Analysis of the Transdanubian region of Hungary according to plant species diversity and floristic geoelement categories

Abstract

Bartha, D., Tiborcz, V., 2017. Analysis of the Transdanubian region of Hungary according to plant species diversity and floristic geoelement categories. Folia Oecologica, 44: 1-10.The aim of this study was to describe the proportion of floristic geoelements and plant biodiversity in the macroregions of Transdanubia. The core data source used for the analysis was the database of the Hungarian Flora Mapping Programme. The analysed data were summarized in tables and distribution maps. The percentage of continental elements was higher in dry areas, whereas the proportion of circumboreal elements was higher in humid and rainy parts of Transdanubia. According to the climatic zones, the highest value of continental geoelement group occurred in the forest-steppe zone. The plant species diversity and geoelements were analysed also on a lower scale, with Transdanubia specified into five macroregions. The highest diversity values were found in the Transdanubian Mountain and West-Transdanubian regions because of the climatic, topographic, and habitat diversity.

Information manipulation and historical revisionism: Russian disinformation and foreign interference through manipulated history-based narratives

“…Russian government organized non-governmental organizations (GONGOs) and higher education entities (such as the Russkiy Mir foundation), which operate abroad. For instance, the Russian Cultural and Educational Centre opened in Pecs and in Debrecen, Hungary, in April 2017 ( Bartha, 2017 )…”

“…Their operations are mainly funded by the Russian state treasury, state enterprises, and Russian private companies ( Domańska & Rogoża, 2021 ). Additionally, it is financed by other means, such as website traffic revenue (e.g., owing to number of times it was seen on social media), targeted political ads ( Havlíček & Yeliseyeu, 2021, p. 96 ), other states’ funding (such as the 7.7 million EUR support for the Russian Orthodox Church secured by Hungary) ( Bartha, 2020 ) or even private actors from abroad (as in the case of the Hungarian diaspora media) ( Győri & Molnár, 2020 ).…”

Confirmation of Spiraea crenata L. occurrence in Slovakia

“…It was generally believed that the local population (of 1-2 polycormons according to Holub) fell victim to stone mining on the site. Formerly, the species was also categorised as extinct in Hungary (Bartha and Nagy 2004). Nowadays, however, it has been found in several cemeteries (Lovas-Kiss et al 2017) and settlements (Máté 2015, Somlyay 2015, Bauer 2019, Molnár et al 2024.…”