István Urák, PhD

Associate Professor

E-mail: istvan.urak@milvus.ro

Web: http://urak.adatbank.transindex.ro

Fields of research:

• arachnology
• faunistics
• ecology

Courses:

• General Ecology (BSc)
• Zoology (BSc)
• Biogeography (BSc)
• Nature and Envrionmental Protection (MSc)

CV and list of publications (2022)

Important recent publications:

2022

Pintilioaie A.M., Urák I. 2022. First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Araneae: Araneidae) in Romania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters 63, 1–3. (Q3).

Popovici G., Iorgu E.I., Urák I. 2022. First records of Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 (Araneae: Eresidae) from Romania. Arachnology 19, 31–37. (IF: 0.55/2021, Q2).

2021

Zsigmond A.R., Száraz A., Urák I. 2021. Macro and trace elements in the black pine needles as inorganic indicators of urban traffic emissions. Environmental Pollution 291, 118228. (IF: 8.071/2021, D1).

Gallé R., Gallé-Szpisjak N., Zsigmond A.R.,  Könczey B., Urák I. 2021. Tree species and microhabitat afect forest bog spider fauna. European Journal of Forest Research 140, 691–702. (IF: 2.617/2021, Q1).

2020

Korponai J.L., Kövér C., López-Blanco C., Gyulai I., Forró L., Katalinic A., Ketola M., Nevalainen L., Luoto T.P., Sarmaja-Korjonen K., Magyari E.K., Weckström J., Urák I., Vadkerti E., Buczkó K. 2020. Effect of temperature on the size of sedimentary remains of littoral chydorids. Water 12: In Press. (IF: 2.544/2020, Q2).

Szinetár C., Kovács G., Urák I., Gajdos P. 2020. Synanthropic spider fauna of the Carpathian Basin in the last three decades. Biologia Futura 71, 31–38. (IF: 0.821/2021, Q3).

Zsigmond A.R., Kántor I., May Z., Urák I., Héberger K. 2020. Elemental composition of Russula cyanoxantha along an urbanization gradient in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Chemosphere 238: 124566. (IF: 5.778/2020, D1).

Fiera C., Ulrich W., Popescu D., Bunea C.-I., Manu M., Nae I., Stan M., Markó B., Urák I., Giurginca A., Penke N., Winter S., Kratschmer S., Buchholz J., Querner P., Zaller J.G. 2020. Effects of vineyard inter-row management on the diversity and abundance of plants and surface-dwelling invertebrates in Central Romania. Journal of Insect Conservation 24: 175–185. (IF: 1.553/2020, Q1).

2019

Gallé R., Samu F., Zsigmond A.R., Gallé-Szpisjak N., Urák I. 2019. Even the smallest habitat patch matters: on the fauna of peat bogs. Journal of Insect Conservation 23: 699-705. (IF: 1.330/2019, Q1).

Korponai J., Braun M., Forró L., Gyulai I., Kövér C., Nédli J., Urák I., Buczkó K. 2019. Taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity: how subfossil cladocerans mirror contemporary community for ecosystem functioning: a comparative study in two oxbows. Limnetica 38: 431-456. (IF: 0.574/2019, Q3).

2018

Zsigmond A.R., Varga K., Kántor I., Urák I., May Z., Héberger K. 2018. Elemental composition of wild growing Agaricus campestris mushroom in urban and peri-urban regions of Transylvania (Romania). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 72: 15-21. (IF: 2.956/2018, Q1).

Tölgyesi Cs., Bátori Z., Gallé R., Urák I., Hartel T. 2018. Shrub Encroachment Under the Trees Diversifies the Herb Layer in a Romanian Silvopastoral System. Rangeland Ecology & Management 71 (5): 571-577. (IF: 1.94/2018, Q1).