1. Occurrence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in three sympatric tick species in the South Moravia, Czech Republic

   • Markéta Rybářová
   • Pavel Široký

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 365 - 369

2. Germination strategies of two dominant Carex species in a swamp alder forest: implications for restoration

   • Josef Hulík
   • Jan Douda

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 370 - 377

3. Role of ethylene and phospholipid-mediated signalling in mycotoxin-induced programmed cell death in the apical part of maize roots

   • Vladimír Repka
   • Roderik Fiala
   • Ján Pavlovkin

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 378 - 387

4. Transcriptome analysis in leaves of rice (Oryza sativa) under high manganese stress

   • Ping Li
   • Alin Song
   • Yongchao Liang

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 388 - 397

5. Type II metacaspase protein localization and gene transcription during programmed cell semi-death of sieve elements in developing caryopsis of Tritium aestivum

   • Zhihui Zhang
   • Yani Lv
   • Likai Wang

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 398 - 406

6. Environmental factors determining the distribution pattern of leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) in large river systems: A case study of the Oder River system

   • Izabela Jabłońska-Barna
   • Aleksander Bielecki
   • Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 407 - 416

7. Effects of beaver dams on the zooplankton assemblages in four temperate lowland streams (NW Poland)

   • Robert Czerniawski
   • Lukasz Sługocki
   • Monika Kowalska-Góralska

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 417 - 430

8. Bioassessment of streams based on macroinvertebrates — can sampling of some substrate types be excluded?

   • Daniela Kalaninová
   • Iľja Krno
   • Ferdinand Šporka

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 431 - 444

9. Communities of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of naturally regenerating and salvage-logged montane spruce forests of Šumava Mountains

   • Petra KokoŘová
   • Josef Starý

   OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 445 - 451

10. Food digestibility and consumption rate in detrito-bryophagous groundhopper Tetrix subulata (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

    • Kateřina Kuřavová
    • Petr Kočárek

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 452 - 457

11. Dietary alpha-ketoglutarate partially prevents age-related decline in locomotor activity and cold tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster

    • Maria M. Bayliak
    • Maria P. Lylyk
    • Oksana M. Sorochynska

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 458 - 467

12. The evaluation of endocrine regulators after intramuscular and oral application of cyanogenic glycoside amygdalin in rabbits

    • Marek Halenar
    • Lubica Chrastinova
    • Adriana Kolesarova

    OriginalPaper 30 December 2017 Pages: 468 - 474