Restoration ecology combines ecological theory and practical applications leading to restoration of disturbed, degraded or completely damaged ecosystems (see more at Society for Ecological Restoration).
We investigate the spontaneous regeneration capacity and the restoration possibility of Pannonian sand grasslands. The group also aims to disseminate the ideas of restoration ecology and to positively influence the national and international policy.
More information about our Centre: www.ecolres.hun-ren.hu
In this study, the authors explored how plants allocate biomass belowground by examining species-specific and community-level root mass fractions in a semiarid sandy grassland. They also investigated whether changes at the community level are driven more by shifts in species composition or by how individual species respond to altered precipitation...
Our colleague, Amira Vörös (advised by György Kröel-Dualy and Tibor Kalapos), successfully defended her doctoral dissertation today, entitled
In a recent study published in Global Ecology and Conservation, our group investigated how short-term seed storage and the timing of seeding influence the restoration of open sand grasslands, using accessions from the Pannon Seed Bank.
Our research group participates the project "Foundations for the strategic planning of ecosystem services-based green infrastructure developments supported by regularly updated datasets" (ÖSZ-ZI, KEHOP_PLUSZ-3.2.2-24-2024-00002)
The European Commission has recently opened two forums for expressing opinions.
The HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research has published a new 60-page science-based popular booklet, New Species, New Challenges – The Spread and Management of Invasive Non-Native Species in Hungary (in Hungarian). Edited by our team and written collaboratively by our members, this publication was produced within the framework of the...
Megnyílt a regisztráció a "Planetáris egészség a polikrízis idején. Összekapcsolt rendszerek és komplex válságok – új irányok a planetáris egészség kutatásában" című konferenciára.
The closing international consortium meeting of the eLTER PLUS and eLTER PPP research projects was held recently, marking an important milestone in the development of long-term ecological research infrastructure in Europe. Staff from the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research (CER) also took part in the meeting. The three-day event was held in...
A HUN-REN Ökológiai Kutatóközpont, csoportunk közreműködésével, és a Magyar Népegészségügy Megújításáért Egyesület "Planetáris egészség a polikrízis idején. Összekapcsolt rendszerek és komplex válságok – új irányok a planetáris egészség kutatásában" címmel konferenciát rendez 2026. március 19-én.
ELTE University's Doctoral School of Biology is awaiting PhD applications until 15th of January, 2026. More information on the attached flyer!
Read the freshly published article of our colleague, Anikó Csecserits, written in collaboration with our group lead and members, to learn about how Asclepias syriaca and Conyza canadensis traits fit into the regional plant trait space, and how their trait similarity and cover interacted to influence the occurrence of the rest of the species in the...
János Balogh (MATE Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Ecology, balogh.janos@uni-mate.hu)
