Adam Klimeš
PostDoc
adam.klimes@ibot.cas.cz
Ecological data are sometimes ubiquitous but messy, sometimes scarce. I am interested in how to get from them answers to our research questions in a reliable, efficient, and replicable way. Main parts of this process are statistical analyses where I focus on phylogenetic comparative models which are used for comparing traits among species and on Bayesian analysis which represents a flexible tool to deal with complex or very specific data structure. Research questions which I have are mostly regarding evolution of herbs in angiosperms and what ecological drivers were behind it, biomass allocation of various growth forms into individual plant organs, or role of demography in species comparisons.
Expertise
Plant ecology
Biostatistics
Education
2020 – Ph.D. Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2016 – M.Sc. Theoretical and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2015 – B.Sc. Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Employment
Since 2021 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Bergen
2021 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
2019 – 2020 Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
2016 – 2021 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Selected publications
A. Klimeš, M. Weiser, T. Koubek, T. Herben 2021. Evolution of herbs: Key to the conundrum might be tolerance not avoidance (Journal of Plant Ecology; doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtab042).
A. Klimeš, T. Koubek, M. Weiser, T. Herben 2021. Growth plasticity in response to shading as a potential key to the evolution of herbs (Plant Ecology; doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01113-9).
A. Klimeš, L. Klimešová, A. Bartušková, J. Klimešová 2020. Climbing strategy in herbs does not necessarily lead to lower investments into stem biomass (Plant Ecology 221; doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01070-9).