TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Babai, Dániel AU - Csathó, András István AU - Erdélyi, Arnold AU - Hartdégen, Judit AU - Lengyel, Attila AU - Kálmán, Nikoletta AU - Mártonffy, András AU - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna AU - Szegleti, Zsófia AU - Vig, Ákos AU - Máté, András AU - Malatinszky, Ákos AU - Tóth, Tímea AU - Vadász, Csaba TI - Effects of management complexity on the composition, plant functional dominance relationships and physiognomy of high nature value grasslands JF - NATURE CONSERVATION-BULGARIA J2 - NAT CONSERV VL - 55 PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 19 PG - 19 SN - 1314-6947 DO - 10.3897/natureconservation.55.114385 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34493708 ID - 34493708 AB - A significant proportion of Europe’s species-rich grasslands are semi-natural habitats. They have a long history of traditional management. Several studies have been carried out to conserve them, resulting in the establishment of subsidised conservation management schemes. On the other hand, many of these conservation management schemes have failed to provide locally adaptive solutions to maintain the diversity and functional status of species-rich grasslands. In addition, few studies have compared the conservation effectiveness of different levels of management complexity. The levels of management complexity in our study are based on how different management types (e.g. grazing and mowing etc.) and how different herbage removal intensities (e.g. lower and higher grazing intensities) are combined within and between years. To investigate this, we compared the overall effects of management complexity, herbage removal intensity and management type on plant diversity, plant functional type dominance relationships and plant physiognomy. Our field sampling was carried out in the sandy meso-xeric grasslands of the Turján Region of the Great Hungarian Plain (Central Hungary). We sampled nine 2 m × 2 m plots per grassland site (n = 12), recorded all the rooted plant species and estimated their percentage cover in each plot. High level of management complexity had significant positive effects on plant diversity, grazing had positive effects on plant diversity and phanerophyte density, while the studied levels of herbage removal intensity had no effect on diversity, plant functional types or plant physiognomy. In parallel, mowing and/or low levels of management complexity had some negative effects on conservation value (e.g. lower Shannon and Simpson diversity). In this landscape, the dominance of grazing and the more complex management is more optimal than relatively homogeneous mechanical mowing. The choice of management type and intensity is an important tool in the conservation management system of this landscape, but so too is its appropriate application in space and time. Through a detailed analysis of the effects of management complexity levels compared to management types and herbage removal intensity levels, we provide a new opportunity to make grassland management practices more effective for conserving biodiversity in this region, but it would be important to investigate these in different landscapes and conditions. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Csathó, András István AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna AU - Erdős, László AU - Török, Péter TI - Post‐restoration grassland management overrides the effects of restoration methods in propagule‐rich landscapes JF - ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS J2 - ECOL APPL VL - 32 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 13 SN - 1051-0761 DO - 10.1002/eap.2463 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32316850 ID - 32316850 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture; Kiskunsag National Park Directorate; Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation OfficeNational Research, Development & Innovation Office (NRDIO) - Hungary [K124796, PD19 132131] Funding text: We thank the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, the Kiskunsag National Park Directorate and the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (grant numbers: K124796 and PD19 132131). We are also grateful to Emmeline Topp for proofreading the manuscript. AB - Grassland restoration is gaining momentum worldwide to tackle the loss of bio-diversity and associated ecosystem services. Restoration methods and their effects on ecologi-cal community reassembly have been extensively studied across various grassland types, whilethe importance of post-restoration management has so far received less attention. Grasslandmanagement is an important surrogate for natural disturbances, with which most ancientgrasslands have coevolved. Thus, without the reintroduction of management-related distur-bance, restoration targets are unlikely to be achieved in restored grasslands. In this study, weaimed to explore how 20 yr of management by mowing once a year or light cattle grazingaffects restoration success in Palearctic meadow-steppe grasslands restored by either sowingnative grasses (sown sites), applyingMedicago sativaas a nurse plant (Medicagosites), orallowing spontaneous succession (spontaneous sites). We found that, following mowing, sownsites maintained long-lasting establishment limitation, whileMedicagosites experienced adelay in succession. These limitations resulted in low total and target species richness, lowfunctional redundancy, and distinct species and functional composition compared to referencedata from ancient grasslands. Spontaneous sites that were mowed reached a more advancedsuccessional stage, although they did not reach reference levels regarding most vegetationdescriptors. Sown andMedicagosites that were grazed had higher total and target species rich-ness than those that were mowed, and showed restoration success similar to that of sponta-neous sites, on which grazing had only moderate further positive effects. Grazed sites,irrespective of the restoration method, were uniformly species rich, functionally diverse, andfunctionally redundant, and thus became important biodiverse habitats with considerable resi-lience. We conclude that an optimally chosen post-restoration management may have animpact on long-term community reassembly comparable to the choice of restoration method.Restoration planners may, therefore, need to put more emphasis on future management thanon the initial restoration method. However, our findings also imply that if local constraints,such as potentially high invasive propagule pressure, necessitate the application of restorationmethods that could also hinder the establishment of target species, the long-term recovery ofthe grassland can still be ensured by wisely chosen post-restoration management. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mészáros, Fanni Andrea AU - Szilágyi, Alfréd János AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Sárospataki, Miklós György TI - Megporzóközösség vizsgálata permakultúrás, ökológiai és konvencionális gazdaságokban a Szentendrei-szigeten JF - TÁJÖKOLÓGIAI LAPOK / JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY J2 - TÁJÖKOLÓGIAI LAPOK / J LANDSCAPE ECOL VL - 19 PY - 2021 IS - 2 SP - 133 EP - 149 PG - 17 SN - 1589-4673 DO - 10.56617/tl.3435 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32587613 ID - 32587613 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Babai, Dániel AU - Csathó, András István AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - Kálmán, Nikoletta AU - Máté, András AU - Malatinszky, Ákos TI - Simplicity or complexity? Important aspects of high nature value grassland management in nature conservation JF - BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION J2 - BIODIVERS CONSERV VL - 30 PY - 2021 IS - 12 SP - 3563 EP - 3583 PG - 21 SN - 0960-3115 DO - 10.1007/s10531-021-02262-z UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32119478 ID - 32119478 N1 - Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of Ethnology, Tóth Kálmán u. 4, Budapest, 1097, Hungary Körös-Maros National Park Directorate, Anna-liget 1, Szarvas, 5540, Hungary Kiskunság National Park Directorate, Liszt Ferenc u. 19, Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Department of Zoology and Ecology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Dorcadion Kft., Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Export Date: 1 September 2021 CODEN: BONSE Correspondence Address: Kun, R.; Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Páter Károly u. 1, Hungary; email: rbert.kun@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Babai, Dániel AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Bartha, Sándor AU - Molnár, Zsolt AU - Malatinszky, Ákos TI - „Ha nem volna kerítés, akkor is lehetne látni, hol a határ…” A parcella-léptékű tájhasználati sokféleség hatása a növényzetre JF - NÉPRAJZI LÁTÓHATÁR: A GYÖRFFY ISTVÁN NÉPRAJZI EGYESŰLET FOLYÓIRATA J2 - NÉPRAJZI LÁTÓHATÁR VL - 28 PY - 2019 IS - 1-2 SP - 41 EP - 63 PG - 23 SN - 1215-8097 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31386087 ID - 31386087 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Török, Péter AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Csathó, András István AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Erdős, László AU - Vadász, Csaba TI - Recovery of species richness lags behind functional recovery in restored grasslands JF - LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT J2 - LAND DEGRAD DEV VL - 30 PY - 2019 IS - 9 SP - 1083 EP - 1094 PG - 12 SN - 1085-3278 DO - 10.1002/ldr.3295 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30608207 ID - 30608207 N1 - MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary Institute of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Szent István University, Gödöllő, H-2103, Hungary Körös-Maros National Park Directorate, Anna-liget 1, Szarvas, H-5540, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Alkotmány út 2–4, Vácrátót, H-2163, Hungary Kiskunság National Park Directorate, Liszt Ferenc utca 19, Kecskemét, H-6000, Hungary Cited By :5 Export Date: 1 February 2021 Correspondence Address: Török, P.; MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary; email: molinia@gmail.com Funding Agency and Grant Number: National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary [NKFIH K 119 225, NKFIH K 124 796, NKFIH PD: 116 114]; Lendulet Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Funding text: National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary, Grant/Award Numbers: NKFIH K 119 225, NKFIH K 124 796, NKFIH PD: 116 114; Lendulet Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Bartha, Sándor AU - Malatinszky, Ákos AU - Molnár, Zsolt AU - Lengyel, Attila AU - Babai, Dániel TI - "Everyone does it a bit differently!”: Evidence for a positive relationship between micro-scale land-use diversity and plant diversity in hay meadows JF - AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT J2 - AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON VL - 283 PY - 2019 PG - 8 SN - 0167-8809 DO - 10.1016/j.agee.2019.05.015 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30370875 ID - 30370875 N1 - Szent István University, Institute of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, H-2103, Hungary GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3, Tihany, H-8237, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4H-2163, Hungary Institute of Ethnology, MTA Research Centre for the Humanities, Tóth Kálmán u. 4, Budapest, H-1097, Hungary Cited By :3 Export Date: 4 January 2021 CODEN: AEEND Correspondence Address: Kun, R.; Szent István University, Institute of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Gödöllő, Páter K. u. 1, Hungary; email: rbert.kun@gmail.com AB - High nature-value grasslands including mountain hay meadows are among the most species-rich habitats in Europe. Mountain hay meadows were developed and maintained by traditional, small-scale management systems having high micro-scale land-use diversity (MSLUD), i.e. the parcel-scale diversity of management elements which usually depend on individual decisions and family traditions of local farmers. Detailed studies documenting the effects of micro-scale land-use diversity on vegetation are absent. The main objectives of our study were to analyse the effect of micro-scale land-use diversity and evenness on local plant diversity and cover of the main plant functional types. Field work was carried out in the Gyimes region (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). We conducted semi-structured interviews with the owners and managers of the studied meadow parcels in order to reveal the number of applied management elements (Nm) and applied frequencies of these management elements (e.g. manuring, mowing, seed sowing and weed control) per parcel and to determine the three differently used hay meadow types from interviews. For quantifying MSLUD, the Shannon diversity formula was used, in the case of micro-scale land-use evenness (MSLUE), the original Pielou’s evenness formula was applied. To document parcel-scale vegetation features, 4 × 4-meter quadrats were surveyed in every parcel. We found significant differences in the Nm, MSLUD and MSLUE among the three management types. In models where MSLUD, MSLUE and Nm were built in, we got better model fits and more parsimonious models than in cases where just management type was built into the models. Management elements (e.g. manuring, seed sowing) also had a significant effect on vegetation. Our results highlight that micro-scale land-use diversity plays a significant role in the maintenance of plant diversity in traditional, small-scale farming systems. The main drivers behind the high micro-scale land-use diversity may be farmers’ personal decisions and family traditions. We argue that for an adequate ecological understanding and conservation of these traditional, small-scale land-use systems, the development of adequate ways of evaluation as well as detailed studies of the effects of several different management elements and land-use diversity on vegetation are needed. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - Máté, András AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Vadász-Besnyői, Vera TI - Quantifying the diversifying potential of conservation management systems: An evidence-based conceptual model for managing species-rich grasslands JF - AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT J2 - AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON VL - 234 PY - 2016 SP - 134 EP - 141 PG - 8 SN - 0167-8809 DO - 10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.044 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/3137399 ID - 3137399 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - MÁTÉ, András AU - KÁLMÁN, Nikoletta AU - BODOR, Ádám AU - Csathó, András István TI - A borzas csajkavirág (Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DC.) előfordulási adatai és élőhelyei Kunbaracs közelében és a Peszéradacsi-rétek egyéb területein = Occurrences and habitats of Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DC. near Kunbaracs village and on other grassland sites of Peszéradacs meadows (Kiskunság) JF - KITAIBELIA J2 - KITAIBELIA VL - 21 PY - 2016 IS - 1 SP - 159 EP - 160 PG - 2 SN - 1219-9672 DO - 10.17542/21.159 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/3099409 ID - 3099409 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Babai, Dániel AU - Tóth, A. AU - Szentirmai, I. AU - Biró, Marianna AU - Máté, A. AU - Demeter, L. AU - Szépligeti, Mátyás AU - Varga, Anna AU - Molnár, Ábel Péter AU - Kun, Róbert AU - Molnár, Zsolt TI - Do conservation and agri-environmental regulations effectively support traditional small-scale farming in East-Central European cultural landscapes? JF - BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION J2 - BIODIVERS CONSERV VL - 24 PY - 2015 IS - 13 SP - 3305 EP - 3327 PG - 23 SN - 0960-3115 DO - 10.1007/s10531-015-0971-z UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2920143 ID - 2920143 N1 - MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Budapest, 1014, Hungary Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, Miercurea-Ciuc, 051371, Romania Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Cited By :33 Export Date: 26 March 2020 CODEN: BONSE Correspondence Address: Babai, D.; MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Hungary; email: babai.daniel@gmail.com MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Budapest, 1014, Hungary Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, Miercurea-Ciuc, 051371, Romania Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Cited By :33 Export Date: 14 April 2020 CODEN: BONSE Correspondence Address: Babai, D.; MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Hungary; email: babai.daniel@gmail.com MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Budapest, 1014, Hungary Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, Miercurea-Ciuc, 051371, Romania Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Cited By :36 Export Date: 18 June 2020 CODEN: BONSE Correspondence Address: Babai, D.; MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Hungary; email: babai.daniel@gmail.com Funding Agency and Grant Number: project "Sustainable Conservation on Hungarian Natura 2000 Sites" within Swiss Contribution Program [SH/4/8] Funding text: We gratefully acknowledge all the interviewees, who patiently and generously shared their knowledge with us. In Gyimes region: Antal Bela and his wife, Valeria, Berszan Erzsebet, Ferenc Andrasne, Gyorgyice Janos, Jano Andras, Jano Bela and his wife, Anna, Jano Gyorgy, Jano Gyorgy, Kis Bela, Kulcsar Peter, Lado Geza, Prezsmer Karoly and his wife, Virag, Tanko Anna and her husband, Janos, Tanko Dezsone, Tanko Emil, Tanko Karoly, Tanko Margit, Tanko Peter Donat, Tanko Timar Attila, Tanko Katalin, Tanko Todor, and his wife, Valeria, Timar Dezso, and his wife, Piroska, Timar Sandor. In the Orseg region: Baksa Erno, Bicsak Laszlo, Boda Mihalyne, Czainko Zoltan and his wife, Rozalia, Cseke Gyula, David Kalman and his wife, Aranka, Farkas Geza, Folnagy Gyula, Gaal Ferenc, Gaal Gyula, Gruber Agnes, Herczeg Palne, Holecz Karolyne, Horvath Zoltan, Kenyeres Zoltan, Keseru Jozsefne, Kosa Sandor, Konye Ferencne, Kovesdi Mate, Laczo Gezane, Mate Mihaly, Melkli Odon, Mesterhazy Attila, Nemeth Istvanne, Orban Ervin, Paar Jozsefne, Panker Jenone, Reszneki Gyula, Ropos Karolyne, Simon Jozsefne, Siska Lajosne, Slamar Rafael, Szabo Elek, Szakaly Ferenc and his wife, Vilma, Szekeres Zsofia, Szinetar Csaba, Tanner Tibor, Toth Janosne, Torok Elemerne, Trajbar Jozsefne, Videki Robert, Zaicz Tibor, Zsambar Laszlo, Zsiga Jozsefne. We also thank the Pagan Snow Cap association (Pogany-havas Kistersegi Tarsulas) for helping in data collection, and Bela Borsos and Laura Sutcliffe for English revision. This research was partly supported by the project "Sustainable Conservation on Hungarian Natura 2000 Sites (SH/4/8)" within the framework of the Swiss Contribution Program. MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Budapest, 1014, Hungary Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, Őriszentpéter, 9941, Hungary MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, Kecskemet, 6000, Hungary Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, Miercurea-Ciuc, 051371, Romania Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary Cited By :36 Export Date: 8 July 2020 CODEN: BONSE Correspondence Address: Babai, D.; MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, Hungary; email: babai.daniel@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER -