TY - JOUR AU - Magura, Tibor AU - Lövei, Gábor TI - Edge history modulates the depth of edge influence: Evidence from ground beetles with different feeding traits JF - FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT J2 - FOREST ECOL MANAG VL - 561 PY - 2024 PG - 8 SN - 0378-1127 DO - 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121874 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34782505 ID - 34782505 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Lakner, Zoltán AU - Sudibyo, Novy Anggraini AU - Boros, Anita TI - Disclosure Compliance with Different ESG Reporting Guidelines: The Sustainability Ranking of Selected European and Hungarian Banks in the Socio-Economic Crisis Period JF - ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES J2 - ADMIN SCI VL - 14 PY - 2024 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 19 PG - 19 SN - 2076-3387 DO - 10.3390/admsci14030058 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34747358 ID - 34747358 AB - As the relevant European Union directives require in-depth sustainability reporting from large institutions, banks are among the concerned with disclosure obligations. Several institutions prepare self-structured recommendations by which companies are indirectly fostered to make their operation more sustainable through reporting and to help compliance with the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) regulations. However, in the preparation period, differences can be found in the actual sustainability disclosure practices across Europe (primarily by a western–eastern European relation). To examine this issue, this study aimed to investigate if there was any variation in the reporting compliance with aspects (key performance indicators—KPIs) of three reporting guidelines (Global Reporting Initiative—G4, Financial Services Sector Disclosures—GRI; Alliance for Corporate Transparency—ACT; ISO 26000:2010—ISO) between top European and Hungarian banks according to their 2021 sustainability/ESG reports, using content analysis-based disclosure scoring. The results revealed no significant differences among the general (aspect-pooled) scores for different guidelines, while the differences were significant for each guideline between the two bank groups. In the aspect-level evaluation, the European banks had higher scores in most cases, with the Hungarian banks receiving higher scores in 4 of 49 GRI, 1 of 16 ACT, and 2 of 37 ISO aspects. Significant correlations were indicated in disclosure score values between the two bank groups, which suggested similar preferences for the aspects demonstrated; however, elaboration levels differed. These findings showed that the European and Hungarian banks could be differentiated by their sustainability disclosure patterns. The results suggest a better CSRD-level preparedness of the top European banks than of the Hungarian ones, with the latter being introduced as a model group of the region. This reflects the need for more efficient adoption of best practices by financial institutions in the eastern parts of Europe. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Parvez, Md Sohel AU - Ullah, Hadayet AU - Faruk, Omar AU - Simon, Edina AU - Czédli, Herta TI - Role of Microplastics in Global Warming and Climate Change: A Review JF - WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION J2 - WATER AIR SOIL POLL VL - 235 PY - 2024 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 31 PG - 31 SN - 0049-6979 DO - 10.1007/s11270-024-07003-w UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34728787 ID - 34728787 AB - Microplastics (MPs) have become an important concern among scientists and policymakers all around the globe. Despite this, the contribution of MPs to global warming and climate change, a significant aspect of the issue, has been overlooked. Continuous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting in climate change have long been a major issue with apparent consequences. Climate change and plastic crises are threatening our planet, and the co-occurrence of both would be catastrophic. This article addressed the links between microplastic pollution and climate change; how MPs contribute to climate change by interacting with water, air, and soil; and recommendations to address the issues together. Throughout their lives, plastics emit GHG. MPs in water impede the climate change mitigation potential of the ocean in different ways; they hamper photosynthesis and carbon sequestration by phytoplankton and the Blue Carbon Ecosystem. MPs induce GHG emissions from the soil. Airborne MPs have the potential to aid in cloud formation and interfere with atmospheric cooling. Climate change–induced extreme events redistribute MPs in the environment, causing the pollution to increase vertically and horizontally, which then aggravates the situation in a feedback loop. The evidence acquired in the study implies that MPs and climate change are inextricably linked and that MPs play a vital role in fueling climate change. This bridges the gap between MPs and climate change issues that were previously regarded separately. Due to the linkages between these intertwined challenges, integrated and holistic research and policy measures are required to address both crises concurrently. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Hazhir, Shadi AU - Erfanzadeh, Reza AU - Ghelichnia, Hassan AU - Razavi, Bahar S. AU - Török, Péter TI - Effects of livestock grazing on soil seed banks vary between regions with different climates JF - AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT J2 - AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON VL - 364 PY - 2024 PG - 8 SN - 0167-8809 DO - 10.1016/j.agee.2024.108901 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34535613 ID - 34535613 AB - The influence of grazing on soil seed bank (SSB) characteristics determines the management of rangelands in different climates. Here we studied the responses of SSBs to livestock grazing in three regions with different climates – arid, semiarid and subhumid – in northern Iran. In each region 30 pairwise SSB samples were collected on 1 m2 plots, 15 in intensely grazed areas and 15 in ungrazed areas. The total SSB densities, their diversity and species richness and the densities of functional groups were compared between the grazed and ungrazed plots and between the climatic regions. Both climate and grazing as well as their interaction affected SSB character- istics. Although the results of the non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) showed noticeable differences in SSB species composition between grazed and ungrazed plots in all three regions, the magnitude of the grazing effect on the SSB was different between climatic regions. In total, 119 species germinated from the soil samples: 33 species in semiarid, 39 species in arid and 61 species in subhumid samples. The highest total SSB density, diversity (Shannon index) and richness were found in subhumid climate with an average of 138.90 seeds/m2, H = 2.27 and 17.83 species/sample, respectively. In ungrazed areas the average SSB density was 26.60 seeds/m2, 46.06 seeds/m2 and 195.90 seeds/m2 in arid, semiarid and subhumid climate, respectively. In grazed areas the corresponding figures were 12.40 seeds/m2, 7.00 seeds/m2 and 110.40 seeds/m2. Averages of SSB diversity in ungrazed areas were 1.24, 1.60 and 2.42 in arid, semiarid and subhumid climates, respectively, as compared to 1.27, 0.97 and 2.20 in grazed areas. The averages SSB richness in ungrazed areas were 5.21 species/sample, 7.54 species/sample and 21.25 species/sample in arid, semiarid and subhumid climate, respectively, whereas in grazed areas 4.00 species/sample, 2.86 species/sample and 16.15 species/sample were found on average. Overall, intensive grazing was linked to lower SSB characteristics in all three climatic regions, but the size of the effect differed between the climatic regions. Thus, we concluded that the impact of grazing on SSB density, diversity and richness is climate-dependent. Hence, the climatic conditions have to be considered when evalu- ating the effects of grazing on soil seed banks LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Erdős, László AU - Ho, Vu Khanh AU - Bede-Fazekas, Ákos AU - Kröel-Dulay, György AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Török, Péter TI - Environmental filtering is the primary driver of community assembly in forest–grassland mosaics: A case study based on CSR strategies JF - JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE J2 - J VEG SCI VL - 35 PY - 2024 IS - 1 PG - 10 SN - 1100-9233 DO - 10.1111/jvs.13228 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34519844 ID - 34519844 N1 - Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary HUN-REN-UD Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Faculty of Natural Resources-Environment, Kien Giang University, Kien Giang, Viet Nam Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary MTA-SZTE ‘Momentum’ Applied Ecology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden – Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Warszawa, Poland Export Date: 1 March 2024 CODEN: JVESE Correspondence Address: Ho, K.V.; Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, Hungary; email: hvkhanh@vnkgu.edu.vn AB - Aims: Ecological strategies can provide information about plant community assembly and its main drivers. Our aim was to reveal the dominant strategies of the vegetationtypes of forest–grassland mosaics and to deduce the assembly processes responsible for their species composition.Location: Hungary.Methods: We investigated eight vegetation types of Hungarian forest–steppes. The trade-off between three key traits related to leaf size and economics was used to calculate Grime's competitive–stress tolerance–ruderal (CSR) value for each species, based on which the mean value for each vegetation type was determined. Detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) ordination was used to reveal the compositional dif -ferences among the vegetation types under study. To analyze how ecological strate-gies correlate with the compositional gradient, we used linear regression between plot ordination scores (the first DCA scores) and each strategy (C, S, and R). Linear mixed-effect models were used to evaluate the differences between the vegetation types regarding each strategy (C, S, and R).Results: Each vegetation type was dominated by the stress-tolerator strategy, indicat-ing the prominent role of environmental filtering in community assembly. However, ecological strategies differed significantly among the communities. The importance of LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Idehen, Deborah Osariemen AU - Osazuwa, Jennifer Damilola AU - Sule, John Elias AU - Ragyák, Ágota AU - Sajtos, Zsófi AU - Magura, Tibor TI - Early-stage growth and elemental composition patterns of Brassica napus L. in response to Cd–Zn contamination JF - CHEMOSPHERE J2 - CHEMOSPHERE VL - 351 PY - 2024 SN - 0045-6535 DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141235 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34517478 ID - 34517478 AB - Soil contamination caused by the presence of Cd and the excess amount of Zn is a widespread concern in agricultural areas, posing significant risks to the growth and development of crops. In this paper, the early-stage development and metal (Cd and Zn) accumulation potential of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) grown under different metal application schemes were assessed by determining radicle and hypocotyl length and the micro- and macro elemental composition of plantlets after 24, 72, and 120 h. The results indicated that the single and co-application of Cd and Zn significantly reduced the radicle and hypocotyl lengths. Accumulation intensity for Cd and Zn was affected by Cd and the combination of Cd and Zn in the solution, respectively. In addition, both metals significantly influenced the tissue Mn and had a minor effect on Cu and Fe concentrations. Both Cd and Zn significantly affected macro element concentrations by decreasing tissue Ca and influencing K and Mg concentrations in a dose- and exposure time-dependent manner. These findings specify the short-term and support the long-term use of rapeseed in remediation processes. However, interactions of metals are crucial in determining the concentration patterns in tissues, which deserves more attention in future investigations. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Görgényi, Judit AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Kókai, Zsuzsanna AU - Bácsiné Béres, Viktória AU - Várbíró, Gábor AU - Ács, Éva AU - Kiss, Keve Tihamér AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Borics, Gábor TI - Functional properties of planktic microalgae determine their habitat selection JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA VL - 851 PY - 2024 SP - 801 EP - 821 PG - 21 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-023-05421-1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34500851 ID - 34500851 N1 - Department of Tisza Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, 18/C Bem Square, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary ELKH-DE Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Egyetem Sqr. 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Faculty of Water Sciences, University of Public Service, 12-14 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street, Baja, 6500, Hungary Export Date: 21 February 2024; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J. Görgényi; Department of Tisza Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, 18/C Bem Square, 4026, Hungary; email: gorgenyi.judit@ecolres.hu; CODEN: HYDRB AB - In this study, we aim to investigate how the functional properties of microalgae help to delineate the major groups of aquatic habitats. Using functional trait-based and Reynolds’ functional group-based approaches similarities of the microalgal flora of all aquatic habitats occurring in Hungary were compared. The habitats covered the whole size spectrum of standing waters (10-2–108m2) and water currents (watershed: 102–1011m2), , limnological and chemical properties. Both functional trait-based and functional group-based habitat classifications overrode the hydromorphology-based typology, however, functional group-based clusters showed closer resemblance to limnological-hydromorphological types than clusters created by trait-based approaches both for qualitative and quantitative data. Most of the aquatic habitats that have similar limnological characteristics showed resemblance in the functional properties of their microflora. Rivers and river-related habitats were the most diverse functionally. These were followed by standing waters with extended macrophyte coverage. The small, unique habitats displayed the lowest functional richness. The occurrence of several functional groups in some extreme habitats implies two alternative explanations: first, the habitat template of the groups is wider than defined in the original description; second, detailed information on the autecology of species assigned to a functional group necessitates the creation of new groups specific for the unique habitats. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Magura, Tibor AU - Mizser, Szabolcs AU - Horváth, Roland AU - Tóth, Mária AU - Likó, István AU - Lövei, Gábor TI - Urbanization reduces gut bacterial microbiome diversity in a specialist ground beetle, Carabus convexus JF - MOLECULAR ECOLOGY J2 - MOL ECOL VL - 33 PY - 2024 IS - 4 SN - 0962-1083 DO - 10.1111/mec.17265 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34500477 ID - 34500477 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tisza, Ádám AU - Móré, Attila AU - Turny, Zoltán AU - Bereczky, Attila AU - Szentesi, Zoltán AU - Korsós, Zoltán AU - Mizsei, Edvárd TI - A geometric morphometric approach to identify uncomplete snake vertebrae from raptor bird feeding remains JF - FOOD WEBS J2 - FOOD WEBS VL - 38 PY - 2024 SN - 2352-2496 DO - 10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00334 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34488156 ID - 34488156 N1 - DATA2023197027895826 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kiss, Stefánia AU - Kókai, Zsuzsanna AU - Bácsi, István AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő AU - Márton, Kamilla AU - Bácsiné Béres, Viktória TI - Aquatic phases have a stronger effect on lotic benthic diatoms than human-induced microhabitat variability JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA VL - 851 PY - 2024 SP - 897 EP - 914 PG - 18 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-023-05405-1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34391518 ID - 34391518 AB - Here, we studied the influence of changes of aquatic phases (standing and flowing phases) and human-induced habitat variability (natural and artificial) on the composition and diversity of benthic diatom assemblages in a small lowland stream in the Pannonian Ecoregion. Significant differences in composition were hypothesized between phases and habitats. Lower diversity was hypothesized in the flowing phase and in the artificial habitat. In addition, worser ecological status were assumed in the artificial habitat and in the standing phase than in the others. Our results only partially supported our hypotheses. While there was no significant difference in the composition of the assemblages between the natural and concreted habitats, the alteration in flow conditions resulted in a significant change. No significant differences in diversity were found between aquatic phases. In contrast, biodiversity was higher in the artificial habitat than in the natural one. While the anthropogenic impact, i.e., concreted streambed has no significant influence on diatom-based ecological status, values of diatom indices were significantly higher in the flowing phase. Our results highlight that extreme weather events play a major role in shaping diatom assemblages even during a short period, which should be taken into account in water management and nature conservation measures. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -