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Ecology and Evolution
Hungary
2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Hungary Leader Award
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Overview

Orsolya Valkó is affiliated with the University of Debrecen in Hungary and specializes in environmental and biological sciences. Their research primarily addresses topics within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial focus on conservation, ecology, and plant-related studies.

The scientist has contributed to various subfields of study including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Within these areas, their main research topics cover:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Orsolya Valkó's recent research includes studies published in various scientific journals. Selected papers are:

  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives, 2021, Air Soil and Water Research
  • Fire hazard modulation by long-term dynamics in land cover and dominant forest type in eastern and central Europe, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics, 2020, Air Soil and Water Research
  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe, 2020, Conservation Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Balázs Déak
  • Réka Kiss
  • Laura Godó
  • András Kelemen
  • Katalin Lukács

Orsolya Valkó's publications are often featured in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Természetvédelmi Közlemények
  • Restoration Ecology

Best Publications

  • Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

    Malin Tälle;Balázs Deák;Peter Poschlod;Orsolya Valkó

  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts.

    Nancy Shackelford;Nancy Shackelford;Gustavo B. Paterno;Gustavo B. Paterno;Daniel E. Winkler;Todd E. Erickson

  • 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

  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives

    Nieves Fernandez-Anez;Andrey Krasovskiy;Mortimer Müller;Harald Vacik

  • 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

  • Cultural monuments and nature conservation: a review of the role of kurgans in the conservation and restoration of steppe vegetation

    Balázs Deák;Béla Tóthmérész;Orsolya Valkó;Barbara Sudnik-Wójcikowska

  • Mechanisms shaping plant biomass and species richness: plant strategies and litter effect in alkali and loess grasslands

    András Kelemen;Péter Török;Orsolya Valkó;Tamás Miglécz

  • Restoration Potential in Seed Banks of Acidic Fen and Dry-Mesophilous Meadows: Can Restoration Be Based on Local Seed Banks?

    Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;Béla Tóthmérész;Gábor Matus

  • Classification of Herbaceous Vegetation Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery

    Péter Burai;Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Tamás Tomor

  • Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

    Jesús Rodrigo-Comino;Jesús Rodrigo-Comino;Manuel López-Vicente;Vinod Kumar;Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo

  • Traditional Cattle Grazing in a Mosaic Alkali Landscape: Effects on Grassland Biodiversity along a Moisture Gradient

    Péter Török;Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák;András Kelemen

  • Environmental factors driving seed bank diversity in alkali grasslands

    Orsolya Valkó;Béla Tóthmérész;András Kelemen;Edina Simon

  • The challenge of abandonment for the sustainable management of Palaearctic natural and semi-natural grasslands

    Orsolya Valkó;Stephen Venn;Michał Zmihorski;Idoia Biurrun

  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe

    Leonie K. Fischer;Leonie K. Fischer;Lena Neuenkamp;Lena Neuenkamp;Jussi Lampinen;Maria Tuomi

  • Supporting biodiversity by prescribed burning in grasslands — A multi-taxa approach

    Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák;Tibor Magura;Péter Török

  • Secondary succession in sandy old-fields: a promising example of spontaneous grassland recovery

    Ágnes Júlia Albert;András Kelemen;Orsolya Valkó;Tamás Miglécz

  • Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes.

    Balázs Deák;Bence Kovács;Zoltán Rádai;Iva Apostolova

  • Fire hazard modulation by long-term dynamics in land cover and dominant forest type in eastern and central Europe

    Angelica Feurdean;Angelica Feurdean;Boris Vannière;Walter Finsinger;Dan Warren

  • Litter and graminoid biomass accumulation suppresses weedy forbs in grassland restoration

    B. Deák;O. Valkó;A. Kelemen;P. Török

  • Fine-scale vertical position as an indicator of vegetation in alkali grasslands – Case study based on remotely sensed data

    Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Cici Alexander;Werner Mücke

  • Lucerne‐dominated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions

    Péter Török;András Kelemen;Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák

Frequent Co-Authors

Balázs Deák
Balázs Deák University of Debrecen
Béla Tóthmérész
Béla Tóthmérész University of Debrecen
Péter Török
Péter Török University of Debrecen
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Marta Carboni
Marta Carboni Roma Tre University
Steffen Boch
Steffen Boch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
John-Arvid Grytnes
John-Arvid Grytnes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Alessandro Chiarucci
Alessandro Chiarucci University of Bologna
Thomas J. Matthews
Thomas J. Matthews University of Birmingham

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