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Csaba Matyas
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Csaba Mátyás graduated in 1967 as forest engineer from the University of Technology in Dresden, Germany. In Hungary he worked as scientist of the Forest Research Institute, concentrating on breeding of conifers and genetic adaptation of trees. One of the pioneers of international research in evolutionary ecology of forest trees, was elected into different positions in the International Union of Forest Research Institutions (IUFRO), starting from 1980. In 1997 he organised the IUFRO World Consultation in Forest Genetics in Beijing, China.
In 1984/85, during his sabbatical at the University of Toronto, Canada, he developed a new approach to evaluate common garden tests. The “ecological distance” method found subsequently wide application around the world.
In 1987 Csaba Mátyás was appointed professor to the Faculty of Forestry, at the University of West Hungary in Sopron. After spending a year at the Institute of Forest Genetics in California, he founded the Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences at the Faculty in 1998, which he was leading until 2008.
His present research interest is the effect of warming at the trailing or xeric edge of distribution of forest tree species. With the support of NASA, NOAA and other organisations, he founded the Research Focus Centre for Non-Boreal Eastern Europe at his Institute in 2009. Csaba Mátyás was elected as ordinary fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2010. He retired in 2013 as professor emeritus.
Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Forestry Genetics Population Biology