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RNDr. Jan Divíšek, Ph.D.

    Position
    Research Scientist
ResearcherID: G-3832-2014

ORCID: 0000-0002-5127-5130

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    Fields of Specialty
  • Biogeography
  • Community ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Spatial modelling

Qualifications

    2015 Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science

    2011 RNDr. (Dr. of natural sciences) in Physical Geography, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science

    2008 Mgr. (MA) in Biology – Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology, Geography and Cartography, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science

Professional career

    Since 2012 Institute of Geonics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Environmental Geography, Brno (research scientist)

    Since 2014 Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography and Department of Botany and Zoology (assistant professor)

    2014 KolejConsult & servis, Brno (technician in geophysics)

Selected research projects

Selected publications (since 2015)

Papers in peer-reviewed journals (ISI/WOS)

  • Sychrová, M., Skokanová, H., Musil, M., Divíšek, J. (2024): Landscape heterogeneity shows contrasting spatial patterns but similar temporal changes since the 1840s. Applied Geography, 172, 103431. Doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103431 (IF 2023 = 4.0)
  • Perrone, M., Di Febbraro, M., Conti, L., Divíšek, J., Chytrý, M., Keil, P., Carranza, M.L., Rocchini, D., Torresani, M., Moudrý, V., Šímová, P., Prajzlerová, D., Müllerová, J., Wild, J., Malavasi, M. (2023): The relationship between spectral and plant diversity: Disentangling the influence of metrics and habitat types at the landscape scale. Remote Sensing of Environment, 293, 113591. Doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113591 (IF 2022 = 13.5)
  • Chytrý, K., Prokešová, H., Duchoň, M., Klinkovská, K., Novák, P., Chytrý, M., Divíšek, J. (2022): Ecotones in Central European forest–steppe: Edge effect occurs on hard rocks but not on loess. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(5), e13149. Doi: 10.1111/jvs.13149 (IF 2022 = 2.8)
  • Sychrová, M., Divíšek, J., Chytrý, M., Pyšek, P. (2022): Niche and geographical expansions of North American trees and tall shrubs in Europe. Journal of Biogeography, 49(6): 1151–1161. Doi: 10.1111/jbi.14377 (IF 2022 = 3.9)
  • Rypl, J., Kirchner, K., Kubalíková, L., Divíšek, J. (2020): Geological and Geomorphological Conditions Supporting the Diversity of Rock Landforms in the Pohořská Mountains (South Bohemia, Czech Republic). Geoheritage, 12: 2. Doi: 10.1007/s12371-020-00430-1 (IF 2019 = 3.062)
  • Gebauer, R., Divíšek, J., Buřič, M., Večeřa, M., Kouba, A., Drozd, B. (2018): Distribution of alien animal species richness in the Czech Republic. Ecology and Evolution, 8(9): 4455–4464. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.4008 (IF 2018 = 2.415)
  • Divíšek, J., Storch, D., Zelený, D., Culek, M. (2016): Towards the spatial coherence of biogeographical regionalizations at subcontinental and landscape scales. Journal of Biogeography, 43(12): 2489–2501. Doi: 10.1111/jbi.12832 (IF 2016 = 4.248)
  • Divíšek, J., Culek, M., Šťastný, K., Anděra, M. (2016): Biogeographical patterns in vertebrate assemblages of the Czech Republic: regional division in the context of species’ distributions in Europe. Folia Zoologica, 65(3): 169–182. (IF 2016 = 0.739)

Books and chapters in books

  • Divíšek, J., & Unger, J. (2019): Viditelnost jihomoravských šibenic. In Unger., J. a kol., Jihomoravské šibenice v časném novověku (16. až 18. stol.). (pp. 37–41). Masarykova univerzita.

Memberships, Honorable Positions and other activities

  • Member of The Czech Society for Ecology