Research and conservation

Biodiversity and conservation biology research group

This research group consists of researchers and teachers from universities and from the Institute of Biology and conservation professionals from Bükk National Park.

Research areas:

The population ecology of protected and rare animal and  plant species in Northern Hungary.

The life cycle of rare plant taxa during ex situ conservation programmes

Monitoring the effect of habitat treatments in the area of Bükk National Park.

Members of the group:

Erika Pénzes- Kónya PhD associate professor,Károly  Eszterházy College, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Botanical  Department, Eger

János Varga PhD associate professor, Károly Eszterházy College, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Department of Zoology, Eger

Sándor Orbán, DSc university professor, Károly Eszterházy College, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Department of Botany Eger

László Papp, MSc Biology student, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Andrea Sassgyarmati, Herbarium curator, Eszterházy College, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, HERBARIUM OF EGER (EGR)

Zoltán Tóth PhD, assistant university professor, Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology

György Dudás Zoologist,  deputy director of Bükk National Park

Useful links:

Hungarian Association of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens:http://www.mabotkertek.hu/index2.html

Planta Europa Organisation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planta_Europa

 Directory of Bükk National Park: http://bnpi.hu/int/?lang=eng   Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis: http://abpa.ektf.hu/ Useful links: http://www.cbd.int/gspc/