TY - JOUR AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám AU - Antal, László AU - Mozsár, Attila AU - Nyeste, Krisztián József AU - Somogyi, Dóra AU - Kiss, B. AU - Tóth, R. AU - Tóth, Flórián AU - Fazekas, Dorottya AU - Vitál, Zoltán AU - Halasi-Kovács, Béla AU - Tóth, P. AU - Szabó, N. AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Lukács, Balázs András TI - Bird-mediated endozoochory as a potential dispersal mechanism of bony fishes JF - ECOGRAPHY J2 - ECOGRAPHY PY - 2024 PG - 4 SN - 0906-7590 DO - 10.1111/ecog.07124 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34720925 ID - 34720925 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vágási, István Csongor AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Adámková, Marie AU - Kauzálová, Tereza AU - Lendvai, Ádám Zoltán AU - Pătraș, Laura AU - Pénzes, Janka AU - Pap, Péter L. AU - Albrecht, Tomáš AU - Tomášek, Oldřich TI - Songbirds avoid the oxidative stress costs of high blood glucose levels: a comparative study JF - JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY J2 - J EXP BIOL VL - 227 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SN - 0022-0949 DO - 10.1242/jeb.246848 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34428380 ID - 34428380 AB - Chronically high blood glucose levels (hyperglycaemia) can compromise healthy ageing and lifespan at the individual level. Elevated oxidative stress can play a central role in hyperglycaemia-induced pathologies. Nevertheless, the lifespan of birds shows no species-level association with blood glucose. This suggests that the potential pathologies of high blood glucose levels can be avoided by adaptations in oxidative physiology at the macroevolutionary scale. However, this hypothesis remains unexplored. Here, we examined this hypothesis using comparative analyses controlled for phylogeny, allometry and fecundity based on data from 51 songbird species (681 individuals with blood glucose and 1021 individuals with oxidative state data). We measured blood glucose at baseline and after stress stimulus and computed glucose stress reactivity as the magnitude of change between the two time points. We also measured three parameters of non-enzymatic antioxidants (uric acid, total antioxidants and glutathione) and a marker of oxidative lipid damage (malondialdehyde). We found no clear evidence for blood glucose concentration being correlated with either antioxidant or lipid damage levels at the macroevolutionary scale, as opposed to the hypothesis postulating that high blood glucose levels entail oxidative costs. The only exception was the moderate evidence for species with a stronger stress-induced increase in blood glucose concentration evolving moderately lower investment into antioxidant defence (uric acid and glutathione). Neither baseline nor stress-induced glucose levels were associated with oxidative physiology. Our findings support the hypothesis that birds evolved adaptations preventing the (glyc)oxidative costs of high blood glucose observed at the within-species level. Such adaptations may explain the decoupled evolution of glycaemia and lifespan in birds and possibly the paradoxical combination of long lifespan and high blood glucose levels relative to mammals. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Dujon, Antoine M. AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Lemaitre, Jean-Francois AU - Alix-Panabieres, Catherine AU - Pujol, Pascal AU - Giraudeau, Mathieu AU - Ujvari, Beata AU - Thomas, Frederic TI - The effect of placentation type, litter size, lactation and gestation length on cancer risk in mammals JF - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES J2 - P ROY SOC B-BIOL SCI VL - 290 PY - 2023 IS - 2001 PG - 8 SN - 0962-8452 DO - 10.1098/rspb.2023.0940 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34333948 ID - 34333948 AB - Reproduction is a central activity for all living organisms but is also associated with a diversity of costs that are detrimental for survival. Until recently, the cost of cancer as a selective force has been poorly considered. Considering 191 mammal species, we found cancer mortality was more likely to be detected in species having large, rather than low, litter sizes and long lactation lengths regardless of the placentation types. However, increasing litter size and gestation length are not per se associated with an enhanced cancer mortality risk. Contrary to basic theoretical expectations, the species with the highest cancer mortality were not those with the most invasive (i.e. haemochorial) placentation, but those with a moderately invasive (i.e. endotheliochorial) one. Overall, these results suggest that (i) high reproductive efforts favour oncogenic processes' dynamics, presumably because of trade-offs between allocation in reproduction effort and anti-cancer defences, (ii) cancer defence mechanisms in animals are most often adjusted to align reproductive lifespan, and (iii) malignant cells co-opt existing molecular and physiological pathways for placentation, but species with the most invasive placentation have also selected for potent barriers against lethal cancers. This work suggests that the logic of Peto's paradox seems to be applicable to other traits that promote tumorigenesis. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Dujon, Antoine M. AU - Jeanjean, Jeremy AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Giraudeau, Mathieu AU - Lemaitre, Jean-Francois AU - Pujol, Pascal AU - Ujvari, Beata AU - Thomas, Frederic TI - Cancer hygiene hypothesis: A test from wild captive mammals JF - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - ECOL EVOL VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 9 PG - 10 SN - 2045-7758 DO - 10.1002/ece3.10547 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34250462 ID - 34250462 AB - The hygiene hypothesis, according to which the recent reduction of exposure to infectious agents in the human species would be the origin of various diseases, including autoimmune diseases and cancer, has often been proposed but not properly tested on animals. Here, we evaluated the relevance of this hypothesis to cancer risk in mammals in an original way, namely by using information on zoo mammals. We predicted that a higher richness of parasitic cohorts in the species' natural habitat would result in a greater occurrence of evolutionary mismatch due to the reduction of parasites in captive conditions. This, in turn, could contribute to an increased risk of developing lethal cancers. Using a comparative analysis of 112 mammalian species, we explored the potential relationship between cancer risk and parasite species richness using generalized phylogenetic least squares regressions to relate parasite species richness to cancer risk data. We found no strong evidence that parasite species richness increased cancer risk in zoo mammals for any of the parasite groups we tested. Without constituting definitive proof of the irrelevance of the hygienic hypothesis, our comparative study using zoo mammals does not support it, at least with respect to cancer risks.The hygiene hypothesis suggests that reduced exposure to infectious agents may lead to various diseases, including autoimmune diseases and cancer. To test this hypothesis in relation to cancer risk, a comparative analysis of 112 mammalian species, specifically zoo mammals with reduced exposure to infectious agents, was conducted. The study did not find strong evidence to support the idea that higher parasite species richness increases cancer risk in zoo mammals, indicating that the hygiene hypothesis may not apply to cancer risks at least in this context.image LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Fekete, Réka AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Nagy, Jenő AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Süveges , Kristóf AU - Bódis, Judit AU - Malkócs, Tamás AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám AU - Molnár, V. Attila TI - North-facing roadside slopes: anthropogenic climate microrefugia for orchids JF - GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION J2 - GLOB ECOL CONSERV VL - 47 PY - 2023 PG - 12 SN - 2351-9894 DO - 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02642 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34142756 ID - 34142756 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám AU - Navarro‐Ramos, María J. AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Urgyán, Renáta AU - Pallér‐Kapusi, Felícia AU - van Leeuwen, Casper H. A. AU - Green, Andy J. AU - Lukács, Balázs András TI - Traits for transport: Alien wetland plants gain an advantage during endozoochorous seed dispersal by waterfowl JF - FRESHWATER BIOLOGY J2 - FRESHWATER BIOL VL - 68 PY - 2023 IS - 10 SP - 1703 EP - 1715 PG - 13 SN - 0046-5070 DO - 10.1111/fwb.14154 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34105738 ID - 34105738 AB - The expansion of alien plant species is of global concern, yet our understanding of their dispersal mechanisms is limited. Here we address the potential of alien plant seeds to disperse via ingestion, transport and egestion in waterfowl (endozoochory). Based on their general rapid expansions, we expected alien plant species to have several advantages for endozoochory compared to native plant species. We hypothesised that seeds of alien species would have higher passage rate, longer gut retention times, higher germinability after gut passage and shorter time‐to‐germination after egestion by waterfowl. In order to test our hypotheses, we compared the endozoochorous dispersal ability of six pairs of congeneric alien and native wetland plant species in a feeding experiment with mallards ( Anas platyrhynchos ). We focused on differences in seed survival, gut retention time, germinability and time‐to‐germination. In the analyses we corrected for seed shape and volume as these seed traits are known to have important effects. With gut passage, alien species had higher passage rates and germinated slower, whereas native species had shorter retention times and greater germinability. Controlling for seed traits did not alter these conclusions, but seed traits affected all aspects of the endozoochory process. This suggests that alien species may have particular traits correlated with a higher endozoochory potential. Among control seeds, alien seeds germinated faster and their germinability was higher than natives. Seed traits explained differences in germinability and time‐to‐germination in control seeds. Seeds of alien plant species have traits that correlate with successful endozoochory. This may provide alien species with a competitive advantage over native plant species by ensuring higher endozoochory rates in new environments, potentially enabling their rapid expansions. Our study underlines the important role of seed traits in the endozoochory potential of alien and native plant species, notably through their influence on retention time and germination. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Fekete, Réka AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Süveges , Kristóf AU - Bak, Henrietta Mária AU - Malkócs, Tamás AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Urgyán, Renáta AU - Molnár, V. Attila TI - The Role of Olive Groves in the Conservation of Mediterranean Orchids JF - GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION J2 - GLOB ECOL CONSERV VL - 44 PY - 2023 PG - 10 SN - 2351-9894 DO - 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02490 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33782163 ID - 33782163 N1 - Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences & Technology, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem sq. 1., Hungary ELKH-DE Conservation Biology Research Group, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem sq. 1, Hungary Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót H-2163, Alkotmány street 2-4, Hungary Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeș-Bolyai University, RO–400006 Cluj Napoca, Clinicilor Street 5–7, Romania Wetland Ecology Research Group, centre for Ecological Research, DRI, 4026 Debrecen, Bem sq. 18/C, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary Department of Tisza Research, Centre for Ecological Research-DRI, Bem sq. 18/C, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary Export Date: 1 August 2023 Correspondence Address: Fekete, R.; Department of Botany, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary; email: feketereka722@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Urgyán, Renáta AU - Lukács, Balázs András AU - Fekete, Réka AU - Molnár, V. Attila AU - Nagy, András AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Green, Andy J. AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám TI - Plants dispersed by a non‐frugivorous migrant change throughout the annual cycle JF - GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY J2 - GLOBAL ECOL BIOGEOGR VL - 32 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 70 EP - 82 PG - 13 SN - 1466-822X DO - 10.1111/geb.13608 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33260884 ID - 33260884 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [PID2020-112774GB-I00/AEI]; New National Excellence Programme; Orszagos Tudomanyos Kutatasi Alapprogramok [FK-138698]; Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad [CGL2016-76067-P] Funding text: Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Grant/Award Number: PID2020-112774GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; New National Excellence Programme; Orszagos Tudomanyos Kutatasi Alapprogramok, Grant/Award Number: FK-138698; Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Grant/Award Number: CGL2016-76067-P AB - Aim Migratory waterfowl are important endozoochory vectors for a range of plants lacking fleshy fruits. Our aim was to study the critical question of how endozoochory rates change throughout the annual cycle, and how this relates to plant life-form and phenology. Location Lake Velence, Hungary. Time period 2017-2018. Major taxa studied Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Angiospermae, Charophyta. Methods We studied waterfowl endozoochory, quantifying seeds and other diaspores dispersed by mallards by collecting faecal samples monthly (n(total) = 670) at a Hungarian lake. We tested the germinability of all seeds recovered from the faecal samples. Main conclusions We extracted 5,760 seeds representing 35 plant taxa from mallard faecal samples, and 40% of these seeds germinated successfully following gut passage. We found major differences between seasons in the species composition of the seeds recovered. The peak in species diversity and in abundance of terrestrial seeds coincided with the spring migration of mallards. Importantly, endozoochory was only strongly synchronized with seed production in submerged, but not in emergent or terrestrial plants, illustrating the potential for endozoochory of seeds ingested from the soil seed bank. Overall, our results suggest that endozoochory by migratory waterfowl is a strong and underestimated driver of plant distributions, and is likely to facilitate plant range shifts under climate change, and after introduction of alien species. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Szentiványi, Tamara AU - Vincze, Orsolya TI - Tracking wildlife diseases using community science: an example through toad myiasis JF - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH J2 - EUR J WILDLIFE RES VL - 68 PY - 2022 IS - 6 SN - 1612-4642 DO - 10.1007/s10344-022-01623-5 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33219542 ID - 33219542 AB - Parasite and pathogen surveillance is crucial for understanding trends in their distributions and host spectra, as well as to document changes in their population dynamics. Nevertheless, continuous surveillance is time-consuming, underfunded due to the non-charismatic nature of parasites/pathogens, and research infrastructure is usually limited to short-term surveillance efforts. Species observation data provided by the public can contribute to long-term surveillance of parasites using photographic evidence of infections shared on community science platforms. Here, we used public photo repositories to document the occurrence across space and time of Lucilia spp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a parasite inducing nasal toad myiasis in the European toad Bufo bufo (Anura: Bufonidae). We found a total of 262 toad myiasis observations on iNaturalist ( n = 132), on GBIF ( n = 86), on Flickr ( n = 41), and on observation.org ( n = 3). Our results indicate that the distribution of toad myiasis is regionally limited, despite its host being widely distributed and abundant across a wide region in Europe. Observations were found in 12 countries with relatively low prevalence, including Belgium (3.90%, CI 2.44–6.18), Denmark (1.26%, CI 0.89–1.80), France (0.45%, CI 0.14–1.38), Germany (1.27%, CI 0.92–1.75), Lithuania (0.50%, CI 0.13–1.98), Luxembourg (1.30%, CI 0.42–3.95), the Netherlands (2.71%, CI 1.61–4.52), Poland (0.89%, CI 0.34–2.35), Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) (4.76%, CI 0.67–27.14), Switzerland (NA), Ukraine (0.87%, CI 0.12–5.91), and in the UK (0.45%, CI 0.28–0.72). Nevertheless, the number of uploaded observations of both parasite infection and host presence indicates a stable increase likely due to the growing popularity of community science websites. Overall, community science is a useful tool to detect and monitor certain wildlife diseases and to recognize potential changes in disease dynamics through time and space. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Süveges , Kristóf AU - Vincze, Orsolya AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám AU - Takács, Attila AU - Fekete, Réka AU - Tüdősné Budai, Júlia AU - Molnár, V. Attila TI - Native and alien poplar plantations are important habitats for terrestrial orchids JF - PRESLIA J2 - PRESLIA VL - 94 PY - 2022 IS - 3 SP - 429 EP - 445 PG - 17 SN - 0032-7786 DO - 10.23855/preslia.2022.429 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33103443 ID - 33103443 N1 - Department of Botany, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences & Technology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary Wetland Ecology Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Bem tér 18/C, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary Evolutionary Ecology Group, Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Clinicilor Street 5–7, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400084, Romania ELKH-DE Conservation Biology Research Group, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Research Institute of Karcag, Kisújszállási u. 166, Karcag, H-5300, Hungary Cited By :1 Export Date: 1 August 2023 Correspondence Address: Molnár, A.V.; Department of Botany, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary; email: mva@science.unideb.hu AB - Poplar monocultures are some of the most common short-rotation coppices. While they are most often considered of low environmental value, they have recently gained recognition for their multifaceted role in ecological engineering, such as carbon sinks, soil remediators or green energy producers. Nonetheless, the biodiversity of poplar plantations remains little known and largely overlooked. Here we conducted a systematic botanical survey of 232 poplar plantations within the Pannonian ecoregion (central Europe) in order to assess their plant diversity, with particular focus on terrestrial orchids. Our results highlight that almost 60% of poplar monocultures harbour terrestrial orchids, some with several thousand specimens. Overall, we documented the occurrence of 15 species of terrestrial orchids in the surveyed plantations, including taxa with limited distributions and a threatened conservation status. For instance, we report numerous new populations of Epipactis bugacenis and E. tallosii in poplar plantations, suggesting that the majority of these taxa occur in poplar monocultures within Hungary. We analysed and highlight soil chemistry and plantation characteristics that predict the occurrence and species richness of terrestrial orchids in poplar monocultures. The probability of orchids being present is highest in older and larger poplar plantations, characterized by high total organicmatter content and high soil pH.We conclude that plantations of native and alien poplar harbour valuable plant communities, including terrestrial orchids and other vascular plants of significant conservation importance. Using the knowledge generated here, we recommend delaying or partial harvest of poplar plantations to increase their conservation potential. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -