@article{MTMT:34217510, title = {PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34217510}, author = {Sonkoly, Judit and Tóth, Edina and Balogh, Nóra and Balogh, Lajos and Bartha, Dénes and Csendesné Bata, Kinga and Bátori, Zoltán and Békefi, Nóra and Botta-Dukát, Zoltán and Bölöni, János and Csecserits, Anikó and Csiky, János and Csontos, Péter and Dancza, István and Deák, Balázs and Dobolyi, Zoltán Konstantin and E-Vojtkó, Anna and Gyulai, Ferenc and Hábenczyus, Alida Anna and Henn, Tamás and Horváth, Ferenc and Höhn, Mária Margit and Jakab, Gusztáv and Kelemen, András and Király, Botond Gergely and Kis, Szabolcs and Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Kun, András and Lehoczky, Éva and Lengyel, Attila and Lhotsky, Barbara and Löki, Viktor and Lukács, Balázs András and Matus, Gábor and McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Mesterházy, Attila and Miglécz, Tamás and Molnár V, Attila and Molnár, Zsolt and Morschhauser, Tamás and Papp, László and Pósa, Patrícia and Rédei, Tamás and Schmidt, Dávid and Szmorad, Ferenc and Takács, Attila and Tamás, Júlia and Tiborcz, Viktor and Tölgyesi, Csaba and Tóth, Katalin and Tóthmérész, Béla and Valkó, Orsolya and Virók, Viktor and Wirth, Tamás and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1038/s41597-023-02619-9}, journal-iso = {SCI DATA}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC DATA}, volume = {10}, unique-id = {34217510}, abstract = {The existing plant trait databases’ applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across regions, mostly because their geographical data coverage is limited and they incorporate records from several different sources, often from regions with markedly different climatic conditions. These problems motivated the compilation of a regional dataset for the flora of the Pannonian region (Eastern Central Europe). PADAPT, the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits relies on regional data sources and collates data on 54 traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian region. The current version covers approximately 90% of the species of the region and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2052-4463}, orcid-numbers = {Sonkoly, Judit/0000-0002-4301-5240; Bátori, Zoltán/0000-0001-9915-5309; Botta-Dukát, Zoltán/0000-0002-9544-3474; Deák, Balázs/0000-0001-6938-1997; E-Vojtkó, Anna/0000-0001-6370-680X; Höhn, Mária Margit/0000-0002-8587-8271; Jakab, Gusztáv/0000-0002-2569-5967; Király, Botond Gergely/0000-0002-8439-2616; Lehoczky, Éva/0000-0002-6538-4055; Lengyel, Attila/0000-0002-1712-6748; Pósa, Patrícia/0000-0003-3025-1313; Tölgyesi, Csaba/0000-0002-0770-2107; Valkó, Orsolya/0000-0001-7919-6293} } @article{MTMT:33787185, title = {Intensity‐dependent effects of cattle and sheep grazing in sand grasslands ‐ Does livestock type really matter?}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33787185}, author = {Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Sonkoly, Judit and Tóth, Katalin and McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Díaz Cando, Patricia and Törő-Szijgyártó, Viktória and Balogh, Nóra and Guallichico Suntaxi, Luis Roberto and Espinoza Ami, Francis David and Demeter, László and Tóthmérész, Béla and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1111/avsc.12727}, journal-iso = {APP VEGE SCI}, journal = {APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE}, volume = {26}, unique-id = {33787185}, issn = {1402-2001}, keywords = {steppe; plant traits; cattle grazing; pasture; Grazing intensity; sheep grazing; sand grassland}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1654-109X}, orcid-numbers = {Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely/0000-0002-9995-5733} } @article{MTMT:33718295, title = {New thousand-seed weight dataset for plant species of Central Europe}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33718295}, author = {Törő-Szijgyártó, Viktória and Balogh, Nóra and Henn, Tamás and McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Sonkoly, Judit and Takács, Attila and Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Cando, Patricia Díaz and Molnár, V. Attila and Matus, Gábor and Teleki, Balázs and Süveges , Kristóf and Lukács, Balázs András and Lovas-Kiss, Ádám and Tóthmérész, Béla and Tóth, Edina and Tóth, Katalin and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2023.109081}, journal-iso = {DATA BRIEF}, journal = {DATA IN BRIEF}, volume = {48}, unique-id = {33718295}, abstract = {One of the most important and most easily measurable physical characteristics of plant seeds is their weight, which influences and indicates crucial ecological processes. Seed weight affects spatial and temporal dispersibility, and can also influence seed predation and the germination, growth and survival of seedlings. Providing trait data for species missing from international databases is key to promote studies that advance our understanding of the functioning of plant communities and ecosystems, which is an essential issue in the face of the global climate change and biodiversity loss. Compared to species from Western and Northwestern Europe, those with an Eastern or Central European centre of distribution are underrepresented in most international trait databases. Therefore, the creation of specific trait databases is key to help regional studies. In this respect, it is important not only to collect fresh seeds for weight measurements, but also to measure and process data of seeds preserved in collections and make them available to the broader scientific community. In this data paper we provide seed weight data to fill in missing trait data of plant species of Central and Eastern Europe. Our dataset includes weight measurement for 281 taxa of the Central European flora including also some cultivated and exotic species. The seeds were collected between 1971 and 2021 mostly in Central Europe. One part of the measured seeds was collected in the last decade, the other part is from an older seed collection, but all seeds were measured recently. For each species, we collected a minimum of 3 × 100 intact seeds, if possible. The seeds were air-dried at room temperature (approximately 21 °C and 50% relative humidity) for at least two weeks and measured with an accuracy of 0.001 g using an analytical balance. The thousand-seed weights reported here were calculated based on the measured values. Our goal for the future is to incorporate the seed weight data reported here in a regional database (Pannonian Database of Plant Traits – PADAPT) that gathers plant traits and other plant characteristics for the Pannonian flora. The data presented here will facilitate trait-based analyses of the flora and vegetation of Central Europe.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2352-3409}, orcid-numbers = {Henn, Tamás/0000-0003-1679-1815; Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely/0000-0002-9995-5733; Teleki, Balázs/0000-0002-2417-0413} } @article{MTMT:34217475, title = {Potyautasok a kertészeti kereskedelemben}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34217475}, author = {Sonkoly, Judit}, journal-iso = {TERMÉSZET VILÁGA}, journal = {TERMÉSZET VILÁGA}, volume = {153/12}, unique-id = {34217475}, issn = {0040-3717}, year = {2022}, pages = {530-535} } @article{MTMT:32830324, title = {New data of plant leaf traits from Central Europe}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32830324}, author = {McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Sonkoly, Judit and Takács, Attila and Balogh, Nóra and Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Teleki, Balázs and Süveges , Kristóf and Tóth, Katalin and Hábenczyus, Alida Anna and Lukács, Balázs András and Lovas-Kiss, Ádám and Löki, Viktor and Tomasovszky, Alexandra and Tóthmérész, Béla and Török, Péter and Tóth, Edina}, doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2022.108286}, journal-iso = {DATA BRIEF}, journal = {DATA IN BRIEF}, volume = {42}, unique-id = {32830324}, abstract = {Trait-based ecology is gaining ground nowadays on species-based ecology: the number of research and publication focusing on the ecological role of taxa instead of the species themselves increased significantly in the last two decades. One great advantage of this approach is that communities with different species composition due to great geographical distances (e.g., different continents) or different environmental conditions (e.g., loess, sand, and alkaline grasslands) become comparable. Obtaining trait values is, however, labour and time consuming even in the case of so-called soft traits. It is therefore reasonable and desirable for scientists to share their data as widely as possible. Demand for such data induced the publication of data papers and the establishment of databases, which support both theoretical ecological research and practical restoration ecological projects. Although several international databases (e.g., TRY, LEDA, CLO-PLA, BiolFLOR) are available nowadays, Central and Eastern European species are either missing or underrepresented in them. Consequently, measurement and publication of the traits of species typical in the above region is necessary. This paper presents leaf trait (leaf fresh and dry weight, leaf area, specific leaf area and leaf dry matter content) data for more than 1100 species of the Central European flora.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {2352-3409}, orcid-numbers = {Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely/0000-0002-9995-5733} } @article{MTMT:32769224, title = {Increasing abundance of an invasive C4 grass is associated with larger community changes away than at home}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32769224}, author = {Hábenczyus, Alida Anna and Tölgyesi, Csaba and Pál, Róbert and Kelemen, András and Aradi, Eszter and Bátori, Zoltán and Sonkoly, Judit and Tóth, Edina and Balogh, Nóra and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1111/avsc.12659}, journal-iso = {APP VEGE SCI}, journal = {APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE}, volume = {25}, unique-id = {32769224}, issn = {1402-2001}, abstract = {Aim We evaluated stands of the invasive grass, Sporobolus cryptandrus in its native North American range and its non-native European range, where it is a recent invader. Our aim was to reveal how the species' increasing abundance affects functional diversity and the ecosystem service-provisioning capacities of plant communities in both ranges. Location Sand grasslands in the Kiskunsag, Hungary and in Montana, USA. Methods All vascular plant species and their relative abundances were recorded in a stratified random manner in 1 m x 1 m plots in each range, using the following cover categories of Sporobolus as strata: 1%-25%, 26%-50%, 50%-75%, and 75%-100%. The functional characteristics of the plant communities in the two continents were compared. We performed comparisons of the communities both with and without including Sporobolus. Results Increasing Sporobolus cover resulted in a lower functional diversity and species richness, reduced average specific leaf area and increased the height of whole plant communities in both ranges but these effects were significantly stronger in the non-native stands. Sporobolus also negatively affected the cover of insect-pollinated plant species and the proportion of native perennials, switching the rest of the community from perennial-dominated to annual-dominated. In plant communities without Sporobolus, increasing Sporobolus cover led to a higher specific leaf area and seed mass in both ranges, but average height was decreasing along the Sporobolus abundance gradient in the native range, whereas it was increasing in the non-native range. Conclusions The spread of Sporobolus, away from its native range, leads to the impoverishment of host communities and compromises the biomass and floral resource-provisioning capacity of the vegetation to higher trophic levels. Tackling the spread of this new invader should therefore be a priority task.}, keywords = {Functional diversity; plant traits; plant invasion; Dry grassland; native range; ecosystem functions}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1654-109X}, orcid-numbers = {Tölgyesi, Csaba/0000-0002-0770-2107; Kelemen, András/0000-0002-2480-5669; Bátori, Zoltán/0000-0001-9915-5309; Sonkoly, Judit/0000-0002-4301-5240; Török, Péter/0000-0002-4428-3327} } @article{MTMT:32708083, title = {Trade of commercial potting substrates: A largely overlooked means of the long-distance dispersal of plants}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32708083}, author = {Sonkoly, Judit and Takács, Attila and Molnár, V. Attila and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154093}, journal-iso = {SCI TOTAL ENVIRON}, journal = {SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT}, volume = {825}, unique-id = {32708083}, issn = {0048-9697}, abstract = {Although long-distance dispersal (LDD) events are rare and stochastic, they are disproportionately important and drive several large-scale ecological processes; yet, we have a very limited understanding of their frequency, extent and con-sequences. Humanity intentionally spreads several species, which is associated with the accidental dispersal of other plant species. Although the global trade of potted plants and horticultural substrates may disperse large quantities of propagules, it has hardly been studied from an ecological point of view. We assessed the viable seed content of dif-ferent types of commercial potting substrates to answer the following questions: (i) In what richness and density do substrates contain viable seeds? (ii) Does the composition of substrates influence their viable seed content? and (iii) Are there common characteristics of the species dispersed this way? We detected 438 seedlings of 66 taxa and found that 1 l of potting substrate contains an average of 13.27 seeds of 6.24 species, so an average 20-liter bag of sub-strate contains 265 viable seeds. There was a high variability in the seed content of the substrates, as substrates con-taining manure contained a substantially higher number of species and seeds than substrates without manure. Thus, this pathway of LDD is an interplay between endozoochory by grazing livestock and accidental human-vectored dis-persal, implying that the diet preference of grazing animals influences the ability of a plant species to be dispersed this way. According to our results, potting substrates can disperse large quantities of seeds of a wide range of plant spe-cies over large distances. We conclude that this kind of human-vectored LDD may have complex effects on plant pop-ulations and communities; however, as this dispersal pathway is largely understudied and has hardly been considered as a type of LDD, its consequences are still unknown and further studies of the issue are of great importance.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1879-1026} } @article{MTMT:32517717, title = {Invasion of the North American sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) – A new pest in Eurasian sand areas?}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32517717}, author = {Török, Péter and Schmidt, Dávid and Bátori, Zoltán and Aradi, E. and Kelemen, András and Hábenczyus, Alida Anna and Diaz, C.P. and Tölgyesi, Csaba and Pál, R.W. and Balogh, N. and Tóth, Edina and Matus, Gábor and Táborská, Jana and Sramkó, Gábor and Laczkó, Levente and Jordán, Sándor and McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Sonkoly, Judit}, doi = {10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01942}, journal-iso = {GLOB ECOL CONSERV}, journal = {GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION}, volume = {32}, unique-id = {32517717}, issn = {2351-9894}, abstract = {For the effective control of an invasive species, gathering as much information as possible on its ecology, establishment and persistence in the affected communities is of utmost importance. We aimed to review the current distribution and characteristics of Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed), an invasive C4 grass species of North American origin recently discovered in Hungary. We aimed to provide information on (i) its current distribution paying special attention to its invasion in Eurasia; (ii) the characteristics of the invaded habitats in Central Europe; (iii) seed bank formation and germination characteristics, crucial factors in early establishment; and (iv) the effects of its increasing cover on vegetation composition. Finally, we aimed to (v) point out further research directions that could enable us to understand the invasion success of this potential invasive species. Field surveys uncovered large stands of the species in Central and Eastern Hungary with most of the locations in the former, especially in the Kiskunsag region. The species invaded disturbed stands of dry and open sand grasslands, closed dune slack grasslands and it also penetrates natural open sand grasslands from neighboring disturbed habitats. Increasing cover of Sporobolus cryptandrus was associated with a decline in species richness and abundance of subordinate species both in the vegetation and seed banks, but a low density of Sporobolus cryptandrus can even have a weak positive effect on these characteristics. Viable seeds of Sporobolus were detected from all soil layers (2.5 cm layers measured from the surface to 10 cm in depth), which indicates that the species is able to form a persistent seed bank (1114 to 3077 seeds/m(2) with increasing scores towards higher abundance of the species in vegetation). Germination of Sporobolus cryptandrus was negatively affected by both litter cover and 1 cm deep soil burial. To sum up, Sporobolus cryptandrus can be considered as a transformer invasive species, whose spread forms a high risk for dry sand and steppe grasslands in Eurasia. We can conclude that for the effective suppression of the species it is necessary: (i) to clarify the origin of the detected populations; (ii) to assess its competitive ability including its potential allelopathic effects; (iii) to assess its seed bank formation potential in habitats with different abiotic conditions; and (iv) to assess the possibility of its suppression by natural enemies and management techniques such as mowing or livestock grazing.}, year = {2021}, eissn = {2351-9894}, orcid-numbers = {Bátori, Zoltán/0000-0001-9915-5309; Tölgyesi, Csaba/0000-0002-0770-2107; Sramkó, Gábor/0000-0001-8588-6362; Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely/0000-0002-9995-5733} } @book{MTMT:32479938, title = {XIII. Aktuális Flóra- és Vegetációkutatás a Kárpát-medencében nemzetközi konferencia: Program és összefoglalók. 13th "Advances in Research on the Flora and Vegetation of the Carpato-Pannonian Region" International Conference: Programme and Abstracts}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32479938}, isbn = {9789634903420}, editor = {Takács, Attila and Sonkoly, Judit}, publisher = {Debreceni Egyetem Természettudományi és Technológiai Kar}, unique-id = {32479938}, year = {2021} } @article{MTMT:32473152, title = {Consumption rate and dietary preference of cattle in species-rich mesic grasslands}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32473152}, author = {Balogh, Nóra and Tóthmérész, Béla and Valkó, Orsolya and Deák, Balázs and Tóth, Katalin and Molnár, Zsolt and Vadász, Csaba and Tóth, Edina and Kiss, Réka and Sonkoly, Judit and Antal, Károly and Tüdősné Budai, Júlia and Miglécz, Tamás and Kelemen, András}, doi = {10.14471/2021.41.016}, journal-iso = {TUEXENIA}, journal = {TUEXENIA}, volume = {41}, unique-id = {32473152}, issn = {0722-494X}, year = {2021}, eissn = {0722-494X}, pages = {395-410}, orcid-numbers = {Valkó, Orsolya/0000-0001-7919-6293; Deák, Balázs/0000-0001-6938-1997; Kiss, Réka/0000-0001-7832-5751} }