Linii de cercetare: Ecologie vegetală, Interesat de cercetare in domeniul ecologiei cantitative, de la nivelul populatiei/speciei la cel al peisajului.

ORCID:

Email: dan.gafta@ubbcluj.ro

Tel: 0264-593891

Adresa: Grădina Botanică “Al. Borza”, Str. Republicii 42, Cluj-Napoca, România

Educatie:

Post-doctoral Ecologie Forestieră (Universitatea North Carolina din Chapel Hill)

PhD Geobotanică (Universitatea din Pavia)

BSc Științe Forestiere (Universitatea din Torino)

BSc Silvicultură (Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov)

Cursuri:

BME3301 Biocenologie (sectia)

BLR1306 Biostatistică (sectia)

Publicatii

Gafta D., Coldea G., 2024. Disentangling the effects of terrain slope and grassland-use continuity on the structure of calcareous, semi natural grasslands (western Cluj Hills, Romania). Phytocoenologia 52: sub tipar (DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2024/0440)

Coldea G., Gafta D., Negrean G., 2023. Eco-coenotic and diversity patterns in Artemisia alba open scrubs from Romania within the context of similar communities from neighbouring regions. Diversity 15: 475.

Cianfaglione K., Crișan F., Gafta D., 2023. Soil quality enhances seed germination success in Ephedra major – a pilot experiment. Plants 12: 438.

Coldea G., Gafta D., Negrean G., Stoica A.I., Hurdu B.I., 2022. Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns. Botanical Studies 63: 29, 21 pp.

Gafta D., Horj P., 2022. Contrasting interactions of remnant spruce trees with indigenous broadleaves in a partially converted stand from a former plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 508: 120052, 9 pp.

Stoica A.I., Gafta D., Coldea G., 2022. Scots pine bog woodlands in the Eastern Carpathians versus their northern, lowland counterparts: floristic dissimilarities and underlying ecological gradients. Mires and Peat 28: article 09, 15 pp.

Șuteu A., Gafta D., Crișan F., 2021. Constraints to shoot growth and biomass allocation in Astragalus peterfii growing in two different stressful habitats. Phyton – Annales Rei Botanicae 61: 25-30.

Gafta D., Stoica A.I., Coldea G., 2021. The ranked species occupancy curves reflect the dominant process of species sorting: evidence from forest/scrub communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 32: e13086.

Gafta D., Schnitzler A., Closset-Kopp D., Cristea V., 2021. Neighbourhood-based evidence of tree diversity promotion by beech in an old-growth deciduous-coniferous mixed forest (Eastern Carpathians). Annals of Forest Research 64: 13-30.

Gafta D., Peet R.K., 2020. Interaction of herbs and tree saplings is mediated by soil fertility and stand evergreenness in southern Appalachian forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 31: 95-106.