Personal Page of Tomáš Hájek

Academy of Sciences of the CR > Institute of Botany > Section of Plant Ecology
Dukelská 135, CZ-379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic
(tel.: +420 384 721 156) GSM: +420 608 327 216
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About Me

I am a plant ecologist at the Institute of Botany of AS CR, Plant Ecology Section and at the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science.

My main research activity is focused on ecology and ecophysiology of peat mosses (Sphagnum): stress ecophysiology, mineral nutrition, desiccation (in)tolerance, photosynthesis, decomposition & litter quality, etc.

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Positions:
Born:	22 December 1976 in Prague, Czech Republic
Education:
• 1996-1999:	Bachelor degree, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia Thesis: Surface temperatures in a bog and their modeling. (in Czech)
• 1999-2002:	Master degree in Botany, at the same place Thesis: Sphagnum production and decomposition on a mountain raised bog. (in Czech)
• 2002-2008:	PhD. degree in Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia Thesis: Ecophysiological adaptations of coexisting Sphagnum mosses.
• 2003-now:	Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• 2005-now:	Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Science, Univ. S. Bohemia
Teaching:
• Plant physiology (photosynthesis, water relations - exercises) at Faculty of Science.

Research Activities

Publications

Laine A.M., Juurola E., Hájek T. & Tuittila E.-S. (2011). Sphagnum growth and ecophysiology during mire succession. Oecologia 167: 1115–1125.

Laiho R., Ojanen P., Ilomets M., Hájek T. & Tuittila E.-S. (2011). Moss production in a boreal, forestry-drained peatland. Boreal Environment Research 16: 441–449.

Hájek T., Ballance S., Limpens J., Zijlstra M. & Verhoeven J.T.A. (2011). Cell-wall polysaccharides play an important role in decay resistance of Sphagnum and actively depressed decomposition in vitro. Biogeochemistry 103: 45–57.

Latzel V., Klimešová J., Hájek T., Gómez S. & Šmilauer P. (2010). Maternal effects alter progeny’s response to disturbance and nutrients in two Plantago species. Oikos 119: 1700–1710.

Hájek T. & Adamec L. (2010): Photosynthesis and dark respiration of leaves of terrestrial carnivorous plants. Biologia 65: 69–74.

Chrastný V., Komárek M. & Hájek T. (2010): Lead contamination of an agricultural soil in the vicinity of a shooting range. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 162: 37–146.

Hájek T. (2009): Habitat and species controls on Sphagnum production and decomposition in a mountain raised bog. Boreal Environment Research 14: 947–958.

Latzel V., Hájek T., Klimešová J. & Gómez S. (2009): Nutrients and disturbance history in two Plantago species: maternal effects as a clue for observed dichotomy between resprouting and seeding strategies. Oikos 118: 1669–1678.

Hájek T., Tuittila E.-S., Ilomets M. & Laiho R. (2009): Light responses of mire mosses – a key to survival after water-level drawdown? Oikos 118: 240–250.

Hájek T. & Adamec L. (2009): Mineral nutrient economy in competing species of Sphagnum mosses. Ecological Research 24: 291–302.

Hájek T. & Beckett R.P. (2008): Effect of water content components on desiccation and recovery in Sphagnum mosses. Annals of Botany 101: 165–1737.

Bragazza L., Freeman C., Jones T., Rydin H., Limpens J., Fenner N., Ellis T., Gerdol R., Hájek M., Hájek T., Iacumin P., Kutnar L., Tahvanainen T. & Toberman H. (2006): Atmospheric nitrogen deposition promotes carbon loss from peat bogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) 103: 19386–19389.

Bragazza L., Limpens J., Gerdol R., Grosvernier P., Hájek M., Hájek T., Hájková P., Hansen I., Iacumin, Kutnar L., Rydin H. & Tahvanainen T. (2005): Nitrogen concentration and δ15N signature of ombrotrophic Sphagnum mosses at different N deposition levels in Europe. Global Change Biology 11: 106–114.

Bragazza L., Tahvanainen T., Kutnar L., Rydin H., Limpens J., Hájek M., Grosvernier P., Hájek T., Hájková P., Hansen I., Iacumin P. & Gerdol R. (2004): Nutritional constraints in ombrotrophic Sphagnum plants under increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Europe. New Phytologist 163: 609–616.

Conferences

Vicherová E. & Hájek T. Desiccation tolerance of Sphagnum: A solved puzzle? Joint Meeting of Society of Wetland Scientists, WETPOL, and Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposiump, Prague, July 2011. Poster presentation.

Hájek T., Kvíderová J., Elster J. & Šimek M. Seasonal dynamics of photosynthetic and N₂-fixation activity of cyanobacterium Nostoc commune s.l. in wet hummock tundra (Central Svalbard, High Arctic). MicroPerm Workshop, Potsdam, November 2010. Poster presentation.

Hájek T., Ballance S., Limpens J., Zijlstra M. & Verhoeven J.T.A. Sphagnum specific structural polysaccharides play an important role in decay resistance and active depression of decomposition in bogs. Carbon in Peatlands, Prague, September 2009. Poster presentation.

Hájek T. Decomposition properties of peat moss (Sphagnum) litter. 2^nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists – Europe, Třeboň, June 2007. Oral presentation.

Hájek T., Tuittila E.-S., Laiho R. & Ilomets M. Chronic photoinhibition plays only a minor role in the world’s most successful bryophyte genus. Photosynthesis and Stress, Brno, September 2005. Poster presentation.

Hájek T. Abiotic stress ecophysiology in Sphagnum mosses; effects of elevated irradiance and temperature. Xth Days of Plant Physiology, Bratislava, September 2004. Poster presentation.

Hájek T. Sphagnum production and decomposition in a mountain raised bog. The Third International Symposium on the Biology of Sphagnum “Sphagnum 2002”, Uppsala, Trondheim, August 2002. Poster presentation.

Projects, Grants

T. Hájek, M. Hájek, E. Mikolášková: Calcium tolerance in Sphagnum, its physiological and genetic backgrounds, and consequences in mire ecology. 2010–2014 (GA ČR).

A member of the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) research team (since 2009).

T. Hájek: Mineral nutrient economy in Sphagnum mosses. 2005–2007 (GA AV ČR).