Biotopes of bromeliads observed in three national parks situated in south-eastern Brazil are described. Epiphytic and terres - trial species from tropical rainforests and cloud forests, together referred to as Mata atlântica, are pictured. An interesting story about a very popular cultivated variety Neo - regelia cv. Fireball is also mentioned. and Miloslav Studnička.
Czech botanists have studied the vegetation of Northern Biljefjorden (Central Spitsbergen) since 2007. Their activities include vegetation mapping of the whole area (repeated also after 70 years), assessment of vegetation development in deglaciated areas and analysis of clonal growth forms. and Jitka Klimešová, Karel Prach.
This classic area of Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy provided a number of ecological and paleoenvironmental observations during the last decade. Comparative studies of spontaneous successions in abandoned quarries demonstrated that natural processes provide their optimum revitalization. New archaeological records, paleozoological evidence from caves and the discovery of a Late Bronze Age hillfort confirmed that the high biodiversity of this landscape has resulted from a harmonious interaction of natural processes with human activities since the 5th millennium BC. and Vojen Ložek.
Two families of carnivorous plants have been described by Czech botanists: Byblidaceae Domin 1922 and Drosophyllaceae Chrtek, Slavíková and Studnička 1989. A history of the descriptions and some basic and interesting information about these families are presented. and Adam Veleba.