Email: lilla.lovasz@unine.ch
Research:
My research is framed around conservation ecology, combining theoretical and methodological approaches from restoration- and behavioural ecology, and exploring how megafauna-driven ecological processes support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity.
At the Conservation Biology Lab, I’m leading the applied research project “SustEquine”. We develop a Restoration Potential Index for large-scale equine properties, and, by implementing long-term monitoring, we aim to support ecosystem restoration measures that enhance horse welfare and contribute to the EU Biodiversity Strategy and Nature Restoration Law.
In parallel, I am also a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University (Denmark), leading the “HERDWISE” project on how the social structure of rewilded large herbivores influences habitat diversity.
Academic Background:
2022 PhD – Conservation ecology (University of Basel)
2017 MSc – Zoology (University of Basel)
2015 BSc – Biology (University of West Hungary)
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vUp77vAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Select Publications:
Lovász, L., Sommer‐Trembo, C., Barth, J.M., Scasta, J.D., Grancharova‐Hill, R., Lemoine, R.T., Kerekes, V., Merckling, L., Bouskila, A., Svenning, J.C. and Fages, A. (2025). Rewilded horses in European nature conservation–a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective. Biological Reviews, 100(1), pp.407-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13146
Lovász, L., Korner-Nievergelt, F. and Amrhein, V. (2024). Natural grazing by horses and cattle promotes bird diversity in a restored European alluvial grassland. PeerJ, 12, p.e17777. https://peerj.com/articles/17777
Lovász, L., Fages, A. and Amrhein, V. (2021). Konik, Tarpan, European wild horse: An origin story with conservation implications. Global Ecology and Conservation, 32, p.e01911. : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01911
