Institute of Geonics
The Czech Academy of Sciences

RNDr. Jan Divíšek, Ph.D.

	Position Research Scientist	ResearcherID: G-3832-2014 ORCID: 0000-0002-5127-5130 Google Scholar
	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

2019—2022 Promoting tourism by entering to the landscape paintings and photographs (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, TL02000222), member of research team, https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/project/TL02000222

2015—2019 Optimization of forest management strategies on slopes affected by landslides and rock falling – a methodology for forest-planting practices (Grant Service of the Forests of the Czech Republic, 51), member of research team, https://lesycr.cz/grantova-sluzba-projekt/optimalizace-lesnickeho-hospodareni-na-svazich-ohrozenych-sesuvy-a-ricenim-hornin-metodika-lesopestebnich-postupu

Selected publications (since 2015)

Papers in peer-reviewed journals (ISI/WOS)

• 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