Profile

Current research topics:

1. Alien plant species in Hungary: I am interested in the changes in the flora of Hungary and Europe, the naturalisation process of alien species, and the ecological effects of multi-species invasions. This topic is also in the focus of my Bolyai scholarship.
2. Long-term vegetation changes: As a participant of a KEHOP project, I am using data from the National Biodiversity-monitoring System for revealing long-term changes of plant communities in Hungary.
3. Development and application of plant and vegetation databases: During my work, I often encounter different types of data, like plant traits, occurrences, phytosociological relevés, including citizen science data. I find it a tempting challenge to combine these different sources of information to answer ecological questions. The databases I most frequently use are the CoenoDat (Hungarian phytosociological database – under construction), Vascular plants of Hungary online database, iNaturalist, GBIF, PADAPT

Currently inactive research topics I used to work on in the past include vegetation classification, the development of statistical methods for use in ecology, and the ecological consequences of heterostyly.