Profile
Viktor Szigeti
research fellow
Contact:
szigeti.viktor@ecolres.hu
+36 28 360-122, 360-147 / 254
plant-pollinator interactions, spatio-temporal changes, invasive species, conservation and functional ecology
My research interest is focused on pollination biology. I am interested in the ecology of plant-pollinator interactions, primarily the plant functional trait effects on the foraging behaviour of insect pollinators. My purposes to understand better the spatio-temporal dynamics and to use better sampling methods in field works of pollinators. Recently, I study the role of non-native invasive plant species on the native plant and the related pollinator insect communities; the beekeepers traditional knowledge on bee-pastures; and the dependencies of pollinator communities in agricultural, urban and semi-natural habitats.
Selected publications
Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó; Szigeti, Viktor; Miholcsa, Zsombor; Sándor, Dorottya; Soltész, Zoltán; Török, Edina; Fenesi, Annamária. Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY 1439-1791 1618-0089. 64: 89-102
2022
Báldi, András; Pellaton, Raoul; Bihaly, Áron Domonkos; Szigeti, Viktor; Lellei-Kovács, Eszter; Máté, András; Sárospataki, Miklós; Soltész, Zoltán; Somay, László; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó. Improving ecosystem services in farmlands: beginning of a long-term ecological study with restored flower-rich grasslands ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY 2096-4129 2332-8878. 8: 2090449-
2022
Szigeti, Viktor; Fenesi, Annamária; Soltész, Zoltán; Berki, Boglárka; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó. Neutral effect of an invasive plant species with specialized flower structure on native pollinator communities BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 22: 3017-3030
2020
Szigeti, Viktor; Vajna, Flóra; Kőrösi, Ádám; Kis, János. Are all butterflies equal? Population-wise proboscis length variation predicts flower choice in a butterfly ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 163: 135-143
2020
Szigeti, Viktor; Kőrösi, Ádám; Harnos, Andrea; Kis, János. Lifelong foraging and individual specialisation are influenced by temporal changes of resource availability OIKOS. 128: 649-658
2019
Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó; Soltész, Zoltán; Szigeti, Viktor; Somay, László; Báldi, András. Non-rotational set-aside fields improve reproductive success of cavity-nesting bees and wasps at the landscape scale, but have no effect on other wild bees and hoverflies in mid-summer AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 308: -
2021
