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Jamrichova, E., Petr, L., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Jankovska, V., Dudova, L., Pokorný, P., Kolaczek, P., Zernitskaya, V., Čierniková, M., Brizová, E., Syrovatka, V., Hájková, P., Hájek, M. (2017). Pollen‐inferred millennial changes in landscape patterns at a major biogeographical interface within Europe. Journal of Biogeography, 44(10), 2386-2397.

Gálová, A., Hájková, P., Čierniková, M., Petr, L., Hájek, M., Novák, J., Rohovec, J., Jamrichová, E. (2016). Origin of a boreal birch bog woodland and landscape development on a warm low mountain summit at the Carpathian–Pannonian interface. The Holocene, 26(7), 1112-1125.

Čierniková, M., Vykouková, I., Orfánus, T., Masarovičová, E., 2021: Functional traits of plant species suitable for revegetation of landfill waste from nickel smelter. Applied Sciences, 2021, 11(2), pp. 1–14, 658.

Kriššáková, Z., Čierniková, M.,Vykouková, I., Hrabovský, A., Masarovičová, E., Beracko, P., 2022: Functional traits of medicinal plant species under different ecological conditions. Biologia, 2023, 78(4), pp. 925-935

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Feketeová, Z., Mangová, B., Čierniková, M., 2021: The Soil Chemical Properties Influencing the Oribatid Mite (Acari; Oribatida) Abundance and Diversity in Coal Ash Basin Vicinage. Applied sciences, 2021, 11(8), pp. 1-14

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Orfánus, T., Zvala, A., Čierniková, M., Stojkovová D., Nagy, V., Dlapa, P., 2021: Peculiarities of infiltration measurements in water-repellent forest soil. Forests, 2021, 12(4), 472.

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Project VEGA 2/0096/19 (2019-2022) Fytoindication of changes of soil hydrological regime (investigator)

Soil properties and the processes taking place in it are the most important factors for the state and structure of vegetation in a given habitat. Several of them (eg content and composition of organic matter, salt content, movement of clay particles, etc.) respond to climate change, which is currently reflected in our territory by rising temperatures and changes in the distribution of precipitation during the year. Monitoring these long-term changes cannot be the subject of a single short-term project. On the other hand, it is possible to work on relevant and reliable results in a relatively short time horizon by exchanging a wide time frame for a spatial one, which has an analogous manifestation with the correct selection and design of research sites. Changes in soil regimes are reflected in the ecophysiological parameters of plants, which express the plant's tolerance to changing conditions. The aim of the project is to quantify these relationships from the individual to the population in the designated transects monitoring changes in moisture conditions and hydrophysical characteristics of the soil.

Project APVV-0866-12 (2013 - 2017) Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services of the cultural landscape (investigator)

The project focused on ecosystem functions and its solution consisted not only in the study of partial processes associated with soils, but its solution also required complex syntheses, which generalized the results of research into physical and chemical properties of soils and their relationship to microbiological properties and vegetation. The main result of the project in selected areas was a comprehensive view of the causes of different ecosystem services due to differences in habitat conditions, land use and management, or also due to the presence of old environmental burdens. In addition to a number of valuable publications, the project also made a great contribution in the field of education, as 21 graduates and 7 doctoral students completed their final theses during its successful implementation.

project VEGA 1/0614/17 (2017-2019) Stability of soil organic matter in agricultural soils of Slovakia (investigator) /

The project was aimed on the evaluation of the stability of soil organic matter (SOM) in agricultural soils in Slovakia. Soil samples were taken mainly from southwestern Slovakia, where the soil cover is characterized by good production quality and high content of organic carbon. Stability of SOM was assessed using thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC), as well as by measuring the activity of selected enzymes. It was found that the stability of SOM depends on the total content of organic C in the soil. With increasing amounts of organic C in the sample, the stability of SOM decreases. Besides that, the stability of SOM is partially controlled by other properties, such as elemental composition (C, H, N, O) of SOM and characteristics of clay fraction. The results suggest that in soils of Podunajská nížina lowland, the most stable fraction of POH is bound with clay.