Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) production is expanding in subtropical environments where heat and irregular rainfall constrain yield. This study investigated how seasonal water input patterns and dry spells affect potato growth, yield, and quality when high temperatures occur early and late in the season. We conducted a three-year field experiment in Gujarat (India) in which we compared two irrigation quantities (full, maintai...

Forests serve as key ecosystems for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. The achievement of ambitious biodiversity targets, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy’s target of strictly protecting 10% of the EU’s land area, requires the systematic identification of key forest areas for protection. However, clear guidance on selecting such forests is lacking. In this study, we address this issue by developing fo...

Topo-bathymetric LiDAR has become a standard 3D geodata acquisition technique in geosciences with a wide range of applications in terrestrial and aquatic landscapes. In particular, the usage of short laser pulses with medium-sized footprints for bathymetric applications has seen growing attention over the past decade. These LiDAR configurations have shown higher relative changes in echo pulse width in relation to angle of inci...

Using pikeperch ( Sander lucioperca ) as a model species, we investigated the factors influencing fluctuations in the abundance of piscivorous intra‐annual cohorts and assessed the role of three distinct cohorts: extremely small (ES), ordinary (or mid‐sized) fingerlings, and piscivorous in shaping year‐class strength. Our analysis was based on 13 years of data (2003–2024) collected in the Lipno Reservoir, Czechia. Using LASSO...

Silurus glanis is considered a top-priority invasive fish out of its natural range, being recorded in Italian basins since the 1950s. In few decades, S. glanis expanded its distribution along the main Italian basins, picturing a scenario of invasion success. Its invasion success was here analysed throughout the assessment of the genetic variability detected in 15 populations of S. glanis collected from four Italian basins alon...

A new seismic hazard map for the Czech Republic has been calculated using a probabilistic approach. Detailed and carefully verified catalogue of seismic events was compiled. The model of seismic sources contains also local active faults and active fault areas that are not present in European seismic hazard models, but significantly increase the seismic hazard in their surroundings. Peak ground acceleration (PGA) and spectral a...