Chytridiomycosis, a Threat to Amphibians in the Czech Republic?

Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease of amphibians, caused by the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatis, a non-hyphal zoosporic fungus. Chytridiomycosis has been linked to dramatic population declines or even extinctions in amphibian species in some worlds regions.
Nature Conservation 4/2010 — 14. 9. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
New Discoveries in the Na Pomezí Karst

The Na Pomezí karst is situated on the Rychlebské hory Mts. southern edge, 7 km west of the town of Jeseník (northern Moravia). It was formed in white crystalline limestones and is supposed to be of the Devonian age.
Nature Conservation 4/2010 — 14. 9. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
The Bohemian Sand Pink (Dianthus arenarius subsp. bohemicus) – Plan is running

The Bohemian Sand Pink (Dianthus arenarius bohemicus) is an approximately 15 cm tall perennial with white flowers growing in dense clusters.
Nature Conservation 3/2010 — 22. 6. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Nature as a Flowing Mosaic. What Recent Knowledge in Ecosystem Science Has Revealed
New knowledge in ecosystem ecology (in the U.S. called conservation ecology) may change the nature conservation and landscape management conceptual framework.
Nature Conservation 3/2010 — 22. 6. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
The Ornate Bluet – A Surprise from a Coal Mine Dump

The distribution of the Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum) in the Czech Republic is far more extensive.
Nature Conservation 2/2010 — 20. 4. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
The Comprehensive Nature Environment Monitoring Scheme in the České Švýcarsko/Bohemian Switzerland N

Základní poslání Národního parku (NP) České Švýcarsko je dáno zákonem č. 161/1999. Pro nastavení správného systému managementových opatření, která povedou k naplnění cílů stanovených plánem péče, je důležité systematické monitorování jevů ve všech zájmových oblastech. Dlužno podotknout, že před samotným vznikem národního parku a v jeho počátcích nebylo získávání dat zcela systematické a důsledné.
Nature Conservation 2/2010 — 20. 4. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Completing the National List of the proposed Sites of Community Importance in the Continental
Nature Conservation 1/2010 — 16. 2. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Complicated Seeking for European Wilderness

The article presents various wilderness… When organizing the Wilderness Conference (Prague, May 2009), the organizers found that there is a different perception of the term wilderness, on the one hand Eastern and on the other hand Western European one.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Dilemma of Priorities? Do We Protect Biological Diversity or Processes?

Wilderness protection has been becoming an important issue also in the European Union Member States, particularly with respect to EU enlargement to the East.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Non-intervention So To Speak Unintentional. Spontaneous Succession Processes in the Current Landsca

For a long time, nature conservation has had enough to follow the paradigm based on the assumption that nature means particularly absence of human impacts.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf