Zsolt MOLNÁR, DSc

IEB Traditional Ecological Knowledge Research Group

team leader, scientific advisor

IEB Department of Terrestrial Ecology

molnar.zsolt [at] ecolres.hu

+36 28 360-122, 360-147 / 160

Brief description of the main scopes:

- botanist, ethnoecologist
- member of the IPBES Indigenous and Local Knowledge Task Force
- Coordinating Lead Author in the IPBES Global Assessment
- Leader of the Research Group 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge'

Main interests:

Traditional, indigenous and local ecological knowledge of herders and farmers in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Mongolia and Iran, knowledge co-production with herders and farmers to avoid or resolve conflicts with conservation; traditional land management, perception of landscape change and nature’s contributions to people by locals; conservation management, monitoring using local indicators, conservation and agri-environmental policy; land-use and vegetation history of the Hungarian Plain (1780-present); habitat classifications, actual habitat mapping, trend analysis of Natura 2000 habitats (1783-2013). CV

Main profile in keywords:

Ethnogeobotany, ethnoecology, traditional ecological knowledge related to vegetation and habitats - Actual vegetation mapping of the territory of Hungary (MÉTA) - Historical landscape ecology

Témajavaslatok

Selected publications:

2020

Molnár Zs., Kelemen A., Kun R., Máté J., Sáfián, L., Biró, M. Máté A., Vadász Cs. (2020): Knowledge co‐production with traditional herders on cattle grazing behaviour for better management of species‐rich grasslands Journal of Applied Ecology, 57: 1677-1687

2019

Díaz, S., Settele, J. Brondízio, E.S., Ngo, H.T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., Balvanera, P., Brauman, K.A., Butchart, S.H.M., Chan, K.M.A., Garibaldi, L.A., Ichii, K., Liu, J., Subramanian, S.M., Midgley, G.F., Miloslavich, P., Molnár, Zs., Obura, D., Pfaff, A., Polasky, S., Purvis, A., Razzaque, J., Reyers, B., Chowdhury, R.R., Shin, Y.J., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Willis, K., Zayas, C.N. (2019): Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change. Science 366(6471),eaax3100

Gantuya, B., Avar, Á., Babai, D., Molnár, Á., Molnár, Zs. (2019): “A herder’s duty is to think”: landscape partitioning and folk habitats of Mongolian herders in a mountain forest steppe (Khuvsugul-Murun region) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 15:54

2018

Biró, M., Bölöni, J. and Molnár, Zs. (2018): Use of long-term data to evaluate loss and endangerment status of Natura 2000 habitats and effects of protected areas. Conservation Biology. 32(3):660-671.

Díaz, S., Pascual, U., Stenseke, M., Martín-López, B., Watson, R.T., Molnár, Z., Hill, R., Chan, K.M.A., Baste, I., Brauman, K.A., Polasky, S.S., Church, A., Lonsdale, M., van Oudenhoven, A.P.E., van der Plaat, F., Schröter, M., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Bukyareva, E., Davies, K., Erpul, G., Failler, P., Guerra, C.A., Hewitt, C.L., Keune, H., Larigauderie, A., Lavorel, S., Leadley, P.W., Lindley, S., Demissew, S. and Y. Shirayama (2018): An inclusive approach to assess nature's contributions to people Science 19 Jan 2018, Vol. 359, Issue 6373, pp. 270-272

Further publications

2021

Gantuya, B., Biró, M., Molnár, Á., Avar, Á., Sharifian, B. A., Babai, D., Molnár, Zs. (2021): How Mongolian herders perceive ecological change in a 'stable' landscape. Ecology and Society, Accepted for publication Ecology and Society, Accepted for publication

O’Bryan CJ, Garnett, ST, Fa, JE, Leiper, I., Rehbein, J, Fernández-Llamazares, Á, Jackson, MV, Jonas, HD, Brondizio, ES, Burgess, ND, Robinson, CJ, Zander, KK, Molnár, Z, Venter, O, Watson, JEM (2021): The importance of indigenous peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals. Conservation Biology, online first.

2020

Azimi, M.S., Haghdadi, M., Riyazinia, V., Molnár, Zs. (2020): Expert understandings on rangeland ecosystem services and their sustainable management (Atrak River Basin, NE Iran). Environmental Resources Research 8: 109-120.

Biró, M., Molnár, Zs., Öllerer, K., Lengyel, A., Ulicsni, V., Szabados, K., Kiš, A., Perić, R., Demeter, L., Babai, D. (2020): Conservation and herding co-benefit from traditional extensive wetland grazing. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Volume 300, 15 September 2020, 106983

Fa, JA, Watson, JEM, Leipe, I., Potapov, Evans, Burgess, Molnár, Z., Fernández-Llamazares, Duncan, Wang, Austin, Jonas, Robinson, Malmer, Zander, Jackson, Ellis, Brondizio, Garnett (2020): Importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of intact forest landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (online first)

Hill, R. ; Adem, Ç. ; Alangui, W.V. ; Molnár, Zs. ; Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y. ; Bridgewater, P. ; Tengö, M. ; Thaman, R. ; Adou, Yao C.Y. ; Berkes, F. et al. (2020): Working with indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people COSUST: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 43: 8-20.

Juhász, E., Katona, K., Molnár, Zs., Hahn, I., Biró, M. (2020): A reintroduced ecosystem engineer species may exacerbate ongoing biological invasion: selective foraging of the Eurasian beaver in floodplains. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24: e01383

McElwee, P., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Babai, D., Bates, P., Galvin, K., Guèze, M., Liu, J., Molnár, Zs., Ngo, H.T., Reyes-García, V., Chowdhury, R.R., Samakov, A., Shrestha, U.B., Díaz, S., Brondízio, E.S. (2020): Working with Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large‐scale ecological assessments: Reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57: 1666–1676

Schröter, Matthias ; Başak, Esra ; Christie, Michael ; Church, Andrew ; Keune, Hans ; Osipova, Elena ; Oteros-Rozas, Elisa ; Sievers-Glotzbach, Stefanie ; van Oudenhoven, Alexander P. E. ; Balvanera, Patricia et al. (2020): Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People 16 : 1 pp. 50-69.

Ujházy N., Molnár Zs., Bede-Fazekas Á., Szabó M., Biró M (2020): Do farmers and conservationists perceive landscape changes differently? Ecology and Society, 25(3):12.

Ulicsni Viktor, Babai Dániel, Juhász Erika, Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna (2020): Local knowledge about a newly reintroduced, rapidly spreading species (Eurasian beaver) and perception of its impact on ecosystem services PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233506.

Varga, A., Demeter, L., Ulicsni, V., Öllerer, K., Biró, M., Babai, D., Molnár, Zs. (2020): Prohibited, but still present: local and traditional knowledge about the practice and impact of forest grazing by domestic livestock in Hungary Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16: 51

2020- Prohibited, but still present - traditional knowledge about forest grazing.pdf

2019

Biró, M., Molnár, Zs., Babai, D., Dénes, A., Fehér, A., Barta, S., Sáfián, L., Szabados, K., Kiš, A., Demeter, L., Öllerer, K. (2019): Reviewing historical traditional knowledge for innovative conservation management: A re-evaluation of wetland grazing. Science of The Total Environment. 666: 1114–1125.

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Kun R., Bartha S., Malatinszky Á., Molnár Zs., Babai B. (2019): „Everyone makes it a bit differently!”: Evidence for positive relationship between micro-scale land-use diversity and plant diversity in a cultural landscape. AGEE 283: 106556

Öllerer K., Varga A., Kirby K., Demeter L., Biró M., Bölöni J., Molnár Z (2019): Beyond the obvious impact of domestic livestock grazing on temperate forest vegetation – A global review Biological Conservation 237: 209–219

Reyes-García, V., Fernández-Llamazares, A., McElwee, P., Molnár, Z., Öllerer, K., Wilson, S.J., Brondizio, E. (2019): The contributions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to ecological restoration: Indigenous Peoples for Ecological Restoration Restoration Ecology, 27(1): 3-8

Ulicsni Viktor, Babai Dániel, Vadász Csaba, Vadász-Besnyői Vera, Báldi András, Molnár Zsolt (2019): Bridging conservation science and traditional knowledge of wild animals: The need for expert guidance and inclusion of local knowledge holders AMBIO: A JOURNAL OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT 48 : 7 pp. 769-778. , 10 p.

2018

Erdős L., Ambarlı D., Anenkhonov O. A., Bátori Z., Cserhalmi D., Kiss M., Kröel-Dulay Gy., Liu H., Magnes M., Molnár Zs., Naqinezhad A., Semenishchenkov Y. A., Tölgyesi Cs., Török P. (2018): The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes Applied Vegetation Science 21(3): pp. 345-362.

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Feurdean, A., Ruprecht, E., Molnár, Zs., Hutchinson, S., Hickler, T. (2018): Biodiversity-rich European grasslands: ancient, forgotten ecosystems. Biological Conservation 228: 224-232.

Garnett ST, Burgess ND, Fa JE, Fernandez-Llamazares A, Molnar Z, Robinson CJ, Watson JEM, Zander KK, Austin B, Brondizio ES, Collier NF, Duncan T, Ellis E, Geyle H, Jackson MV, Jonas H, Malmer P, McGowan B, Sivongxay A, Leiper I (2018): A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation Nature Sustainability 1(7): pp. 369-374.

Guiomar , N. et al. (2018): Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: towards a better picture. Land Use Policy. 75:784-798.

IPBES (2018): Regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany.

J Dengler, V Wagner, I Dembicz, I García-Mijangos, A Naqinezhad, S Boch, A Chiarucci, T Conradi, G Filibeck, R Guarino, M Janišová, M J Steinbauer, S Aćić, A T R Acosta, M Akasaka, M-A Allers, I Apostolova, I Axmanová, B Bakan, A Baranova, M Bardy-Durchhalter, S Bartha, E Baumann, T Becker, U Becker, E Belonovskaya, K Bengtsson, J Luis Benito Alonso... Zs Molnár, et al (2018): GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands Phytocoenologia 48(3): pp. 331-347

Molnár Zs., Király G., Fekete G.†, Aszalós R., Barina Z., Bartha D., Biró M., Borhidi A., Bölöni J., Csiky J., Czúcz B., Dancza I., Dobor L., Farkas E., Farkas S., Horváth F., Kevey B., Lőkös L., Molnár V. A., Magyari E., Németh Cs., Papp B., Pinke Gy., Schmidt D., Schmotzer A., Solt A., Sümegi P., Szmorad F., Szurdoki E., Tiborcz V., Varga Z., Vojtkó A. (2018): Növényzet. In: Kocsis K. (főszerk.): Magyarország nemzeti atlasza: természeti környezet. Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont, Földrajztudományi Intézet, Budapest, pp. 94-103.

Molnár, Zsolt, Berkes, Fikret (2018): Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Linking Cultural and Natural Capital in Cultural Landscapes. In: M. L. Paracchini and P. Zingari (eds). Reconnecting Natural and Cultural Capital – Contributions from Science and Policy. Office of Publications of the European Union, Brussels, pp. 183-194.

2017

Kelemen A., Tölgyesi Cs., Kun R., Molnár Zs., Vadász Cs., Tóth K (2017): Positive small-scale effects of shrubs on diversity and flowering in pastures Tuexenia 37: pp. 399-413

Kolosova, V., Svanberg, I., Kalle, R., Strecker, L., Mine, A., Pieroni, A., Cianfaglione, K., Molnár, Z., Papp, N., Łuczaj, Ł., Dimitrova, D., Šeškauskaitė, D., Roper, J., Hajdari, A., Sõukand, R. (2017): The bear in Eurasian plant names: motivations and models. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13.1: 14.

Mihók B, Biró M, Molnár Zs, Kovács E, Bölöni J, Erős T, Standovár T, Török P, Csorba G, Margóczi K, Báldi A (2017): Biodiversity on the waves of history: conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state. Biological Conservation. 211: 67-75

Molnár Attila, Süveges Kristóf, Molnár Zsolt, Löki Viktor (2017): Using traditional ecological knowledge in discovery of rare plants: a case study from Turkey Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 86:(3) Paper 3541.

Molnár, Zs. (2017): “I see the grass through the mouths of my animals” – folk indicators of pasture plants used by traditional steppe herders. Journal of Ethnobiology 37(3): 522-541

Molnár, Zs., Sáfián, L., Máté, J., Barta, S., Sütő, D. P., Molnár, Á., Varga, A. (2017): “It does matter who leans on the stick” - Hungarian herders’ perspectives on biodiversity, ecosystem services and their drivers. Roué, M., Molnár, Zs. (eds.): Knowing our Land and Resources: Indigenous and local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe & Central Asia. Knowledges of Nature 9. UNESCO: Paris, pp. 42-56.

Roué, M., Molnár, Zs. (eds.) (2017): Knowing our Land and Resources: Indigenous and local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe & Central Asia. Knowledges of Nature 9. UNESCO: Paris, pp. 78-91.

Somodi Imelda, Molnár Zsolt, Czúcz Bálint, Bede-Fazekas Ákos, Bölöni János, Pásztor László, Laborczi Annamária, Niklaus E. Zimmermann (2017): Implementation and application of Multiple Potential Natural Vegetation models – a case study of Hungary Journal of Vegetation Science 28(6): pp. 1260-1269.

Szilassi P., Bata T., Szabó Sz., Czúcz B., Molnár Zs., Mezősi G (2017): The link between landscape pattern and vegetation naturalness on a regional scale Ecological Indicators 81: pp. 252-259

Varga A., Heim A., Demeter L., Molnár Zs. (2017): Rangers bridge the gap: integration of wood-pasture related traditional ecological knowledge into nature conservation. In: Roué, M., Molnár, Zs. (eds.). Knowing our Land and Resources: Indigenous and local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe & Central Asia. Knowledges of Nature 9. UNESCO: Paris, pp. 78-91.

2016

Babai D., Molnár Zs. (2016): Species-rich Mountain Grasslands Through the Eyes of the Farmer: Flora, Species Composition, and Extensive Grassland Management. Special issue. A Place for Hay. Flexibility and Continuity in Hay-Meadow Management. 21: 147-169.

Fekete G. Király G. Molnár Zs. (2016): Delineation of the Pannonian vegetation region. Community Ecology 17: 114-124.

Havel A, Molnár Á, Ujházy N, Molnár Zs, Biró M (2016): Zsiókások és nádasok legeltetése és egyéb használatai a Duna-völgyi szikes tavak területén a helyi emberek visszaemlékezései alapján. Természetvédelmi Közlemények 22: pp. 84–95.

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Molnár Zsolt, Kis József, Vadász Csaba, Papp László, Sándor István, Béres Sándor, Sinka Gábor, Varga Anna (2016): Common and conflicting objectives and practices of herders and conservation managers: the need for a conservation herder Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 2:(4) Paper e01215. 16 p.

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Ulicsni, V., Svanberg, I., Molnár, Zs. (2016): Traditional knowledge of invertebrates in Central Europe - folk taxonomy, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, folklore, and nature conservation. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 12:47.

Varga A, Molnár Zs, Biró M, Demeter L, Gellény K, Miókovics E, Molnár Á, Molnár K, Ujházy N, Ulicsni V, Babai D (2016): Changing year-round habitat use of extensively grazing cattle, sheep and pigs in East-Central Europe between 1940 and 2014: Consequences for conservation and policy. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 234:142–153.

2015

Babai Dániel, Tóth A., Szentirmai I., Biró M, Máté A., Demeter L., Szépligeti M, Varga A., Molnár Á., Kun R. , Molnár Zs. (2015): Do conservation and agri-environmental regulations effectively support traditional small-scale farming in East-Central European cultural landscapes? Biodiversity and Conservation 24:(13) pp. 3305-3327. (2015)

Molnár Zsolt (2015): Ethnoecology - The Best Medicine Againts Allergy? Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11: pp.34

Molnár Zsolt, Gellény Krisztina, Margóczi Katalin, Biró Marianna (2015): Landscape ethnoecological knowledge base and management of ecosystem services in a Székely-Hungarian pre-capitalistic village system (Transylvania, Romania). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11:1.3.

Varga Anna, Ódor Péter, Molnár Zsolt, Bölöni János (2015): The history and natural regeneration of a secondary oak-beech woodland on a former wood-pasture in Hungary Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 84:(2) pp. 215-225. (2015)

2014

Babai D, Molnár Zs. (2014): Small-scale traditional management of highly species-rich grasslands in the Carpathians. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 182: 123–130

Babai Dániel, Molnár Ábel, Molnár Zsolt (2014): "Ahogy gondozza, úgy veszi hasznát" - Hagyományos ökológiai tudás és gazdálkodás Gyimesben. Traditional ecological knowledge and land use in Gyimes (Eastern Carpathians) MTA BKNI és MTA ÖK ÖBI. Budapest - Vácrátót. pp. 173. ISBN 978-963-9627-75-8

Bartha S, Szentes Sz, Horvath A, Hazi J, Zimmermann Z, Molnar Cs, Dancza I, Margoczi K, Pal R, Purger D, Schmidt D, Ovari M, Komoly C, Sutyinszki Zs, Szabo G, Csatho AI, Juhasz M, Penksza K, Molnar Zs. (2014): Impact of mid-successional dominant species on the diversity and progress of succession in regenerating temperate grasslands. APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE 17:(2) pp. 201-213. (2014)

Fekete, G., Molnár, Zs., Magyari, E., Somodi, I. and Varga, Z. (2014): A new framework for understanding Pannonian vegetation patterns: regularities, deviations and uniqueness. Community Ecology 15: (1)pp.12-26. (2014)

Molnár Zs (2014): Perception and Management of Spatio-Temporal Pasture Heterogeneity by Hungarian Herders. RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 67:(2) pp. 107-118. (2014)

Varga Anna, Molnár Zsolt (2014): The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Managing Wood-pastures. In: Hartel, T., Plininger, T.: European Wood-pastures in Transition. Routledge. pp.187-202.ISBN-13: 978-0415869898

2013

Babai D, Molnar Zs.: (2013): Multidimensionality and scale in a landscape ethnoecological partitioning of a mountainous landscape (Gyimes, Eastern Carpathians, Romania). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9: p. 11.

Biró M, Czúcz B, Horváth F, Révész A, Csatári B, Molnár Zs (2013): Drivers of grassland loss in Hungary during the post-socialist transformation (1987-1999). Landscape Ecology 28(5): 789-803.

Biró Marianna, Szitár Katalin, Horváth Ferenc, Bagi István, Molnár Zsolt (2013): Detection of long-term landscape changes and trajectories in a Pannonian sand region: comparing land-cover and habitat-based approaches at two spatial scales. Community Ecology 14(2): 219-230.

Molnár Zs (2013): Traditional vegetation knowledge of the Hortobágy salt steppe (Hungary): A neglected source of information for vegetation science and conservation. PHYTOCOENOLOGIA 43:(3) pp. 193-205.

Ulicsni Viktor, Svanberg Ingvar, Molnár Zsolt (2013): Folk knowledge of non-domestic mammals among ethnic Hungarians in North-Western Romania. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 9:(2) pp. 383-398.

2012

Czúcz B, Molnár Zs, Horváth F, Nagy Gergő G, Botta-Dukát Z, Török K (2012): Using the natural capital index framework as a scalable aggregation methodology for local and regional biodiversity indicators Journal for Nature Conservation 20(3):144-152.

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Dénes Andrea, Papp N, Babai Dániel, Czúcz Bálint, Molnár Zsolt (2012): Wild plants used for food by Hungarian ethnic groups living in the Carpathian Basin. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 81: 381-396.

Molnár Zsolt (2012): Classification of pasture habitats by Hungarian herders in a steppe landscape (Hungary). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 8:28.

Molnár Zsolt (2012): Landscape ethnoecological knowledge of herdsmen on the flora and vegetation of the Hortobágy salt steppe. In: Chibiljev, A.A. (ed.):Sixth International Symposium on Steppes. pp. 510-513, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Steppe, Orenburg

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Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna, Bartha Sándor, Fekete Gábor (2012): Past Trends, Present State and Future Prospects of Hungarian Forest-Steppes. In: Werger, MJA, van Staalduinen, MA (eds.): Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, pp. 209-252.

Somodi Imelda, Molnár Zsolt, Jörg Ewald (2012): Towards a more transparent use of the potential natural vegetation concept - an answer to Chiarucci et al. Journal of Vegetation Science 23: pp. 590-595.

2011

Bölöni J, Botta-Dukát Z, Illyés E, Molnár Zs (2011): Hungarian landscape types: classification of landscapes based on the relative cover of (semi-) natural habitats - Applied Vegetation Science (14): 537-546.

Czúcz Bálint, Csecserits Anikó, Botta-Dukát Zoltán, Kröel-Dulay György, Szabó Rebeka, Horváth Ferenc, Molnár Zsolt (2011): An indicator framework for the climatic adaptive capacity of natural ecosystems Vegetation Science 22: pp. 711-725.

Czúcz Bálint, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc, Botta-Dukát Zoltán (2011): Vegetation-based natural capital index: an easy to understand, policy relevant ecosystem state indicator. In: Nagy G. G. & Kiss V. (eds) Borrowing Services from Nature: Methodologies of Ecosystem Services Based on Hungarian Case Studies. CEEWEB for Biodiversity, Budapest pp. 43-50.

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Horváth Ferenc, Molnár Zsolt, Czúcz Bálint, Mázsa Katalin, Balázs Borbála, Ónodi Gábor, Kertész Miklós (2011): The inventory state and assessment of Hungary's natural habitats in terms of ecosystem services In: Nagy G. G. & Kiss V. (eds) Borrowing Services from Nature: Methodologies of Ecosystem Services Based on Hungarian Case Studies. CEEWEB for Biodiversity, Budapest pp. 24-42.

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2010

Fekete G, Somodi I, Molnár Zs (2010): Is chorological symmetry observable within the forest steppe biome in Hungary? - A demonstrative analysis of floristic data. Community Ecology 11: 140-147.

2009

Czúcz Bálint, Horváth Ferenc, Botta-Dukát Zoltán, Molnár Zsolt (2009): Modelling changes in ecosystem service supply based on vegetation projections. Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, Copenhagen, 2009 March 10-12. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 6(30), 302011.

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Czúcz Bálint, Kröel-Dulay György, Torda Gergely, Molnár Zsolt, Tőkei L (2009): Regional scale habitat-based vulnerability assessment of the natural ecosystems. Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, Copenhagen, 2009 March 10-12. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 6(44), 442006.

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Czúcz Bálint, Torda Gergely, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc, Botta-Dukát Zoltán, Kröel-Dulay György (2009): A spatially explicit, indicator-based methodology for quantifying the vulnerability and adaptability of natural ecosystems. In: Leal Filho, W. & Mannke, F. Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change. Peter Lang International Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main. p. 209-227.

Takács G, Molnár Zsolt, Marianna Biró, János Bölöni, Ferenc Horváth, András Kun (2009): Habitat mapping. Handbooks of National Biodiversity Monitoring System IX. 2nd modified edition. MTA ÖBKI - KvVM, Vácrátót - Budapest, 54 pp.

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2008

Bartha Sándor, Campetella Giandiego, Ruprecht Eszter, Kun András, Házi Judit, Horváth András, Virágh Klára, Molnár Zsolt (2008): Will inter-annual variability in sand grassland communities increase with climate change? Community Ecology 9 (Suppl): 13-21.

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Bartha Sándor, Molnár Zsolt, Fekete Gábor (2008): Patch dynamics in sand grasslands: connecting primary and secondary succession. In: Kovács-Láng, E., Molnár, E., Kröel-Dulay, Gy. & Barabás, S. (szerk.) (2008), The KISKUN LTER, Long-term ecological research in the Kiskunság, Hungary. Vácrátót: Institute of Ecology and Botany, H.A.S. pp. 37-40.

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Biró Marianna, Horváth Ferenc, Papp Orsolya, Molnár Zsolt (2008): Historical landscape changes near Fülöpháza in the Kiskunság. In: Kovács-Láng E., Molnár E., Kröel-Dulay Gy., Barabás S. (eds.): The KISKUN LTER: Long-term ecological research in the Kiskunság, Hungary, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, pp. 11-12.

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Biró Marianna, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc, Révész András (2008): Measuring habitat loss in the Kiskunság based on historical and actual habitat maps. In: Kovács-Láng E., Molnár E., Kröel-Dulay Gy., Barabás S. (eds.): The KISKUN LTER: Long-term ecological research in the Kiskunság, Hungary, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, pp. 13-14.

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Bölöni János, Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna, Horváth Ferenc (2008): Distribution of the (semi-)natural habitats in Hungary II. Woodlands and shrublands. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50 (suppl.): 107-148.

Bölöni János, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc, Illyés Eszter (2008): Naturalness-based habitat quality of the Hungarian (semi-)natural habitats. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50 (suppl.): 149-160.

7_Naturalness_based_habitat_quality.pdf

Czúcz Bálint, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc, Botta-Dukát Zoltán (2008): The natural capital index of Hungary Acta Botanica Hungarica 50(Suppl.): 161-177

Horváth Ferenc, Molnár Zsolt, Bölöni János, Pataki Zsolt, Polgár L, Révész András, Krasser Dóra, Illyés Eszter (2008): Fact sheet of the MÉTA Database 1.2. Acta Bot. Hung. 50 (Suppl.): 11-34.

Illyés Eszter, Botta-Dukát Zoltán, Molnár Zsolt (2008): Patch and landscape factors affecting the naturalness based quality of three model grassland habitats in Hungary. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50(Suppl.): 179-197.

Molnár Csaba, Molnár Zsolt, Barina Zoltán, Bauer Norbert, Biró Marianna, Bodonczi László, Csathó András István, Csiky János, Deák, J Á, Fekete Gábor, Harmos Krisztián, Horváth András, Isépy István, Juhász Magdolna, Kállayné Szerényi Júlia, Király G, Magos G, Máté A, Mesterházy A, Molnár A, Nagy J, Óvári Miklós, Purger Dragica, Schmidt D, Sramkó Gábor, Szénási Valentin, Szmorad Ferenc, Szollát György, Tóth T, Vidra Tamás, Virók Viktor (2008): Vegetation-based landscape regions of Hungary. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50: 47-58.

Molnár Zsolt, Babai Dániel (2008): Comparison of traditional Hungarian Csángó and scientific habitat-related knowledge. In: Splechtna, B. (ed.): Preservation of Biocultural Diversity, University of Natural resource and Applied Life Sciences Biocultural Diversity - Applied Projects from different Parts of the World; Vienna, Austria, pp. 133-141.

Molnár Zsolt, Bartha Sándor, Babai Dániel (2008): Traditional ecological knowledge as a concept and data source for historical ecology, vegetation science and conservation biology: A Hungarian perspective. In: Szabó P. & Hedl, R. (eds.): Human Nature. Studies in Historical Ecology and Environmental History. Institute of Botany of the ASCR, Brno, 14-27.

2008_ecol_anthrop_CEU_4.0_vegso.pdf,

Molnar_et_al_2008_CEUbook.pdf

Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna, Bölöni János (2008): Natura 2000 habitats and their Á-NÉR habitats equivalents. Appendix. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50: 249-255.

Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna, Bölöni János, Horváth Ferenc (2008): Distribution of the (semi-)natural habitats in Hungary I. Marshes and grasslands. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50 (suppl.): 59-106.

Molnár Zsolt, Bölöni János, Horváth Ferenc (2008): Threatening factors encountered: actual endangerment of the Hungarian (semi-)natural habitats. Acta Botanica Hungarica 50 (suppl.): 199-217.

10_Threatening_factors.pdf

Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc (2008): Natural vegetation based landscape indicators for Hungary I.: Critical review and the basic 'MÉTA' indicators. Tájökológiai Lapok 6: 61-75.

2008_molnar_horvath_META_indicators_tajoklap.PDF

Seregélyes Tibor, Molnár Zsolt, Csomós Ágnes, Bölöni János (2008): Regeneration potential of the Hungarian (semi-)natural habitats. I. Concepts and basic data of the MÉTA database. Acta Botanica Hungarica (Suppl.) 50: 229-248.

12_Regeneration_potential.pdf

2007

Biró Marianna, Révész András, Molnár Zsolt, Horváth Ferenc (2007): Regional habitat pattern of the Danube-Tisza interfluve in Hungary I. The landscape structure and habitat pattern; the fen and alkali vegetation. Acta Bot. Hung. 49(3-4): 267-303.

Bölöni János, Molnár Zsolt, Illyés Eszter, Kun András (2007): A new habitat classification and manual for standardized habitat mapping. Annali di Botanica nouva serie 7:105-126

2007_A_new_habitat_classification_n_8MB.pdf

Molnár Zsolt, Bartha Sándor, Seregélyes Tibor, Illyés Eszter, Botta-Dukát Zoltán, Tímár G, Horváth Ferenc, Révész András, Kun András, Bölöni János, Biró Marianna, Bodonczi László, Deák József Áron, Fogarasi Péter, Horváth András, Isépy István, Karas László, Kecskés Ferenc, Molnár Csaba, Ortmann-Ajkai Adrienne, Rév Szilvia (2007): A grid-based, satellite-image supported, multi-attributed vegetation mapping method (MÉTA). Folia Geobotanica 42: 225-247.

Rebeka Szabó, Eszter Illyés, A Horváth, Zsolt Molnár, Zsolt Szilvácsku, Á Egyházy, Gy Fülöp, B Szabó, Szilvia Rév, K Sipos, T Parrag, Levente Viszló (2007): GrassHabit - a LIFE project dedicated for the proper management of Pannonian grasslands In: Bunce R.G.H., Jongman R.H.G., Hojas, L. and Weel, S. (eds.): 25 years Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE world Congress 8-12 July Wageningen, The Netherlands, IALE Publication series 4. p. 1168.

RebekaSzabo_LIFE_poster.pdf

2006

Biró Marianna, Révész András, Horváth Ferenc, Molnár Zsolt (2006): Point based mapping of the actual vegetation of a large area in Hungary - description, usability and limitation of the method. Acta Bot. Hung. 48 (3-4): 247-269.

2003

Molnár Zsolt, Borhidi Attila (2003): Hungarian alkali vegetation: Origins, landscape history, syntaxonomy, conservation. Phytocoenologia 33: 377-408.

2003_Hungarian_alkali_vegetation_150_kozepes.pdf

2002

Fekete Gábor, Molnár Zsolt, Kun András, Botta-Dukát Zoltán (2002): On the structure of the Pannonian forest steppe: grasslands on sand. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 48 (Suppl.): 137-150.

2002_on_the_structure_fekete.pdf,

2002_On_the_structure_n_7MB.pdf

2000

Kovács-Láng Edit, Fekete Gábor, Horváth Ferenc, Molnár Zsolt, Török Katalin, Tardy János, Demeter András (2000): Development and implementation of a National Biodiversity Monitoring Programme in Hungary. Schr. R. f. Landschaftspfl. u. Natursch. 62: 124-136.

Edit-Kovacs-Lang_et_al_development and implementation of a National Biodiversity Monitoring Programme_in_Hungary_2000.pdf

1999

Fekete Gábor, Kun András, Molnár Zsolt (1999): Floristic characteristics of the forest-steppe in the Duna-Tisza Interfluve. In: Kovács-Láng E., Molnár E., Kröel-Dulay Gy., Barabás S. (eds.): Long Term Ecological Research in the Kiskunság, Hungary. Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Vácrátót, pp. 13-14. [ISBN 963 03750 8 7]

Molnár Zsolt (1999): Main habitat types, Landscape history. In Kovács-Láng et al. (eds.) Long-term Ecological Research in the Kiskunság, Hungary, pp. 8, 9, 16-17. Vácrátót. [ISBN 963 03 7508 7]

Simonyi Á, Puky Miklós, Bakó M, Molnár Zsolt (1999): Progress in protecting wildlife from transportation impacts in Hungary and other European countries. In: Evink G., Garrett P., Zeigler D. (eds.): Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation, Missoula/ Montana, pp. 279-287.

1998

Molnár Zs, Botta-Dukát Z (1998): Improved space-for-time substitution for hypothesis generation: secondary grasslands with documented site history in SE-Hungary. Phytocoenologia 28: 1-29.

1998_Molnar_BDZ_parlag_Phytocoenologia_1998_1.pdf

Molnár Zsolt (1998): Interpreting present vegetation features by landscape historical data: An example from a woodland-grassland mosaic landscape (Nagykőrös-wood, Kiskunság, Hungary). In: Kirby K. J., Watkins C. (eds.): The Ecological History of European Forests. CAB International, pp. 241-263.

1998_Interpreting_Present_Vegetation_1.pdf

1997

Molnár Zsolt (1997): Vegetation history of the Kardoskút area (S.E. Hungary) II.: The lake Fehér-tó in the last 200 years. Tiscia, 30: 27-34.

1996_Kardoskut_II.pdf

Molnár Zsolt (1997): The land-use historical approach to study vegetation history at the century scale. In: Tóth E., Horváth R. (eds.): Proceedings of "Research, Conservation, Management" Conference, Aggtelek, Hungary, pp. 345-354.

1997_The_land_use_historical_k_1MB_2.pdf

Molnár Zsolt, Biró Marianna (1997): Vegetation history of the Kardoskút area (SE-Hungary) I.: Regional versus local history, ancient versus recent habitats Tiscia 30: 15-25.

Regional versus local history, ancient versus recent habitats (PDF)

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