Chytrý Milan

Prof., RNDr., Ph.D.
Born June 27, 1967 in Boskovice

Botany, ecology, biodiversity
Member of Learned Society since 2021

Educational and professional preparation

1990: Mgr., Systematic Biology and Ecology, Masaryk University, Brno
1991: RNDr., Systematic Biology and Ecology, Masaryk University, Brno
1995: Ph.D., Botany, Masaryk University, Brno
1999: Associate Professor, Botany, Masaryk University, Brno
2009: Professor, Botany, Charles University, Prague

Employment and academic positions

1993–2005: Department of Systematic Botany and Geobotany and Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno (2000–2005: Department Head)
2006–present: Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno (2017–present: Director)

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies

Vice-President of the Czech Botanical Society
Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Member of the councils of PhD programmes in Botany and Ecology at Masaryk University and Charles University

Membership and positions in selected international organizations and societies

Secretary of the European Vegetation Survey Working Group
Custodian of the European Vegetation Archive
Council member of the International Association for Vegetation Science
Chair of the Editors of the Journal of Vegetation Science & Applied Vegetation Science

Notable awards

2009: Editors´ Award, International Association for Vegetation Science
2012: Award of the President of the Czech Science Foundation
2016: Honorary Membership, Polish Botanical Society
2017: Honorary Membership, Slovak Botanical Society

Selected publications

Chytrý M., Danihelka J., Kaplan Z., Wild J., Holubová D., Novotný P. ... Pyšek P. (2021) Pladias Database of the Czech Flora and Vegetation. Preslia 93: 1–87. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2021.001, www.pladias.cz
Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S., ... Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519
Chytrý M., Horsák M., Danihelka J., Ermakov N., German D.A., Hájek M. ... Valachovič M. (2019) A modern analogue of the Pleistocene steppe-tundra ecosystem in southern Siberia. Boreas 48: 36–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12338
Chytrý M., Danihelka J., Kaplan Z. & Pyšek P. (eds.) (2017) Flora and vegetation of the Czech Republic. Springer, Cham. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63181-3
Chytrý M., Hennekens S.M., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J., Jansen F. ... Yamalov S. (2016) European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12191
Chytrý M., Kučera T., Kočí M., Grulich V. & Lustyk P. (eds.) (2010) Katalog biotopů České republiky. Ed. 2. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha.
Chytrý M., Jarošík V., Pyšek P., Hájek O., Knollová I., Tichý L. & Danihelka J. (2008) Separating habitat invasibility by alien plants from the actual level of invasion. Ecology 89: 1541–1553. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-0682.1
Chytrý M., Maskell L.C., Pino J., Pyšek P., Vilà M., Font X. & Smart S.M. (2008) Habitat invasions by alien plants: a quantitative comparison among Mediterranean, subcontinental and oceanic regions of Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 448–458. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01398.x
Chytrý M. (ed.) (2007–2013) Vegetace České republiky 1–4. Academia, Praha.
Chytrý M., Tichý L., Holt J. & Botta-Dukát Z. (2002) Determination of diagnostic species with statistical fidelity measures. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02025.x

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