Profile
Demeter, László
assistant research fellow
Contact:
demeter.laszlo@ecolres.hu
+36 28 360-122, 360-147 / 160, +36 30 691 8912
Pannonian region, floodplain hardwood forests, structure and dynamics, forest history, forest and marshland grazing, traditional forest-related grazing
– Stand structure and long-term dynamics of Pannonian floodplain hardwood forests.
– Effects of traditional forest-related knowledge and management on forest ecosystems.
– Effects of extensive grazing on vegetation in non-conventional pasture land (marshes and forests).
– Socio-economic driving forces of forest management in the 19-20th centuries.
Selected publications
Molnár Ábel Péter; Demeter László; Biró Marianna; Chytrý Milan; Bartha Sándor; Gantuya Batdelger; Molnár Zsolt. Is there a massive glacial–Holocene flora continuity in Central Europe? BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, Paper: 13007 (2023)
2023
Molnár Zsolt; Aumeeruddy-Thomas Yildiz; Babai Dániel; Díaz Sandra; Garnett Stephen T.; Hill Rosemary; Bates Peter; Brondízio Eduardo S.; Cariño Joji; Demeter László; Fernández-Llamazares Álvaro; Guèze Maximilien; McElwee Pamela; Öllerer Kinga; Purvis Andy; Reyes-García Victoria; Samakov Aibek; Singh Ranjay K. Towards richer knowledge partnerships between ecology and ethnoecology TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, (2024)
2024
Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Zsolt; Öllerer, Kinga; Demeter, László; Bölöni, János. Behind the general pattern of forest loss and gain: A long-term assessment of semi-natural and secondary forest cover change at country level Landscape and Urban Planning, 220:104334
2022
Demeter, László; Molnár, Ábel Péter; Bede-Fazekas, Ákos; Öllerer, Kinga; Varga, Anna; Szabados, Klára; Tucakov, Marko; Kiš, Alen; Biró, Marianna; Marinkov, Jelena; Molnár, Zsolt. Controlling invasive alien shrub species, enhancing biodiversity and mitigating flood risk: A win–win–win situation in grazed floodplain plantations Journal of Environmental Management. 295:113053
2021
Demeter, László; Molnár, Ábel Péter; Öllerer, Kinga; Csóka, György; Kiš, Alen; Vadász, Csaba; Horváth, Ferenc; Molnár, Zsolt. Rethinking the natural regeneration failure of pedunculate oak: The pathogen mildew hypothesis BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 253, Paper: 108928 (2021)
2021
Demeter, László; Bede-Fazekas, Ákos; Molnár, Zsolt; Csicsek, Gábor; Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne; Varga, Anna; Molnár, Ábel; Horváth, Ferenc. The legacy of management approaches and abandonment on old-growth attributes in hardwood floodplain forests in the Pannonian Ecoregion EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH. 139: 595-610
2020
Öllerer, Kinga; Varga, Anna; Kirby, Keith; Demeter, László; Biró, Marianna; Bölöni, János; Molnár, Zsolt. Beyond the obvious impact of domestic livestock grazing on temperate forest vegetation – A global review BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 237: 209-219
2019
Molnár, Zsolt; Szabados, Klára; Kiš, Alen; Marinkov, Jelena; Demeter, László; Biró, Marianna; Öllerer, Kinga; Katona, Krisztián; Đapić, Marko; Perić, Ranko; Ulicsni, Viktor; Babai, Dániel. Preserving for the future the — once widespread but now vanishing — knowledge on traditional pig grazing in forests and marshes (Sava-Bosut floodplain, Serbia) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 17: 56. (2021)
2021
Biró, M.; Molnár, Zs.; Öllerer, K.; Lengyel, A.; Ulicsni, V.; Szabados, K.; Kiš, A.; Perić, R.; Demeter, L.; Babai, D. Conservation and herding co-benefit from traditional extensive wetland grazing Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Volume 300, 15 September 2020, 106983
2020
Bürgi, Matthias; Cevasco, Roberta; Demeter, László; Fescenko, Anda; Gabellieri, Nicola; Marull Lopez, Joan; Östlund, Lars; Šantrůčková, Markéta; Wohlgemuth, Thomas. Where do we come from? Cultural heritage in forests and forest management . : 46-61
2020
Varga, Anna; Demeter, László; Ulicsni, Viktor; Öllerer, Kinga; Biró, Marianna; Babai, Dániel; Molnár, Zsolt. 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
Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Zsolt; Babai, Dániel; Dénes, Andrea; Fehér, Alexander; Barta, Sándor; Sáfián, László; Szabados, Klára; Kiš, Alen; Demeter, László; Öllerer, Kinga. Reviewing historical traditional knowledge for innovative conservation management: A re-evaluation of wetland grazing SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 666: 1114-1125
2019
