List of works - Péter Török

A new aspect of grassland vegetation dynamics: cyanobacterium colonies affect establishment success of plants

article

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

scientific article

Beyond the species pool: modification of species dispersal, establishment, and assembly by habitat restoration

article

Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

Biodiversity on the waves of history: Conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state

Both facilitation and limiting similarity shape the species coexistence in dry alkali grasslands

article by András Kelemen et al published March 2015 in Ecological Complexity

Both mass ratio effects and community diversity drive biomass production in a grassland experiment

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Both trait-neutrality and filtering effects are validated by the vegetation patterns detected in the functional recovery of sand grasslands

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

Combined eco-morphological functional groups are reliable indicators of colonisation processes of benthic diatom assemblages in a lowland stream

scientific article published in 2016

Comparison of species-rich cover crop mixtures in the Tokaj wine region (Hungary)

scholarly article published 15 February 2016

Conservation Value, Management and Restoration of Europe’S Semi‑Natural Open Landscapes

Cultural heritage and biodiversity conservation – plant introduction and practical restoration on ancient burial mounds

article

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

article

Do large-seeded herbs have a small range size? The seed mass-distribution range trade-off hypothesis

scientific article published on 19 November 2017

Does disturbance enhance the competitive effect of the invasive Solidago canadensis on the performance of two native grasses?

Early vegetation development after grassland restoration by sowing low-diversity seed mixtures in former sunflower and cereal fields

scientific article

Ecological background of diatom functional groups: Comparability of classification systems

scientific article

Ecological diatom guilds are useful but not sensitive enough as indicators of extremely changing water regimes

Ecological theory provides strong support for habitat restoration

Ecosystem engineering by foxes is mediated by the landscape context-A case study from steppic burial mounds

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Effects of Land Use and Wildfires on the Habitat Selection of Great Bustard (Otis tardal.)-Implications for Species Conservation

scholarly article by Zsolt Végvári et al published 24 February 2016 in Land Degradation and Development

Effects of habitat management on newly found populations of the endangered weed, <i>Mummenhoffia alliacea</i> (Brassicaceae)

scientific article published in 2023

Effects of litter on seedling establishment: an indoor experiment with short-lived Brassicaceae species

article

Environmental drivers and spatial scaling of species abundance distributions in Palaearctic grassland vegetation

scientific article published in 2022

Environmental factors driving seed bank diversity in alkali grasslands

Environmental filtering is the primary driver of community assembly in forest–grassland mosaics: A case study based on <scp>CSR</scp> strategies

scientific article published in 2024

Establishment gaps in species‐poor grasslands: artificial biodiversity hotspots to support the colonization of target species

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Establishment of three cover crop mixtures in vineyards

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

Factors threatening grassland specialist plants - A multi-proxy study on the vegetation of isolated grasslands

article

Fast restoration of grassland vegetation by a combination of seed mixture sowing and low-diversity hay transfer

scientific article published in 2012

Filling up the gaps—Passive restoration does work on linear landscape elements

scientific article published in 2017

Functional diversity supports the biomass-diversity humped-back relationship in phytoplankton assemblages

scholarly article by Péter Török et al published 16 January 2016 in Functional Ecology

Germination response of invasive plants to soil burial depth and litter accumulation is species‐specific

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

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

Grassland restoration to conserve landscape-level biodiversity: a synthesis of early results from a large-scale project

Grassland seed bank and community resilience in a changing climate

scientific article published in 2018

Grazing in European open landscapes: How to reconcile sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation?

Grime’s ecological strategies reveal contrasting patterns in alkaline and loess grasslands

scientific article published in 2024

Halophilic diatom taxa are sensitive indicators of even short term changes in lowland lotic systems

scientific article published in 2015

Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

scientific article published in 2014

Higher seed number compensates for lower fruit set in deceptive orchids

scientific article published in 2015

Intensity‐dependent effects of cattle and sheep grazing in sand grasslands — Does livestock type really matter?

scientific article published in 2023

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

scientific article published in 2012

Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration

scientific article published in January 2022

Laboratory and microcosm experiments testing the toxicity of chlorinated hydrocarbons on a cyanobacterium strain (Synechococcus PCC 6301) and on natural phytoplankton assemblages

article

Landscape and habitat filters jointly drive richness and abundance of specialist plants in terrestrial habitat islands

article

Litter removal does not compensate detrimental fire effects on biodiversity in regularly burned semi-natural grasslands

scientific article

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

Lucerne-dominated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions

scientific article published in 2010

Managing for species composition or diversity? Pastoral and free grazing systems in alkali steppes

article

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

article

Micro-topographic heterogeneity increases plant diversity in old stages of restored grasslands

article

New aspects of grassland recovery in old-fields revealed by trait-based analyses of perennial-crop-mediated succession

scientific article

New measurements of thousand-seed weights of species in the Pannonian flora

scientific article published in 2016

New thousand-seed weight records of the Pannonian flora and their application in analysing social behaviour types

article

Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment

scientific article published in 2021

Patterns of pollination interactions at the community level are related to the type and quantity of floral resources

scientific article published on 13 September 2021

Pollination and dispersal trait spectra recover faster than the growth form spectrum during spontaneous succession in sandy old‐fields

scientific article published in 2019

Post‐restoration grassland management overrides the effects of restoration methods in propagule‐rich landscapes

scientific article published on 08 October 2021

Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration?

Reed cut, habitat diversity and productivity in wetlands

scientific article published in 2015

Responses of soil seed banks and soil microbial activity to grazing exclusion in cold semiarid grasslands

scientific article published in 2024

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

scientific article published in 2010

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

scholarly article by Péter Török et al published March 2010 in Biological Conservation

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

article

River Dikes in Agricultural Landscapes: The Importance of Secondary Habitats in Maintaining Landscape-Scale Diversity

Role of microhabitats in shaping diversity of periphytic diatom assemblages

scientific article published in 2023

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

Step(pe) up! Raising the profile of the Palaearctic natural grasslands

article by Péter Török et al published 26 September 2016 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Succession in soil seed banks and its implications for restoration of calcareous sand grasslands

scientific article published in 2017

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

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Sustaining recovered grasslands is not likely without proper management: vegetation changes after cessation of mowing

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity peaks do not coincide along a compositional gradient in forest‐grassland mosaics

scientific article published in 2022

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2015–2016

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis

The importance of dispersal and species establishment in vegetation dynamics and resilience

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

The invasion of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in sandy old-fields - is it a threat to the native flora?

The present and future of grassland restoration

scientific article published on 16 March 2021

The role of seed bank in the dynamics of understorey in an oak forest in Hungary

scientific article

Think twice before using narrow buffers: Attenuating mowing-induced arthropod spillover at forest – grassland edges

Traditional cattle grazing in a mosaic alkali landscape: effects on grassland biodiversity along a moisture gradient

scientific article

Turning old foes into new allies—Harnessing drainage canals for biodiversity conservation in a desiccated European lowland region

scientific article published on 19 October 2021

Underground deserts below fertility islands? Woody species desiccate lower soil layers in sandy drylands

scientific article published in 2020

Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from ‘tree planting’ to ‘restore native vegetation’

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published in 2018

Zoochory on and off: A field experiment for trait‐based analysis of establishment success of grassland species

scientific article published on 22 June 2021

List of works by Péter Török

A new aspect of grassland vegetation dynamics: cyanobacterium colonies affect establishment success of plants

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

Beyond the species pool: modification of species dispersal, establishment, and assembly by habitat restoration

Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

Biodiversity on the waves of history: Conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state

Both facilitation and limiting similarity shape the species coexistence in dry alkali grasslands

Both mass ratio effects and community diversity drive biomass production in a grassland experiment

Both trait-neutrality and filtering effects are validated by the vegetation patterns detected in the functional recovery of sand grasslands

Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

Combined eco-morphological functional groups are reliable indicators of colonisation processes of benthic diatom assemblages in a lowland stream

Comparison of species-rich cover crop mixtures in the Tokaj wine region (Hungary)

Conservation Value, Management and Restoration of Europe’S Semi‑Natural Open Landscapes

Cultural heritage and biodiversity conservation – plant introduction and practical restoration on ancient burial mounds

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

Do large-seeded herbs have a small range size? The seed mass-distribution range trade-off hypothesis

Does disturbance enhance the competitive effect of the invasive Solidago canadensis on the performance of two native grasses?

Early vegetation development after grassland restoration by sowing low-diversity seed mixtures in former sunflower and cereal fields

Ecological background of diatom functional groups: Comparability of classification systems

Ecological diatom guilds are useful but not sensitive enough as indicators of extremely changing water regimes

Ecological theory provides strong support for habitat restoration

Ecosystem engineering by foxes is mediated by the landscape context-A case study from steppic burial mounds

Effects of Land Use and Wildfires on the Habitat Selection of Great Bustard (Otis tardal.)-Implications for Species Conservation

Effects of habitat management on newly found populations of the endangered weed, <i>Mummenhoffia alliacea</i> (Brassicaceae)

Effects of litter on seedling establishment: an indoor experiment with short-lived Brassicaceae species

Environmental drivers and spatial scaling of species abundance distributions in Palaearctic grassland vegetation

Environmental factors driving seed bank diversity in alkali grasslands

Environmental filtering is the primary driver of community assembly in forest–grassland mosaics: A case study based on <scp>CSR</scp> strategies

Establishment gaps in species‐poor grasslands: artificial biodiversity hotspots to support the colonization of target species

Establishment of three cover crop mixtures in vineyards

European grassland ecosystems: threatened hotspots of biodiversity

Factors threatening grassland specialist plants - A multi-proxy study on the vegetation of isolated grasslands

Fast restoration of grassland vegetation by a combination of seed mixture sowing and low-diversity hay transfer

Filling up the gaps—Passive restoration does work on linear landscape elements

Functional diversity supports the biomass-diversity humped-back relationship in phytoplankton assemblages

Germination response of invasive plants to soil burial depth and litter accumulation is species‐specific

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

Grassland restoration to conserve landscape-level biodiversity: a synthesis of early results from a large-scale project

Grassland seed bank and community resilience in a changing climate

Grazing in European open landscapes: How to reconcile sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation?

Grime’s ecological strategies reveal contrasting patterns in alkaline and loess grasslands

Halophilic diatom taxa are sensitive indicators of even short term changes in lowland lotic systems

Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

Higher seed number compensates for lower fruit set in deceptive orchids

Intensity‐dependent effects of cattle and sheep grazing in sand grasslands — Does livestock type really matter?

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

Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration

Laboratory and microcosm experiments testing the toxicity of chlorinated hydrocarbons on a cyanobacterium strain (Synechococcus PCC 6301) and on natural phytoplankton assemblages

Landscape and habitat filters jointly drive richness and abundance of specialist plants in terrestrial habitat islands

Litter removal does not compensate detrimental fire effects on biodiversity in regularly burned semi-natural grasslands

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

Lucerne-dominated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions

Managing for species composition or diversity? Pastoral and free grazing systems in alkali steppes

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

Micro-topographic heterogeneity increases plant diversity in old stages of restored grasslands

New aspects of grassland recovery in old-fields revealed by trait-based analyses of perennial-crop-mediated succession

New measurements of thousand-seed weights of species in the Pannonian flora

New thousand-seed weight records of the Pannonian flora and their application in analysing social behaviour types

Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment

Patterns of pollination interactions at the community level are related to the type and quantity of floral resources

Pollination and dispersal trait spectra recover faster than the growth form spectrum during spontaneous succession in sandy old‐fields

Post‐restoration grassland management overrides the effects of restoration methods in propagule‐rich landscapes

Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration?

Reed cut, habitat diversity and productivity in wetlands

Responses of soil seed banks and soil microbial activity to grazing exclusion in cold semiarid grasslands

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

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

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

River Dikes in Agricultural Landscapes: The Importance of Secondary Habitats in Maintaining Landscape-Scale Diversity

Role of microhabitats in shaping diversity of periphytic diatom assemblages

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

Step(pe) up! Raising the profile of the Palaearctic natural grasslands

Succession in soil seed banks and its implications for restoration of calcareous sand grasslands

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

Sustaining recovered grasslands is not likely without proper management: vegetation changes after cessation of mowing

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity peaks do not coincide along a compositional gradient in forest‐grassland mosaics

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2015–2016

The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2016–2017

The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis