Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic
Dr. Kateřina Holušová is a Czech forestry and landscape ecology expert with extensive experience in sustainable forest management, nature conservation, and forestry education. She earned her Ph.D. in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation from Mendel University in Brno in 2013 and a second Ph.D. in Forensic Engineering with a specialization in Forestry and Nature Conservation from Brno University of Technology in 2012, following an M.Sc. in Forestry Engineering from Mendel University. Since 2016, she has been the founder and practical forester at the Moravian Forestry Institute, while also serving as a part-time research assistant and lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, covering courses in forest economics, public relations, and development cooperation. Dr. Holušová has participated in numerous international and national projects, including sustainable forestry initiatives in Georgia’s Tusheti region, foreign development cooperation projects for Ukraine, and programs supported by the Czech Ministries of Agriculture and Environment. She has authored 14 publications, cited 65 times across 61 documents, with an h-index of 4. Her research focuses on sustainable forest management, ecosystem services, and landscape conservation. Dr. Holušová actively engages in field research, international collaborations, and conferences, bridging academic research with practical forestry solutions to promote sustainable, ecologically informed forest management.
Featured Publications
Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level. Land. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122377
Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202510.2153.v1
Holušová, K., & Holuša, O. (2025). Assessing the provision of ecosystem services using forest site classification as a basis for the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. Forests, 16(8), 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081242
Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2023). Is the current forest management to the northernmost population of Cordulegaster heros (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) in Central Europe (Czech Republic) threatening? Forests, 14(2), 228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020228
Holušová, K., & Holuša, O. (2023). Occurrence and population density of the endemic species Cordulegaster buchholzi (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) on the Cyclades Islands in Greece. Insects, 14(11), 896. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110896