Dr. Ferenc Jordán

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Dr. Ferenc Jordán

Principal Investigator
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH – ICB Cluj-Napoca

Biologist studying ecological networks, mostly aquatic food webs. Key focus is on network analysis and quantifying keystone species.

Email:

ferenc.jordan@icbcluj.ro

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    • I contribute to the developing of the systems perspective for ecology and conservation biology.
     
    • I develop novel methods for network analysis, quantifying the local and global properties of ecological networks.
     
    • Based on real databases (trophic interactions, traits), I am interested in the ecological conceptualization of “species importance” and study the biology and systemic role of keystone species.
     
    • The major current interest is the experimental testing of the network approach.
    • PredAqua (2024–2026): studying the predictive capabilities of a range of food web models, tested on mesocosm food web experiments.
     
    • AtlantECO (2020–2025): a large-scale, multidisciplinary analysis of the planktonic ecosystems inhabiting the Atlantic ocean.
    • Jordán F, Patonai K, Capelli G, Primicerio R, Bodini A, 2024. Loop analysis quantifying important species in a marine food web. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators.
     
    • Jordán F, Capelli G, Primicerio R, [...] Patonai K, Bodini A, 2024. Spatial food webs in the Barents Sea: Atlantification and the reorganization of the trophic structure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
     
    • Valdovinos FS, Bodin, A, Jordán F, 2024. Connected interactions: Enriching food web research by spatial and social interactions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
     
    • Xu Y, Jordán F, 2024. Network-based food availability affects the keystoneness of predators and functional diversity of the marine food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
     
    • Ortiz, M. and Jordán, F. (Eds.) 2021. Marine coastal ecosystems modelling and conservation: Latin American experiences. Springer Verlag.
     
    • Scotti, M. and Jordán, F. 2017. An individual-based simulation model to link population, community and metacommunity dynamics. In: Adaptive Food Webs. Moore, J.C., de Ruiter, P.C., McCann, K.S. and Wolters, V. (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 352-371.
     
    • Jordán, F. and Jörgensen, S.E. (Eds.) 2012. Models of the ecological hierarchy from molecules to the ecosphere. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
     
    • Jordán, F. 2009. Keystone species in food webs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, series B, 364:1733-1741.

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