Conserving threatened biodiverity in the Pannon Ecoregion: evaluation of ecological, morphological and genetic diversity hotspots and human influenced landscape

Based on previous studies and assessments, we propose a series of basic studies in the field of ecology and population genetics, and recommend application of our expected results in nature conservation and management. Genetic diversity will be assessed by means of different molecular genetic and morphological methods, while population and assemblage level diversity will be investigated by combination of diversity measures. Phylogenetics and DNA barcoding approaches will be applied where taxonomic relationships are unclear. Selected model species cover different trophic levels giving also insight into the genetic component of the community level processes across the phylogenetic tree.

Project leader: Péter Bíró, PhD