List of working possibilities and projects for Erasmus+ practice mobility
students
Place: Department of Genetics and Physiology of Forest Trees
Topics and specification:
- Laboratory work: physiology of forest tree species: water regime and related morphological
parameters in forest tree species.
- Laboratory work: molecular markers in population genetic studies.
- Field work: forest tree breeding: seed orchards and progeny testing.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: up to 2
Contact person: Milan Lstibůrek (lstiburek@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Forest Ecology
Topics and specification:
- Regeneration dynamics in mountain spruce forest following bark beetle outbreak.
- Structure and dynamics of the primary forests in the Eastern Europe.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: 1
Contact person: Miroslav Svoboda (svobodam@fld.czu.cz )
Topics and specification:
- In vitro micropropagation of the ornamental plant Disanthus cercidifolius.
- In vitro micropropagatiun of Acer pseudoplatanus.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students:
Contact person: Jan Vítámvás (vitamvas@fld.czu.cz )
Topics and specification:
- Germination and mortality of Norway spruce on lying logs.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: 1
Contact person: Radek Bače (bace@fld.czu.cz )
Topics and specification:
- Effects of local landscape structure upon forest plant diversity at the plot scale.
- Differing roles of soil cations, soil phosphorus and available light in species-rich forest communities.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: 1
Contact person: Tomáš Černý (cernyt@fld.czu.cz )
Topics and specification:
- Vegetation in the city - problems of maintenance.
- Growth of the vegetation in the reclamation area Sokolov region.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: 1
Contact person: Vladimír Janeček (janecekv@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Forest Management
Topics and specification:
- Comparison of Spatial Constraint Algorithms in Harvest Scheduling.
- Evaluation the Effect of Different Type of Harvest Flow Constraints.
- Comparing of heuristic methods and exact methods for using in harvest scheduling, using
mathematical and computer programming, optimization software and heuristic approaches.
- Dynamic Programming methods for thinning optimization, working with individual tree growth
simulator (software SIBYLA).
- Remote sensing with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Acquisition and processing 3D
photogrammetric clouds and model construction, working on photogrammetric methods.
- - Software development for smart devices: Development of measurement apps for smart devices
for Android, iOS or Windows Phone.
Period: Minimum 2 months (August – October)
Number of students: up to 3
Contact person: Peter Surový (surovy@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Forest Protection and Entomology
Topics and specification:
Phytophatology:
- Study of mycorrhizal circumstances (drought, nature…)
Entomology:
- Structure, onthogeny and evolution of exocrine glands of wood-boring insects
- Biology, chemical ecology and phylogeny of termites
- Microbial communities associated with wood-boring insects
- Bionomics of bark beetles (flight activity, sex ratio…)
- Natural enemies of forest pets (bark beetles, gypsy moth…)
Pathology:
- Pathogens of bark beetles and their influence on host
- Morphometry of selected pathogens
Disturbances:
- Risk assessment of forest stands damage by wind: development and verification of the nation
forecast model
Topics of field or laboratory works depend also on period of students visit.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: up to 2
Contact person: Jaroslav Holuša (holusa@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology
Topics and specification:
- Determining the microhabitat selection of wild boar, red deer, and sika deer marked with GPS
collars (basic knowledge of ArcGIS, GPS devices, and R software is desired).
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: up to 2
Contact person: Miloš Ježek (jezekm@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Silviculture (partially in Prague and Kostelec n.Č.l.)
Topics and specification:
- Analyses of structure and dynamics of forest ecosystems with differentiated management
intensity regarding selective forests, monocultures, introduced tree species.
- Research plots and research plantations maintaining and management (care, measurements,
evaluation).
- Greenhouse care.
- Seed laboratory experiments.
- Forest plantation physiology.
- Soil data evaluation.
Period: Minimum 2 months (August – October)
Number of students: up to 3
Contact person: Vilém Podrázský (podrazsky@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Wood Processing
Topics and specification:
- Determination of physical-mechanical properties of wood species from the purpose forests,
situated on reclaimed and revitalized areas, with the prediction of their industrial use.
- Development of new materials based on wood and non-wood components.
- Analyzing the creep of thermally treated wood with a view to marginal possibilities of its
structural use.
- Properties and utilization of thermally modified wood - Thermo-Wood.
Period: Minimum 2 months 3-5 months
Number of students: up to 2
Contact person: Milan Gaff (gaffmilan@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Department of Wood Products and Wood Constructions
Topics and specification:
- Estimation and improvement of adhesives properties by nanoparticles modifications.
- Measurement of sorption efficiency of bio-based.
Period: Minimum 2 months
Number of students: up to 2
Contact person: Jan Bomba (bomba@fld.czu.cz )
Place: Arboretum at Kostelec nad Černými lesy
Topics and specification:
- Arboretum maintenance works, care of introduced trees and shrubs, their protection, planting,
replanting, etc.
- Participation in research works related to introduced species of trees and shrubs from 5
continents in the area of Central Europe.
Period: Minimum 2 months (spring and summer season)
Number of students: up to 3
Contact persons: Petr Šenfeld (senfeld@fld.czu.cz ) or Václav Bažant (bazant@fld.czu.cz ),