Ágnes Vári
Current Position
Postdoctoral researcher, ResNet Synthesis Team, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University and Gonzalez lab, Department of Biology, McGill University
Education
PhD, Ecology, Graduate School for Biology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (2012)
Thesis: Propagation and growth of submerged macrophytes in Lake Balaton
MSc, Biology, Technical University Munich, Germany (2005)
Thesis: Population structure, mobility and choice of habitat of the grasshopper Poecilimon brunneri in the Gödöllő hills, Hungary
Research interests
Ágnes’ work is on ecosystem services, about their mapping and assessment, both the process (selection of methods, tools & indicators), and related conceptual questions. As a post-doc at McGill, she focuses on synthesizing results from the ResNet project (NSERC - ResNet), specifically on finding lessons learned across the participating landscapes in Canada regarding ecosystem services assessments, and solutions for up and/or downscaling in order to obtain results that can provide answers relevant for local as well as for higher level decision making.
Her background is in Hydrobiology and Plant ecology, starting her career as a limnologist, researching macrophytes at Lake Balaton in Hungary, and expanding her research later to ecosystem services research. She had been working with ecosystem services in several regional and national assessments in Europe. More recently, she took part in the National Mapping and Assessment of ecosystem services in Hungary, where she led the working group on hydrology, assessing water related ecosystem services.
Selected publications
Vári Á., Tanács E., Tormáné Kovács E., Kalóczkai Á., Arany I., Czúcz B., Bereczki K., Belényesi M., Csákvári E., Kiss M., Fabók V., Kisné Fodor L., Koncz P., Lehoczki R., Pásztor L., Pataki R., Rezneki R., Szerényi Zs., Török K., Zölei A., Zsembery Z., Kovács-Hostyánszki A. (2022): National Ecosystem Services Assessment in Hungary: Framework, Process and Conceptual Questions. Sustainability 14(19), 12847. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912847
Decsi B., Ács T., Jolánkai J., Kardos M.K., Koncsos L., Vári Á., & Kozma Zs. (2022): From simple to complex - Comparing four modelling tools for quantifying hydrologic ecosystem services. Ecological Indicators, 141, 19143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109143
Pinke Zs., Vári Á, Tormáné Kovács E. (2022) Value transfer in economic valuation of ecosystem services – Some methodological challenges. Ecosystem Services 56: 101443. https://10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101443
Vári Á., Kozma Zs., Pataki B., Jolánkai Zs., Kardos M., Decsi B., Pinke Zs., Jolánkai G., Pásztor L., Condé S., Sonderegger G., Czúcz B. (2022): Disentangling the ecosystem service ‘flood regulation’ - mechanisms and relevant ecosystem condition characteristics. Ambio 51, 1855–1870. https://10.1007/s13280-022-01708-0
Vári Á., Podschun S.A., Erős T., Hein T., Pataki B., Iojă I.-C., Adamescu C.M., Gerhardt A., Gruber T., Dedić A., Ćirić M., Gavrilović B., Báldi A. (2022): Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines. Ambio. 51: 135-151. https://10.1007/s13280-021-01556-4
Czúcz B., Haines-Young R., Kiss M., Bereczki K., Kertész M., Vári Á., Potschin-Young M., Arany I. (2020): Ecosystem service indicators along the cascade: how do mapping and assessment studies position their indicators? Ecological Indicators, 118: 106729. https://10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106729
Vári Á., Arany I., Kalóczkai Á., Kelemen K., Papp J., & Czúcz B. (2020). Berries, greens, and medicinal herbs—Mapping and assessing wild plants as an ecosystem service in Transylvania (Romania). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 16: 13. https://10.1186/s13002-020-0360-x
Other interests
Hiking, climbing, watersports, gardening, kids & environment, reading
Contact information
[email protected]
Current Position
Postdoctoral researcher, ResNet Synthesis Team, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University and Gonzalez lab, Department of Biology, McGill University
Education
PhD, Ecology, Graduate School for Biology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (2012)
Thesis: Propagation and growth of submerged macrophytes in Lake Balaton
MSc, Biology, Technical University Munich, Germany (2005)
Thesis: Population structure, mobility and choice of habitat of the grasshopper Poecilimon brunneri in the Gödöllő hills, Hungary
Research interests
Ágnes’ work is on ecosystem services, about their mapping and assessment, both the process (selection of methods, tools & indicators), and related conceptual questions. As a post-doc at McGill, she focuses on synthesizing results from the ResNet project (NSERC - ResNet), specifically on finding lessons learned across the participating landscapes in Canada regarding ecosystem services assessments, and solutions for up and/or downscaling in order to obtain results that can provide answers relevant for local as well as for higher level decision making.
Her background is in Hydrobiology and Plant ecology, starting her career as a limnologist, researching macrophytes at Lake Balaton in Hungary, and expanding her research later to ecosystem services research. She had been working with ecosystem services in several regional and national assessments in Europe. More recently, she took part in the National Mapping and Assessment of ecosystem services in Hungary, where she led the working group on hydrology, assessing water related ecosystem services.
Selected publications
Vári Á., Tanács E., Tormáné Kovács E., Kalóczkai Á., Arany I., Czúcz B., Bereczki K., Belényesi M., Csákvári E., Kiss M., Fabók V., Kisné Fodor L., Koncz P., Lehoczki R., Pásztor L., Pataki R., Rezneki R., Szerényi Zs., Török K., Zölei A., Zsembery Z., Kovács-Hostyánszki A. (2022): National Ecosystem Services Assessment in Hungary: Framework, Process and Conceptual Questions. Sustainability 14(19), 12847. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912847
Decsi B., Ács T., Jolánkai J., Kardos M.K., Koncsos L., Vári Á., & Kozma Zs. (2022): From simple to complex - Comparing four modelling tools for quantifying hydrologic ecosystem services. Ecological Indicators, 141, 19143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109143
Pinke Zs., Vári Á, Tormáné Kovács E. (2022) Value transfer in economic valuation of ecosystem services – Some methodological challenges. Ecosystem Services 56: 101443. https://10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101443
Vári Á., Kozma Zs., Pataki B., Jolánkai Zs., Kardos M., Decsi B., Pinke Zs., Jolánkai G., Pásztor L., Condé S., Sonderegger G., Czúcz B. (2022): Disentangling the ecosystem service ‘flood regulation’ - mechanisms and relevant ecosystem condition characteristics. Ambio 51, 1855–1870. https://10.1007/s13280-022-01708-0
Vári Á., Podschun S.A., Erős T., Hein T., Pataki B., Iojă I.-C., Adamescu C.M., Gerhardt A., Gruber T., Dedić A., Ćirić M., Gavrilović B., Báldi A. (2022): Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines. Ambio. 51: 135-151. https://10.1007/s13280-021-01556-4
Czúcz B., Haines-Young R., Kiss M., Bereczki K., Kertész M., Vári Á., Potschin-Young M., Arany I. (2020): Ecosystem service indicators along the cascade: how do mapping and assessment studies position their indicators? Ecological Indicators, 118: 106729. https://10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106729
Vári Á., Arany I., Kalóczkai Á., Kelemen K., Papp J., & Czúcz B. (2020). Berries, greens, and medicinal herbs—Mapping and assessing wild plants as an ecosystem service in Transylvania (Romania). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 16: 13. https://10.1186/s13002-020-0360-x
Other interests
Hiking, climbing, watersports, gardening, kids & environment, reading
Contact information
[email protected]