Profile
Biró, Marianna, PhD
senior researcher
Contact:
biro.marianna@ecolres.hu
+36 28 360-122/ 157
historical landscape ecology, long-term changes of Natura 2000 habitats, effects of grazing in wetlands
long-term vegetation changes, extensive habitat management practices in the past, oral history, long-term forest cover changes and forest continuity, long-term trends of Natura2000 habitats, historical landscape ecology, traditional ecological knowledge, perception of landscape changes, ecosystem services, Eurasian beaver, effects of grazing on wetland vegetation
Methods: GIS, interview techniques, analyzing historical maps and written historical sources, field surveys.
Selected publications
Biró Marianna; Molnár Krisztina; Öllerer Kinga; Szilágyi Réka; Babai Dániel; Molnár Csaba; Molnár Zsolt. Oral history methods can reveal drivers of landscape transformation: Understanding land‐use legacies with local and traditional knowledge in Central Europe PEOPLE AND NATURE (2024)
2024
Molnár Zsolt; Demeter László; Szabados Klára; Kiš Alen; Ajvazović Milutin; Runjanin Borislav; Mandušić Vlada; Biró Marianna; Öllerer Kinga; Marinkov Jelena; Ulicsni Viktor; Babai Dániel; Katona Krisztián. Benefits and challenges of reviewing across knowledge systems: ‘Gourmet omnivore’ pigs foraging in the wild PEOPLE AND NATURE (2024)
2024
Kröel-Dulay György; Rigó Attila; Tanács Eszter; Szitár Katalin; Ónodi Gábor; Aradi Eszter; Bakró-Nagy Zsolt; Biró Marianna; Botta-Dukát Zoltán; Kalapos Tibor; Kelemen András; Laborczi Annamária; Pásztor László; Rabuogi Quinter Akinyi; Mojzes Andrea. Explosive spread of sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus), a C4 perennial bunchgrass, threatens unique grasslands in Hungary (Central Europe) NEOBIOTA, 95. pp. 59-75. , 17 p. (2024)
2024
Molnár Ábel Péter; Demeter László; Biró Marianna; Chytrý Milan; Bartha Sándor; Gantuya Batdelger; Molnár Zsolt. Is there a massive glacial–Holocene flora continuity in Central Europe? BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, Paper: 13007 (2023)
2023
Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Zsolt; Öllerer, Kinga; Demeter, László; Bölöni, János. Behind the general pattern of forest loss and gain: A long-term assessment of semi-natural and secondary forest cover change at country level Landscape and Urban Planning, 220:104334
2022
Biró, M.; Molnár, Zs.; Öllerer, K.; Lengyel, A.; Ulicsni, V.; Szabados, K.; Kiš, A.; Perić, R.; Demeter, L.; Babai, D. Conservation and herding co-benefit from traditional extensive wetland grazing Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Volume 300, 15 September 2020, 106983
2020
Ujházy, Noémi; Molnár, Zsolt; Bede-Fazekas, Ákos; Szabó, Mária Ottilia; Biró, Marianna. Do farmers and conservationists perceive landscape changes differently? Ecology and Society, 25(3):12.
2020
Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Zsolt; Babai, Dániel; Dénes, Andrea; Fehér, Alexander; Barta, Sándor; Sáfián, László; Szabados, Klára; Kiš, Alen; Demeter, László; Öllerer, Kinga. Reviewing historical traditional knowledge for innovative conservation management: A re-evaluation of wetland grazing SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 666: 1114-1125
2019
Biró, Marianna; Bölöni, János; Molnár, Zsolt Use of long-term data to evaluate loss and endangerment status of Natura 2000 habitats and effects of protected areas CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 32(3):660-671.
2018
Demeter, László; Molnár, Ábel Péter; Bede-Fazekas, Ákos; Öllerer, Kinga; Varga, Anna; Szabados, Klára; Tucakov, Marko; Kiš, Alen; Biró, Marianna; Marinkov, Jelena; Molnár, Zsolt. Controlling invasive alien shrub species, enhancing biodiversity and mitigating flood risk: A win–win–win situation in grazed floodplain plantations Journal of Environmental Management. 295:113053
2021
Gantuya, Batdelger; Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Ábel; Avar, Ákos; Sharifian Bahraman, Abolfazl; Babai, Dániel; Molnár, Zsolt. How Mongolian herders perceive ecological change in a “stable” landscape Ecology and Society, 26 (2):21.
2021
Molnár, Zs.; Kelemen, A.; Kun, R.; Máté, J.; Sáfián, L.; Biró, M; Máté, A.; Vadász, Cs. Knowledge co‐production with traditional herders on cattle grazing behaviour for better management of species‐rich grasslands JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 57. (2020) pp. 1677-1687.
2020
Ulicsni, Viktor; Babai, Dániel; Juhász, Erika; Molnár, Zsolt; Biró, Marianna. Local knowledge about a newly reintroduced, rapidly spreading species (Eurasian beaver) and perception of its impact on ecosystem services PLOS ONE. 15(5): e0233506
2020
