Centre for Ecological Research

PhD defense of Laura Godó

04/05/2022

Congratulations to Laura Godó for successfully defending her PhD thesis in last Friday!

The title of her dissertation is: The role of animal-plant interactions in preserving grassland biodiversity

Supervisor: Balázs Deák

Huge congratulations to Laura and we are very happy that she is continuing her work in our research group after this very important milestone :)

Life does not always show the brightest side and it can happen that we find ourselves in the sea of thisthles. In this picture Laura is preparing for mowing in our experimental site. :)
Life does not always show the brightest side and it can happen that we find ourselves in the sea of thisthles. In this picture Laura is preparing for mowing in our experimental site. :)

The PhD dissertation of Laura is based on the following papers:

Godó, L., Valkó, O., Borza, S., Deák, B. (2022): A global review on the role of small rodents and lagomorphs (clade Glires) in seed dispersal and plant establishment. Global Ecology and Conservation 33: e01982.


Godó, L., Tóthmérész, B., Valkó, O., Tóth, K., Radócz, S., Kiss, R., Kelemen, A., Török, P., Švamberková, E., Deák, B. (2018): Ecosystem engineering by foxes is mediated by isolation in grassland fragments. Ecology and Evolution 8(14): 7044-7054.


Godó, L., Valkó O., Tóthmérész B., Török P., Kelemen A., Deák B. (2017): Scale-dependent effects of grazing on the species richness of alkaline and sand grasslands. Tuexenia 37: 229-246.