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Researchers do not recommend planting blanketflower in gardens due to its invasive potential
The researchers of the ELKH Centre for Ecological Research (CER) investigated the spread of the non-native great blanketflower in Hungary within the framework of the National Laboratory for Health Security project. The aim of the research […]
Researchers have revealed the multi-level effects of invasion on plant-pollinator communities
Researchers from the ELKH Centre for Ecological Research (CER) and Babeș-Bolyai University (BBE) in three recent papers have described the effects of twelve invasive plant species with different traits on vegetation (Fenesi et al. 2023), pollinator […]
Invasion Biology website launched
The website of the Division of Invasion Biology, part of the National Laboratory for Health Security, has been launched at https://invaziobiologia.hu/. The main mission of the Division is to investigate the ecological causes and consequences of […]
Tree plantations are weak substitutes for near natural forests
Over the past two centuries, in Hungary and globally, the area of natural and semi-natural forests shrunk dramatically, while at the same time some of the economic functions of forests have been taken over by tree […]
Waterbird guilds predict environmental attributes of aquatic ecosystems
Alkaline soda pans of Hungary are special representatives of inland saline waters in the interior of the continents. The largest number of soda pans in Eurasia is found in the Carpathian Basin, and these lakes are […]
Inaugural lecture by András Báldi at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
ANDRÁS BÁLDI, Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Professor at the Centre for Ecological Research, held his inaugural lecture on 14 February 2023 in the Great Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. […]
Alkaline soda wetland restoration in Apaj-Puszta on the World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2nd February to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in Ramsar, Iran, […]
New Handbook about Invasive Animal Species in Hungary
After a gap of nearly two decades, the first comprehensive summary volume on all invasive animal taxa in Hungary has been published. The publication is available (also in English) in the Rosalia Handbooks series of the […]
András Báldi was elected Head of the Section of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology of Academia Europaea
András Báldi, research professor of the Centre for Ecological Research and a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, has been elected Head of the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Section of the Life Sciences Division […]
Traditional knowledge is local, but pastoralist’s principles are global
The understanding and importance of traditional ecological knowledge systems is increasingly recognised worldwide as a means to develop more effective policies in today’s crises, e.g. in nature conservation or grassland management. Zsolt Molnár, scientific advisor at […]
Co-seeding grasses and forbs supports restoration of species-rich grasslands and improves weed control in ex-arable land
The members of the ‘Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group of the Centre of Ecological Research followed the vegetation dynamics of artificially created grassland patches for several years. The researchers found that in the course of grassland-restoration […]
Tamara Szentiványi wins AXA Fellowship
Tamara Szentiványi, a research fellow in the Evolutionary Ecology Research Group of the Centre for Ecological Research, has been awarded a two-year AXA Fellowship research grant. Since its launch in 2008, the AXA Research Fund has […]
Appointment of Deputy Director
On the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Aquatic Ecology, the Director-General of the Centre for Ecological Research appointed Péter Dobosy as Deputy Director of the Institute of Aquatic Ecology from 1 November 2022. […]
International Meeting for PhD students in Botany organized by the CER IEB researchers
Between 22-25 September 2022, the researchers of the Centre for Ecological Research Institute of Ecology and Botany (CER IEB), and members of the Hungarian Ecological Society (HES) organized an International Meeting for PhD students in vegetation […]
New ’Forefront’ project at the Centre of Ecological Research
The research project of Orsolya Valkó (CER, IEB, ‘Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group) was one of the ten funded Forefront projects by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office in 2022. The research funding will enable […]
Zsolt Molnár elected member of Academia Europaea
Zsolt Molnár, DSc, ethno-ecologist, scientific advisor of the Centre for Ecological Research and head of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge research group, has been elected a member of Academia Europaea. The Academia Europaea is a non-governmental association […]
A research group led by fellows from the Centre for Ecological Research summarized spatial priorities for freshwater biodiversity in Europe
A research group led by fellows from the Centre for Ecological Research created a comprehensive analysis on the freshwater biodiversity of Europe. They prioritised water catchments based on the conservation value of the species living there. […]
The role of microbial cooperation in the development of higher level organisation
István Zachar and Gergely Boza, researchers of the Institute of Evolution, ELKH Centre for Ecological Research (ÖK) investigated the role of cooperative interactions among microbial cells in the development of higher levels of organisation. They identified […]
