Research activities Ongoing grant projects: »ALARM: Assessing large-scale environmental risks with tested methods (EU 6FP Integrated Project, GOCE-CT 506675, 2004-2008) »DAISIE: Delivering alien invasive species inventories for Europe (EU 6FP STREP Project, 2005-2007) »Central European flora as a source of worldwide invasions (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2003-2005) »Comparative ecology of generative reproduction of alien plants (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, cooperation, 2004-2006) Recent grant projects: »Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) a pernicious invasive weed: Developing a sustainable strategy for alien invasive plant management in Europe (EU 5FP, EVK2-CT-2001-00128, 2002-2005) »The catalogue of alien species of the Czech Republic (funded by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 1999–2001) »Weed communities as sources of invasive alien plants: a GIS analysis (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2000–2002) »Biological, ecological and genetical study of invasive Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) species in the Czech Republic (cooperation, Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 1998–2001) »Determinants of succession in human-made habitats: species pool vs. site conditions (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2002-2004)