drives response of Calamagrostis epigejos to arbuscular mycorrhiza in primary succession

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Particulate organic carbon at reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining soils and its microbial community composition

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Performance of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa on unreclaimed spoil heaps at different successional stages

Plant Production, Carbon Accumulation and Soil Chemistry at Post-Mining Sites

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Population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in arable land after abandonment

scholarly article by Pavel Jedlička published in January 2007

Preliminary data about compartmentalization of the gut of the saprophagous dipteran larvae Penthetria holosericea (Bibionidae)

Primary Succession of Soil Rotifers in Clays of Brown Coal Post-Mining Dumps

Rate-specific responses of prokaryotic diversity and structure to nitrogen deposition in the Leymus chinensis steppe

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ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Red wood ants (Formica rufa) help propagate invasive small balsam (Impatients parviflora) in accordance with the directed dispersal hypothesis

scientific article published in 2023

Red wood ants Formica polyctena switch off active thermoregulation of the nest in autumn

Respiration in wood ant ( Formica aquilonia ) nests as affected by altitudinal and seasonal changes in temperature

Respiration of wood ant nest material affected by material and forest stand characteristics

Rhizosphere Effect of Colonizer Plant Species on the Development of Soil Microbial Community during Primary Succession on Postmining Sites

SOIL MACROINVERTEBRATES ALONG A SUCCESSIONAL GRADIENT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

scientific article published in 2004

Sampling for ants in different-aged spruce forests: A comparison of methods

Screening for microbial markers in Miocene sediment exposed during open-cast brown coal mining

scientific article published on 19 April 2006

Seasonal changes in methane and carbon dioxide flux in wood ant ( Formica aquilonia ) nests and the surrounding forest soil

Short term and long term effects of bibionid (Diptera: Bibionidae) larvae feeding on microbial respiration and alder litter decomposition

article published in 2009

Soil Biota and Ecosystem Development in Post-Mining Sites

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Soil Fauna Plant Interactions during Succession at Post-mining Sites

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Soil Fauna and Soil Physical Properties

Soil Macro- and Mesofauna Succession in Post-mining Sites and Other Disturbed Areas

Soil Microflora Development in Post-mining Sites

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Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Postmining Sites: Potential Drivers and Mechanisms

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Soil Properties and Development of Humus Forms in Pine and Oak Stands of Reclaimed Post-mining Sites in Lusatia

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Soil and Freshwater Micro-Algae as a Food Source for Invertebrates in Extreme Environments

Soil biota and upper soil layer development in two contrasting post-mining chronosequences

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Soil biota in post-mining sites along a climatic gradient in the USA: Simple communities in shortgrass prairie recover faster than complex communities in tallgrass prairie and forest

Soil carbon accumulation after open-cast coal and oil shale mining in Northern Hemisphere: a quantitative review

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Soil development and properties of microbial biomass succession in reclaimed post mining sites near Sokolov (Czech Republic) and near Cottbus (Germany)

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Soil fauna bioturbation along a successional gradient following swidden agriculture in the lowland tropical rainforests of New Guinea

scientific article published in 2023

Soil fauna increase nitrogen loss in tilled soil with legume but reduce nitrogen loss in non-tilled soil without legume

Soil food web changes during spontaneous succession at post mining sites: a possible ecosystem engineering effect on food web organization?

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Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

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Source-Sink Colonization as a Possible Strategy of Insects Living in Temporary Habitats

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Spatial distribution of different life stages of one Dipteran community along hedgerow and field margin

article published in 2000

Spontaneous establishment of late successional tree species English oak (Quercus robur) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) at reclaimed alder plantation and unreclaimed post mining sites

article by Jan Frouz et al published April 2015 in Ecological Engineering

Survival strategies of chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) living in temporary habitats: a review

Target strength of some European fish species and its dependence on fish body parameters

The Effect of Microbial Diversity and Biomass on Microbial Respiration in Two Soils along the Soil Chronosequence

scientific article published in 2022

The Effect ofBt-corn on Soil Invertebrates, Soil Microbial Community and Decomposition Rates of Corn Post-Harvest Residues Under Field and Laboratory Conditions

The effect of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ant nest on selected soil chemical properties

scholarly article by Jan Frouz et al published January 2003 in Pedobiologia

The effect of belowground herbivory by wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on performance of Calamagrostis epigejos (L) Roth in post-mining sites

scholarly article by A. Roubíčková published in May 2012

The effect of earthworms ( Lumbricus rubellus ) and simulated tillage on soil organic carbon in a long-term microcosm experiment

The effect of earthworms and other saprophagous macrofauna on soil microstructure in reclaimed and un-reclaimed post-mining sites in Central Europe

The effect of lignin photodegradation on decomposability of Calamagrostis epigeios grass litter

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

The effect of litter quality and soil faunal composition on organic matter dynamics in post-mining soil: A laboratory study

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The effect of litter type and macrofauna community on litter decomposition and organic matter accumulation in post-mining sites

The effect of native and introduced biofuel crops on the composition of soil biota communities

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The effect of nest moisture on daily temperature regime in the nests of Formica polyctena wood ants

article by Jan Frouz published August 2000 in Insectes Sociaux

The effect of soil and plant material transplants on vegetation and soil biota during forest restoration in a limestone quarry: A case study

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

The effect of topsoil removal in restored heathland on soil fauna, topsoil microstructure, and cellulose decomposition: implications for ecosystem restoration

The effect of tree species on seasonal fluctuations in water-soluble and hot water-extractable organic matter at post-mining sites

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The effect of two ant species Lasius niger and Lasius flavus on soil properties in two contrasting habitats

The effect of vegetation patterns on oviposition habitat preference: A driving mechanism in terrestrial chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) succession?

scientific article published in 1997

The influence of different vegetation patches on the spatial distribution of nests and the epigeic activity of ants (Lasius niger) on a spoil dump after brown coal mining (Czech Republic)

The life cycle, population dynamics, and contribution to litter decomposition of Penthetria holosericea (Diptera: Bibionidae) in an alder forest

The potential effect of high atmospheric CO2 on soil fungi-invertebrate interactions

The role of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in litter decomposition and soil organic matter stabilization

scientific article published in 2014

The role of bacteria and protists in nitrogen turnover in ant nest and forest floor material: A laboratory experiment

article by Veronika Jílková et al published July 2015 in European Journal of Soil Biology

The role of sink to source re-colonisation in the population dynamics of insects living in unstable habitats: an example of terrestrial chironomids

scientific article published in 2001

Thermoregulation strategies in ants in comparison to other social insects, with a focus on red wood ants ( Formica rufa group)

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Understory vegetation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining forest stands

scientific article published in 2010

Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response to disturbance

Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response to disturbance

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Aplikovaná ekologie

book edition published in 2021

Enviromentální exkurze: Sokolovsko: příručka k projektu OPPA Podpora vzdělávání studentů středních škol v přírodovědných předmětech a matematice

book edition published in 2014

Půda a život v ní: příručka k projektu OPPA Podpora vzdělávání studentů středních škol v přírodovědných předmětech a matematice

book edition published in 2014

Čtení a psaní odborného textu v environmentálních vědách

book edition published in 2017