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Bálint Czúcz is affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics related to ecosystems, land use, and biodiversity. The main topics include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Environmental Conservation and Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Among recent publications are:

  • "A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action", 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Selection criteria for ecosystem condition indicators", 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • "A common typology for ecosystem characteristics and ecosystem condition variables", 2021, One Ecosystem
  • "A review of ecosystem condition accounts: lessons learned and options for further development", 2020, One Ecosystem
  • "Disentangling the ecosystem service 'flood regulation': Mechanisms and relevant ecosystem condition characteristics", 2022, AMBIO

Bálint Czúcz has contributed notably to a set of frequently publishing venues, including:

  • One Ecosystem
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Sustainability
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ecosystem Services

The network of frequent co-authors includes:

  • Joachim Maes
  • Gyula Pinke
  • Ágnes Vári
  • Heather Keith
  • Amanda Driver

The body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, integrating ecosystem services, biodiversity monitoring, and environmental valuation frameworks to support informed decision-making and conservation policy development. Their involvement in topics such as flood regulation mechanisms also highlights an applied aspect of their research in ecosystem service functionality.

Best Publications

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

    Gian Reto Walther;Alain Roques;Philip E. Hulme;Martin T. Sykes

  • An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

    Joachim Maes;Camino Liquete;Anne Teller;Markus Erhard

  • Wild plants used for food by Hungarian ethnic groups living in the Carpathian Basin

    Andrea Dénes;Nóra Papp;Dániel Babai;Bálint Czúcz

  • When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning

    Francis Turkelboom;Michael Leone;Sander Jacobs;Eszter Kelemen

  • Selecting methods for ecosystem service assessment: a decision tree approach

    Paula A. Harrison;Robert Dunford;David Nicholas Barton;Eszter Kelemen

  • Where concepts meet the real world: A systematic review of ecosystem service indicators and their classification using CICES

    Bálint Czúcz;Ildikó Arany;Marion Potschin-Young;Krisztina Bereczki

  • A comparative framework for broad‐scale plot‐based vegetation classification

    Miquel De Cáceres;Milan Chytrý;Emiliano Agrillo;Fabio Attorre

  • Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services : Indicators for ecosystem assessments under Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

    Joachim Maes;Anne Teller;Markus Erhard;Patrick Murphy

  • Present and forecasted xeric climatic limits of beech and sessile oak distribution at low altitudes in Central Europe

    Bálint Czúcz;László Gálhidy;Csaba Mátyás

  • Key criteria for developing ecosystem service indicators to inform decision making

    Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven;Matthias Schröter;Evangelina G. Drakou;Ilse R. Geijzendorffer

  • Future of Beech in Southeast Europe from the Perspective of Evolutionary Ecology

    Csaba Mátyás;Imre Berki;Bálint Czúcz;Borbála Gálos

  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

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  • Stakeholders’ perspectives on the operationalisation of the ecosystem service concept: Results from 27 case studies

    Jan Dick;Francis Turkelboom;Helen Woods;Irene Iniesta-Arandia

  • Testing the ability of functional diversity indices to detect trait convergence and divergence using individual‐based simulation

    Zoltán Botta-Dukát;Bálint Czúcz

  • Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment: Experiences from real world situations

    Rob Dunford;Paula Harrison;Alison Smith;Jan Dick

  • Regeneration of sandy old-fields in the forest steppe region of Hungary

    A. Csecserits;B. Czúcz;M. Halassy;G. Kröel-Dulay

  • Practical application of spatial ecosystem service models to aid decision support

    Grazia Zulian;Erik Stange;Helen Woods;Laurence Carvalho

  • Drivers of grassland loss in Hungary during the post-socialist transformation (1987-1999)

    Marianna Biró;Bálint Czúcz;Ferenc Horváth;András Révész

  • The influence of environment, management and site context on species composition of summer arable weed vegetation in Hungary

    Gyula Pinke;Péter Karácsony;Bálint Czúcz;Zoltán Botta-Dukát

  • Remote sensing and GIS for habitat quality monitoring: New approaches and future research

    András Zlinszky;Hermann Heilmeier;Heiko Balzter;Bálint Czúcz

  • Environmental and land-use variables determining the abundance of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in arable fields in Hungary.

    Gyula Pinke;Péter Karácsony;Bálint Czúcz;Zoltán Botta-Dukát

  • Implementation and application of multiple potential natural vegetation models - a case study of Hungary

    Imelda Somodi;Zsolt Molnár;Bálint Czúcz;Ákos Bede‐Fazekas

  • Flowering phenological changes in relation to climate change in Hungary

    Barbara Szabó;Barbara Szabó;Enikő Vincze;Bálint Czúcz

  • The link between landscape pattern and vegetation naturalness on a regional scale

    Péter Szilassi;Teodóra Bata;Szilárd Szabó;Bálint Czúcz

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoltán Botta-Dukát
Zoltán Botta-Dukát Institute of Ecology and Botany
Zsolt Molnár
Zsolt Molnár Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Joachim Maes
Joachim Maes KU Leuven
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences
David N. Barton
David N. Barton Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Emily Nicholson
Emily Nicholson Deakin University
Ignacio Palomo
Ignacio Palomo Grenoble Alpes University
David M. Lapola
David M. Lapola State University of Campinas
Heather Keith
Heather Keith Griffith University
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council

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