Vladimir Kricsfalusy

Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Designations

• Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Uzhgorod University and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
• Master of Science in Biology (Honours Diploma with major in Botany), Uzhgorod University, Ukraine

Email: vladimir.k@usask.ca
Phone: (306) 966-6642

Areas of Interest

• Biodiversity conservation
• Population biology
• Community ecology
• Ecological monitoring

Recent Grants/Awards

Select Grants

• 2011-2013. Population structure and ecology of sensitive plant species in relation to habitat characteristics in fescue grasslands. President's NSERC Fund, University of Saskatchewan. Principal Investigator.
• 2010-2012. Threat syndromes, biodiversity patterns and conservation of indigenous temperate grasslands. President's NSERC Fund, University of Saskatchewan. Principal Investigator.
• 2010-2011. Advancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable management in the Canadian prairies and Ukrainian steppes by enhancement of international research partnerships. International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Principal Investigator.
• 2006-2007. Dog-strangling vine: distribution, ecology and control of the invasive exotic plant. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Co-principal Investigator.
• 2002-2004. Wetlands and rivers: management and sustainable development of the Tisza area. TACIS (Technical Aid to the Commonwealth of Independent States) Programme, European Union. National Coordinator for Ukraine.
• 2003. Biodiversity conservation (population-species-community levels) in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Ministry of Education of Ukraine. Principal Investigator.
• 2001-2002. Carpathian upper mountain forests: management and conservation for promotion of sustainable regional development. Carpathian Foundation, Hungary. International Coordinator.
• 2000-2002. Development of the scientific approach to conservation of phytodiversity in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Ministry of Education of Ukraine. Principal Investigator.
• 1999-2000. Restoration of wetland biotopes on the Tisza Plain in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. Pro Natura, Switzerland. Principal Investigator.
• 1997-1998. Designing a trans-boundary conservation wetland area in the Upper Tisza region. The Ramsar Small Grants Fund. Principal Investigator for Ukraine.
• 1996-1997. Biosystematics and population biology studies of threatened ephemeroid plant species in the Central-East Europe. Soros Foundation, USA. Principal Investigator.
• 1995-1996. Biodiversity conservation in Transcarpathia, Ukraine: threatened plant species and plant communities. The Systematics Association, UK. Principal Investigator.

Select Awards

• Fellowship, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
• Prize and Diploma of Soros Foundation, USA
• Medal of the Exhibition of Economical Achievements of the USSR
• Golden Medal and Diploma of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• Medal of the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR

Select Publications

• Kricsfalusy V.V., Miller G.C. 2010. Community ecology and invasion of natural vegetation by Cynanchum rossicum (Asclepiadaceae) in the Toronto region, Canada.  Thaiszia J. Bot., 20: 53-70.
• Pankhurst H., Ursic K., Kricsfalusy V. 2010. Eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa): COSEWIC status report. Ottawa: Committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada, Environment Canada. 38 pp.
• Kricsfalusy V., Miller G. 2008. Invasion and distribution of Cynanchum rossicum (Asclepiadaceae) in the Toronto region, Canada, with remarks on its taxonomy. Thaiszia J. Bot., 18: 21-36.
• Kricsfalusy V., Budnikov G. 2007. Threatened vascular plants in the Ukrainian Carpathians: current status, distribution and conservation. Thaiszia J. Bot., 17: 11-32.
• Kricsfalusy V. 2005. Transformation of flora and vegetation in the relict habitats on the Tisza Plane (within Ukraine). In: Anthropization and environment of rural settlements. Flora and vegetation: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference. Kyiv (Ukraine): Phytosociocentre Publishing, p. 86-96.
• Kricsfalusy V., Komendar V., Kichura V. et al. 2004. Biodiversity restoration of the treeline in mountain ecosystems: a case study in the East Carpathians (within the Ukraine). In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration. Victoria (Canada), p. 1-7.
• Kricsfalusy V., Lesio I. 2004. Rare plant species of the Uzhansky National Nature Park. Ukr. Botan. Zhurn. (Kyiv), 61/1: 27-35. [In Ukrainian].
• Kricsfalusy V. 2003. Nature protected areas in Transcarpathia (Ukraine). In: Geobiocenologie a její využití v péči o les a chráněná území. Brno (Czech Republic): Mendel University, p. 23-27.
• Kricsfalusy V., Malynovski K. 2003. Synanthropic communities in high mountains of the Ukrainian Carpathians. In: Phytogeographical problems of synanthropic plants. Cracow (Poland): Jagellonian University, Institute of Botany Press, p. 249-253.
• Kricsfalusy W. 2002. Die Hochgebirgswalder der Karpaten und die Nachhaltigkeit. Forst und Holz (Hannover), 21/57: 643-646. [In German].
• Labrana J., Machocho A., Kricsfalusy V. et al. 2002. Alkaloids from Narcissus angustifolius subsp. transcarpathicus (Amaryllidaceae). Phytochemistry, 60/8: 847-852.
• Kricsfalusy V. 1999. Flora and vegetation of the Ukrainian Upper Tisza basin: aspects of biodiversity conservation. In: The Upper Tisza Valley. Szeged (Hungary): Tisza Nymda, p. 273-291.
• Kricsfalusy V. 1999. Nature protected areas. In: Nature of the Carpathians region of Ukraine. Kyiv (Ukraine): Institute of Ecology Publishing, p. 36-67. [In Ukrainian].
• Mihaly A., Kricsfalusy V. 1997. Population biology and ecology of Crocus heuffelianus Herb. (Iridaceae) in Ukraine. Linzer Biol. Beitr., 29/2: 641-681.
• Kricsfalusy V., Shushman V., Saroz O. 1995. Biological and morphological characteristics of Erythronium dens-canis (Liliaceae) in the Carpathians. Bot. Zhurn. (St.-Petersburg), 80/9: 35-52. [In Russian].
• Kricsfalusy V., Andrik E. 1995. Population biology investigation of Fritillaria meleagris L. on Tisza Lowland. Ukr. Botan. Zhurn. (Kyiv), 52/1: 25-33.
• Kricsfalusy V., Vajnagi A. 1994. Biologie und Ökologia von Scilla kladnii Schur in Ostkarpaten. Linzer Biol. Beitr., 26/1: 1081-1111. [In German].
• Budnikov G., Kricsfalusy V. 1994. Bioecological study of Galanthus nivalis L. in the East Carpathians. Thaiszia J. Bot., 4/1: 49-75.
• Kricsfalusy V. 1991. Studies on the problem of biodiversity conservation of ephemeroid geophytes in Transcarpathia. Thaiszia J. Bot., 1: 143-149.
• Mező-Kricsfalusy G., Kricsfalusy V., Komendar V. 1989. Studies on the population biology of Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Liliaceae) for elaborating a strategy of species survival in Transcarpathia. Tiscia (Szeged), 24: 3-10.
• Kricsfalusy V. 1988. Structure and density of Narcissus angustifolius Curt. populations in the Carpathians. Ekologia (Sverdlovsk), 5: 32-37. [In Russian].

Current Courses

• ENVS 801: Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
• ENVS 898: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability