HAS–SZIU Plant Ecology Research Group

RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Zoltán Nagy DSc., associate professor, Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

CONTACT: Nagy.Zoltan@mkk.szie.hu

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Associate professor: 1
Senior research fellow: 2
Research assistant: 3

RESEARCH AREAS:
CO2 exchange analysis between the vegetation and the atmosphere, Partitioning the components of the ecosystem CO2 exchange, The vulnerabilities of the ecosystems against drought, The possibilities of the agricultural adaptation during the climate change, Analysis of the impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 level on the vegetation, Research of plant desiccation tolerance mechanisms

MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Biological Society
Hungarian Society for Plant Biology
Carboeurope IP (FP6 cluster)
Nitroeurope IP (FP6 cluster)
ANIMALCHANGE (FP7 cluster)
COST-ES0903

LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany of HAS, Hungary
Hungarian Meteorological Service
Centre for Agricultural Research, Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of HAS, Hungary
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Czech Republic
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Applied Botany Research Group, Slovenia
French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France

SERVICES:
agro-ecological / micro-meteorological measurements
CO2 and H2O exchange measurements between the vegetation and the atmosphere
13CO2 concentration measurements
bioindication tests
development of soil respiration measuring systems

GRANTS:

EU FP7  AN Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation options for sustainable Livestock production under climate CHANGE ,ANIMALCHANGE (2010)
OTKA Relationships between the CO2 gas exchange components and reflectance properties of a grassland vegetation (2008)