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Béla Tóthmérész

Béla Tóthmérész

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Ecology and Evolution
Hungary
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
17097
World Ranking
1598
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Béla Tóthmérész is affiliated with the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on understanding ecological processes and environmental impacts on vegetation.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Béla Tóthmérész's work covers diverse subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The topics frequently addressed in their publications are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2

Béla Tóthmérész has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Péter Török
  • Judit Sonkoly
  • Orsolya Valkó
  • Katalin Tóth
  • Edina Simon

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Atmosphere
  • Plants

Representative recent papers include:

  • The present and future of grassland restoration, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Air pollution induced vegetation stress - The Air Pollution Tolerance Index as a quick tool for city health evaluation, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Underground deserts below fertility islands? Woody species desiccate lower soil layers in sandy drylands, 2020, Ecography
  • Use of Leaves as Bioindicator to Assess Air Pollution Based on Composite Proxy Measure (APTI), Dust Amount and Elemental Concentration of Metals, 2020, Plants
  • Different extinction debts among plants and arthropods after loss of grassland amount and connectivity, 2021, Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta-Analysis of Species Richness in Europe

    Yoan Paillet;Laurent Bergès;Joakim HjÄltén;Péter Ódor

  • Comparison of different methods for diversity ordering

    Béla Tóthmérész

  • Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs

    Péter Török;Enikő Vida;Balázs Deák;Szabolcs Lengyel

  • Soil enzyme activity in response to long-term organic matter manipulation

    Zsolt Kotroczó;Zsuzsa Veres;István Fekete;Zsolt Krakomperger

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Changes in carabid beetle assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in the city of Debrecen, Hungary

    T. Magura;B. Tóthmérész;T. Molnár

  • Forest edge and diversity: Carabids along forest-grassland transects

    Tibor Magura;Béla Tóthmérész;Tivadar Molnár

  • Does urbanization decrease diversity in ground beetle (Carabidae) assemblages

    Tibor Magura;Gábor L. Lövei;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Effects of nature management practice on carabid assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a non-native plantation.

    T Magura;B Tóthmérész;Zs Bordán

  • Diversity and composition of carabids during a forestry cycle.

    Tibor Magura;Béla Tóthmérész;Zoltán Elek

  • Livestock Type is More Crucial Than Grazing Intensity: Traditional Cattle and Sheep Grazing in Short‐Grass Steppes

    Edina Tóth;Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;András Kelemen

  • Review: Prospects and limitations of prescribed burning as a management tool in European grasslands

    Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;Balázs Deák;Béla Tóthmérész

  • The present and future of grassland restoration

    Péter Török;Lars A. Brudvig;Johannes Kollmann;Jodi N. Price

  • Soil extracellular enzyme activities are sensitive indicators of detrital inputs and carbon availability

    Zsuzsa Veres;Zsolt Kotroczó;István Fekete;János Attila Tóth

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on carabids in forest patches

    Tibor Magura;Viktor Ködöböcz;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Restoring grassland biodiversity: Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures can lead to rapid favourable changes

    Péter Török;Balázs Deák;Enikő Vida;Orsolya Valkó

  • Is regular mowing the most appropriate and cost-effective management maintaining diversity and biomass of target forbs in mountain hay meadows?

    Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;Gábor Matus;Béla Tóthmérész

  • The influence of matrix and edges on species richness patterns of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in habitat islands

    Gábor L. Lövei;Tibor Magura;Béla Tóthmérész;Viktor Ködöböcz

  • Ground beetles (Carabidae) and edge effect in oak-hornbeam forest and grassland transects

    Tivadar Molnár;Tibor Magura;Béla Tóthmérész;Zoltán Elek

Frequent Co-Authors

Orsolya Valkó
Orsolya Valkó University of Debrecen
Balázs Deák
Balázs Deák University of Debrecen
Péter Török
Péter Török University of Debrecen
Tibor Magura
Tibor Magura University of Debrecen
Gábor Borics
Gábor Borics Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gábor L. Lövei
Gábor L. Lövei Aarhus University
Gábor Várbíró
Gábor Várbíró Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University

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