Martin Bouda
@boudalab.bsky.social
I work on the hydrodynamics of plants and their environment, the role of drought in plant evolution.
Jun. Prof. of Plant Ecophysiology
University of Hohenheim
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
He/him/his
Jun. Prof. of Plant Ecophysiology
University of Hohenheim
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
He/him/his
#FossilFriday
Five-lobed strand of water-conducting tissue in the ~400 million year old stem of Gothanophyton, being welcomed into the digital age today at Uni Münster.
Massive thanks to Benjamin Bomfleur for doing everything to make this possible and being a wonderful host!
Five-lobed strand of water-conducting tissue in the ~400 million year old stem of Gothanophyton, being welcomed into the digital age today at Uni Münster.
Massive thanks to Benjamin Bomfleur for doing everything to make this possible and being a wonderful host!
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#FossilFriday
Five-lobed strand of water-conducting tissue in the ~400 million year old stem of Gothanophyton, being welcomed into the digital age today at Uni Münster.
Massive thanks to Benjamin Bomfleur for doing everything to make this possible and being a wonderful host!
Five-lobed strand of water-conducting tissue in the ~400 million year old stem of Gothanophyton, being welcomed into the digital age today at Uni Münster.
Massive thanks to Benjamin Bomfleur for doing everything to make this possible and being a wonderful host!
First images from our #HydroScale Průhonice site show a cluster of beech roots growing at a depth of 1.2m!
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
First images from our #HydroScale Průhonice site show a cluster of beech roots growing at a depth of 1.2m!
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
Michal Man there, using the new device to #GoBelowground. We may need to come up with a new name for it--doesn't feel like a "mini" rhizotron.
This was our office for the day with Jirka Bednařík as we tried out a couple new ways to drill minirhizotron holes.
It's good news for the caprecaillie and bad news for us: the petrol auger was more of a hazard than a use. Quieter methods worked better.
It's good news for the caprecaillie and bad news for us: the petrol auger was more of a hazard than a use. Quieter methods worked better.
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This was our office for the day with Jirka Bednařík as we tried out a couple new ways to drill minirhizotron holes.
It's good news for the caprecaillie and bad news for us: the petrol auger was more of a hazard than a use. Quieter methods worked better.
It's good news for the caprecaillie and bad news for us: the petrol auger was more of a hazard than a use. Quieter methods worked better.
If you're at #EGU25 this week and interested in #recovery after #drought , check out Qi Liu's presentation on Wednesday at 16:15 in BG3.10.
He will be discussing surprising evidence that transpiration of our beech stand was limited by #xylem insufficiency following the 2018-19 European drought.
He will be discussing surprising evidence that transpiration of our beech stand was limited by #xylem insufficiency following the 2018-19 European drought.
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
And here is yesterday's work on the rockier substrate of our old beech stand in Průhonice.
The soil cores coming out were the only warm thing around. 🥶
The soil cores coming out were the only warm thing around. 🥶
November 14, 2024 at 9:05 PM
And here is yesterday's work on the rockier substrate of our old beech stand in Průhonice.
The soil cores coming out were the only warm thing around. 🥶
The soil cores coming out were the only warm thing around. 🥶
The HydroScale project team braved the first snow of the season during minirhizotron installation in the open, post-disturbance stand just off Rokytská slať today.
The ground is soft there so we drill by hand. How deep can we go?
The ground is soft there so we drill by hand. How deep can we go?
November 14, 2024 at 8:54 PM
The HydroScale project team braved the first snow of the season during minirhizotron installation in the open, post-disturbance stand just off Rokytská slať today.
The ground is soft there so we drill by hand. How deep can we go?
The ground is soft there so we drill by hand. How deep can we go?
Please help me spread the word:
I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on belowground forest drought ecophysiology.
The job will feature fieldwork in some of the largest unmanaged ecosystems in Central Europe and lots of cool science.
The full job details are here:
www.egu.eu/jobs/5658/
I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on belowground forest drought ecophysiology.
The job will feature fieldwork in some of the largest unmanaged ecosystems in Central Europe and lots of cool science.
The full job details are here:
www.egu.eu/jobs/5658/
January 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Please help me spread the word:
I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on belowground forest drought ecophysiology.
The job will feature fieldwork in some of the largest unmanaged ecosystems in Central Europe and lots of cool science.
The full job details are here:
www.egu.eu/jobs/5658/
I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on belowground forest drought ecophysiology.
The job will feature fieldwork in some of the largest unmanaged ecosystems in Central Europe and lots of cool science.
The full job details are here:
www.egu.eu/jobs/5658/
The abstract deadline for #EGU24 is this Wednesday at 1PM CET.
If you work on those crucial belowground processes that drive Soil-Plant Interactions, please consider submitting your contribution to our session:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
If you work on those crucial belowground processes that drive Soil-Plant Interactions, please consider submitting your contribution to our session:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
January 8, 2024 at 3:04 PM
The abstract deadline for #EGU24 is this Wednesday at 1PM CET.
If you work on those crucial belowground processes that drive Soil-Plant Interactions, please consider submitting your contribution to our session:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
If you work on those crucial belowground processes that drive Soil-Plant Interactions, please consider submitting your contribution to our session:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
I'm officially the proud #NewPI of the project "Mechanistic scaling of soil-plant hydrodynamics in the Earth System" funded by the Czech Science Foundation.
We'll be building on existing field sites and past model development to nail down how root functioning affects key land-atmosphere fluxes.
We'll be building on existing field sites and past model development to nail down how root functioning affects key land-atmosphere fluxes.
November 30, 2023 at 12:24 PM
I'm officially the proud #NewPI of the project "Mechanistic scaling of soil-plant hydrodynamics in the Earth System" funded by the Czech Science Foundation.
We'll be building on existing field sites and past model development to nail down how root functioning affects key land-atmosphere fluxes.
We'll be building on existing field sites and past model development to nail down how root functioning affects key land-atmosphere fluxes.
We are once again convening the:
🚨 #Soil-#Plant Interactions session at #EGU24 🚨
Please help spread the word by reposting & come share your work with us!
Submit your abstract by Dec. 1 to apply for travel support or by Jan. 10, here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
🚨 #Soil-#Plant Interactions session at #EGU24 🚨
Please help spread the word by reposting & come share your work with us!
Submit your abstract by Dec. 1 to apply for travel support or by Jan. 10, here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
November 22, 2023 at 3:47 PM
We are once again convening the:
🚨 #Soil-#Plant Interactions session at #EGU24 🚨
Please help spread the word by reposting & come share your work with us!
Submit your abstract by Dec. 1 to apply for travel support or by Jan. 10, here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
🚨 #Soil-#Plant Interactions session at #EGU24 🚨
Please help spread the word by reposting & come share your work with us!
Submit your abstract by Dec. 1 to apply for travel support or by Jan. 10, here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessio...
The abstract deadline for next year's Root Reseach symposium is this coming Tuesday!
I'm pretty excited for the strong line-up of soil-plant hydrodynamics folks to learn from at this one, but the focus will be much broader.
www.12-isrr-2024.de/index.html
I'm pretty excited for the strong line-up of soil-plant hydrodynamics folks to learn from at this one, but the focus will be much broader.
www.12-isrr-2024.de/index.html
October 27, 2023 at 7:56 AM
The abstract deadline for next year's Root Reseach symposium is this coming Tuesday!
I'm pretty excited for the strong line-up of soil-plant hydrodynamics folks to learn from at this one, but the focus will be much broader.
www.12-isrr-2024.de/index.html
I'm pretty excited for the strong line-up of soil-plant hydrodynamics folks to learn from at this one, but the focus will be much broader.
www.12-isrr-2024.de/index.html
It was a great pleasure yesterday to visit Institute of Hydrodynamics field sites and plan adding long-term measurements to gauge vegetation functioning within the broader water cycle.
October 20, 2023 at 11:09 AM
It was a great pleasure yesterday to visit Institute of Hydrodynamics field sites and plan adding long-term measurements to gauge vegetation functioning within the broader water cycle.