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FFWT launches unique data collection on forest ecosystem…

The Department of Forest Ecology at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University in Brno (FFWT MENDELU), in cooperation with the Masaryk Forest Training Enterprise at Křtiny (ŠLP Křtiny), has launched monitoring of selected close-to-nature forest management models. Real-time data collection is being carried out using modern technologies and methods. Thanks to collaboration…

23. 5. 2025

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Scientists aim to determine which tree species have the most significant…

An international team studying the growth of 223 tree species across 160 experimental forests worldwide has found that conservative tree species—efficiently conserving resources such as nutrients, water, and energy—tend to grow faster under natural…

16. 4. 2025
Pigeons’ behaviour and habits in Brno: Research by the Faculty of Forestry and…

The Department of Forest Conservation and Wildlife Management at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (FFWT) has been conducting research on urban wildlife for more than two years. One part of the research focuses on wild pigeons,…

26. 3. 2025
The distribution of pesticides in the landscape is influenced by land…

Researchers from the Department of forest ecology and the Department of forest conservation and wildlife management at the Faculty of forestry and wood technology, Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU), have investigated the complex interplay between…

17. 12. 2024
FFWT MENDELU Helps Date Wooden Churches in Ukraine

The Department of Wood Science and Wood Technology at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU) collaborates with colleagues at museums in Uzhhorod and Ivano-Frankivsk to date wooden churches located in the…

23. 10. 2024
LDF MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise hosted the first summer school of…

The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (LDF) MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise hosted the first Summer School of the Horizon Europe project EXCELLENTIA, focused on forest ecosystem research and structural changes in sustainable research…

21. 10. 2024
Post-planting care proves to be crucial for tree survival in cities

Students and academics involved in the Arboriculture study programme at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU) have inspected around six thousand trees in urban areas and across landscapes throughout the…

20. 8. 2024
FFWT MENDELU is part of BiodivRestore, a new pan-European knowledge hub for…

Thomas Jung, an expert in the diversity, ecology, and evolution of Phytophthora tree pathogens from the Department of Forest Conservation and Wildlife Management at FFWT MENDELU, has accepted an invitation from Biodiversa+ partners to join the…

26. 7. 2024
Aspen could play a significant role in forest adaptation to climate change

An international team of forestry scientists, led by experts from the FFWT MENDELU, have conducted a study focusing on the common (Eurasian) aspen (Populus tremula), a tree species once abundant in Central European forests but now overlooked. In…

15. 5. 2024
Scientific team led by FFWT MENDELU experts describes 43 new species of tree…

An international scientific team led by Thomas Jung has discovered and described more than forty previously unknown species of pathogens from the genus Phytophthora which parasitize the root systems of trees. These findings are the results of a six…

25. 4. 2024

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