Congratulations to Kata Lukács, who last week defended her PhD thesis entitled "The mechanism and ecological importance of human-vectored seed dispersal" with summa cum laude. We wish you all the best for the future and continue happy sciencing :)
In early April, we took part in an unforgettable expedition to the Kyzyl-Kum desert in Uzbekistan. Five members of our research team (Balázs Deák, András Kelemen, Réka Kiss, Katalin Lukács, Orsolya Valkó), Csaba Tölgyesi and Zoltán Bátori from the University of Szeged, and Toshpulot Rajabov and Abdubakir Kushbokov from Samarkand State University...
Our new perspectives paper, about the challenges related to seed provenancing in restoration has been recently published in Biological Conservation.
Long-term dispersal of diaspores (seeds, fruits) is ensured by seed dispersal vectors, such as wind (anemochory), water (hydrochory) and animals (epi- and endozoochory). Nowadays, one of the most effective seed dispersal vectors are humans. The key our efficiency is the rapidly growing rate of global transport, trade and tourism, which enables us...
Our newest paper about the importance of cultural values in the conservation of steppe grasslands has recently been published in Conservation Biology.
The ISSS (International Society for Seed Science) international conference was recently held in Paris at the Sorbonne University. Seven members of our research group attended the event and presented seven posters.
In our latest article, we look at a special case of grassland habitat restoration: roadside verges.
Our new paper by Laura Godó & Sándor Borza et al. about owl-mediated secondary seed dispersal has recently been published in GECCO.
Our new paper about the connections between cultural diversity and vegetation naturalness has recently been accepted in People and Nature.
The registration is now open at https://www.egc2023.hu/
