Pánková Hana
Researcher
+420271015709
hana.pankova@ibot.cas.cz
I am plant ecologist mainly interested in the population biology and ecology of threatened species. I focus on the reasons, why these species are rare and how we can effectively protect them. One of my key projects is studying the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for fitness of rare species and establishment of dry grassland community with focusing on its potential application to the restoration of such communities. My current research is focused on the impact of management intervention on restoration of dry grassland communities, serpentine vegetation, and pine and oak forests. In the project LIFE South Moravia (LIFE18 NAT/CZ/000832) I evaluate impact of management interventions on the habitat quality and abundance of Orchids. The projects Support of serpentine species (3201200005) and Restoration of serpentine quarry focus on restoration serpentine vegetation and reintroduction of Czech endemic species Minuartia smejkalii.
Expertise
Plant – soil interaction
Plant – animal interaction
Population dynamic
Conservation biology
Education
2001-2007 Master degree in Biology, spec. in Geobotany – Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.
2007-2010 PhD in Botany – Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague and Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Employment
Since 2005 Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2007-2010 and since 2016 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
since 2006 external expert for biomonitoring of population and sites of critically endangered species Minuartia Smejkali (AOPK ČR)
Since 2022 partly The Czech Union for Nature Conservation, local chapter Vlašim
Publications