Andrea Kučerová
Researcher
+420380720314
Andrea.Kucerova@ibot.cas.cz
Generally, I am interested in plant adaptations to peat bogs, shallow water, and frost. During my Ph.D. thesis, I studied water relations of a sub endemic tree species (Pinus rotundata) growing on peat bogs, then I shortly mowed towards the ecology of páramo plants. Recently I am back in central European peat bogs and fishponds working on projects focused on the restoration of industrially extracted peat bogs and rescue programs for endangered aquatic and wetland plants such as Littorella uniflora, Nuphar pumila, Potamogeton praelongus, or Sedum villosum.
Expertise:
Vegetation monitoring, groundwater table monitoring, basic meteorological measurements, sap flow measurement, stomatal conductance estimation (porometer LiCOR 1600), xylem pressure estimation (PMS instruments), freezing resistance estimation
Education:
Ph.D.: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (botany, 2005–2011)
M.Sc.: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (biology, 1991–1996)
Employment:
2016-2018: Research assistant, Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic
2013-2015: Head of the Collection of aquatic and wetland plants, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic
2007-2009: Head of the Collection of aquatic and wetland plants, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic
since 1996: Research assistant, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic
Field experience:
Almost all types of wetlands in Central Europe, esp. peatlands, fishponds, and water reservoirs. Meadows in the White Carpatians, páramo in Equador.
Selected publications:
- Svidenský R., Kučerová A., Čížková H. (2021): Causes of the dieback of littoral stands in an overloaded water-bird reserve: role of eutrophication, fish, and geese. European Journal of Environmental Sciences 11/2: 17–28.
- Francová K., Šumberová K., Kučerová A., Šorf M., Grill S., Exler N., Vrba J. (2021): Drivers of plant species composition of ecotonal vegetation in two fishpond management types. – Wetlands Ecol Manage 29: 93–110.
- Doležal J., Kučerová A., Jandová V., Klimeš A., Říha P., Adamec L., Schweingruber F. H. (2021): Anatomical adaptations in aquatic and wetland dicot plants: Disentangling the environmental, morphological and evolutionary signals. Environmental and Experimental Botany 187 (2021) 104495.
- Schweingruber F. H., Kučerová A., Adamec L., Doležal J. (2020): Anatomic atlas of aquatic and wetland plant stems. Springer.
- Francová K., Šumberová K., Kučerová A., Čtvrtlíková M., Šorf M., Borovec J., Drozd B., Janauer G. A., Vrba J. (2019): Macrophyte assemblages in fishponds under different fish farming management. Aquatic Botany 159: 103131.
- Kolář J., Kučerová A., Jakubec P. & Jan Vymazal J. (2017): Seed bank of Littorella uniflora (L.) Asch. in the Czech Republic, Central Europe: does burial depth and sediment type influence seed germination? – Hydrobiologia 794: 347-358.
Research topics and projects:
Ecology of aquatic and wetland plants; conservation biology; ecohydrology; vegetation monitoring, reintroduction of endangered species, peatland restoration
Other activities:
Popularization of wetlands and aquatic plants for the general public, cooperation with the state organs of nature protection, member of the expert group of the Czech Ramsar Committee.