PhD defense of Laura Godó

Congratulations to Laura Godó for successfully defending her PhD thesis in last Friday!

The title of her dissertation is: The role of animal-plant interactions in preserving grassland biodiversity

Supervisor: Balázs Deák

Huge congratulations to Laura and we are very happy that she is continuing her work in our research group after this very important milestone :)

We wish Laura the best success with these field pictures.

Sometimes life does not show its sunniest and brightest side. Vegetation before mowing...

Our favourite picture by Laura: Salicornia prostrata - a pink miracle :)

Last steps before our public outreach program starts :)

Group photo after kurgan restoration - with Fidó dog :)

The PhD dissertation of Laura is based on the following papers:

Godó, L., Valkó, O., Borza, S., Deák, B. (2022): A global review on the role of small rodents and lagomorphs (clade Glires) in seed dispersal and plant establishment. Global Ecology and Conservation 33: e01982.

Godó, L., Tóthmérész, B., Valkó, O., Tóth, K., Radócz, S., Kiss, R., Kelemen, A., Török, P., Švamberková, E., Deák, B. (2018): Ecosystem engineering by foxes is mediated by isolation in grassland fragments. Ecology and Evolution 8(14): 7044-7054.

Godó, L., Valkó O., Tóthmérész B., Török P., Kelemen A., Deák B. (2017): Scale-dependent effects of grazing on the species richness of alkaline and sand grasslands. Tuexenia 37: 229-246.