Balázs Deák
Biographic Data
| ID | 176203 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Balázs Deák |
| GIVEN NAMES | Balázs |
| FAMILY NAME | Deák |
| SIGNATURE | DEÁK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Ecology and Botany |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6938-1997 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Karstic microrefugia reflect diverse biogeographic affinities of vascular plant species
Microrefugia are small areas that allow species to persist in changing environments. Dolines in karst landscapes may function as such safe havens. By analysing vegetation data from 270 plots collected within nine large dolines and on the surrounding plateau in Northern Hungary, we found that topographic complexity in dolines has the potential to support a wide array of plant species with diverse biogeographic affinities. To safeguard the large nu…
Biodiversity and human well-being trade-offs and synergies in villages
Europe’s rural landscapes, shaped over millennia, support high biodiversity but often have lower living standards than urban areas, potentially leading to social and environmental injustice. Here we studied biodiversity and socioeconomic settings in Central and Eastern European villages across landscape complexity and urbanization gradients. We surveyed the biodiversity of villages by sampling nine taxonomic groups, including plants, arthropods a…
Multidisciplinary Study of the Landscape, Cultural, and Natural Importance of Ancient Burial Mounds
Millennia-old ancient burial mounds called 'kurgans' were built by nomadic steppe cultures and often hold significance related to landscape, cultural, and natural heritage. Although there are more than 500,000 mounds across Eurasia, comprehensive multidisciplinary inventories are only available for a few hundred of them. Nevertheless, regional mapping and assessments of their current and past state of preservation and destruction are essential fo…
Synergies and Trade-offs Between Cultural and Natural Values of Sacred Sites – a Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Central Europe
In the Eurasian steppes, ancient burial mounds called ‘kurgans’ are among the most widespread manmade structures. These sacred sites hold cultural values and often provide safe havens for grassland-related plant species. We established links between kurgans' cultural and natural values through a comprehensive multi-layered evaluation of human and landscape history, cultural attributes, and botanical composition on selected mounds in Hungary, Roma…
‘Sense of place’ and conservation
Place names are an important but vanishing part of cultural diversity, and their relevance for environmental sciences is increasingly acknowledged. Still little is known about whether the diversity of toponyms affects human–nature relationships and the decisions of humans on how to use certain parts of the landscape. To investigate this question, we combined approaches from social sciences and ecology in a comprehensive multidisciplinary survey o…
The Eurasian crane ( Grus grus ) as an ecosystem engineer in grasslands
Large bird species, such as cranes are involved in human‐wildlife conflicts as they often forage in croplands. The Eurasian crane ( Grus grus ) is a large bird species, protected across Europe, which, thanks to conservation programmes and its ability to utilise croplands for foraging, shows a strongly increasing population trend. This exaggerates the existing conflicts between crop farmers and cranes and is spilling over to natural habitats, wher…
Mapping an ecological network of green habitat patches and their role in maintaining urban biodiversity in and around Debrecen city (Eastern Hungary)
Synergies and Trade-offs Between Cultural and Natural Values of Sacred Sites – a Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Central Europe
In the Eurasian steppes, ancient burial mounds called ‘kurgans’ are among the most widespread manmade structures. These sacred sites hold cultural values and often provide safe havens for grassland-related plant species. We established links between kurgans' cultural and natural values through a comprehensive multi-layered evaluation of human and landscape history, cultural attributes, and botanical composition on selected mounds in Hungary, Roma…
Mapping an ecological network of green habitat patches and their role in maintaining urban biodiversity in and around Debrecen city (Eastern Hungary)
The Eurasian crane ( Grus grus ) as an ecosystem engineer in grasslands
Large bird species, such as cranes are involved in human‐wildlife conflicts as they often forage in croplands. The Eurasian crane ( Grus grus ) is a large bird species, protected across Europe, which, thanks to conservation programmes and its ability to utilise croplands for foraging, shows a strongly increasing population trend. This exaggerates the existing conflicts between crop farmers and cranes and is spilling over to natural habitats, wher…
‘Sense of place’ and conservation
Place names are an important but vanishing part of cultural diversity, and their relevance for environmental sciences is increasingly acknowledged. Still little is known about whether the diversity of toponyms affects human–nature relationships and the decisions of humans on how to use certain parts of the landscape. To investigate this question, we combined approaches from social sciences and ecology in a comprehensive multidisciplinary survey o…
Synergies and Trade-offs Between Cultural and Natural Values of Sacred Sites – a Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Central Europe
In the Eurasian steppes, ancient burial mounds called ‘kurgans’ are among the most widespread manmade structures. These sacred sites hold cultural values and often provide safe havens for grassland-related plant species. We established links between kurgans' cultural and natural values through a comprehensive multi-layered evaluation of human and landscape history, cultural attributes, and botanical composition on selected mounds in Hungary, Roma…
Biodiversity and human well-being trade-offs and synergies in villages
Europe’s rural landscapes, shaped over millennia, support high biodiversity but often have lower living standards than urban areas, potentially leading to social and environmental injustice. Here we studied biodiversity and socioeconomic settings in Central and Eastern European villages across landscape complexity and urbanization gradients. We surveyed the biodiversity of villages by sampling nine taxonomic groups, including plants, arthropods a…
Multidisciplinary Study of the Landscape, Cultural, and Natural Importance of Ancient Burial Mounds
Millennia-old ancient burial mounds called 'kurgans' were built by nomadic steppe cultures and often hold significance related to landscape, cultural, and natural heritage. Although there are more than 500,000 mounds across Eurasia, comprehensive multidisciplinary inventories are only available for a few hundred of them. Nevertheless, regional mapping and assessments of their current and past state of preservation and destruction are essential fo…
Karstic microrefugia reflect diverse biogeographic affinities of vascular plant species
Microrefugia are small areas that allow species to persist in changing environments. Dolines in karst landscapes may function as such safe havens. By analysing vegetation data from 270 plots collected within nine large dolines and on the surrounding plateau in Northern Hungary, we found that topographic complexity in dolines has the potential to support a wide array of plant species with diverse biogeographic affinities. To safeguard the large nu…
Geography (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Biodiversity (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 works) · Ecosystem (2 works) · Grassland (2 works)