Anna Mežaka Academic position Associate Professor Dr.biol. Field of research 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services E-mail anna.mezaka@lbtu.lv Obtained doctoral degree in biology at the University of Latvia. Afterwards she was participating and leading research projects in Latvia and abroad. She is expert in plant ecology, forest ecology, botany, bryology with emphasis of using bryophytes as model organisms. Her research cover temperate and tropical forest ecosystems, where she is investigating variables that are influencing bryophyte and epiphyte distribution in fundamental and conservaiton science perspective. She is author or co-author of 29 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 8. The most important projects (2019-2025) Innovation in Forest Management and Value Chain for Latvia's Growth: New Forest Services, Products and Technologies (Forest4LV), 2024 The most important publications (2019-2025) A. Mežaka , (2024), Changes in bryophyte communities and their functional traits along black alder swamp forest chronosequence, Herzogia, ISSN 0018-0971 A. Mežaka , (2024), Old-growth forest indicator Homalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Brid. – genetic diversity and spatial patterns in a fragmented broad-leaved forest landscape, Nova Hedwigia, ISSN 0028-0639 A. Mežaka , (2023), EU habitat directive bryophyte species distribution and conservation in Latvia, Biologia, ISSN 0006-3088 A. Mežaka , (2023), Rare epiphytic bryophyte Dicranum viride (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb. spatial patterns in boreo-nemoral forest landscape, Nova Hedwigia, ISSN 0028-0639 A. Mežaka , (2023), Epiphytic bryophyte and lichen transplant niches in changed environments along an elevational gradient in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests, American Journal of Botany, ISSN 0002-9122 Membership Member of editorail board: Latvijas Veģetācija https://www.silava.lv/pakalpojumi/latvijas-vegetacija Chief-editor: Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis https://du.lv/en/research/institutes/institute-of-life-sciences-and-technologies/issued-journal/acta-biologica-universitatis-daugavpiliensis/
