Academic CentreLaboratory of Geobotany
Address: Jelgavas street 1, Rīga, LV-1004, Latvija
e-pasts: liene.aunina@lu.lv
Head of the laboratory: Dr.biol. Liene Auniņa
The Geobotany Laboratory was established on April 17, 2007 with the aim of establishing a Latvian vegetation research center.
The research direction of the laboratory is related to 1) description and classification of Latvian plant and plant communities, as well as the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the structure, distribution and development of these communities, 2) research and modeling of factors influencing the distribution of rare plant species.
The origins of geobotany in Latvia can be traced back to the 1950s, when the study of Latvian vegetation was started at the Institute of Biology of the University of Latvia.
We are always open to international cooperation in the above-mentioned research directions.
Projects
Biological diversity – impacts, functions and protection. University of Latvia, 2016-2018.
ESF project "Interdisciplinary group of young scientists for research, sustainable use and protection of Latvian bogs and their resources (PuReST)” Nr. 2013/0060/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/041 (Dr.. Gunta Spriņģe, 1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/044); 2013.-2015.
Latvijas Veģetācija
The beginnings of the collection of articles "Latvijas Veģetācija" (Latvian Vegetation) can be found in the Laboratory of Biogeography of the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Latvia, later - in the Institute of Biology of the University of Latvia, led by prof. Māris Laiviņš and since 2015 - LVMI Silava. Currently, the collection of articles is under the auspices of the Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava". You can also get acquainted with the publications in the collection of articles in web. Please see there.
APOLINARSKA, K., OBREMSKA, M., AUNIŅA, L., GALKA, M. 2018. Response of the aquatic plants and mollusc communities in Lake Kojle (central Europe) to climatic changes between 250 BCE and 1550 CE. Aquatic Botany, 148, 35-45. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377017302449
MEŽAKA, A., PRIEDE, A., DOBKEVIČA, L., BADER, M.Y . 2018. Environmental controls of raised-bog vegetation in the Baltic boreo-nemoral zone. Folia Geobotanica, 53 (1), pp 1–15.
MEZAKA, A., AUNINA, L., BAMBE B., KUKARE, I., KLUSA, J., LIEPINA, L., OPMANIS, A., OLEHNOVICA, E., PAKALNE, M., STRAZDINA, L. 2018. Bryophytes in the southern part of Lielie Kangari nature reserve, Central Latvia. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis. 18 (2):243-253.
GAŁKA, M., AUNINA, L., FEURDEAN, A., HUTCHINSON, S., KOŁACZEK, P. and APOLINARSKA, K., 2017. Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 473, pp. 57-72.
PETERKA, T., HÁJEK, M., JIROUŠEK, M., JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, B., AUNINA, L., BERGAMINI, A., DÍTĚ, D., FELBABA-KLUSHYNA, L., GRAF, U., HÁJKOVÁ, P., HETTENBERGEROVÁ, E., IVCHENKO, T.G., JANSEN, F., KOROLEVA, N.E., LAPSHINA, E.D., LAZAREVIĆ, P.M., MOEN, A., NAPREENKO, M.G., PAWLIKOWSKI, P., PLESKOVÁ, Z., SEKULOVÁ, L., SMAGIN, V.A., TAHVANAINEN, T., THIELE, A., BIŢǍ-NICOLAE, C., BIURRUN, I., BRISSE, H., ĆUŠTEREVSKA, R., DE BIE, E., EWALD, J., FITZPATRICK, Ú., FONT, X., JANDT, U., KĄCKI, Z., KUZEMKO, A., LANDUCCI, F., MOESLUND, J.E., PÉREZ-HAASE, A., RAŠOMAVIČIUS, V., RODWELL, J.S., SCHAMINÉE, J.H.J., ŠILC, U., STANČIĆ, Z. and CHYTRÝ, M., 2017. Formalized classification of European fen vegetation at the alliance level. Applied Vegetation Science, 20(1), pp. 124-142.
GALKA, M., AUNIŅA, L., TOBOLSKI, K. and FEURDEAN, A., 2016. Development of Rich Fen on the SE Baltic Coast, Latvia, during the Last 7500 Years, Using Paleoecological Proxies: Implications for Plant Community Development and Paleoclimatic Research. Wetlands, pp.1-15.
AUNIŅA, L. and AUNIŅŠ, A., 2015. Limiting climatic actors and habitats of Erica tetralix at the eastern edge of its distribution range. Nordic Journal of Botany, 33(5), pp. 624-632.
LANDUCCI, F., ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, M., ŠUMBEROVÁ, K., CHYTRÝ, M., AUNINA, L., BIŢĂ-NICOLAE, C., . . . WILLNER, W. 2015. WetVegEurope: A database of aquatic and wetland vegetation of europe. Phytocoenologia, 45(1-2), 187-194. doi:10.1127/phyto/2015/0050
JIMENEZ-ALFARO, B.,HAJEK, M., EJNAES, R., RODWELL, J., PAWLIKOWSKI, P., WEEDA, EJ., LAITINEN, J., MOEN, A., BERGAMINI, A., AUNINA, L., SEKULOVA, L., TAHVANAINEN, T., GILLET, F., JANDT, U., DITE, D., HAJKOVA, P., CORRIOL,, G. KONDELIN, H. and DIAZ, T.E. 2014. Biogeographic patterns of base-rich fen vegetation across Europe. Applied vegetation science, 17(2), pp. 367-380.
LAIVINS, M., ČEKSTERE, G., MEDENE, A. and DONIS, J., 2014. Structure and dynamics of oligomesic dry pine forests in land zones of the Lake Engure Catchment Area. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences, 68(1-2), pp. 80-92.
MEDENE, A. 2013. Biodiversity of Forest stand in Catcment area of the like Engure, Acta BIologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis, 13(1), pp. 63-68.
RŪSIŅA, S., PUŠPURE, I. and GUSTIŅA, L. 2013. Diversity patterns in transitional grassland areas in floodplain landscapes with different heterogeneity. Tuexenia, 33, pp. 347-369.
CEKSTERE, G., LAIVINS, M. and OSVALDE, A. 2013. Destruction of young Fraxinus excelsior L. stands and mineral nutrition status in Latvia, a pilot study. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis, 13(1), pp 31-43.