Czúcz B., Molnár Zs., Horváth F., Botta-Dukát Z. (2011): Vegetation-based natural capital index: an easy to understand, policy relevant ecosystem state indicator In: Nagy G. G. & Kiss V. (eds) Borrowing Services from Nature: Methodologies of Ecosystem Services Based on Hungarian Case Studies. CEEWEB for Biodiversity, Budapest pp. 43-50.
Czúcz B., Csecserits A., Botta-Dukát Z, Kröel-Dulay Gy. Szabó R., Horváth F., Molnár Zs. (2011): An indicator framework for the climatic adaptive capacity of natural ecosystems J. of Vegetation Science 22: 711-725.
Bölöni, J., Botta-Dukát, Z., Illyés, E., Molnár, Zs. (2011): Hungarian landscape types: classification of landscapes based on the relative cover of (semi-) natural habitats - Applied Vegetation Science (14): 537–546.
Molnár, Zs., Biró, M., Bartha, S., Fekete, G. (2012): Past Trends, Present State and Future Prospects of Hungarian Forest-Steppes In: Werger, MJA, van Staalduinen, MA (eds.): Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, pp. 209-252.
Czúcz B., Molnár Zs., Horváth F., Nagy G. G., Botta-Dukát Z., Török K. (2012): Using the natural capital index framework as a scalable aggregation methodology for local and regional biodiversity indicators.Journal for Nature Conservation 20(3):144-152.
A highly aggregated policy-relevant biodiversity indicator was developed: the vegetation-based Natural Capital Index. We used two different weighting scheme, a linear and an exponential one. The national NCIlin, is 9.9% and NCIexp is 3.2%. Hungary has lost 90-97% of its original vegetation-based natural capital.
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During the MÉTA-mapping we have mapped the effect of 15 invasive species. For maps and other details see the Hungarian web page ...
In the last decades land abandonment increased in Hungary, and resulted in cca. 350 000 hectars old-fields. Where do these areas occur in Hungary? See map.
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Altogether 28 threat types were documented (the most importants to every habitat type in all hexagon). The most endangering factors were the spread of invasive plants, overpopulated game and drainage ...
Molnár Zs., Biró M., Bölöni J., Horváth F. (2008): Distribution of the (semi-)natural habitats in Hungary I. Marshes and grasslands. Acta Botanica Hungarica> 50(Suppl.): 59-105.
Actual distribution maps of vegetation types are important data sources of basic and applied research, respectively. Though there were several attempts to map the actual vegetation of Hungary, the MÉTA program was the first to map all the (semi-)natural habitat types on the whole territory of Hungary. The paper discusses the habitats with treeless vegetation. 45 habitats are presented and discussed. The paper provides additional data on the area and distribution of the habitats mainly at the physical geographical macroregion scale.
