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Veronika Jílková

Veronika Jílková

Born 8. 8. 1986

Scientist

Soil & Water Research Infrastructure

  • Biology Centre CAS
  • Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice
  • Czech Republic

Areas of expertise: Soil chemistry – quantification of organic matter (loss of ignition), humic acids, soil fractionation, total, water-soluble and hot-water-soluble C and N, stable isotopes of C and N, total and available P, basic cations, ammonia and nitrate, carbon dioxide and methane flux Soil microbiology – basal and substrate-induced (SIR) soil respiration, microbial biomass (fumigation-extraction), ergosterol, phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA), catalyzed reporter deposition–fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH), ectomycorrhizal morphotype determination, DNA isolation and amplification Instruments – UV/VIS spectrophotometer, atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS), liquid C and N analyzer (TOC/TN), gas chromatograph, liquid chromatograph (HPLC-UV), Kjeldahl analyzer, infrared gas analyzer (LI-COR)

Education and Academic Positions

  • 2015 – present Institute of Soil Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Focus: soil chemistry and microbiology, organic matter dynamics Funding: Czech Academy of Sciences (Programme of Perspective Human Resources Support)
  • 2011 – 2015 PhD., Programme STARS, Environmental Sciences, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2007 – 2015 Institute of Soil Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Focus: soil zoology, chemistry and microbiology
  • 2008 – 2011 M.Sc., Ecology of Animals, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
  • 2005 – 2008 B.Sc., Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Scientific Activities

List of 10 most important publications with the highest IF
  • Frouz J, Jílková V (2008) The effect of ants on soil properties and processes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecol News 11: 191-199. IF 2.386
  • Jílková V, Matějíček L, Frouz J (2011) Changes in the pH and other soil chemical parameters in soil surrounding wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests. Eur J Soil Biol 47: 72-76. IF 1.951
  • Chlumský J, Koutecký P, Jílková V, Štech M (2013) Roles of species-preferential seed dispersal by ants and endozoochory in Melampyrum (Orobanchaceae). J Plant Ecol 6: 232-239. IF 1.769
  • Frouz J, Jílková V, Cajthaml T, Pižl V, et al. (2013) Soil biota in post-mining sites along a climatic gradient in the USA: Simple communities in shortgrass prairie recover faster than complex communities in tallgrass prairie and forest. Soil Biol Biochem 67: 212-225. IF 4.152
  • Jílková V, Frouz J (2014) Contribution of ant and microbial respiration to CO2 emission from wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests. Eur J Soil Biol 60: 44-48. IF 1.951
  • Jílková V, Picek T, Frouz J (2015) Seasonal changes in methane and carbon dioxide flux in wood ant (Formica aquilonia) nests and the surrounding forest soil. Pedobiologia 58: 7-12. IF 1.535
  • Jílková V, Cajthaml T, Frouz J (2015) Respiration in wood ant (Formica aquilonia) nests as affected by altitudinal and seasonal changes in temperature. Soil Biol Biochem 86: 50-57. IF 4.152
  • Jílková V, Frouz J, Mudrák O, Vohník M (2015) Effects of nutrient-rich substrate and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis on spruce seedling biomass in abandoned nests of the wood ant (Formica polyctena): a laboratory experiment. Geoderma 259-260: 56-61. IF 2.855
  • Jílková V, Frouz J, Cajthaml T, Bonkowski M (2015) The role of bacteria and protists in nitrogen turnover in ant nest and forest floor material: a laboratory experiment. Eur J Soil Biol 69: 66-73. IF 1.951
  • Frouz J, Toyota A, Mudrák O, Jílková V, Filipová A, Cajthaml T (2016) Effects of soil substrate quality, microbial diversity and community composition on the plant community during primary succession. Soil Biol Biochem 99: 75-84. IF 4.152

Awards

  • Programme STARS (Supporting Talented PhD Research Students) at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2011)
  • Dean’s Prize for Ph.D. thesis (2015)
  • First prize for poster (Jílková V, Frouz J: Changes in soil chemistry in the surroundings of wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests), SymBioSE, Basel, Switzerland (2011)
  • H-index: 5
  • Number of publications: 12
  • Sum of Times Cited without self-citations: 65
List of 5 most important publications from the years 2010-2016 with IF and number of citations (WoS, without autocitations) which correspond to SoWa research:
  • Jílková V, Matějíček L, Frouz J (2011) Changes in the pH and other soil chemical parameters in soil surrounding wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests. Eur J Soil Biol 47: 72-76. IF 1.951, 4 citations
  • Frouz J, Jílková V, Cajthaml T, Pižl V, et al. (2013) Soil biota in post-mining sites along a climatic gradient in the USA: Simple communities in shortgrass prairie recover faster than complex communities in tallgrass prairie and forest. Soil Biol Biochem 67: 212-225. IF 4.152, 4 citations
  • Jílková V, Frouz J (2014) Contribution of ant and microbial respiration to CO2 emission from wood ant (Formica polyctena) nests. Eur J Soil Biol 60: 44-48. IF 1.951, 5 citations
  • Jílková V, Cajthaml T, Frouz J (2015) Respiration in wood ant (Formica aquilonia) nests as affected by altitudinal and seasonal changes in temperature. Soil Biol Biochem 86: 50-57. IF 4.152, 1 citation
  • Jílková V, Frouz J, Mudrák O, Vohník M (2015) Effects of nutrient-rich substrate and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis on spruce seedling biomass in abandoned nests of the wood ant (Formica polyctena): a laboratory experiment. Geoderma 259-260: 56-61. IF 2.855, 1 citation
List of most important grants in the years 2010-2016 which correspond to SoWa research:
  • GA JU 164/2010/P (co-author, Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia, 2010, 4000 EUR (100,000 CZK)) Dispersal possibilities and adaptations for myrmecochory in the genus Melampyrum.
  • GA UK No. 574213 (first author, Grant Agency of the Charles University in Prague, 2013-2014, 15,000 EUR (413,000 CZK)) Budget of greenhouse gases in wood ant (Formica s. str.) nests and its dependence on environmental characteristics.

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21/02/2020

Role of Soil Organisms in Modification of their Environment, Nutrient Cycling and Soil Formation

Professor Jan Frouz and Veronika Jílková are editing special issue of MDPI open access journal Soil Systems: "Role of Soil Organisms in...

07/01/2019

Microbial communities in local and transplanted soils along a latitudinal gradient

A field transplantation experiment was used in this study to investigate the effects of substrate and climatic conditions on basal soil...

19/10/2018

No difference in ectomycorrhizal morphotype composition between abandoned and inhabited nests of wood ants (Formica polyctena) in a central European spruce forest

Coniferous forest soils are limited in nitrogen and phosphorus which hinders tree growth. However, trees can alleviate this limitation by symbiotic...

13/08/2018

Půdní DESATERO pro velké i malé hospodáře

Půda je základem našeho životního prostředí. Je nezbytná nejen pro člověka, rostlinstvo a půdní živočichy, ale také v krajině...