Recent papers on species adaptation to climate change
Thakur D., Rathore N., Jandová V., Münzbergová Z., & Doležal J. 2025: Shift from acquisitive to conservative plant strategies with increasing drought and temperature extremes in an alpine shrub. Annals of Botany, mcaf211. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf211
Thakur D. & Chawla A. 2025: Aspect outweighs elevation in influencing plant functioning at high elevations of Himalaya. Plant Ecology 226, 1287 – 1299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01567-1
Banerjee S., Rathore N., Semerád J., Cajthaml T., Münzbergová Z. & Thakur D. 2025: Soil Moisture and Its Interaction With Temperature Determine Root Metabolomes of a Himalayan Alpine Shrub. Physiologia Plantarum 177, 1 – 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70444
Manavalan M., Thakur D., Schaumberger A., Bahn M. & Münzbergová Z. early online: Elevated CO2, warming and drought differentially impact reproductive and vegetative economic traits in two grassland species. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf214
in ’t Zandt D., Florianová A., Šurinová M., in ’t Zandt M. H., Klanderud K., Vandvik V. & Münzbergová Z. 2025: Temperature and Precipitation Jointly Shape the Plant Microbiome by Regulating the Start of the Growing Season. Global Change Biology 31, 1 – 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70431
Florianová A, Münzbergová Z (2025) Climate-driven shifts in plant-soil feedback of a perennial grass species. Journal of Ecology 1: 126–139. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14443
Thakur D, Altman J, Jandová V, Fibich P, Münzbergová Z, Doležal J (2024) Global warming alters Himalayan alpine shrub growth dynamics and climate sensitivity. Science of the Total Environment 916: 170252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170252
Münzbergová Z, Šurinová M, Biscarini F, Ničová E (2024) Genetic response of a perennial grass to warm and wet environments interacts and is associated with trait means as well as plasticity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37: 704–716. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae060
Thakur D, Hadincová V, Schnablová R, Synková H, Haisel D, Wilhelmová N, Dostálek T, Münzbergová Z (2023) Differential Effect of Climate of Origin and Cultivation Climate on Structural and Biochemical Plant Traits. Functional Ecology 37: 1436–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14291
Thakur D, Münzbergová Z (2022) Rhizome trait scaling relationships are modulated by growth conditions and are linked to plant fitness. Annals of Botany 129: 529–540. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac023
Kosová V, Latzel V, Hadincová V, Münzbergová Z (2022) Effect of DNA methylation, modified by 5-azaC, on ecophysiological responses of a clonal plant to changing climate. Scientific Reports 12 (1),17262. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22125-z
Münzbergová Z, Vandvik V, Hadincová V (2021) Evolutionary Rescue as a Mechanism Allowing a Clonal Grass to Adapt to Novel Climates. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.659479
Veselá A, Hadincová V, Vandvik V, Münzbergová Z (2021) Maternal effects strengthen interactions of temperature and precipitation, determining seed germination of dominant alpine grass species. American Journal of Botany, 108: 798-810. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1657
Kosová V, Hájek T, Hadincová V, Münzbergová Z (2021) The importance of ecophysiological traits in response of Festuca rubra to changing climate. Physiologia Plantarum. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13608
Veselá A, Dostálek T, Rokaya MB, Münzbergová Z (2020) Seed Mass and Plant Home Site Environment Interact to Determine Alpine Species Germination Patterns along an Elevation Gradient. Alpine Botany 130: 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-020-00242-7.
Dostálek T, Rokaya MB, Münzbergová Z (2020) Plant Palatability and Trait Responses to Experimental Warming. Scientific Reports 10: 10526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67437-0.
Münzbergová Z, Kosová V, Schnáblová R, Rokaya M, Synková H, Haisel D, Wilhelmová N, Dostálek T (2020) Plant Origin, but Not Phylogeny, Drive Species Ecophysiological Response to Projected Climate. Frontiers in Plant Science 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00400.