
Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology
Faculty of Biology and Geology
Babeş-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Address: Republicii str. 42
E-mail: kuhnthomas89@yahoo.com
Research Interests
Fire ecology
Plant invasion ecology
Grassland conservation and management
Conservation ecology
Education
2013: MSc, Terrestrial and aquatic ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
2011: BSc, Biology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Jobs
2013 – present: field botanist at Eco-Logic Consulting, Târgu Mureș (elaboration of management plans and habitat mapping of protected areas, environmental impact assessments, POS-M projects)
2014 – present: field botanist at GreenViro, Cluj-Napoca (same tasks as described above)
Publications
In preparation, submitted or in revision
Kuhn, T., Fodor, E.I., Tripon, S., Fenesi, A., Fodorpataki, L., Ruprecht, E. Allometric relationships between seed morphology and seed coat anatomy of herbaceous species from Central-Eastern Europe (in prep.)
Published or in press / accepted for publication
Kuhn, T., Fodor, E.I., Tripon, S., Ferencz, E., Fodorpataki, L., Ruprecht, E. (2015). The seed covering anatomy of six herbaceous species from Central-Eastern Europe. Contribuții Botanice (in press)
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., Lukács, K., Domokos, P., Kuhn, T., Fenesi, A. (2015). Hydration status influences seed fire tolerance in temperate European herbaceous species. Plant Biology (in press)
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(8): 642–650.