Tomáš Hájek
Researcher
+420387772342
tomas.hajek@ibot.cas.cz
I am a plant ecologist/physiologist, working primarily at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science.
My main research interest is the ecology and ecophysiology of bryophytes, with special emphasis in peat mosses (Sphagnum): stress ecophysiology, mineral nutrition, desiccation (in)tolerance, photosynthesis, litter biochemistry and decomposition etc.
In collaboration with plant ecologists, I work on topics mainly focused on water relations of vascular plants.
Education
PhD in Ecology (2008) at the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
MSc in Botany (2002) at the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science
Selected publications
Kosová V., Hájek T., Hadincová V. & Münzbergová Z. (2021): The importance of ecophysiological traits in response of Festuca rubra to changing climate. Physiologia Plantarum. DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13608.
Urbanová Z. & Hájek T. (2021): Revisiting the concept of ‘enzymic latch’ on carbon in peatlands. Science of the Total Environment 779: 146384. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146384.
Májeková M., Hájek T., Albert A., de Bello F., Doležal J., Götzenberger L., Janeček Š., LepŠ J., Liancourt P. & Mudrák O. (2021): Weak coordination between leaf drought tolerance and proxy traits in herbaceous plants. Functional Ecology 35: 1299–1311. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13792.
Kubásek J., Hájek T., Duckett J., Pressel S. & Šantrůček J. (2021): Moss stomata do not respond to light and CO2 concentration but facilitate carbon uptake by sporophytes: a gas exchange, stomatal aperture and 13C labelling study. New Phytologist 230: 1815–1828. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17208.
Tveit A.T., Kiss A., Winkel M., Horn F., Hájek T., Svenning M.M., Wagner D., Liebner S. (2020). Environmental patterns of brown moss- and Sphagnum-associated microbial communities. Scientific Reports 10: 22412. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79773-2.
Hájek T. (2020): Interlinking moss functional traits. A commentary on: ‘Water economy responses to water level drawdown in peat mosses’. Annals of Botany 126: iv–v. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa108.
Vicherová E., Glinwood R., Hájek T., Šmilauer P. & Ninkovic V. (2020): Bryophytes can recognize their neighbours through volatile organic compounds. Scientific Reports 10: 7405. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64108-y.
Májeková M., Martínková J. & Hájek T. (2019): Grassland plants show no relationship between leaf drought tolerance and soil moisture affinity, but rapidly adjust to changes in soil moisture. Functional Ecology 33: 774–785.