Adalbert Balog

Sapientia University, Faculty of Tehnical Science, Tg-Mures, .

E-mail: trimite un mesaj.

Pagina web a instituţiei: http://ms.sapientia.ro

Nascut(a) in: 1973

Interese: Insect predacious ecology, rove beetles (Staphylinidae) txonomy and ecology, insect biodiversity, human disturbances in natural ang agro-ecosystems

Details:
Academic qualifications:
Ph.D Ecology (2003), Corvinus University Budapest. Department of Entomology. Budapest, Hungary.
MSc Biocenology 1997-1998, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Biology-Geology,
Romania.
BSc Biology 1993-1997, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Biology-Geology, Romania.

Title of Ph.D thesis:
Effects of ecological disturbances on Staphylinid communities (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in orchards

Result of thesis defence: Summa cum laude

Teaching experience
Entomology from 2003
Ecology from 2004

Academic fellowships:
1999-09-01 2002-08-31 Ph.D fellowship, Ministry of Education, Budapest, Hungary.
2002-08-01 2002-11-01 Research Assistant, Horticulture Research International, East Malling, UK.
2002-10-01 2003-07-31 Post doctoral fellowship Sapientia University, Cluj -Romania.
2004-08-01 2004-09-01 Domus Hungariae senior Research Fellowship, founded by the Hungarian Academy of Science.
2004-09-01 2007-08-01 Post doctoral fellowship Bolyai János the Hungarian Academy of Science.

Leading research fellowships:
1. 2004-04-01 2004-09-30 Research fellowship (80/18.05.2004), Sapientia University, Cluj -
Romania. The community structure of Staphylinid species in conventionally treated apple orchards.

2. 2005-10-03 2006-09-30 Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation) (56/07/2005). Conserving
the flora and fauna of Balea Lake region Transylvania-Romania. www.rufford.org.

3. 07/05/2007 European Science Foundation, Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids - from theoretical approaches to field applications (BEPAR): Optimality modelling of behavioural ecology of the parasitoid rove beetles Aleochara bilineta and A. bipustulata (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Hungarian agricultural fields (2007/1663). www.esf.org

Member in research fellowships:
1. 2004-10-01 2005-07-31 Research fellowship (14/2004-2005), Sapientia University, Scale
invariant modelling in macro ecology. www.emte.ro. Leader: Prof. Dr. Néda Zoltán

2. 2005-10-01 2006-07-31 Research fellowship (1296/25.10.2005), Sapientia University, Neutral
model studies in Macroecology. www.emte.ro. Leader: Prof. Dr. Néda Zoltán

3. 2004-10-31 2005-09-30 Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation (142/07/2004). Conserving
the flora and fauna in peat bog Mohos, Transylvania-Romania. www.rufford.org.

PUBLICATIONS:

International refereed journals and proceedings: 23
Romanian refereed journals: 10
Student books: 1
Hungarian non refereed journals: 2
Romanian non refereed journals and proceedings: 17
Popularization papers: 8

Publicații selectate:

* REZSO THIESZ, ATTILA BANDI, MAGDOLNA TOTH, ADALBERT BALOG, Evaluation of an isolated Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) population from Eastern Transylvania, Romania, JOURNAL OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT, in press, 2008.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKO, ATTILA IMRE, Farming system and habitat structure effects on rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) assembly in Central European apple and pear orchards, BIOLOGIA, in press, 2008.

* REZSO THIESZ, ADALBERT BALOG, LASZLO FERENCZ, JULIA ALBERT, The effects of plant extracts on apple scab (Venturia inaequalis Cooke) under laboratory conditions, University of Bucharest, ROUMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS, 12 (4),, 2007.

* ADALBERT BALOG, REZSO THIESZ, LASZLO FERENCZ, JULIA ALBERT, The effects of plant extracts on apple aphid (Homoptera: Aphis pomi De Geer) under laboratory conditions., University of Bucharest, ROUMANIAN. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS, 12 (5), 2007.

* REZSO THIESZ, ATTILA BANDI, MAGDOLNA TOTH, ADALBERT BALOG, Epidemiological survey of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis and Gnomonia leptostyla on natural population of walnut (Juglans regia) in eastern Transylvania., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, 13 (4), 2007.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, LÁSZLÓ FERENCZ, Patterns in distribution, abundance and prey preferences of parasitoid rove beetles Aleochara bipustulata (L.) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Hungarian agroecosystems, University of Oradea Publishing House, Oradea, Romania, I. Sas & S.D. Covaciu-Marcov, NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 4 (1), 2008.

* TIBOR HARTEL, COSMIN IOAN MOGA, KINGA ÖLLERER, LÁSZLÓ DEMETER, DORU M. RUSTI, ISTVÁN SAS, ADALBERT BALOG, A proposal toward the adoption of spatial heterogeneity in studying the distribution of animals in Romanian landscapes, University of Oradea Publishing House, Oradea, Romania, I. Sas & S.D. Covaciu-Marcov, NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 4 (1), 2008.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, PÉTER SZARVAS, Dominance, Activity Density and Prey Preferences of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Conventionally Treated Hungarian Agro-Ecosystems, BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (in press)., 2008.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM, Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) collected during the long term ecological research in a Hungarian oak forest, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, 29 (2), 2008.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, Chemical disturbances effects on community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Hungarian agricultural fields, NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol 3/2, 2007.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Central European apple and pear orchards – Comparative studies of species richness abundance and diversity, JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH, 47/3, 2007.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, Studies on rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in hungarian orchards ecosystems, JOURNAL OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL PLANT RESEARCH, 14 (Suppl. 3), 2006.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, Community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in apple orchards under different pest management system programs in Hungary, 0238–1249/$ 20.00 © 2007 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 47/2, 2007.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, Species composition and community structure of the rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in an experimental vineyard under different vineyard management systems, 0238–1249/$ 20.00 © 2007 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 47/2, 2007.

* CSABA KUTASI, VIKTOR MARKÓ, ADALBERT BALOG, Species Composition of Carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Communities in Apple and Pear Orchards in Hungary, 0238–1249/$ 20.00 © 2004 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 39 (1–3), 2004.

* ADALBERT BALOG, VIKTOR MARKÓ, CSABA KUTASI, LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM, Species Composition of Ground Dwelling Staphylinid (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Communities in Apple and Pear Orchards in Hungary, 0238–1249/2003/$ 20.00 © 2003 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ACTA PHYTOPATHOLOGICA ET ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 38 (1–2), 2003.