Botanikai Közlemények
Journal of the Botanical Section
of the Hungarian Biological Society
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Botanikai Közlemények 105(1): 1–12 (2018)
Remembering Imre Vinczeffy, the outstanding figure in Hungarian
1Szabolcs liget 10, H–2490 Pusztaszabolcs, Hungary;
paal.h@invitel.hu
Accepted: 11 May 2018 The year 2018 marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding fgure of Hungarian grassland research. His colleagues remember his life and work within the framework of this article. Imre Vinczeffy commenced his higher education in Cluj Napoca. He completed his university studies in Debrecen and graduated as an agricultural engineer in 1947. He worked at several research institutes. He was awarded the degree Candidate of Science in 1966 and the title Doctor of the Hungarian Academyof Sciences in 1988. He was appointed Professor of Debrecen University of Agricultural Sciences in 1970. Tis is where he continued working for the rest ofhis life and passed away in autumn 2014. Imre Vinczeffy’s work in grassland research and his grassland typological examinations are still valued as sources today. Using his research data, heworked out an ecology-based grassland classifcation. By using the climatic index he developed, the grassland mass can be regulated. He earned imperishablemerit in Hungarian grassland research; in revaluating and utilizing grassland. He was member of the International Grassland Congress Continuing Committeein 1985-1993. In the course of his almost 6 decades of scientifc activity, Imre Vinczeffy had more than 250 publications. From his works in the scientifc literature, selected publications of a botanical reference have been listed here.
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