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Ecology and Evolution
Hungary
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
9069
World Ranking
3864
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Péter Török is affiliated with the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to topics including ecology and vegetation dynamics, botany and plant ecology, rangeland and wildlife management, plant and animal studies, forest ecology and biodiversity, rangeland management and livestock ecology, and species distribution and climate change.

They have published in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Restoration Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Prominent recent papers authored by or involving Péter Török include:

  • "Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts" (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "The present and future of grassland restoration" (2021, Restoration Ecology)
  • "Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change" (2023, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from 'tree planting' to 'restore native vegetation'" (2021, Restoration Ecology)
  • "Underground deserts below fertility islands? Woody species desiccate lower soil layers in sandy drylands" (2020, Ecography)

In addition to journal articles, Péter Török has contributed to book publications, including a recent title published by Frontiers Media:

  • Origin, Conservation, and Restoration of the Threatened European Grassland Ecosystem in the Anthropocene (2024)

Their collaborative work frequently involves co-authors such as:

  • Judit Sonkoly
  • Csaba Tölgyesi
  • Zoltán Bátori
  • Béla Tóthmérész
  • László Erdős

The main fields of study encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of study include:

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

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

    Jürgen Dengler;Monika Janišová;Péter Török;Camilla Wellstein

  • European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

    Jan Christian Habel;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Monika Janišová;Péter Török

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

    Péter Török;Enikő Vida;Balázs Deák;Szabolcs Lengyel

  • The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis

    Karsten Wesche;Didem Ambarlı;Johannes Kamp;Peter Török

  • Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

    Laura M. E. Sutcliffe;Peter Batary;Urs Kormann;Andras Baldi

  • 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

  • The present and future of grassland restoration

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

  • The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes

    László Erdős;Didem Ambarlı;Oleg A. Anenkhonov;Zoltán Bátori

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ecological theory provides strong support for habitat restoration

    Peter Török;Aveliina Helm

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

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

  • Vegetation type and grazing intensity jointly shape grazing effects on grassland biodiversity

    Péter Török;Károly Penksza;Edina Tóth;András Kelemen

Frequent Co-Authors

Béla Tóthmérész
Béla Tóthmérész University of Debrecen
Orsolya Valkó
Orsolya Valkó University of Debrecen
Balázs Deák
Balázs Deák University of Debrecen
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Gábor Borics
Gábor Borics Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Zsolt Molnár
Zsolt Molnár Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gábor Várbíró
Gábor Várbíró Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Aveliina Helm
Aveliina Helm University of Tartu

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