Dr. Ildikó Orbán

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Current Project

NamTip - Understanding and managing desertification tipping points – a Namibian perspective

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher within the NamTip project. My work mainly focuses on detecting desertification tipping point with the help of our climate and grazing manipulation field experiment called TipEx.

Research Interests

• Global change ecology
• Vegetation response to drought and disturbance
• Ecosystem resilience
• Ecosystem tipping points and regime shifts

Education and Experience

Since 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher; Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam (UP)

2020 – 2022 Assistant Research Fellow; Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany (Vácrátót, Hungary)

Sept 2017 - Jan 2018Exchange Student; University of South Bohemia, in Česke Budějovice, Department of Botany, Quantitative Ecology Module

Various periods between 2016 and 2022 Teaching Assistant; Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology (Budapest)

2016 – 2022 PhD Student; Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology (Budapest, Hungary) and at the Institute of Ecology and Botany, (Vácrátót, Hungary). Thesis topic: The effect of droughts and disturbance on native and invasive species in sandy grasslands – insights from experiments and long-term observations (supervisors: Dr. György Kröel-Dulay, Dr. Tibor Kalapos)

Various periods between 2012 and 2014 Research, Field and Teaching Assistant; University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bergen, Norway)

2012– 2013 Master of Science, Biology; University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway). Thesis: ’Holocene treeline shifts in the Retezat Mountains, Romania’ (supervisors: Dr. Hilary Birks, Dr. Enikő Magyari)

2007 – 2011Bachelor of Science. Biology;Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary). Thesis: ’Causes and mechanism of treeline formation’ (supervisor: Dr. Beáta Oborny)

Publications

• Orbàn, I.;  Ónodi, G. & Kröel-Dulay, G. (2023) The role of drought, disturbance, and seed dispersal in dominance shifts in a temperate grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 34, e13199. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13199
• László, Z., Friedl, Z., Pacskó, V., Orbán, I., Tanács, E., Magyar, B., Kristóf, D., Standovár, T. (2021) Application of Sentinel-1 radar data for mapping ice disturbance in a forested area. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 54(1), 568-587.
• Wilfahrt, P.A., Schweiger, A.H., Abrantes, N., Arfin-Khan M.A.S., Bahn, M., Berauer, B.J., Bierbaumer, M., Djukic, I., van Dusseldorp, M., Eibes, P., Estiarte, M., von Hessberg, A., Holub, P., Ingrisch, J., Kappel Schmidt, I., Kesic, L., Klem, K., Kröel-Dulay,G., Larsen, K.S., Lõhmus, K., Mänd, P., Orbán, I., Orlovic, S., Peñuelas, J., Reinthaler, D., Radujković, D., Schuchardt, M., Schweiger, J.M.I., Stojnic, S., Tietema, A., Urban, O., Vicca, S., Jentsch A. (2021). Disentangling climate from soil nutrient effects on plant biomass production using a multispecies phytometer. Ecosphere, 12(8), e03719.
• Orbán, I., Szitár, K., Kalapos, T., & Körel-Dulay, G. (2021). The role of disturbance in invasive plant establishment in a changing climate: insights from a drought experiment. Biological Invasions, 23(6), 1877-1890.
• Erdős, L., Szitár, K., Öllerer, K., Ónodi, G., Kertész, M., Török, P., Baráth, K., Tölgyesi, C., Bátori, Z., Somay, L., Orbán, I., Kröel-Dulay, G. (2021). Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment. European Journal of Forest Research, 140(3), 589-601.
• Galland, T., Adeux, G., Dvořáková, H., E‐Vojtkó, A., Orbán, I., Lussu, M., ... & de Bello, F. (2019) Colonization resistance and establishment success along gradients of functional and phylogenetic diversity in experimental plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 107(5), 2090-2104.
• Orbán, I., Birks, H. H., Vincze, I., Finsinger, W., Pál, I., Marinova., E., Jakab, G., Braun, M., Hubay, K., Bíró, T., Magyari, E. K. (2018) Treeline and timberline dynamics on the northern and southern slopes of the Retezat Mountains (Romania) during the late glacial and the Holocene. Quaternary International, 477, 59-78.
• Finsinger, W., Fevre, J., Orbán, I., Pál, I., Vincze, I., Hubay, K., Birks, H., Braun, M., Tóth, M., Magyari, E. K. (2018) Holocene fire-regime changes near the treeline in the Retezat Mts. (Southern Carpathians, Romania), Quaternary International, 477, 94-105.
• Hubay, K., Molnár, M., Orbán, I., Braun, M., Bíró, T., & Magyari, E. (2018) Age–depth relationship and accumulation rates in four sediment sequences from the Retezat Mts, South Carpathians (Romania). Quaternary International, 477, 7-18.
• Lendvay, B., Bálint, M., Pál, I., Vincze, I., Orbán, I., & Magyari, E. K. (2018) Plant macrofossils from lake sediment as the material to assess ancient genetic diversity: Did deforestation influence Norway spruce (Picea abies) in the South Carpathians?. Quaternary International, 477, 106-116.
• Magyari, E., Vincze, I., Orbán, I., Bíró, T., & Pál, I. (2018) Timing of major forest compositional changes and tree expansions in the Retezat Mts during the last 16,000 years. Quaternary International, 477, 40-58.
• Vincze, I., Orbán, I., Birks, H.H., Pál, I., Finsinger, W., Hubay, K., Marinova, E., Jakab, G., Braun, M., Biró, T., Tóth, M., Dănău, C., Ferencz, I. V., Magyari, E.K. (2017) Holocene treeline and timberline changes in the South Carpathians (Romania): climatic and anthropogenic drivers on the southern slopes of the Retezat Mountains. The Holocene, 27(11), 1613-1630
• Helvik, I., Orbán, I., Aronsson, M., & Birks, J. (25th August 2014) Climate ‘indicator values’ for the native Nordic Flora–A first attempt.