@article{MTMT:35497502,
	title = {Anisogamy and sex roles: a commentary},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35497502},
	author = {Mokos, Judit and Scheuring, István and Liker, András and Freckleton, Robert P and Székely, Tamás},
	doi = {10.1093/evlett/qrae058},
	journal-iso = {EVOL LETT},
	journal = {EVOLUTION LETTERS},
	unique-id = {35497502},
	abstract = {The origin and maintenance of sex differences in reproductive behavior (often labeled sex roles) have remained controversial topics, and recent meta-analyses and theoretical models have helped to elucidate the processes that generate diverse sex roles. We are glad to see that our study (Mokos et al., 2021) generated a healthy debate, and in agreement with recent commentaries (Janicke, 2024; Lehtonen & Parker, 2024) we call for a more comprehensive approach to understanding sex role evolution.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {2056-3744},
	orcid-numbers = {Scheuring, István/0000-0002-8108-8897; Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869; Freckleton, Robert P/0000-0002-8338-864X}
}

@article{MTMT:35133489,
	title = {Are comparable studies really comparable? Suggestions from a problem-solving experiment on urban and rural great tits},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35133489},
	author = {Vincze, Ernő and Kačergytė, Ineta and Gaviraghi Mussoi, Juliane and Urhan, Utku and Brodin, Anders},
	doi = {10.1007/s10071-024-01885-3},
	journal-iso = {ANIM COGN},
	journal = {ANIMAL COGNITION},
	volume = {27},
	unique-id = {35133489},
	issn = {1435-9448},
	abstract = {Performance in tests of various cognitive abilities has often been compared, both within and between species. In intraspecific comparisons, habitat effects on cognition has been a popular topic, frequently with an underlying assumption that urban animals should perform better than their rural conspecifics. In this study, we tested problem-solving ability in great tits Parus major , in a string-pulling and a plug-opening test. Our aim was to compare performance between urban and rural great tits, and to compare their performance with previously published problem solving studies. Our great tits perfomed better in string-pulling than their conspecifics in previous studies (solving success: 54%), and better than their close relative, the mountain chickadee Poecile gambeli , in the plug-opening test (solving success: 70%). Solving latency became shorter over four repeated sessions, indicating learning abilities, and showed among-individual correlation between the two tests. However, the solving ability did not differ between habitat types in either test. Somewhat unexpectedly, we found marked differences between study years even though we tried to keep conditions identical. These were probably due to small changes to the experimental protocol between years, for example the unavoidable changes of observers and changes in the size and material of test devices. This has an important implication: if small changes in an otherwise identical set-up can have strong effects, meaningful comparisons of cognitive performance between different labs must be extremely hard. In a wider perspective this highlights the replicability problem often present in animal behaviour studies.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1435-9456},
	orcid-numbers = {Kačergytė, Ineta/0000-0003-4756-8253; Gaviraghi Mussoi, Juliane/0000-0002-2873-9734; Urhan, Utku/0000-0002-0876-3278}
}

@article{MTMT:35087846,
	title = {The evolution of exceptional diversity in parental care and fertilization modes in ray-finned fishes},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35087846},
	author = {Vági, Balázs and Katona, Gergely and Miranda, Oscar G and Mándi, Mihály Gábor and Hofmann, Hans A and Plagányi, Éva and Végvári, Zsolt and Liker, András and Freckleton, Robert P and Székely, Tamás},
	doi = {10.1093/evolut/qpae100},
	journal-iso = {EVOLUTION},
	journal = {EVOLUTION},
	volume = {2024},
	unique-id = {35087846},
	issn = {0014-3820},
	abstract = {Among vertebrates, ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) display the highest diversity in parental care, and their diversification has been hypothesized to be related to phylogenetic changes in fertilization modes. Using the most comprehensive, sex-specific data from 7600 species of 62 extant orders of ray-finned fishes, we inferred ancestral states and transitions among care types and caring episodes (i.e. the stage of offspring development). Our work has uncovered three novel findings. First, transitions among different care types (i.e. male-only care, female-only care, biparental care and no care) are common, and the frequencies of these transitions show unusually diverse patterns concerning fertilization modes (external, or internal via oviduct, mouth or brood pouch). Second, both oviduct and mouth fertilization select for female-biased care, whereas fertilization in a brood pouch selects for male-biased care. Importantly, internal fertilization without parental care is extremely unstable phylogenetically. Third, we show that egg care in both sexes is associated with nest building (which is male-biased) and fry care (which is female-biased). Taken together, the aquatic environment, which supports considerable flexibility in care, facilitated the diversification of parenting behavior, creating the evolutionary bases for more comprehensive parenting to protect offspring in semiterrestrial or terrestrial environments.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1558-5646},
	orcid-numbers = {Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869}
}

@article{MTMT:35051151,
	title = {Winter field survey of bird feeders in two Hungarian cities},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35051151},
	author = {Ádámné Bukor, Boglárka and Kósa, Boróka and Liker, András and Seress, Gábor},
	doi = {10.2478/orhu-2024-0006},
	journal-iso = {ORNIS HUNG},
	journal = {ORNIS HUNGARICA},
	volume = {32},
	unique-id = {35051151},
	issn = {1215-1610},
	abstract = {Bird feeding by people is one of the most popular human-wildlife interactions globally. Urban ecology studies generally recognize that cities offer a more favourable habitat for many wintering birds compared to natural areas, primarily due to the increased availability of the winter food sources provided by people. However, actual field surveys about the residents’ bird feeding activity are rare. Here we surveyed bird feeders during the winter of 2021–2022 at 5-5 locations in two cities in Hungary. We recorded the number and type of bird feeders, the type of food offered, the number of bird species and individuals visiting the feeders. The density of feeders was higher in Veszprém, a middle-sized city (range: 60.1–206.1 bird feeders/km 2 ) compared to Budapest, the capital city of Hungary (23.3–83.0 bird feeders/km 2 ). The most frequent food types were fat balls, seed mix, and sunflower seeds in both cities. We registered a total of 516 individuals of 24 species on the feeders, and found that the type of the feeder, but not the city, significantly affected both the number of individuals and species visiting bird feeders. These results help to get a more complete picture of how the winter food supplies of birds are shaped by urbanization.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {2061-9588},
	pages = {80-95},
	orcid-numbers = {Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869; Seress, Gábor/0000-0001-9828-4934}
}

@article{MTMT:34878484,
	title = {The evolution of sex roles: The importance of ecology and social environment},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34878484},
	author = {Fresneau, Nolwenn and Pipoly, Ivett and Gigler, Dóra and Kosztolányi, András and Székely, Tamás and Liker, András},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.2321294121},
	journal-iso = {P NATL ACAD SCI USA},
	journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA},
	volume = {121},
	unique-id = {34878484},
	issn = {0027-8424},
	abstract = {Males and females often have different roles in reproduction, although the origin of these differences has remained controversial. Explaining the enigmatic reversed sex roles where males sacrifice their mating potential and provide full parental care is a particularly long-standing challenge in evolutionary biology. While most studies focused on ecological factors as the drivers of sex roles, recent research highlights the significance of social factors such as the adult sex ratio. To disentangle these propositions, here, we investigate the additive and interactive effects of several ecological and social factors on sex role variation using shorebirds (sandpipers, plovers, and allies) as model organisms that provide the full spectrum of sex role variation including some of the best-known examples of sex-role reversal. Our results consistently show that social factors play a prominent role in driving sex roles. Importantly, we show that reversed sex roles are associated with both male-skewed adult sex ratios and high breeding densities. Furthermore, phylogenetic path analyses provide general support for sex ratios driving sex role variations rather than being a consequence of sex roles. Together, these important results open future research directions by showing that different mating opportunities of males and females play a major role in generating the evolutionary diversity of sex roles, mating system, and parental care.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1091-6490},
	orcid-numbers = {Fresneau, Nolwenn/0000-0003-3427-6032; Pipoly, Ivett/0000-0002-4541-6056; Kosztolányi, András/0000-0002-9109-5871; Székely, Tamás/0000-0003-2093-0056; Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869}
}

@article{MTMT:34775126,
	title = {Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34775126},
	author = {Stiller, Josefin and Feng, Shaohong and Chowdhury, Al-Aabid and Rivas-González, Iker and Duchêne, David A. and Fang, Qi and Deng, Yuan and Kozlov, Alexey and Stamatakis, Alexandros and Claramunt, Santiago and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. and Ho, Simon Y. W. and Faircloth, Brant C. and Haag, Julia and Houde, Peter and Cracraft, Joel and Balaban, Metin and Mai, Uyen and Chen, Guangji and Gao, Rongsheng and Zhou, Chengran and Xie, Yulong and Huang, Zijian and Cao, Zhen and Yan, Zhi and Ogilvie, Huw A. and Nakhleh, Luay and Lindow, Bent and Morel, Benoit and Fjeldså, Jon and Hosner, Peter A. and da Fonseca, Rute R. and Petersen, Bent and Tobias, Joseph A. and Székely, Tamás and Kennedy, Jonathan David and Reeve, Andrew Hart and Liker, András and Stervander, Martin and Antunes, Agostinho and Tietze, Dieter Thomas and Bertelsen, Mads and Lei, Fumin and Rahbek, Carsten and Graves, Gary R. and Schierup, Mikkel H. and Warnow, Tandy and Braun, Edward L. and Gilbert, M. Thomas P. and Jarvis, Erich D. and Mirarab, Siavash and Zhang, Guojie},
	doi = {10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1},
	journal-iso = {NATURE},
	journal = {NATURE},
	volume = {629},
	unique-id = {34775126},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	abstract = {Despite tremendous efforts in the past decades, relationships among main avian lineages remain heavily debated without a clear resolution. Discrepancies have been attributed to diversity of species sampled, phylogenetic method and the choice of genomic regions 1-3 . Here we address these issues by analysing the genomes of 363 bird species 4 (218 taxonomic families, 92% of total). Using intergenic regions and coalescent methods, we present a well-supported tree but also a marked degree of discordance. The tree confirms that Neoaves experienced rapid radiation at or near the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary. Sufficient loci rather than extensive taxon sampling were more effective in resolving difficult nodes. Remaining recalcitrant nodes involve species that are a challenge to model due to either extreme DNA composition, variable substitution rates, incomplete lineage sorting or complex evolutionary events such as ancient hybridization. Assessment of the effects of different genomic partitions showed high heterogeneity across the genome. We discovered sharp increases in effective population size, substitution rates and relative brain size following the Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction event, supporting the hypothesis that emerging ecological opportunities catalysed the diversification of modern birds. The resulting phylogenetic estimate offers fresh insights into the rapid radiation of modern birds and provides a taxon-rich backbone tree for future comparative studies.    Using intergenic regions and coalescent methods to analyse the genomes of 363 bird species, the authors present a well-supported tree confirming that Neoaves experienced rapid radiation at or near the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1476-4687},
	pages = {851-860},
	orcid-numbers = {Stiller, Josefin/0000-0001-6009-9581; Feng, Shaohong/0000-0002-2462-7348; Rivas-González, Iker/0000-0002-0515-0628; Duchêne, David A./0000-0002-5479-1974; Fang, Qi/0000-0002-9181-8689; Kozlov, Alexey/0000-0001-7394-2718; Stamatakis, Alexandros/0000-0003-0353-0691; Claramunt, Santiago/0000-0002-8926-5974; Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T./0000-0002-3076-0006; Ho, Simon Y. W./0000-0002-0361-2307; Faircloth, Brant C./0000-0002-1943-0217; Haag, Julia/0000-0002-7493-3917; Houde, Peter/0000-0003-4541-5974; Cracraft, Joel/0000-0001-7587-8342; Chen, Guangji/0000-0002-9441-1155; Zhou, Chengran/0000-0002-9468-5973; Yan, Zhi/0000-0003-2433-5553; Ogilvie, Huw A./0000-0003-1589-6885; Nakhleh, Luay/0000-0003-3288-6769; Lindow, Bent/0000-0002-1864-4221; Fjeldså, Jon/0000-0003-0790-3600; Hosner, Peter A./0000-0001-7499-6224; da Fonseca, Rute R./0000-0002-2805-4698; Petersen, Bent/0000-0002-2472-8317; Tobias, Joseph A./0000-0003-2429-6179; Székely, Tamás/0000-0003-2093-0056; Reeve, Andrew Hart/0000-0001-5233-6030; Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869; Stervander, Martin/0000-0002-6139-7828; Antunes, Agostinho/0000-0002-1328-1732; Tietze, Dieter Thomas/0000-0001-6868-227X; Lei, Fumin/0000-0001-9920-8167; Rahbek, Carsten/0000-0003-4585-0300; Graves, Gary R./0000-0003-1406-5246; Schierup, Mikkel H./0000-0002-5028-1790; Braun, Edward L./0000-0003-1643-5212; Gilbert, M. Thomas P./0000-0002-5805-7195; Mirarab, Siavash/0000-0001-5410-1518; Zhang, Guojie/0000-0001-6860-1521}
}

@article{MTMT:34753962,
	title = {Investigations of the tick burden on passeriform, water-associated and predatory birds reveal new tick–host associations and habitat-related factors of tick infestation},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34753962},
	author = {Pitó, Andor and Ádámné Bukor, Boglárka and Győrig, Előd and Brlík, Vojtěch and Kontschán, Jenő and Keve, Gergő and Takács, Nóra and Hornok, Sándor},
	doi = {10.1186/s13071-024-06229-1},
	journal-iso = {PARASITE VECT},
	journal = {PARASITES AND VECTORS},
	volume = {17},
	unique-id = {34753962},
	issn = {1756-3305},
	abstract = {Background
		Previous studies on the tick infestation of birds in the Carpathian Basin focused on songbirds (Passeriformes). Thus, the primary aim of the present work was to extend the scope of previous studies, i.e. to include aquatic (water-associated) bird species in a similar context, especially considering that these birds are usually long-distance migrants.
		
		Methods
		Between March 2021 and August 2023, 11,919 birds representing 126 species were checked for the presence of ticks. From 352 birds belonging to 40 species, 905 ixodid ticks were collected. Tick species were identified morphologically and/or molecularly.
		
		Results
		Ticks from avian hosts belonged to seven species: Ixodes ricinus (n = 448), I. frontalis (n = 31), I. festai (n = 2), I. arboricola (n = 36), I. lividus (n = 4), Haemaphysalis concinna (n = 382) and Dermacentor reticulatus (n = 2). Nymphs of I. ricinus occurred with a single activity peak around March–May, whereas its larvae typically infested birds in May, June or July. By contrast, H. concinna usually had its activity maximum during the summer (nymphs in June–July, larvae later in July–August). Interestingly, two ornithophilic species, I. frontalis and I. arboricola, were most active around winter months (between October and April). A significantly lower ratio of aquatic birds was found tick-infested than songbirds. Several new tick–host associations were revealed, including I. ricinus from Greylag Goose (Anser anser) and D. reticulatus from Great Egret (Ardea alba) and Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus). Ticks were collected for the first time in Europe from two species of predatory birds as well as from Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus). Bird species typically inhabiting reedbeds were most frequently infested with H. concinna, and most ticks localized at their throat, as opposed to forest-dwelling avian hosts, on which I. ricinus predominated and ticks were more evenly distributed.
		
		Conclusions
		In the evaluated region, aquatic birds appear to be less important in tick dispersal than songbirds. However, newly revealed tick-host associations in this category attest to their hitherto neglected contribution. The results suggest that the habitat type will have significant impact not only on the species composition but also on the feeding location of ticks on birds.},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {1756-3305}
}

@article{MTMT:34729051,
	title = {Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in great tits in urban and forest areas},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34729051},
	author = {Ágh, Nóra and Dalvári, Henriett Anna and Szabó, Krisztián and Pipoly, Ivett and Liker, András},
	doi = {10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100169},
	journal-iso = {AVIAN RES},
	journal = {AVIAN RESEARCH},
	volume = {2024},
	unique-id = {34729051},
	issn = {2053-7166},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {2053-7166},
	orcid-numbers = {Ágh, Nóra/0000-0001-9184-912X; Pipoly, Ivett/0000-0002-4541-6056; Liker, András/0000-0001-8545-4869}
}

@article{MTMT:34430383,
	title = {Review of the occurrences of monk seals Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the East coast of the Adriatic Sea (Croatia and Montenegro) between 1800 and 1980 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae)},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34430383},
	author = {Tóth, Tamás and Géczy, C. and Beloberk, P. and Sušić, G. and Komlós, N. and Kocsis, Borbála and Gál, János and Marosán, Miklós and Deres, I. and Kertész, P. and Varga, N.},
	journal-iso = {SPIXIANA},
	journal = {SPIXIANA},
	volume = {46},
	unique-id = {34430383},
	issn = {0341-8391},
	abstract = {The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) is one of the most threatened mammals in the world. Once it was widespread around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; however, throughout the years, it became rare. There is not a previous review on the species distribution on the Croatian shores. Here we show the data collected of the occurrences from the north-eastern Adriatic Sea from the literature and information from several public collections from the period between the 1800s and 1980. We discussed the gathered occurrences one by one, and we organised them based on different aspects, and when it is possible, we also determined the minimum number of observed individuals. The locations of the observations were mapped and based on the fragmented information avail-able, the data on maritime traffic, the number of overnight stays of tourists and fisheries statistics were presented, which could contribute to the decline of the Adriatic population of the species. © 2023, Pfeil Verlag. All rights reserved.},
	year = {2023},
	pages = {135-159}
}

@article{MTMT:34427564,
	title = {Data on the frog trade in the 20th century in Hungary.},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34427564},
	author = {Tóth, Tamás and Gál, János and Varga, Nikolett and Albert, László and Kocsis, Borbála},
	journal-iso = {BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST},
	journal = {BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST},
	volume = {17},
	unique-id = {34427564},
	issn = {1843-5637},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {2065-1155},
	pages = {39-44}
}