RNDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D.

Education and work experience
- Faculty of Science, Charles University (researcher 2019 - 2024, since 2024 assistant professor)
- Landscape Research Institute (researcher)
- Prague 10 (municipal assembly member)
- Bavarian Forest NP (5 months internship, 2018)
- Atelier L (analyst in spatial planning, 2016 - 2020)
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Doctoral and master degree (Ph.D., RNDr., Mgr.), Physical Geography and Geoecology
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Master degree (Mgr.), Social Geography and Regional Development
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Bachelor degree (Bc.), History
Research Interest
Landscape ecology, biogeography, nature conservation: landscape dynamics, land cover and land use change, habitat suitability modelling, anthropogenic pressures on landscape, prioritization in spatial nature conservation
Regular Courses
- Data, methods and techniques of landscape studies (MZ340K02)
- Dynamism of landscape and landscape structures (MZ340K14)
- Landscape planning (MZ330P443)
- Nature and landscape protection (MZ330P126)
Selected Publications
JANÍK, T, ZÝKA, V., DEMKOVÁ, K., HAVLÍČEK, M., BOROVEC, R., LICHOVÁ, A., MRKVOVÁ, B., ROMPORTL, D. (2024): Anthropogenic pressure in Czech protected areas over the last 60 years: A concerning increase. Landscape and Urban Planning, 250, 105146.
JANÍK, T., ROMPORTL, D., KŘENOVÁ, Z. (2024): Applying landscape ecological principles in comprehensive landscape protection: Šumava National Park as a case study. Nature Conservation, 55, 297–320.
JANÍK, T., SKOKANOVÁ, H., HAVLÍČEK, M., BOROVEC, R., ROMPORTL, D. (2024): Landscape changes in Czech large protected areas 1950–2020: Two different landscapes types on the same path. Journal for Nature Conservation, 81, 126705.
JANÍK, T., ROMPORTL, D. (2024): Změny krajiny v chráněných územích v posledních 70 letech. Ochrana přírody, 79, 3, 20–24.
BLUHM, H., DISERENS, T., ENGLEDER, T., HEISING, K., JANÍK, T., JIRKŮ, M., KÖNIG, H. J., KOWALCZYK, R., KUIJPER, D., MAŚLANKO, W., MICHLER, F., NEUMANN, W., OESER, J., OLECH, W., PERZANOWSKI, K., RATKIEWICZ, M., ROMPORTL, D., ŠÁLEK, M., KUEMMERLE, T. (2023): Widespread habitat for Europe’s largest herbivores, but poor connectivity limits recolonization. Diversity and Distribution, 29, 3, 423–437.
JANÍK, T., ROMPORTL, D. (2023): Prioritization of spatial protection of Šumava National Park, Czechia: comparing reality and the model. Journal of Maps, 19, 1.
JANÍK, T., ZÝKA, V., BOROVEC, R., DEMKOVÁ, K., HAVLÍČEK, M., HOUŠKA, J., LICHOVÁ, A., MRKVOVÁ, B., SIMERSKÁ, D., SKOKANOVÁ, H., STEHNO, J., ROMPORTL, D. (2023): Atlas změn krajiny ve velkoplošných zvláště chráněných územích 1950−2020. Výzkumný ústav Silva Taroucy pro krajinu a okrasné zahradnictví, v. v. i., Průhonice. 132 s. ISBN 978-80-87674-51-2.
JANÍK, T., ROMPORTL, D., KŘENOVÁ, Z. (2023): Národní parky jako ostrůvky divočiny. Geografické rozhledy, 33, 2, 4–7.
KŘENOVÁ, Z., JANÍK, T., ROMPORTL, D. (2022): One Park, Two Owners - Inconsistencies in Forest Stewardship. Conservation Science and Practice, 4, 12, e12834.
JANÍK, T., BIČÍK, I., KUPKOVÁ, L. (2022): Transformation of Czech cultural landscapes over the past two centuries: typology based on model areas. Geografie, 127, 3, 241–269.
LIPSKÝ, Z., KUPKOVÁ, L., CHROMÝ, P., KUČERA, Z., BRŮHA, L., JANÍK, T., POTŮČKOVÁ, M., ŠTEFANOVÁ, E. (2022): Lost landscapes in the territory of Czechia. Zprávy památkové péče, 82, 4, 496–508.
JANÍK, T. (2022): Od mozaiky k lánu. Přírodovědci.cz, 11, 2, 20–21.
JANÍK, T., PETERS, W., ŠÁLEK, M., ROMPORTL, D., JIRKŮ, M., ENGLEDER, T., ERNST, M., NEUDERT, J., HEURICH, M. (2021): The declining occurrence of moose (Alces alces) at the southernmost edge of its range raise conservation concerns. Ecology and Evolution, 11.
JANÍK, T., SKOKANOVÁ, H., BOROVEC, R., ROMPORTL, D. (2021): Landscape changes of rural protected landscape areas in Czechia: from arable land to permanent grassland – from old to new unification? Journal of Landscape Ecology, 14, 3, 88–109.
JANÍK, T. (2020): Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks: on the way to transboundary wildlife management and conservation? Silva Gabreta, 26, 51–63.
JANÍK, T., ZÝKA, V., SKOKANOVÁ, H., BOROVEC, R., DEMKOVÁ, K., HAVLÍČEK, M., CHUMANOVÁ, E., HOUŠKA, J., ROMPORTL, D. (2020): Landscape development in the Krkonoše Mts. From foundation of the Krkonoše Mts National Park till present. Opera Corcontica, 57, 65–76.
- ORCID ID:
- 0000000201119754
- ResearcherID:
- A18152017
- Scopus Author ID:
- 57194518173