Restoration Ecology ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** - We can offer our expertise in the field of reclamation technologies - We have great experience in post-mining site restoration as well as in the restoration o habitats - We prefer complex tasks that allow as to elaborate more principal research questions on ****************************************************************************************** * Know-how & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** Our group carries out research focused on the interaction of the individual components of their changes during primary succession. These findings are then applied to the developmen the recovery of heavily distributed ecosystems. The model ecosystems are dynamic ecosystem disturbances such as mining, farming or the restoration of oligotrophic ecosystems by tops study: - Biogeochemical cycles and their interaction as the main drivers of change in the evoluti - Biogeochemical cycles of biogenic elements carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, in relation to elements and natural conditions ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** "We are capable of performing complex studies of ecosystem-level processes in terms of ene flows as well as particular tasks dealing with this topic." ****************************************************************************************** * Key Research Equipment ****************************************************************************************** We are equipped to study fluxes of major elements, C, N, P and major energy fluxes in ecos as soil biota community structures and compositions. The key equipment includes an eddy co equipment for field measurements of soil respiration, a laboratory for the analysis of soi material, equipment to study organic matter quality and microbial community composition us MS). ****************************************************************************************** * Partnerships & Collaborations ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Academic Partners *========================================================================================= - The Institute of Microbiology ASCR - The Institute of Botany of the ASCR - Biology Centre ASCR - Czech Geological Survey - University of Antwerp *========================================================================================= * Private and Public Sector *========================================================================================= - Sokolovská Uhelná a.s. - R princip - ENKI o.p.s. - B-Ware Netherlands ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** "Our mission is to try to understand the functioning of the terrestrial ecosystem by linki energy flow, nutrient cycling and biodiversity with a strong emphasis on the role of above below ground interactions. We then use that knowledge in the restoration of ecosystems hea degraded by human activity." ****************************************************************************************** * Main Projects ****************************************************************************************** - The role of roots and litter in plant-soil feedback: consequences for soil biota and pla 2015–2017, Czech Science Foundation - Mycorrhizal community dynamics during succession on mining heaps in relation to changes soil development. 2013–2017, Czech Science Foundation - The role of leaf functional traits in soil or ganic matter accumulation during primary s 2016, Czech Science Foundation ****************************************************************************************** * Achievements ****************************************************************************************** - Elucidation of relationships between litter quality and C storage in post mining sites - Contributing to successful heathland restoration - Guideline for using of primary succession in restoration ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 *========================================================================================= * Experts and their Department *========================================================================================= Prof. Ing. Mgr. Jan Frouz, CSc. Institute for Environmental Studies Web: www.natur.cuni.cz/eng/institute-for-environmental-studies [ URL "https://www.natur.cu institute-for-environmental-studies"]