Eszter Ruprecht, PhD

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Expertise and research interests
Seed ecology
Community ecology
Experimental ecology
Grassland management and restoration
Conservation biology
Invasion ecology
Succession and vegetation dynamics

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Research projects

Coordinator:

2015-2017: “The ecological and economic impacts of plant invasions on Romanian grasslands”. Project PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0381, nr. 228/01.10.2015, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, Romania

2010-2013: “Consequences of land-use changes on the biodiversity of grasslands and possible management actions”. Project PN II-RU TE 296, nr. 71/29.07.2010, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, Romania

2008-2010: “Effects of litter on the germination of dry grassland species” funded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Program for Research Abroad, Hungary

2006-2007: “Vegetation dynamics in steppe-like grasslands of the Transylvanian Lowland induced by land-use changes” funded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Program for Research Abroad, Hungary

Member in the research team:

2020-2022: Fenesi, A. (project leader), Ruprecht, E., Kuhn, T., Miholcsa, Zs. “Developing a national risk assessment scheme using the functional trait-based approach for early detection of future invasive plant species” Project PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-0731, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, Romania

2016-2019: Rákosy, L. (project leader), Ruprecht, E., Craioveanu, C., Crișan, A. “SusTaining AgriCultural ChAnge Through ecological engineering and Optimal use of natural resources”. Project PNIII – P3 – Cooperare europeana si internationala, ERA-NET/ ERA-NET Cofund

2014-2016: Rákosy, L. (project leader), Brielmaier, M., Crișan, A., Ruprecht, E., Crișan, A., Sándor, A., Craioveanu, C., László, Z., Bădărău, A.S.: “Cuantificarea efectului practicilor agricole tradiţionale şi moderne asupra biodiversităţii din pajişti cu înaltă valoare naturală (HNV) în vederea unui management durabil”. Project PN II-PT PCCA 2013-4-1229 No. 79/01.07.2014, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, Romania

2005-2008: Sárkány-Kiss, A. (project leader), Fodorpataki, L., Ujvárosi, L., Papp, J., Ruprecht, E., Szabó, D.Z., Szállassy, N., Markó, B. “Metodă ecologică, complexă de evaluare şi monitorizare a calităţii bazinului hidrografic Someş (MONISOM)”. Project CEEX PC-D06-PT25-293, 610/03.10.2005, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, Romania

2004-2006: Cristea, V. (project leader), Gafta, D., Coroiu, I., Hentea, S., Goia, I., Crişan, F., Ruprecht, E., Roşca-Casian, O. “Studiul fitodiversităţii şi structurii unor populaţii periclitate din rezervaţia naturală Valea Morii (comuna Feleacu, judeţul Cluj), în perspectiva realizării planului de management ecologic”. Finanţat de CNCSIS, Beneficiar UBB, Facultatea de Biologie şi Geologie, cod: A12/372/2004

2004-2006: Momeu, L. (project leader), Rákosi, L., Ruprecht, E., Markó, B. „Plante şi animale recent pătrunse în România – prevenire şi control”. Finanţat de CNCSIS, Beneficiar UBB, Facultatea de Biologie şi Geologie, Catedra de Taxonomie şi Ecologie

2004-2006: Ujvárosi, L. (project leader), Sárkány-Kiss, A., Fodorpataki, L., Papp, J., Ruprecht, E., Markó, B., Szabó, D.Z., Szállassy, N. „Modificări calitative a mediului în Bazinul hidrografic Arieş sub influenţa factorilor antropici”. Grant MENER Nr. 515/2004

Mentoring:

2018-2020: Fenesi, A. “Interspecific relationships among plants in an era of change: an experimental approach“. Project PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-0731, funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, Romania

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Teaching

Plant systematics (in Hungarian, B.Sc.), at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University
Phytosociology and vegetation types of Romania (in Hungarian, B.Sc.), at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University
Plant community ecology (in Hungarian, M.Sc.), at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University
Research practices and ethics (in English, Integrative Biology Doctoral School, Babeș-Bolyai University)
Field trip to the Danube-Delta (B.Sc.)

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Publications

Kuhn, T., Jancsó, B., Ruprecht E. 2020. Hawthorn (Crataegus L.) taxa and their hybrids in north-western Romania: a recommendation for national identification keys based on morphometric analyses. Contribuții Botanice LV: 7-26.

Fenesi, A., Kelemen, K., Sándor, D., Ruprecht, E. 2020. Influential neighbours: Seeds of dominant species affect the germination of common grassland species. Journal of Vegetation Science 31 (6): 1028-1038.

Görzen, E., Borisova, K., Fenesi, A., Ruprecht, E., Donath, T.W. (2019) Effects of woody species encroachment and fire on vegetation and the soil seed bank in dry grasslands of Transylvania. Applied Vegetation Science 22: 409–422.

Fenesi, A., Sándor, D., Pyšek, P., Dawson, W., Ruprecht, E., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., van Kleunen, M. (2019). The role of fruit heteromorphism in the naturalization of Asteraceae. Annals of Botany 123: 1043–1052.

Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S. M., Chytrý, M., Valério D. Pillar, Florian Jansen, Jens Kattge, Brody Sandel, Isabelle Aubin, Idoia Biurrun, Richard Field, Sylvia Haider, Ute Jandt, Jonathan Lenoir, Robert K. Peet, Gwendolyn Peyre, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Marco Schmidt, Franziska Schrodt, Marten Winter, Svetlana Aćić, Emiliano Agrillo, Miguel Alvarez, Didem Ambarlı, Pierangela Angelini, Iva Apostolova, Mohammed A.S. Arfin Khan, Elise Arnst, Fabio Attorre, Christopher Baraloto, Michael Beckmann, Christian Berg, Yves Bergeron, Erwin Bergmeier, Anne D. Bjorkman, Viktoria Bondareva, Peter Borchardt, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Brad Boyle, Amy Breen, Henry Brisse, Chaeho Byun, Marcelo R. Cabido, Laura Casella, Luis Cayuela, Tomáš Černý, Victor Chepinoga, János Csiky, Michael Curran, Renata Ćušterevska, Zora Dajić Stevanović, Els De Bie, Patrice De Ruffray, Michele De Sanctis, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Stefan Dressler, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa El-Sheikh, Brian Enquist, Jörg Ewald, Jaime Fagúndez, Manfred Finckh, Xavier Font, Estelle Forey, Georgios Fotiadis, Itziar García-Mijangos, André Luis de Gasper, Valentin Golub, Alvaro G. Gutierrez, Mohamed Z. Hatim, Tianhua He, Pedro Higuchi, Dana Holubová, Norbert Hölzel, Jürgen Homeier, Adrian Indreica, Deniz Işık Gürsoy, Steven Jansen, John Janssen, Birgit Jedrzejek, Martin Jiroušek, Norbert Jürgens, Zygmunt Kącki, Ali Kavgacı, Elizabeth Kearsley, Michael Kessler, Ilona Knollová, Vitaliy Kolomiychuk, Andrey Korolyuk, Maria Kozhevnikova, Łukasz Kozub, Daniel Krstonošić, Hjalmar Kühl, Ingolf Kühn, Anna Kuzemko, Filip Küzmič, Flavia Landucci, Michael T. Lee, Aurora Levesley, Ching-Feng Li, Hongyan Liu, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Tatiana Lysenko, Armin Macanović, Parastoo Mahdavi, Peter Manning, Corrado Marcenò, Vassiliy Martynenko, Maurizio Mencuccini, Vanessa Minden, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Marco Moretti, Jonas V. Müller, Jérôme Munzinger, Ülo Niinemets, Marcin Nobis, Jalil Noroozi, Arkadiusz Nowak, Viktor Onyshchenko, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Wim A. Ozinga, Anibal Pauchard, Hristo Pedashenko, Josep Peñuelas, Aaron Pérez-Haase, Tomáš Peterka, Petr Petřík, Oliver L. Phillips, Vadim Prokhorov, Valerijus Rašomavičius, Rasmus Revermann, John Rodwell, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rūsiņa, Cyrus Samimi, Joop H.J. Schaminée, Ute Schmiedel, Jozef Šibík, Urban Šilc, Željko Škvorc, Anita Smyth, Tenekwetche Sop, Desislava Sopotlieva, Ben Sparrow, Zvjezdana Stančić, Jens-Christian Svenning, Grzegorz Swacha, Zhiyao Tang, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Emin Ugurlu, Domas Uogintas, Milan Valachovič, Kim André Vanselow, Yulia Vashenyak, Kiril Vassilev, Eduardo Vélez-Martin, Roberto Venanzoni, Alexander Christian Vibrans, Cyrille Violle, Risto Virtanen, Henrik von Wehrden, Viktoria Wagner, Donald A. Walker, Desalegn Wana, Evan Weiher, Karsten Wesche, Timothy Whitfeld, Wolfgang Willner, Susan Wiser, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Sergey Yamalov, Georg Zizka, Zverev, A. (2019). sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 161-186.

Feurdean, A., Ruprecht, E., Molnár, Z., Hutchinson, S.M., Hickler, T. (2018). Biodiversity-rich European grasslands: ancient, forgotten ecosystems. Biological Conservation 228: 224–232.

Szabó, A., Ruprecht, E. (2018). Restoration possibilities of dry grasslands afforested by pine: the role of seed bank and remnant vegetation. Tuexenia 38: 405–418.

Dengler J, Wagner V, Dembicz I, Garcia-Mijangos I, Naqinezhad A, Boch S, Chiarucci A, Conradi T, Filibeck G, Guarino R, Janišova M, Steinbauer MJ, Aćić S, Acosta ATR, Akasaka M, Allers M-A, Apostolova I, Axmanova I, Bakan B, Baranova A, Bardy-Durchhalter M, Bartha S, Baumann E, Becker T, Becker U, Belonovskaya E, Bengtsson K, Benito Alonso JL, Berastegi A, Bergamini A, Bonini I, Bruun HH, Budzhak V, Bueno A, Campos JA, Cancellieri L, Carboni M, Chocarro C, Conti L, Czarniecka-Wiera M, De Frenne P, Deak B, Didukh YP, Diekmann M, Dolnik C, Dupre C, Ecker K, Ermakov N, Erschbamer B, Escudero A, Etayo J, Fajmonova Z, Felde VA, Fernandez Calzado MR, Finckh M, Fotiadis G, Fracchiolla M, Ganeva A, Garcia-Magro D, Gavilan RG, Germany M, Giladi I, Gillet F, Giusso del Galdo GP, Gonzalez JM, Grytnes J-A, Hajek M, Hajkova P, Helm A, Herrera M, Hettenbergerova E, Hobohm C, Hullbusch EM, Ingerpuu N, Jandt U, Jeltsch F, Jensen K, Jentsch A, Jeschke M, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Kącki Z, Kakinuma K, Kapfer J, Kavgacı A, Kelemen A, Kiehl K, Koyama A, Koyanagi TF, Kozub Ł, Kuzemko A, Kyrkjeeide MO, Landi S, Langer N, Lastrucci L, Lazzaro L, Lelli C, Lepš J, Lobel S, Luzuriaga AL, Maccherini S, Magnes M, Malicki M, Marceno C, Mardari C, Mauchamp L, May F, Michelsen O, Molero Mesa J, Molnar Z, Moysiyenko IY, Nakaga YK, Natcheva R, Noroozi J, Pakeman RJ, Palpurina S, Partel M, Patsch R, Pauli H, Pedashenko H, Peet RK, Pielech R, Pipenbaher N, Pirini C, Pleskova Z, Polyakova MA, Prentice HC, Reinecke J, Reitalu T, Rodriguez-Rojo MP, Roleček J, Ronkin V, Rosati L, Rosen E, Ruprecht E, Rusina S, Sabovljević M, Sanchez AM, Savchenko G, Schuhmacher O, Škornik S, Sperandii MG, Staniaszek-Kik M, Stevanović-Dajić Z, Stock M, Suchrow S, Sutcliffe LME, Swacha G, Sykes M, Szabó A, Talebi A, Tănase C, Terzi M, Tölgyesi C, Torca M, Török P, Tóthmérész B, Tsarevskaya N, Tsiripidis I, Tzonev R, Ushimaru A, Valkó O, van der Maarel E, Vanneste T, Vashenyak I, Vassilev, Viciani KD, Villar L, Virtanen R, Vitasović Kosić I, Wang Y, Weiser F, Went J, Wesche K, White H, Winkler M, Zaniewski PT, Zhang H, Ziv Y, Znamenskiy S, Biurrun I (2018). GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia 48: 331–347.

Vassilev, K., Ruprecht, E., Alexiu, V., Becker, T., Beldean, M., Biță-Nicolae, C., Csergő, A.M., Dzhovanova, I., Filipova, E., Frink, J.P., Gafta, D., Georgieva, M., Germany, M.S., Goia, I., Gumus, M., Hennekens, S.M., Janišová, M., Knollová, I., Koleva, V., Kostadinova, S., Kuzmanović, N., Loos, J., Mardari, C., Michl, T., Neblea, M.A., Nicoară, R.I., Novák, P, Öllerer, K., Onete, M., Palpurina, S., Paulini, I., Pedashenko, H., Pușcaș, M., Roman, A., Šibík, J., Sîrbu, C., Stancu, D., Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Szabó, A., Tomescu, C.V., Totev, E., Tsvetanov, B., Turtureanu, P.D., Vassileva, P., Velev, N., Dengler, J. (2018). The Romanian Grassland Database (RGD): historical background, current status and future perspectives. Phytocoenologia 48: 91-100.

Feurdean, A., Munteanu, C., Kuemmerle T., Nielsen, A.B., Hutchinson, S.M., Ruprecht, E., Parr, C.L., Persoiu A., Hickler, T. (2017). Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images. Regional Environmental Change 17: 2193-2207.

Michielsen, M., Szemák, L., Fenesi, A., Nijs, I., Ruprecht, E. (2017). Resprouting of woody species encroaching temperate European grasslands after cutting and burning. Applied Vegetation Science 20: 388-396.

Willner, W., Kuzemko, A., Dengler, J., Chytrý, M., Bauer, N., Becker, T., Biță-Nicolae, C., Botta-Dukát, Z., Čarni, A., Csiky, J., Igić, R., Kącki, Z., Korotchenko, I., Kropf, M., Krstivojević-Ćuk, M., Krstonošić, D., Rédei, T., Ruprecht, E., Schratt-Ehrendorfer, L., Semenishchenkov, Y., Stančić, Z., Vashenyak, Y., Vynokurov, D., Janišová, M. (2017). A higher-level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe). Applied Vegetation Science 20: 143-158.

Kuhn, T., Fodor, E.I., Tripon, S., Fodorpataki, L., Fenesi, A., Ruprecht, E. (2016). Allometric relationships between diaspore morphology and diaspore covering anatomy of herbaceous species from central-eastern Europe. Seed Science Research 26: 264-272.

Német, E., Ruprecht, E., Gallé, R., Markó, B. (2016). Abandonment of crop lands leads to different recovery patterns for ant and plant communities in Eastern Europe. Community Ecology 17: 79-87.

Fenesi, A., Saura-Mas, S., Blank, R.R., Kozma, A., Lózer, B.M., Ruprecht, E. (2016). Enhanced Fire-Related Traits May Contribute to the Invasiveness of Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum). Invasive Plant Science and Management 9:182-194.

Ruprecht, E., Lukács, K., Domokos, P., Kuhn, T., Fenesi, A. (2016): Hydration status influences seed fire tolerance in temperate European herbaceous species. Plant Biology 18: 295-300.

Ruprecht, E., Enyedi, M.Z., Szabó, A., Fenesi, A. (2016): Biomass removal by clipping and raking vs. burning for the restoration of abandoned Stipa-dominated European steppe-like grassland. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 78-88.

Chytrý, M., Hennekens, S.M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Knollová, I., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Landucci, F., Schaminée, J.H.J., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Attorre, F., Berg, C., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Botta-Dukát, Z., Brisse, H., Campos, J.A., Carlón, L., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R., Dajić Stevanović, Z., Danihelka, J., De Bie, E., de Ruffray, P., De Sanctis, M., Dickoré, W.B., Dimopoulos, P., Dubyna, D., Dziuba, T., Ejrnæs, R., Ermakov, N., Ewald, J., Fanelli, G., Fernández-González, F., FitzPatrick, Ú., Font, X., García-Mijangos, I., Gavilán, R.G., Golub, V., Guarino, R., Haveman, R., Indreica, A., Işık Gürsoy, D., Jandt, U., Janssen, J.A.M., Jiroušek, M., Kącki, Z., Kavgacı, A., Kleikamp, M., Kolomiychuk, V., Krstivojević Ćuk, M., Krstonošić, D., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Lysenko, T., Marcenò, C., Martynenko, V., Michalcová, D., Moeslund, J.E., Onyshchenko, V., Pedashenko, H., Pérez-Haase, A., Peterka, T., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Rodríguez-Rojo, M.P., Rodwell, J.S., Rogova, T., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Seidler, G., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Sopotlieva, D., Stančić, Z., Svenning, J.-C., Swacha, G., Tsiripidis, I., Turtureanu, P.D., Uğurlu, E., Uogintas, D., Valachovič, M., Vashenyak, Y., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., Virtanen, R., Weekes, L., Willner, W., Wohlgemuth, T., Yamalov, S. (2016): European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 173-180.

Lansdown, R.V., Anastasiu, P., Barina, Z., Bazos, I., Cakan, H., Caković, D., Delipetrou, P., Matevski, V., Mitić, B., Ruprecht, E., Tomović, G., Tosheva, A., Kiraly, G. (2016). Review of Alien Freshwater Vascular Plants in South-east Europe. In: Rat, M., Trichkova, T., Scalera, R., Tomov, R., Uludag, A. (eds.) ESENIAS Scientific Reports 1. State of the Art of Invasive Alien Species in South-Eastern Europe, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, pp. 137-154.

Fenesi, A., Geréd, J., Meiners, S.J., Tóthmérész, B., Török, P., Ruprecht, E. (2015): Does disturbance enhance the competitive effect of the invasive Solidago canadensis on the performance of two native grasses? Biological Invasions 17: 3303-3315.

Hirsch, H., Wagner, V., Danihelka, J., Ruprecht, E., Sánchez-Gómez, P., Seifert, M., Hensen, I. (2015): High genetic diversity declines towards the geographic range periphery of Adonis vernalis, a Eurasian dry grassland plant. Plant Biology 17: 1233-1241.

Ruprecht, E., Fenesi, A., Fodor, E.I., Kuhn, T., Tökölyi, J. (2015): Shape determines fire tolerance of seeds in temperate grasslands that are not prone to fire. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17: 397-404.

Ruprecht, E., Janišová, M., Sutcliffe, L., Boch, S., Becker, T. (2015): Dry grasslands of Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe shaped by environmental heterogeneity and human land use – Editorial to the 10th Dry Grassland Special Feature. Tuexenia 35: 321-328.

Ruprecht, E., Fenesi, A., Nijs, I. (2014): Are plasticity in functional traits and constancy in performance traits linked with invasiveness? An experimental test comparing invasive and naturalized plant species. Biological Invasions 16: 1359-1372.

Fenesi, A., Albert, Á., Ruprecht, E. (2014): Fine-tuned ability to predict future competitive environment in Ambrosia artemisiifolia seeds. Weed Research 54: 58-69.

Turtureanu, P.D., Palpurina, S., Becker, T., Dolnik, C., Ruprecht, E., Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Szabó, A., Dengler, J. (2014): Scale- and taxon-dependent biodiversity patterns of dry grassland vegetation in Transylvania (Romania). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 182: 15–24.

Janišová, M., Boch, S., Ruprecht, E., Reitalu, T., Becker, T. (2014): Continental dry grasslands from range margin to range centre – Editorial to the 9th Dry Grassland Special Feature. Tuexenia 34: 347-353.

Schmiede, R., Ruprecht, E., Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A., Donath, T.W. (2013): Establishment of rare flood meadow species by plant material transfer: Experimental tests of threshold amounts and the effect of sowing position. Biological Conservation 159: 222-229.

Ruprecht, E., Fenesi, A., Nijs, I. (2013): Sudden changes in environmental conditions do not increase invasion risk in grassland. Acta Oecologica 47: 8-15.

Ruprecht, E., Fenesi, A., Fodor, E.I., Kuhn, T. (2013): Prescribed burning as an alternative management in grasslands of temperate Europe: The impact on seeds. Basic and Applied Ecology 14: 642-650.

Durka, W., Nossol, C., Welk, E., Ruprecht, E., Wagner, V., Wesche, K., Hensen, I. (2013): Extreme genetic depauperation and differentiation of both populations and species in Eurasian feather grasses (Stipa). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299: 259-269.

Török, P., Miglécz, T., Valkó, O., Tóth, K., Kelemen, A., Albert, Á., Matus, G., Molnár, V.A., Ruprecht, E., Papp, L., Deák, B., Horváth, O., Takács, A., Hüse, B., Tóthmérész, B. (2013): New thousand-seed weight records of the Pannonian flora and their application in analysing Social Behaviour Types. Acta Botanica Hungarica 55(3–4): 429–472.

Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A. (2012): Grass litter is a natural seed trap in long-term undisturbed grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 495-504.

Wagner, V., Treiber, J., Danihelka, J., Ruprecht, E., Wesche, K., Hensen, I. (2012): Declining genetic diversity and increasing genetic isolation towards the range periphery of Stipa pennata, a Eurasian feather grass. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173(7): 1-11.

Ruprecht, E. (2012): Cessation of Traditional Management Reduces the Diversity of Steppe-Like Grasslands in Romania Through Litter Accumulation. In: Marinus J.A. Werger & Marja A. van Staalduinen (eds.) Eurasian Steppes – Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World, Springer, Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London, pp. 197-208.

Ruprecht, E., Fenesi, A., Szabó, A. (2012): Vegetation database of the dry grasslands from the Transylvanian Basin. Dengler, J., Oldeland, J., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Finckh, M., Glöckler, F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peet, R.K., Schaminée, J.H.J. (eds.): Vegetation databases for the 21st century. Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 413-413.

Dengler,J., Todorova, S., Becker, T., Boch, S., Chytrý, M., Diekmann, M., Dolnik, C., Dupré, C., Giusso del Galdo, G.P., Guarino, R., Jeschke, M., Kiehl, K., Kuzemko, A., Löbel, S., Otýpková, Z., Pedashenko, H., Peet, R.K., Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A., Tsiripidis, I., Vassilev, K. (2012): Database Species-Area Relationships in Palaearctic Grasslands. Dengler, J., Oldeland, J., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Finckh, M., Glöckler, F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peet, R.K., Schaminée, J.H.J. (eds.): Vegetation databases for the 21st century. Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 321-322.

Dengler, J., Becker, T., Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A., Becker, U., Beldean, M., Bita-Nicolae, C., Dolnik, C., Goia, I., Peyrat, J., Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Turtureanu, P.D., Uğurlu, E. (2012): Festuco-Brometea communities of the Transylvanian Plateau (Romania) – a preliminary overview on syntaxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity. Tuexenia 32: 319-359.

Mátis, A., Kolcsár, L.P., Ruprecht, E. (2011): A vaslábi láp flórája és vegetációja (Flora and vegetation of the fen complex near Voşlobeni). In: Markó, B. & Sárkány-Kiss, E. (eds.) A Gyergyói-medence: egy mozaikos táj természeti értékei (Giurgeului Basin: natural values of a mosaic-type landscape), Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 37-53.

Bartha, S., Csathó, A.I., Virágh, K., Szentes, S., Csathó, A.J., Sutyinszki, Z., Horváth, A., Ruprecht, E. (2011): Tompapusztai löszgyep mikrocönológiai értékelése I. Florális diverzitás és koordináltság (Assessing naturalness in the Tompapuszta loess steppe meadow I. Diversity of species combinations and stationarity of fine scale patterns). Crisicum 7: 45-55.

Ruprecht, E., Józsa, J., Ölvedi, T.B., Simon, J. (2010): Differential effects of several “litter” types on the germination of dry grassland species. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 1069-1081.

Ruprecht, E., Enyedi, M.Z., Eckstein, R.L., Donath, T.W. (2010): Restorative removal of plant litter and vegetation 40 years after abandonment enhances re-emergence of steppe grassland vegetation. Biological Conservation 143: 449-456.

Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A., Enyedi, M.Z., Dengler, J. (2009): Steppe-like grasslands in Transylvania (Romania): characterisation and influence of management on species diversity and composition. Tuexenia 29: 353-368.

Fenesi, A., Ruprecht, E., Vincze, E. (2009): Aggressively spreading exotic plant species in Romania. In: Rákosy, L., Momeu, L. (eds.) Neobiota din România, Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 50-65.

Ruprecht, E., Donath, T.W., Otte, A., Eckstein, R.L. (2008): Chemical effects of a dominant grass on seed germination of four familial pairs of dry grassland species. Seed Science Research 18: 239–248.

Enyedi, Z.M., Ruprecht, E., Deák, M. (2008): Long-term effects of the abandonment of grazing on steppe-like grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science 11: 55-62.

Bartha, S., Campetella, G., Ruprecht, E., Kun, A., Házi, J., Horváth, A., Virágh, K., Molnár, Zs. (2008): Will interannual variability in sand grassland communities increase with climate change? Community Ecology 9 (Suppl): 13-21.

Ruprecht, E., Bartha, S., Botta-Dukát, Z., Szabó, A. (2007): Assembly rules during old-field succession in two contrasting environments. Community Ecology 8: 31-40.

Kun, A., Ruprecht, E., Bartha, S., Szabó, A., Virágh, K. (2007): Az Erdélyi Mezőség kincse: a gyepvegetáció egyedülálló gazdagsága (Unique diversity of grassland in the Transylvanian Lowland). Kitaibelia 12: 88-96.

Ruprecht, E. (2006): Successfully recovered grassland: a promising example from Romanian old-fields. Restoration Ecology 14: 473-480.

Ruprecht, E. (2005): Secondary succession in old-fields in the Transylvanian Lowland (Romania). Preslia, Praha 77: 145-157.

Szabó, A., Ruprecht, E. (2005): Tájtörténet és botanika egy észak-mezőségi terület példáján (Land-use history and botany in the northern part of the Transylvanian Lowland). In: Fekete, A. (ed.) Az erdélyi táj kérdései (Questions related to the Transylvanian landscape), Editura Művelődés, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 94-101.

Kun, A., Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A. (2004): Az Erdélyi-medence bioklimatológiai jellemzése (The bioclimatological characteristics of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Múzeumi Füzetek 13: 63-81.

Ruprecht, E., Kun, A., Szabó, A. (2003): Száraz gyepek térbeli mintázatainak összehasonlítása az Erdélyi-Mezőségen (Comparing the spatial organization of dry grasslands in the Transylvanian Lowland). Múzeumi Füzetek 12: 91-113.

Penksza, K., Ruprecht, E. (2002): Some corrections to the identification and data about the occurrence of Hierochloe repens (Host) Simonkai in Romania. Contribuţii Botanice 37: 7-12.

Kun, A., Aszalós, R., Botta-Dukát, Z., Bíró, M., Bölöni, J., Fekete, G., Horváth, F., Krasser, D., Molnár, Zs., Ruprecht, E., Török, K. (2002): A növénytakaró vizsgálata és leírása táji léptékben: az utóbbi évtized (Vegetation studies on a landscape scale: the last decade). In: Fekete, G. (ed.) Az MTA Ökológiai és Botanikai Kutatóintézete 50 éve (1952-2002) (The last 50 years of the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1952-2002), MTA ÖBKI, Vácrátót, pp. 35-64.

Szabó, A., Ruprecht, E. (2001): Az Erdélyi-Mezőség központi részének fontosabb tájtörténeti és tájdinamikai változásai (Important changes of the landscape history and dynamics in the central part of the Transylvanian Lowland (Romania)). Kanitzia 9: 151-164.

Ruprecht, E., Botta-Dukát, Z. (2000): Long-term vegetation textural changes on three fen communities near Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Acta Botanica Hungarica 42: 263-281.

Ruprecht, E. (2000): Előzetes megfigyelések az Erdélyi-Mezőség felhagyott szántói táji léptékű vegetációdinamikájának főbb trendjeiről (Preliminary observations on the landscape-scale vegetation dynamics of old-fields in the Transylvanian Mezőség). Crisicum 3: 43-56.

Botta-Dukát, Z., Ruprecht, E. (2000): Using concentration analysis for operating with indicator values: effect of grouping species. Acta Botanica Hungarica 42: 55-63.

Ruprecht, E., Szabó, A. (1999): A Lassuág-völgy lápjainak vegetációja (The vegetation of the mires from the Lassúág valley). Múzeumi Füzetek 8: 94-109.

Ruprecht, E., Botta-Dukát, Z. (1999): Talaj-növényzet kapcsolatok vizsgálata üde láprét-komplexekben (Soil-vegetation relationships in a rich fen-complex). Kitaibelia 4(2): 331-340.

Ruprecht, E. (1999): A lápi vegetáció múltja és jelene a kolozsvári Malom-völgyben (Past and future of the mire vegetation in the Malom valley near Cluj-Napoca). Múzeumi Füzetek 8: 110-116.

Ruprecht, E. (1998): Egyes jégkori reliktumok és egyéb növényritkaságok elterjedésének és populációméretének vizsgálata a Kolozsvár környéki Malom-völgyben (Study of some glacial relics and other rare plant species in the Malom-valley near Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania). Collegium Biologicum 2: 37-43.