Prof. Josef Rusek (1938 – 2022)

Abstract

Professor Josef Rusek, soil zoologist, ecologist, apterygotologist and university lecturer, died on January 13, 2022, aged 83 years. He has indelibly inscribed himself in the memory of many Czech and international zoologists and entomologists, particularly those specialised in soil zoology, but also more broadly oriented soil biologists and ecologists. His studies of soil invertebrates, especially Collembola, Diplura and Protura, and also the results of his research in soil biology and ecology, soil microstructure and the processes of formation and classification of humus forms, are known not only in our country but also abroad.