Provider: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
Recipient: Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Keywords: trees vitality, forest vitality
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Cílem projektu je posílení kvality a excelence, zapojení do mezinárodních projektů a publikačních týmů, etablování členů cílové skupiny (CS), především mladých vědců a studentů, v mezinárodní vědě a jejich stabilizace. Zapojením vysoce kvalitního zahraničního vědce v oblasti komplexních chorob dřevin bude tým výzkumně navázán na instituce v Rakousku, Norsku, Itálii a Slovinsku. Týmové propojení zlepší odborné a organizační kompetence, excelenci členů CS projektu, zintenzivnění komunikační a týmové vazby na zahraniční instituce. Komplexní hodnocení zdravotního stavu lesů spolu s posouzením vitality, resp. stresové zátěže jednotlivých stromů je nezbytné pro pochopení působení klimatických extrémů a environmentálních změn. Pro interpretaci indikátorů vitality s cílem navrhnout opatření v adaptačním managementu a eliminovat dopady parciálních stresorů je nezbytná existence týmu schopného analýzy a syntézy znalostí, opatření je třeba navrhovat s vazbou na excelentní evropská pracoviště.

Provider: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
Recipient: Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Keywords: forest ecosystem, inventarization of forest ecosystems
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Cílem projektu je vytvoření funkční sítě institucí zabývající se širokou škálou aktivit v oblasti studia a inventarizace lesních ekosystémů, nastavení a zintenzivnění jejich spolupráce a vytvoření komunikační platformy. Cílovou skupinou jsou studenti, akademičtí a další pracovníci VŠ a další pracovníci zabývající se VaV aktivitami. Záměrem je prohloubení komunikace a interaktivní spolupráce mezi partnery formou studentských praxí a stáží, zpracování kvalifikačních prací v rámci multidisciplinárních týmů, kde budou zohledněny biologické i lesnické přístupy a následné interpretaci zjištěných skutečností. Lesy jsou stabilizačním prvkem středoevropské krajiny, kde jsou předmětem lesnického plánování, vycházejícího z biologicko-ekologických základů. Řešení otázek v lesnictví vyžaduje komplexní přístup a spolupráci řady oborů. Úlohou platformy je nastavení komunikace a uplatňování společného přístupu k lesním ekosystémům. Čtyři klíčové aktivity budou realizovány žadatelem a jeho partnery.

Provider: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
Recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Keywords: global change, postdoc, intership, adaptation, adaptation strategies
Web of the project: http://czechglobe.cz/cs/projektove-stranky/post...
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The main goal of the project is to create a qualified scientific multidisciplinary team focused on research and assessment of adaptation measures in the field of bioenergetics to global climate change. The core of this team will consist of scientists from Global Change Research Centre AS CR who will include two postdocs to it´s team. The postdocs will educate themselves on interships at top institutions. A key element will be different specialization of each postdoc suitably combining natural/environmental and social sciences. A broader view and understanding of the impact and complexity of the links in the area will be achieved by mutual cooperation of postdocs. The project aims to prepare career development for promising young scientists in this specialization which is missing in Czech Republic. Last but not least, the postdocs will disseminate their acquired knowledge, skills and experiences through publications, tutorials, workshops and courses for other young scientists and students in Czech Republic and abroad.

Provider: Grantová agentura České republiky
Coordinating recipient: Masarykova univerzita
Another participant in the project: Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Another participant in the project: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Keywords: climate reconstruction, oak chronology, tree ring width, hydroclimate, last millennium
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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Climate variability in the pre-instrumental period can be estimated from different kinds of proxy data. Whereas most proxy reconstructions aimed to temperature, several recent studies proved that tree ring width (TRW) oak (Quercus sp.) chronologies can be moisture/drought sensitive. Standard Czech oak chronology reaching back to 352 AD will be substantially completed especially in periods with low number of replications. Additional sampling of recent, historical and subfossil woods will be done with respect to different geography and altitude. Simultaneously a set of hydro-climatic target parameters such as precipitation and drought indices will be prepared from long and homogeneous instrumental series. Consecutively TRW will be calibrated to hydroclimate parameters. A novel ensemble methodological approach will be applied for dendroclimatic reconstruction allowing exploration of complex interplay between TRW proxy and a set of target parameters. Moreover, this approach will allow better understanding uncertainty sources in proxy-target relations and defining uncertainty estimates.

Provider: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
Recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Keywords: zde zapsat 1 klíčové slovo, další přidat do dalších řádků; Plant phenotyping; Bioeconomy; Genome; Phenotype; Environment
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=7E12047
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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The ability to quantitatively analyze plant phenotypic traits (from single cells to plant and stand level) and their dynamic responses to the environment is an essential requirement for genetic and physiological research, and the cornerstone for enabling applications of scientific findings to bioeconomy. Whereas molecular profiling technologies allow today the generation of a large amount of data with decreasing costs largely due to automation and robotics, the understanding of the link between genotype and phenotype has progressed more slowly. Insufficient technical and conceptual capacity of the plant scientific community to probe existing genetic resources and unravel environmental effects limits faster progress in this field. The development of robust and standardized phenotyping applications depends on the availability of specialised infrastructure, technologies and protocols. Europe has become a key driver in defining innovative solutions in academic and industrial settings. However, the existing initiatives at the local or member-state level represent a fragmented research landscape with similar goals. The aim of this project is to create synergies between the leading plant phenotyping institutions in Europe as a nucleus for the development of a strong European Plant Phenotyping Network (EPPN). The project fosters the development of an effective European infrastructure including human resources, expertise and communication needed to support transnational access to user communities. Joint research activities will adapt and develop novel sensors and methods for application in plant phenotyping. Innovative phenotyping concepts integrating mechanistic, medium- and high throughput as well as field phenotyping will be developed and made available to the community. This project will strengthen Europe’s leading role in plant phenotyping research and application through the creation of a community of research institutes, universities, industry and SMEs.

Provider: Ministerstvo vnitra
Recipient: CENIA, česká informační agentura životního prostředí
Coordinating recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Recipient / Organizational Unit guaranteeing Solutions: Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Keywords: Environmental security; Ecosystem services; Vulnerability to global change; Security threats; Adaptation and mitigation measures; Integrated assessment and monitoring; Biophysical and socioeconomic impacts
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=VG20...
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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The main objective of the project is to develop integrated approaches for assessing and monitoring the impacts of global change on environmental security of the Czech Republic and assessment of security risks to ecosystems. Sub-objectives include: 1. Develop and fulfill the obligations of the Czech Republic arising from environmental security monitoring programs GEOSS and GMES. 2. Develop methodology and information tools providing support for planning and organizing activities leading to the prevention or mitigation of the situation arising from a threat or damage to ecosystems. 3. Identify the major effects of adaptation and mitigation measures on environmental security. 4. Develop possible scenarios of security of ecosystem services in the Czech Republic based on the anticipated global changes and socio-economic development.

Provider: Technologická agentura ČR
Recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Keywords: Ecosystem services- socio-ecological systems- global environmental changes- social impact- economic valuation- certified methodology- Czech Republic.
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=TD01...
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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Two years project focuses on the integration of ecosystem services, their identification and valuation to raise an effectiveness of the decision making processes in the Czech Republic. The aim of the project is to assess the ecosystem services provided by socio-ecological systems in Czechia and implement the certified methodology, which has a potential to improve natural resources management, urban planning and sustainable landscape use.

Provider: Technologická agentura ČR
Recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Another participant in the project: Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Keywords: social-ecological systems- long-term monitoring- ecosystem services- global change- biosphere reserves- Czech Republic
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=TD01...
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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The project aims to introduce a social dimension into long-term ecological research and monitoring in the Czech Republic. The project will develop methodological approaches for long-term socio-ecological monitoring and apply them in selected pilot areas for the test launch of an integrated monitoring. The project will also contribute to the creation of a national platform for research on the social dimensions of global change and long-term research and monitoring of social-ecological systems.

Provider: Technologická agentura ČR
Recipient: PSI (Photon Systems Instruments), spol. s r.o.
Another participant in the project: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Keywords: gasometry- sensor- online monitoring- photosynthesis- respiration- gas exchange- advanced plant cultivation
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=TA02...
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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The project addresses the lack of smart growth chambers with gas concentration control and direct automatic measurement of gas exchange between cultivated plants and the atmosphere, as well as the absence of automatic systems for long-term in-situ measurements of gas exchange between plant organs and atmosphere. These devices will find applications in the development of second generation biofuels, new crops and will serve for precision of ecosystems carbon balance estimates.

Provider: Technologická agentura ČR
Recipient: Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Another participant in the project: Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Another participant in the project: PSI (Photon Systems Instruments), spol. s r.o.
Keywords: forestry- leaf area index- photosynthetically active radiation
Web of the project: http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=TA02...
Detail of project in RVVI: RVVI
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Project is based on development, testing and improvement of an instrument for nondestructive estimation of leaf area quantity (LAI) in forest tree stands and for solar radiation measurement in spectral range of photosynthetically active radiation (PhAR). LAI measurements are necessary for objective quantification of leaf area, which corresponds to a production potential of plants and also to its health status etc. PhAR measurements are needed for quantification of solar irradiation of plants.