This year we continue our large sampling campaign of the kurgans in the Great Hungarian Plain. Kurgans are ancient burial mounds built by nomadic steppic tribes millenia ago, and still harbour dry grasslands in the heavily transformed agricultural landscapes. You can read more about these iconic landmarks in our earlier publications.
Our new paper about the impressive ecosystem engineering effect of a large bird has recently been published.
Congratulations to Laura Godó for successfully defending her PhD thesis in last Friday!
The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group organized its first thematic international conference dedicated specifically to Asian grasslands, in an online format, between 19-21 April 2022.
Our new paper by Ágnes Tóth et al. about the vertical distribution of soil seed bank in alkaline grasslands has been published in PeerJ. The paper is freely available at the journal homepage, and can be downloaded from here.
The 'Biologist Days' at the Babes-Bolyai University was organized last weekend. From our research group, Kata Lukács and Réka Kiss participated in this very nice and lively conference. Réka and Kata are always keen on participating at this conference, as they always love to return to their Alma Mater, where they studied on the Biology BSc and MSc....
The new EASAC report on regenerative agriculture is ready! Orsolya Valkó was co-chair of a large international working group who provided a critical analysis and policy recommendations on regenerative agriculture in the EU, with reflections to the EU Biodiversity Strategy and Farm to Fork Strategy. The official launch ceremony took place on...
The conference of the Czech Botanical Society was organized in Brno this weekend. It was a very nice and interesting event, and there was a great company and atmosphere :)
