TY - JOUR AU - Blanco, Guillermo AU - Chamorro, Daniel AU - Lovas-Kiss, Ádám AU - Bravo, Carolina TI - Seed dispersal by the cosmopolitan house sparrow widens the spectrum of unexpected endozoochory by granivore birds JF - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - ECOL EVOL VL - 14 PY - 2024 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 6 PG - 6 SN - 2045-7758 DO - 10.1002/ece3.11556 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35217172 ID - 35217172 AB - In the intricate web of plant–animal interactions, granivore birds can play a dual antagonist–mutualist role as seed predators and dispersers. This study delves into the ecological significance of the house sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) as seed disperser by endozoochory. A sample of individual droppings and faecal pools were collected from a communal roost in central Spain to examine the presence of seeds. Seed viability was determined using the tetrazolium test. Our findings revealed that around 22% of the analysed droppings contained seeds, contradicting the prevalent notion of house sparrow solely as seed predator. Viability tests demonstrated that 53.9% of the defecated seeds were viable, although it varied between plant species, including those from fleshy‐fruited common fig and five species of dry‐fruited herbs. This study challenges the traditional perspectives on the ecological role of the house sparrow, and glimpses on their contribution to seed dispersal. Understanding the nuanced roles of granivore species like the house sparrow is crucial for developing holistic conservation and management strategies in urban and agricultural landscapes. Future studies are encouraged to unravel the actual role of this cosmopolitan species as disperser of a likely broad spectrum of wild, cultivated and exotic plants. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Boda, Pál AU - Szeles, Júlia AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Bácsiné Béres, Viktória AU - Bozóki, Tamás AU - Fekete, Judit AU - Ficsór, Márk AU - Nagy, Sándor Alex AU - Várbíró, Gábor TI - Hidden results of functional diversity in macroinvertebrates: Trait- groups specific response to flow intermittency in lowland streams JF - INLAND WATERS J2 - INLAND WATERS PY - 2024 SN - 2044-2041 DO - 10.1080/20442041.2024.2386208 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35177312 ID - 35177312 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Koleszár, Gergő AU - Lukács, Balázs András AU - Coetzee, Julie AU - Korponai, János AU - Szabó, Sándor TI - Warming induced shade tolerance to become a key trait in invasion success of free-floating plant Pistia stratiotes over the native Hydrocharis morsus-ranae JF - AQUATIC BOTANY J2 - AQUAT BOT VL - 194 PY - 2024 PG - 10 SN - 0304-3770 DO - 10.1016/j.aquabot.2024.103786 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34882051 ID - 34882051 N1 - Department of Biology, University of Nyiregyhaza, PF: 166, Nyiregyhaza, H4401, Hungary Wetland Ecology Research Group, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, IAE, Bem square 18/C, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary National Laboratory for Climate Change, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Department of Tisza Research, Debrecen, Hungary Department of Botany, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Centre for Biological Control, Botany Department, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Faculty of Water Science, National University of Public Service, Baja, Hungary Export Date: 11 June 2024; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: S. Szabó; Department of Biology, University of Nyiregyhaza, Nyiregyhaza, PF: 166, H4401, Hungary; email: drszabos8@gmail.com; CODEN: AQBOD AB - Changes in nutrient concentration, temperature and light intensity due to climate change can alter the species composition of aquatic ecosystems, since global climate change can intensify the process of eutrophication. Eutrophication can enhance the biological invasion and the distribution of alien aquatic plants. Here we investigated the competition ability of alien Pistia stratiotes and native Hydrocharis morsus-ranae and the effect of different light intensities, temperatures and nutrient concentrations on the functional traits of the two species. In short term (8 days) monoculture experiment, we applied low (0.5 mg L-1 N; 0.05 mg L-1 P) and high nutrient concentrations (2 mg L-1 N; 0.2 mg L-1 P), four different light intensities (25–295 μmol m−2 s−1) as well as cold and warm (21.5; 27.5 ± 0.5°C) water treatments in full factorial design. In mixed cultures we cultivated the plants for 28 days with various biomass ratio, in shaded and well illuminated conditions, at a high nutrient concentration (4 mg L-1 N 1 mg L-1 P). In monocultures, the relative growth rate of P. stratiotes in warm water was significantly higher than that of H. morsus-ranae, however, this difference was not significant in colder water. In the co-culture experiment, P. stratiotes had significantly higher growth rate compared to H. morsus-ranae regardless of initial plant biomass ratio. Under shaded (65 ± 5 μmol m−2 s−1) conditions, P. stratiotes outcompeted H. morsus-ranae, resulting in its decay. Experimental results imply that with elevated temperature, the spread of alien P. stratiotes can be expected. Furthermore, under shaded conditions, P. stratiotes has a higher chance of occupying the water surface over the native plant H. morsus-ranae. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Móré, Attila AU - Üveges, Bálint AU - Simics, János AU - Radovics, Dávid AU - Kovács, Gergő AU - Bancsik, Barnabás AU - Wenner, Bálint AU - Budai, Mátyás AU - Tisza, Ádám AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - Mizser, Szabolcs AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Mizsei, Edvárd TI - Predation on the Endangered Hungarian Meadow Viper in Pastures and Hayfields: Insights From Plasticine Models JF - RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT J2 - RANGELAND ECOL MANAG VL - 95 PY - 2024 SP - 68 EP - 76 PG - 9 SN - 1550-7424 DO - 10.1016/j.rama.2024.04.007 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34876077 ID - 34876077 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Bozóki, Tamás AU - Várbíró, Gábor AU - Csabai, Zoltán Szabolcs AU - Schmera, Dénes AU - Boda, Pál TI - Resistance not resilience traits structure macroinvertebrate communities in newly drying stream sections JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA PY - 2024 PG - 14 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-024-05518-1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34791227 ID - 34791227 AB - Transitioning from perennial to non-perennial flow regimes causes ecological shifts in aquatic communities. Aquatic macroinvertebrates deploy resistance and resilience strategies to cope with flow intermittency, crucial in rivers with long-term seasonal dry episodes. Less is known, about how these strategies support community persistence in streams that only recently have experienced drying, and where local assemblages lack such adaptations. Our study conducted two four-season campaigns, separated by a one-year break, to assess macroinvertebrate responses in newly drying intermittent streams by comparing intermittent and perennial stream sections. We characterize communities from structural and functional perspectives, and then evaluate the response at the trait state level. We observed a decline in taxa richness and abundance, but not structural diversity, in response to flow intermittency. Resistance traits are more important than resilient traits in structuring macroinvertebrate communities in newly intermittent stream sections. Taxa in intermittent sections exhibit a smaller trait space, indicating lower functional redundancy. The macroinvertebrate response to intermittency lacks a predictable pattern, suggesting time-dependent and trait-state-specific colonization by adapted taxa and community assembly with resistance and resilience strategies. As river drought increases due to climate change, recognizing the temporal dimension becomes crucial for understanding ecological responses to intermittency. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - 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, Pál 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 - Nagy, Jenő AU - Hauber, Mark E. AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Mainwaring, Mark C. TI - Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds JF - NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN J2 - SCI NAT-HEIDELBERG VL - 111 PY - 2024 IS - 2 PG - 10 SN - 0028-1042 DO - 10.1007/s00114-024-01899-4 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34689153 ID - 34689153 AB - Interspecific variation in sex-specific contributions to prenatal parental care, including avian nest building, is becoming increasingly better understood as we amass more information on more species. We examined whether sex-specific nest building contributions covary with the colouration of parents and their eggs in 521 species of Western Palearctic birds. Having colourful plumage and laying colourful eggs are costly because of the deposition of pigments in feathers and eggs and/or forming costly nanostructural substrates in feathers, and so it might be expected that those costs covary with the costs of nest building at the level of individuals and/or across species to produce of a suite of codivergent traits. Using a phylogenetically informed approach, we tested the hypothesis that species in which females alone invest energy building nests exhibit less sexual plumage dichromatism. However, we found comparative support for the opposite of this prediction. We then tested that species in which females alone build nests lay more colourful, and costlier, eggs because the dual costs of building nests and laying colourful eggs can only be borne by higher quality individuals. As expected, we found that species in which females build nests alone or together with males are more likely to lay colourfully pigmented eggs relative to species in which only males build nests. Finally, stochastic character mapping provided evidence of the repeated evolution of female-only nest building. Interspecific sex differences in plumage colouration therefore covary in a complex manner with female pre- (nest building) and post-copulatory (egg production) investment in reproduction. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Karádi-Kovács, Kata AU - Szivák, Ildikó AU - Bozóki, Tamás AU - Kovács, Krisztián AU - Móra, Arnold AU - Padisák, Judit AU - Selmeczy, Géza Balázs AU - Schmera, Dénes AU - Boda, Pál TI - Long-term recovery dynamics determined by the degree of the disturbance – Ten years tracking of aquatic macroinvertebrate recolonisation after an industrial disaster (Red Sludge Disaster, Hungary) JF - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT J2 - SCI TOTAL ENVIRON VL - 921 PY - 2024 PG - 15 SN - 0048-9697 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171071 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34681454 ID - 34681454 N1 - Megosztott első szerzőség LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Haubrock, P.J. AU - Soto, I. AU - Kourantidou, M. AU - Ahmed, D.A. AU - Serhan, Tarkan A. AU - Balzani, P. AU - Bego, K. AU - Kouba, A. AU - Aksu, S. AU - Briski, E. AU - Sylvester, F. AU - De, Santis V. AU - Archambaud-Suard, G. AU - Bonada, N. AU - Cañedo-Argüelles, M. AU - Csabai, Zoltán Szabolcs AU - Datry, T. AU - Floury, M. AU - Fruget, J.-F. AU - Jones, J.I. AU - Lizee, M.-H. AU - Maire, A. AU - Murphy, J.F. AU - Ozolins, D. AU - Jessen, Rasmussen J. AU - Skuja, A. AU - Várbíró, Gábor AU - Verdonschot, P. AU - Verdonschot, R.C.M. AU - Wiberg-Larsen, P. AU - Cuthbert, R.N. TI - Understanding the complex dynamics of zebra mussel invasions over several decades in European rivers: drivers, impacts and predictions JF - OIKOS J2 - OIKOS VL - 2024 PY - 2024 PG - 19 SN - 0030-1299 DO - 10.1111/oik.10283 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34540521 ID - 34540521 N1 - Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší, Vodňany, Czech Republic Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Center for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hawally, Kuwait Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR 6308 AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Senckenberg Geselleschaft fur Naturforschung (SNG) Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany Vocational School of Health Services, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científcas y Técnicas (CONICET), Salta, Argentina Water Research Institute of the National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Verbania-Pallanza, Largo Tonolli, Italy INRAE, Aix Marseille Univ, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, FEHM-Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain FEHM-Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Department of Hydrobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, France University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France ARALEP, Ecologie des Eaux Douces, Campus LyonTech-La Doua, Villeurbanne, France School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom EDF R and D, Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement (LNHE), Chatou, France Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Tisza River Research, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Export Date: 01 February 2024; Cited By: 0; CODEN: OIKSA AB - The zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha is one of the most successful, notorious, and detrimental aquatic invasive non-native species worldwide, having invaded Europe and North America while causing substantial ecological and socio-economic impacts. Here, we investigated the spatiotemporal trends in this species' invasion success using 178 macroinvertebrate abundance time series, containing 1451 records of D. polymorpha collected across nine European countries between 1972–2019. Using these raw (absolute) abundance data, we examined trends and drivers of occurrences and relative abundances of D. polymorpha within invaded communities. Meta-regression models revealed non-significant trends both at the European level and for the majority of the invaded countries, except for France (significant decreasing trend) and Hungary (marginally positive trend). At the European level, the number of D. polymorpha occurrences over time followed a flat-top bell-shaped distribution, with a steep increase between 1973–1989 followed by a plateau phase prior to significantly declining post-1998. Using a series of climatic and hydromorphological site-specific characteristics of invaded and uninvaded sites from two periods (1998–2002; 2011–2015), we found that native richness, non-native abundance, distance to the next barrier, and elevation were associated with the occurrence of D. polymorpha. We also found that higher native richness and lower latitude were related to lower relative abundances. Using Cohen's D as a measure of D. polymorpha impact, we found that biodiversity within the invaded sites was initially higher than in uninvaded ones, but then declined, suggesting differences in biodiversity trends across invaded and uninvaded sites. While our results emphasise the high invasion success of D. polymorpha, increasing stressors within the context of global change – particularly ongoing climate change – are likely to enhance invasion rates and the impact of D. polymorpha in the near future, exacerbated by the lack of timely and effective management actions. © 2024 Nordic Society Oikos. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Jenő, Nagy AU - András, Nagy AU - Dániel, Babai AU - Zsolt, Molnár AU - Lukács, Balázs András AU - Koleszár, Gergő TI - Known but not called by name: recreational fishers’ ecological knowledge of freshwater plants in Hungary T2 - SEFS 13 - Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences PY - 2024 SP - 259 EP - 259 PG - 1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34534014 ID - 34534014 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -