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Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Na Zlaté stoce 1 370 05 České Budějovice Czech Republic

OSEVA Development and Research Ltd Hamerská 698 756 54 Zubří Czech Republic

The Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany Department of Functional Ecology Dukelská 135 379 82 Třeboň Czech Republic

ZO ČSOP Bílé Karpaty Bartolomějské nám 47 698 01 Veselí nad Moravou Czech Republic

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