Location: Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
Altitude: 590 m above sea level
Average annual temperature (1981-2010): 7.2 ° C
Average annual rainfall (1981-2010): 609 mm
Research
- study of the influence of increased CO2 concentration on controlled ecosystems in combination with the effects of drought stress, UV radiation and nutrition
- research into the effects of CO2 on physiological (photosynthesis, water regime) and biochemical processes in plants
- research on the relationship between water balance and nutrition on substance fluxes in crops and fast-growing tree species
- development and application of ecosystem models, remote sensing methods and other agroclimatological tools and applications
Experimental workplace of plant ecophysiology
- was built with the support of the project of European Centers of Excellence OP RDI CzechGlobe
- is part of the European infrastructure of the AnaEE project (analysis and experimentation on ecosystems) integrated into the international research infrastructure ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures)
- part of the national research and development infrastructure for carbon monitoring in the Czech Republic – CzeCOS
- is part of the Joint Programming Initiative – FACCE MACSUR – focused on research into the impacts of climate change on agrosystems within the Czech Republic and the EU