@article{MTMT:34535971, title = {Development and application of a second-generation multilingual tool for invasion risk screening of non-native terrestrial plants}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34535971}, author = {Vilizzi, L. and Piria, M. and Pietraszewski, D. and Giannetto, D. and Flory, S.L. and Herczeg, Gábor and Baş, Sermenli H. and Britvec, M. and Jukoniene, I. and Petrulaitis, L. and Vitasović-Kosić, I. and Almeida, D. and Al-Wazzan, Z. and Bakiu, R. and Boggero, A. and Chaichana, R. and Dashinov, D. and De Zoysa, M. and Gilles, A.S. Jr and Goulletquer, P. and Interesova, E. and Kopecký, O. and Koutsikos, N. and Koyama, A. and Kristan, P. and Li, S. and Lukas, J. and Moghaddas, S.D. and Monteiro, J.G. and Mumladze, L. and Oh, C. and Olsson, K.H. and Pavia, R.T. Jr and Perdikaris, C. and Pickholtz, R. and Preda, C. and Ristovska, M. and Slovák, Švolíková K. and Števove, B. and Ta, K.A.T. and Uzunova, E. and Vardakas, L. and Verreycken, H. and Wei, H. and Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. and Ferincz, Árpád and Kirkendall, L. and Marszał, L. and Paganelli, D. and Stojchevska, C. and Tarkan, A.S. and Yazlık, A.}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170475}, journal-iso = {SCI TOTAL ENVIRON}, journal = {SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT}, volume = {917}, unique-id = {34535971}, issn = {0048-9697}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1879-1026}, orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:34505866, title = {A survey and risk screening of non-native ant species colonising greenhouses in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34505866}, author = {Báthori, Ferenc and Herczeg, Gábor and Vilizzi, Lorenzo and Jégh, Tamás and Kakas, Csilla and Petrovics, Milán and Csősz, Sándor}, doi = {10.1007/s10530-023-03227-9}, journal-iso = {BIOL INVASIONS}, journal = {BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS}, unique-id = {34505866}, issn = {1387-3547}, abstract = {Invasive species represent a severe threat for ecosystem health worldwide. With increasing global trade and ongoing climate change, monitoring non-native species and their hotspots of potential spread is becoming increasingly important. Invasive ants are one of the most problematic groups of organisms costing billions of dollars a year globally to control. Therefore, emerging ant invasions require more focused engagement to assess their extent, and effective measures to prevent the spread of non-native invasive species can be time consuming and expensive to implement. In addition to places with high commercial traffic, greenhouses are potential hotspots for non-native species as they can be entry points for invasions. However, the role of greenhouses in ant invasions is still understudied. In this study, an extensive survey of greenhouses in zoos and botanical gardens of Hungary was conducted to search for non-native ant species. The five species found in the surveys and an additional two known from Hungary were then screened for their risk of invasiveness in the country under both current and predicted climate conditions. Three species were found to pose a considerable conservation and economic risk for Hungary, and one is already present in the wild. Increased monitoring of greenhouses and other heated premises for the presence of non-native species and targeted chemical eradication are needed to prevent their spread. The risk screening method employed in this study can be applied to a wide range of terrestrial animal taxa, thereby providing a basis for developing more effective prevention and control strategies against invasive species.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1573-1464}, orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X; Vilizzi, Lorenzo/0000-0001-8103-885X} } @article{MTMT:34452416, title = {Host-switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34452416}, author = {Báthori, Ferenc and Heinze, J. and Trindl, A. and Seifert, B. and Herczeg, Gábor and Csősz, Sándor}, doi = {10.1111/jzo.13140}, journal-iso = {J ZOOL}, journal = {JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY}, unique-id = {34452416}, issn = {0952-8369}, abstract = {Abstract Host?parasite systems, including social parasites that exploit resources of the host colonies, are fascinating objects for evolutionary biologists mainly due to the dynamic and often rapid host?parasite coevolution. Host-switching events are believed to induce rapid speciation of parasitic species. The socially parasitic ant lineage Myrmoxenus, which corresponds to the monophyletic Temnothorax corsicus group, counts in total a dozen species. Most Myrmoxenus species utilize a single host species, but a few others, like Myrmoxenus ravouxi (André, 1896) and M.?gordiagini Ruzsky, 1902, are known to use multiple host taxa. Myrmoxenus zaleskyi (Sadil, 1953) was described as a putative congener of M.?ravouxi based on its distinct host selection. In this paper, we investigate the diversity of the widely distributed European lineages M.?ravouxi and M.?zaleskyi from multiple and complementary perspectives to understand whether the host preference exhibited by these two forms implies speciation. We integrated evidence from molecular genetics using mitochondrial CO I/CO II genes, including the tLeu-region, and multivariate analyses of morphometric data collected from workers and female sexuals (gynes). Although there is substantial regional host species specificity, results suggest that host switching did not result in phylogenetic or morphological divergence and that the central European M.?zaleskyi can be considered the junior synonym of M.?ravouxi. As the lineage Myrmoxenus has been the subject of considerable evolutionary research, these results are essential to achieve a more accurate picture of host?parasite systems in the future and further strengthen the justification of an integrative approach in studying similarly complex systems. We advise against describing new parasitic species based on host preference unless coupled with marked heritable phenotypic adaptations.}, keywords = {SPECIATION; parasite; SLAVE-MAKING ANTS; Host-switching; host-parasite coevolution; synonymization; Myrmoxenus spp.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1469-7998}, orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:34452384, title = {Broadly sympatric occurrence of two thief ant species Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) and S. juliae (Arakelian, 1991) in the East European Pontic-Caspian region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is disclosed}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34452384}, author = {Csősz, Sándor and Seifert, Bernhard and László, Márk and Yusupov, Zalimkhan M and Herczeg, Gábor}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1187.105866}, journal-iso = {ZOOKEYS}, journal = {ZOOKEYS}, volume = {1187}, unique-id = {34452384}, issn = {1313-2989}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1313-2970}, pages = {189-222}, orcid-numbers = {László, Márk/0000-0002-2736-9663; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:34243707, title = {The great tit abdominal stripe contains a sexually dichromatic colour patch hidden from the human eye}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34243707}, author = {Laczi, Miklós and Herczeg, Gábor and Szabó, Gyula and Gyarmathy, Helga and Sarkadi, Fanni and Török, János and Hegyi, Gergely}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2023.1263974}, journal-iso = {FRONT ECOL EVOL}, journal = {FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION}, volume = {11}, unique-id = {34243707}, issn = {2296-701X}, abstract = {Information on the exact nature of sexual dichromatism might be incomplete, often leading to the treatment of dichromatic species as monochromatic. This error is evident when the two sexes of a species look identical to the human eye, as in the great tit (Parus major). We measured reflectance in three sections (throat, breast, belly) of the abdominal black stripe of great tits during the pairing and nestling feeding periods and assessed differences between patch sections, sexes, and seasons using visual models. We found that the stripe, which had previously been considered a single, contiguous patch, consists of multiple patches. In males, the breast section differed markedly from the throat and belly sections in having higher total brightness and ultraviolet chroma, while the female's breast seemed to be less bright than the two other regions, resulting in strong sexual dichromatism hidden from the human eye. Colouration was more pronounced in winter, but dichromatism was present in both periods. The hidden breast ultraviolet patch we discovered in males may act as a sexual ornament or a signal amplifier.}, keywords = {Parus major; Great tit; melanin; colouration; cryptic dichromatism}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2296-701X}, orcid-numbers = {Laczi, Miklós/0000-0001-9235-2553; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X; Sarkadi, Fanni/0000-0001-8732-972X; Török, János/0000-0002-4799-5522; Hegyi, Gergely/0000-0002-4906-3550} } @article{MTMT:34139971, title = {Phylogenetic meta-analysis reveals system-specific behavioural type-behavioural predictability correlations.}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34139971}, author = {Horváth, Gergely and Garamszegi, László Zsolt and Herczeg, Gábor}, doi = {10.1098/rsos.230303}, journal-iso = {R SOC OPEN SCI}, journal = {ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE}, volume = {10}, unique-id = {34139971}, issn = {2054-5703}, abstract = {The biological significance of behavioural predictability (environment-independent within-individual behavioural variation) became accepted recently as an important part of an individual's behavioural strategy besides behavioural type (individual mean behaviour). However, we do not know how behavioural type and predictability evolve. Here, we tested different evolutionary scenarios: (i) the two traits evolve independently (lack of correlations) and (ii) the two traits' evolution is constrained (abundant correlations) due to either (ii/a) proximate constraints (direction of correlations is similar) or (ii/b) local adaptations (direction of correlations is variable). We applied a set of phylogenetic meta-analyses based on 93 effect sizes across 44 vertebrate and invertebrate species, focusing on activity and risk-taking. The general correlation between behavioural type and predictability did not differ from zero. Effect sizes for correlations showed considerable heterogeneity, with both negative and positive correlations occurring. The overall absolute (unsigned) effect size was high (Zr = 0.58), and significantly exceeded the null expectation based on randomized data. Our results support the adaptive scenario: correlations between behavioural type and predictability are abundant in nature, but their direction is variable. We suggest that the evolution of these behavioural components might be constrained in a system-specific way.}, keywords = {Animal personality; behavioural type; Phylogenetic meta-analysis; COVARIATION; behavioural predictability}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2054-5703}, orcid-numbers = {Horváth, Gergely/0000-0002-0485-333X; Garamszegi, László Zsolt/0000-0001-8920-2183; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:33798369, title = {Island and Rensch’s rules do not apply to cave vs. surface populations of Asellus aquaticus}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33798369}, author = {Herczeg, Gábor and Balázs, Gergely and Biró, Anna and Fišer, Žiga and Kralj-Fišer, Simona and Fišer, Cene}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2023.1155261}, journal-iso = {FRONT ECOL EVOL}, journal = {FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION}, volume = {11}, unique-id = {33798369}, issn = {2296-701X}, abstract = {Body size is a trait of fundamental ecological and evolutionary importance that is often different between males and females (sexual size dimorphism; SSD). The island rule predicts that small-bodied species tend to evolve larger following a release from interspecific competition and predation in insular environments. According to Rensch’s rule, male body size relative to female body size increases with increasing mean body size. This allometric body size – SSD scaling is explained by male-driven body size evolution. These ecogeographical rules are rarely tested within species, and has not been addressed in a cave–surface context, even though caves represent insular environments (small and isolated with simple communities). By analyzing six cave and nine surface populations of the widespread, primarily surface-dwelling freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus with male-biased SSD, we tested whether cave populations evolved larger and showed higher SSD than the surface populations. We found extensive between-population variation in body size (maximum divergence being 74%) and SSD (males being 15%–50% larger than females). However, habitat type did not explain the body size and SSD variation and we could not reject isometry in the male–female body size relationship. Hence, we found no support for the island or Rensch’s rules. We conclude that local selective forces stemming from environmental factors other than island vs. mainland or the general surface vs. cave characteristics are responsible for the reported population variation.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2296-701X}, orcid-numbers = {Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:33710405, title = {Comparing ant morphology measurements from microscope and online AntWeb.org 2D z‐stacked images}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33710405}, author = {Csősz, Sándor and Báthori, Ferenc and Rádai, Zoltán and Herczeg, Gábor and Fisher, Brian L.}, doi = {10.1002/ece3.9897}, journal-iso = {ECOL EVOL}, journal = {ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION}, volume = {13}, unique-id = {33710405}, issn = {2045-7758}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2045-7758}, orcid-numbers = {Rádai, Zoltán/0000-0001-7011-5055; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:33635483, title = {Not the Last Piece of the Puzzle: Niphargus Phylogeny in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33635483}, author = {Balázs, Gergely and Borko, Špela and Angyal, Dorottya and Zakšek, Valerija and Biró, Anna and Fišer, Cene and Herczeg, Gábor}, doi = {10.3390/d15020223}, journal-iso = {DIVERSITY-BASEL}, journal = {DIVERSITY (BASEL)}, volume = {15}, unique-id = {33635483}, abstract = {The Palaearctic genus Niphargus is a promising model system to understand subterranean fauna genesis in Europe. The Pannonian Plain (mainly covered by Hungary) in Central Europe, once being the area of the Paratethys, is a key area for Niphargus diversification. However, our knowledge on Hungarian species of Niphargus is primarily based on sporadic taxonomical works from the pre-molecular era. Here, we studied 14 localities, covering the eight valid Hungarian species of Niphargus and including nine previously unstudied populations. Based on sequences of three gene fragments, we reconstructed their phylogeny using maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches. We found that not all Hungarian species of Niphargus are closely related, and even species sampled at the same localities can belong to different clades. Some Hungarian species form monophyletic clades, while others are nested in various non-Hungarian lineages. The new populations are all genetically distinct from the known species. Our results suggest that the Hungarian Niphargus fauna has originated from seven unrelated clades and its diversity is underestimated due to unknown populations and cryptic species. The detection of genetically distinct species of Niphargus from non-carbonate regions calls for further research efforts. The high diversity and the number of putative new species in the N. tatrensis clade warrants further, high-resolution phylogenetic studies.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1424-2818}, orcid-numbers = {Balázs, Gergely/0000-0001-6372-387X; Borko, Špela/0000-0002-8383-8778; Angyal, Dorottya/0000-0002-2380-2482; Biró, Anna/0000-0001-8106-4716; Fišer, Cene/0000-0003-1982-8724; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} } @article{MTMT:33574918, title = {Exploratory behaviour divergence between surface populations, cave colonists and a cave population in the water louse, Asellus aquaticus}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33574918}, author = {Horváth, Gergely and Kerekes, Kata and Nyitrai, Viktória and Balázs, Gergely and Berisha, Hajriz and Herczeg, Gábor}, doi = {10.1007/s00265-022-03288-1}, journal-iso = {BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL}, journal = {BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY}, volume = {77}, unique-id = {33574918}, issn = {0340-5443}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1432-0762}, orcid-numbers = {Horváth, Gergely/0000-0002-0485-333X; Herczeg, Gábor/0000-0003-0441-342X} }