Dostál Petr
Researcher
+420271015262
petr.dostal@ibot.cas.cz
I am a plant community ecologist. I am interested in how biotic interactions determine the abundance and distribution of native and exotic plant populations. In my current research, I use the framework of modern coexistence theory (sensu Chesson 2000) to explore competitive outcomes of interacting plants. I investigate how environmental contexts and trait evolution modify equalizing and stabilizing processes, and thus coexistence of interacting species.
Expertise
Plant competition
Plant invasions
Plant-soil feedback
Experimental plant ecology
Education
2005 PhD in Botany – Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, CZ
Employment
Since 2002 Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ
Selected publications
Dostál P. 2023. Fitness and niche differences are both important in explaining responses of plant diversity to nutrient addition. Ecology, 104, 1 – 14.
Dostál P. 2022. Evolution of plasticity prevents postinvasion extinction of a native forb. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 119, 1 – 7.
Klinerová T., Dostál P. 2020. Nutrient-demanding species face less negative competition and plant–soil feedback effects in a nutrient-rich environment. New Phytologist, 225, 1343–1354.
Dostál P. et al. 2013. Central European plant species from more productive habitats are more invasive at a global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 64–72.
Dostál P. et al. 2013. The impact of an invasive plant changes over time. Ecology Letters, 16, 1277–1284.
Publications