Tibor Hartel, PhD

Colegiul National Mircea Eliade, Mihai Eminescu Trust (advisory board and the Landscape Ecology Group), Sighisoara, Romania

Personal web page: http://www.mihaieminescutrust.org/content/nd_standard.asp?n=176
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Born: 1978

Interests: landscape ecology, population ecology, conservation biology

Details:
EMPLOYMENT
2009: Guest lecturer, Babes-Bolyai University, Biology-Geology Faculty, Cluj-Napoca

2005- : Senior researcher, The Mihai Eminescu Trust, Sighisoara

2000- : Teacher at Mircea Eliade High School, and Miron Neagu general school, Sighisoara

INVITED LECTURES
2009: Spatial ecology for Central-Eastern Europe at The Australian National University, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australia (invited by Dr. Joern Fischer).

2008: The ecological aspects of amphibian conservation at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.

2007: Island biogeography, metapopulation ecology, landscape ecology at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2006: The biodiversity of traditional rural landscapes from Saxon Transylvania, Romania at University of Aberystwyth, UK (invited by Dr. Ioan Fazey).

EDUCATION
2008: PhD in Biology at the Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy and Ovidius University, Constanta (supervisors: Acad. Dr. Petre Banarescu and Prof. Dr. Dan Cogalniceanu)

2000: BSc in Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

1996: Mircea Eliade High School, Sighisoara, Romania

FELLOWSHIPS
2009: Research Fellow at Research Department Terrestrial Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands (August) (with Jan W. Arntzen)

2009-: Research Fellow at Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania (with Dan Cogalniceanu)

SOCIAL IMPACT: EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH PUPILS AND SCHOOLS

A sample of activities can be seen here:
Activities on the Breite Reserve in 2006-2007 (in Romanian):
http://www.breite.ro/manage/files/activitatieducationale2006-2007.pdf

Activities on the Breite Reserve in 2007-2008 (in Romanian):
http://www.breite.ro/manage/files/activitatieducationale_2007-2008.pdf

The "Oak Tree for Every Pupil" project (2009) in English with a detailed report in Romanian:
http://www.mihaieminescutrust.org/content/nd_standard.asp?n=190

and

http://www.darktheglass.com/MET%20PDFs/Breite%20newsletter%202009.pdf

Popularization papers (available online):

The yellow bellied toad: when a common species need protection. Transindex - Think Outside the Box, 23. 04. 2010:
http://think.transindex.ro/?p=1595

This is not a dinosaur but a great crested newt. Transindex - Think Outside the Box, 21 05. 2010: http://think.transindex.ro/?p=2226

In the shadow of 800 years old oaks. Transindex - Think Outside the Box, 01. 06. 2010:
http://think.transindex.ro/?p=2462

From 2010 I am involved in the development of an "eco-village" together with the local community of Alma Vii (basically on their request) and the MET.

SCIENTIFIC WORK: PUBLICATIONS

Number of papers in journals with Impact Factor: 20

Only author or first author: 11

For a complete list of publications visit the link:
http://www.mihaieminescutrust.org/content/nd_standard.asp?n=181

EDITORIAL WORK
2005- : Associate editor, North-Western Journal of Zoology

I REVIEW MANUSCRIPTS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF JOURNALS INCLUDING:

Amphibia-Reptilia; Biodiversity and Conservation; Biological Conservation; Endangered Species Research; Environmental Conservation; Global Change Biology; Hydrobiologia; Integrative Zoology; Journal for Nature Conservation; Journal of Herpetology; Journal of Natural History; North-Western Journal of Zoology; Oecologia; The Herpetological Journal; Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

BOOK REFEREE
Dodd, K. (Editor) Amphibian Ecology and Conservation. A Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press

GRANTS
Declining Amphibian Population Task Force (2004, Grant Director); Rufford Grant (2004-2005); Rufford Grant (2007-2008); CNCSIS (2004-2006); British Ornithological Union Grant (2005); LIFE project (2006-2007); EEA grant (Norway Grants) (2009-2011); Lapbiat Program (July 2009).

COLLABORATORS
I collaborate with Dr. Joern Fischer, Dr. Andras Baldi, Dr. Ioan Fazey, Dr. Piotr Tryjanowski, Dr. Oliver Schweiger, Dr. Jan W. Arntzen and Dr. Dan Cogalniceanu to understand land use effects on farmland biodiversity. We are working on manuscripts and development of collaborative research projects in this respect.

Selected publications:
• Hartel, T., Nemes, Sz., Öllerer, K., Cogalniceanu, D., Moga, C. I., Arntzen, J. W. . Using connectivity metrics and niche modeling to explore the occurrence of the Northern Crested Newt (Amphibia, Caudata) in a traditionally managed landscape. Environmental Conservation, in the press, 2010.
• Hartel, T., Schweiger, O., Öllerer, K., Cogalniceanu, D., Arntzen, J. W . Amphibian distribution in a traditionally managed rural landscape of Eastern Europe: probing the effect of landscape composition. Biological Conservation, 143, pp. 1118-1124, 2010.
• Hartel, T., , K. Öllerer, D. Cogalniceanu, Sz. Nemes, C. I. Moga, L. Demeter. Pond-based survey of amphibians in a Saxon cultural landscape from Transylvania (Romania). Italian Journal of Zoology, 77, pp. 61-70, 2010.
• Hartel, T., C. I. Moga, A. David, I. Coroiu. Species richness - pond area relationships in amphibians and birds in two Natura 2000 protected areas of Romania. Community Ecology, 10, pp. 159-164, 2009.
• Hartel, T., Sz. Nemes, D. Cogalniceanu, K. Öllerer, C. I. Moga, D. Lesbarrè res and L. Demeter. Pond and landscape determinants of Rana dalmatina population sizes in a Romanian rural landscape. Acta Oecologica, 35, pp. 53-59, 2009.
• Hartel, T. Weather conditions, breeding date and population fluctuation in Rana dalmatina from Central Romania. Herpetological Journal, 18(1), pp. 40-44, 2008.
• Hartel, T., Sz. Nemes, D. Cogalniceanu, K. Öllerer, O. Schweiger, L. Demeter and C. I. Moga. The effect of fish and aquatic habitat complexity on amphibians. Hydrobiologia, 583, pp. 173-182, 2007.

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