Mgr. Filip Oulehle, Ph.D.

Position: vědecký asistent

Branch: Department of Biogeochemical and Hydrological Cycles

Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00

Phone:

Research Focus

I am interested in the biogeochemistry of forested ecosystems. Particularly in historical and current anthropogenic effects (soil acidification, nitrogen deposition, forest management, climate change) on forest functioning. My research combines analysis of long-term data (GEOMON network of 14 forested catchments with >25 years of hydrochemical monitoring), field experiments and the development and application of process-based models.

Education

2002-2006 PhD at Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University, Prague

1997-2002 M.Sc. at Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Prague

Appointments

2012 – now Researcher with the Department of Biogeochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Prague

2012 – now Global Change Research Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno (part-time)

2010 – 2012 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow – Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, UK

2005 – 2009 Researcher with the Department of Biogeochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Prague

Important research visits and fellowships

2010-2012 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow – Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, UK

Brief scientometrics

Total No. of papers (Web of Science): 77 (Scopus): 80

H-index (Web of Science): 30 (Scopus): 30

No. of citations (Web of Science): 2672 (Scopus): 2608

Papers (last 5 years, full list see https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-461X)

Oulehle F., Šamonil P., Urban O., Čáslavský J., Alexander A.č., Vašíčková I., Kašpar J., Hubený P., Brázdil R., Trnka M. (2025) Growth and Assemblage Dynamics of Temperate Forest Tree Species Match Physiological Resilience to Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry. Global Change Biology, 31 (3), art. no. e70147, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70147

Treml V., Tumajer J., Oulehle F., Altman J., Doležal J., Vejpustková M., Rydval M., Altmanová N., Brůha L., Čada V., Fibich P., Kaczka R., Kašpar J., Kolář T., Krejza J., Mašek J., Mikhailov S., Šamonil P., Rybníček M., Stojanović M., Svoboda J., Svoboda M., Vašíčková I. (2025) Rapid trend towards larger and more moisture-limited trees in Central-European temperate forests. Environmental Research Letters, 20 (8), art. no. 084033, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ade0d8

Jiang Y., Begović K., Lexa M., Nogueira J., von Arx G., Tumajer J., Kaczka R., Oulehle F., Korolyova N., Björklund J., Seftigen K., Treml V., Wilson R., Rydval M. (2025) Impact of pollution on the temperature sensitivity of multiple Norway spruce tree-ring parameters in Central Europe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 372, art. no. 110725 DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110725

Navrátil T., Rohovec J., Shanley J.B., Matoušková Š., Roll M., Nováková T., Krám P., Tesař M., Myška O., Oulehle F. (2025) Mercury cycling in the Czech GEOMON network catchments recovering from acid deposition and facing climate change. Biogeochemistry, 168 (3), art. no. 45, DOI: 10.1007/s10533-025-01231-w

Bohdálková L., Lamačová A., Hruška J., Svoboda J., Krám P., Oulehle F. (2025) Impact of environmental disturbances on hydrology and nitrogen cycling in Central European forest catchments, Biogeochemistry, 168 (2), art. no. 34, DOI: 10.1007/s10533-025-01220-z

Moldan F., Jutterström S., Oulehle F., Chuman T., Hruška J., Tahovská K., Wright R.F. (2025) Nitrogen Saturation and Carbon Sequestration in a Coniferous Forest Catchment: 32 years of Nitrogen Additions at Gårdsjön, Sweden. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 236 (4), art. no. 216, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-025-07848-9

Navrátil T., Rohovec J., Nováková T., Roll M., Cudlín P., Oulehle F. (2024) Quarter century of mercury litterfall at a coniferous forest responding to climate change, Central Europe. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31 (24), pp. 34936 – 34952, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33555-9

Buzek F., Cejkova B., Jackova I., Kram P., Oulehle F., Myska O., Veselovsky F., Curik J., Petrash D.A. (2025) Modeling nitrogen loss using stable isotopes in mountainous watersheds of the Bohemian Slavkov Forest (NW Czech Republic). Vadose Zone Journal, 24 (4), art. no. e70033, DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.70033

Moktan L., Hofmeister J., Oulehle F., Urban O., Hruška J., Metok M.S., Mikoláš M., Markuljaková K., Svoboda M. (2025) Forest management reduces soil carbon sequestration potential in European temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 578, art. no. 122493, DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122493

Oulehle F., Kolář T., Rybníček M., Hruška J., Büntgen U., Trnka M. (2024) Complex imprint of air pollution in the basal area increments of three European tree species. Science of the Total Environment, 951, art. no. 175858, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175858

Lamacova A., Ledvinka O., Bohdalkova L., Oulehle F., Kreisinger J., Vlnas R. Response of spring yield dynamics to climate change across altitude gradient and varied hydrogeological conditions (2024) Science of the Total Environment, 921, art. no. 171082

Oulehle F., Urban O., Tahovská K., Kolář T., Rybníček M., Büntgen U., Hruška J., Čáslavský J., Trnka M. Calcium availability affects the intrinsic water-use efficiency of temperate forest trees (2023) Communications Earth and Environment, 4 (1), art. no. 199

Treml V., Tumajer J., Jandová K., Oulehle F., Rydval M., Čada V., Treydte K., Mašek J., Vondrovicová L., Lhotáková Z., Svoboda M. Increasing water-use efficiency mediates effects of atmospheric carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen on growth variability of central European conifers (2022) Science of the Total Environment, 838, art. no. 156483

Hruška J., Oulehle F., Chuman T., Kolář T., Rybníček M., Trnka M., McDowell W.H. Forest growth responds more to air pollution than soil acidification (2023) PLoS ONE, 18 (3 March), art. no. e0256976

Kopáček J., Bače R., Choma M., Hejzlar J., Kaňa J., Oulehle F., Porcal P., Svoboda M., Tahovská K. Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes in unmanaged mountain Norway spruce forests, and losses after natural tree dieback (2023) Science of the Total Environment, 903, art. no. 166233

Tahovská K., Kaštovská E., Choma M., Čapek P., Bárta J., Oulehle F. Ammonia oxidation and nitrate reduction marker genes are key indicators of nitrogen losses in temperate forest catchments (2023) Environmental Microbiology, 25 (10), pp. 2049 – 2053

Oulehle, F., Tahovská, K., Ač, A., Kolář, T., Rybníček, M., Čermák, P., Štěpánek, P., Trnka, M., Urban, O., Hruška, J. Changes in forest nitrogen cycling across deposition gradient revealed by δ15N in tree rings (2022) Environmental Pollution 304, 119104. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119104

Chuman, T., Oulehle, F., Zajícová, K., Hruška, J. The legacy of acidic deposition controls soil organic carbon pools in temperate forests across the Czech Republic (2021) European Journal of Soil Science, 72 (4), pp. 1780-1801. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13073

Navrátil, T., Shanley, J.B., Rohovec, J., Dobešová, I., Matoušková, Š., Roll, M., Nováková, T., Oulehle, F. Mercury cycling during acid rain recovery at the forested Lesní potok catchment, Czech Republic (2021) Hydrological Processes, 35 (6), art. no. e14255, . DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14255

Oulehle, F., Goodale, C.L., Evans, C.D., Chuman, T., Hruška, J., Krám, P., Navrátil, T., Tesař, M., Ač, A., Urban, O., Tahovská, K. Dissolved and gaseous nitrogen losses in forests controlled by soil nutrient stoichiometry (2021) Environmental Research Letters, 16 (6), art. no. 064025, . DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac007b

Růžek, M., Tahovská, K., Guggenberger, G., Oulehle, F. Litter decomposition in European coniferous and broadleaf forests under experimentally elevated acidity and nitrogen addition (2021) Plant and Soil, 463 (1-2), pp. 471-485. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-04926-9

Oulehle, F., Fischer, M., Hruška, J., Chuman, T., Krám, P., Navrátil, T., Tesař, M., Trnka, M. The GEOMON network of Czech catchments provides long-term insights into altered forest biogeochemistry: From acid atmospheric deposition to climate change (2021) Hydrological Processes, 35 (5), art. no. e14204, . DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14204

Kopačková-Strnadová, V., Koucká, L., Jelének, J., Lhotáková, Z., Oulehle, F. Canopy top, height and photosynthetic pigment estimation using parrot sequoia multispectral imagery and the unmanned aerial vehicle (Uav) (2021) Remote Sensing, 13 (4), art. no. 705, pp. 1-27. DOI: 10.3390/rs13040705

Lhotáková, Z., Kopačková-Strnadová, V., Oulehle, F., Homolová, L., Neuwirthová, E., Švik, M., Janoutová, R., Albrechtová, J. Foliage biophysical trait prediction from laboratory spectra in Norway spruce is more affected by needle age than by site soil conditions (2021) Remote Sensing, 13 (3), art. no. 391, pp. 1-24. DOI: 10.3390/rs13030391

Kopáček, J., Hejzlar, J., Oulehle, F., Porcal, P., Weyhenmeyer, G.A., Norton, S.A. Disruptions and re-establishment of the calcium-bicarbonate equilibrium in freshwaters (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 743, art. no. 140626, . DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140626

Choma, M., Tahovska, K., Kaštovska, E., Barta, J., Ružek, M., Oulehle, F. Bacteria but not fungi respond to soil acidification rapidly and consistently in both a spruce and beech forest (2020) FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96 (10), art. no. fiaa174, . DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa174

Švik, M., Oulehle, F., Krám, P., Janoutová, R., Tajovská, K., Homolová, L. Landsat-based indices reveal consistent recovery of forested stream catchments from acid deposition (2020) Remote Sensing, 12 (12), art. no. 1944, . DOI: 10.3390/rs12121944

Buzek, F., Cejkova, B., Jackova, I., Kram, P., Oulehle, F., Myska, O., Curik, J., Veselovsky, F., Novak, M. 15N study of the reactivity of atmospheric nitrogen in four mountain forest catchments (Czech Republic, central Europe) (2020) Applied Geochemistry, 116, art. no. 104567, . DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104567

Tahovská, K., Choma, M., Kaštovská, E., Oulehle, F., Bárta, J., Šantrůčková, H., Moldan, F. Positive response of soil microbes to long-term nitrogen input in spruce forest: Results from Gårdsjön whole-catchment N-addition experiment (2020) Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 143, art. no. 107732, . DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107732