Research
Research groups
Priority Research Areas
- Chemical evolutionary processes before the appearance of life.
- The appearance of life on Earth, the study of processes leading to the first protocells.
- Modelling evolutionary steps involving major increases in complexity.
- Modelling the co-evolution of cooperation and communication at different levels of organization from bacterial communities to human societies.
- Investigating the mechanisms that maintain human and animal cooperation.
- Cooperation and competition in microbial communities, evolutionary ecology of microbiomes.
- Evolutionary ecology and behavioural ecology of parasites and pathogens.
- Evolutionary study of the coexistence of hosts and internal parasite species.
- Effects of climate change and environmental degradation on emerging pathogens, prevention options, the application of the DAMA (Document, Assess, Monitor, Act) protocol
- Epidemiological and ecological study of arthropod vectors, mainly ticks and of the pathogens they transmit.
- Evolutionary processes working on neural networks, and the study of the relationship between evolution and learning.
- Maintenance and restoration of the integrity of nature and society.
- Investigating the impact of silviculture on forest communities.
- Plant genetic conservation and ecological restoration in the National Botanical Garden.
- Development of conservation strategies based on seed ecology.
- Reconstruction of grassland habitats.
- Testing restoration ecology methods for the development of the national green infrastructure.
- Predicting the ecological impacts of climate change in the Carpathian Basin.
- The status biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban habitats.
- Biodiversity and protection of natural habitats embedded in agricultural landscapes.
- Ecological intensification, agroecology.
- Ecological analysis and sustainability of plant–pollinator relationships.
- Ecological analysis of biological invasion and its social and economic implications.
- Prevention of emerging diseases based on ecological principles.
- Investigation of plant community dynamics, search for community assembly rules.
- Maintaining plant databases and updating distribution maps.
- Knowledge co-production between science and other knowledge systems.
- Autecology of species in aquatic ecosystems.
- Field and experimental ecological studies exploring community assembly rules.
- Biogeochemical studies.
- Distributional biology studies.
- Investigation of factors threatening aquatic biodiversity (climate change, biological invasions, anthropogenic pollution, habitat loss).
- Conservation biology and restoration ecology research to support the protection of biodiversity.
- Integrative systems ecology analysis of aquatic ecosystem services, and of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
- Applied limnological, aquatic ecological and water quality research.
- Monitoring tasks and methodological developments relevant to the Water Framework Directive.
- Citizen science programmes.
Researchers
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Priority publications
Vásárhelyi, Zsóka; Scheuring, István; Avilés, Leticia. The Ecology of Spider Sociality: A Spatial Model AMERICAN NATURALIST. 199: 776-788
2022
Földvári Gábor; Szabó Éva; Tóth Gábor Endre; Lanszki Zsófia; Zana Brigitta; Varga Zsaklin; Kemenesi Gábor Emergence of Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes adults revealed by citizen science tick monitoring in Hungary TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES Paper: 14563 , 25 p.
2022
Scheuring István; Rasmussen Jacob A.; Bozzi Davide, Limborg Morten T. A strategic model of a host–microbe–microbe system reveals the importance of a joint host–microbe immune response to combat stress-induced gut dysbiosis FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 13: Paper 912806
2022
Zachar, István Eukaryotic origins: Closing the energetics gap. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 6:1254-1255
2022
Ocaña-Pallarès, E.; Williams, TA.; López-Escardó, D.; Arroyo, AS.; Pathmanathan, JS.; Bapteste, E.; Tikhonenkov, DV.; Keeling, PJ.; Szöllősi, GJ.; Ruiz-Trillo, I. Divergent genomic trajectories predate the origin of animals and fungi. NATURE 609(7928):747-753
2022
Demeter, M.; Derényi, I.; Szöllősi, G. Trade-off between reducing mutational accumulation and increasing commitment to differentiation determines tissue organization. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13(1):1-10.
2022
Vári, Ágnes; Podschun, Simone A.; Erős, Tibor; Hein, Thomas; Pataki, Beáta; Iojă, Ioan-Cristian; Adamescu, Cristian Mihai; Gerhardt, Almut; Gruber, Tamás; Dedić, Anita; Ćirić, Miloš; Gavrilović, Bojan; Báldi, András. Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: Challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines AMBIO: A JOURNAL OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. 51: 135-151
2022
Biró, Marianna; Molnár, Zsolt; Öllerer, Kinga; Demeter, László; Bölöni, János. Behind the general pattern of forest loss and gain: A long-term assessment of semi-natural and secondary forest cover change at country level Landscape and Urban Planning, 220:104334
2022
Valkó, Orsolya; Rádai, Zoltán; Deák, Balázs. Hay transfer is a nature-based and sustainable solution for restoring grassland biodiversity JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 311: Paper 114816-
2022
Kröel-Dulay, György; Mojzes, Andrea; Szitár, Katalin; Bahn, Michael; Batáry, Péter; Beier, Claus; Bilton, Mark; De Boeck, Hans J.; Dukes, Jeffrey S.; Estiarte, Marc; Holub, Petr; Jentsch, Anke; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Kreyling, Juergen; Reinsch, Sabine; Larsen, Klaus Steenberg; Sternberg, Marcelo; Tielbörger, Katja; Tietema, Albert; Vicca, Sara; Peñuelas, Josep. Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 6: 540-545
2022
Korányi, Dávid; Egerer, Monika; Rusch, Adrien; Szabó, Borbála; Batáry, Péter. Urbanization hampers biological control of insect pests: A global meta-analysis SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 834: 155396-
2022
Erdős László; Török Péter; W. Veldman Joseph; Bátori Zoltán; Bede-Fazekas Ákos; Magnes Martin; Kröel-Dulay György; Tölgyesi Csaba. How climate, topography, soils, herbivores, and fire control forest-grassland coexistence in the Eurasian forest-steppe biome. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 09 August 2022, Early View
2022
Boros, Emil; Takács, Anita; Dobosy, Péter; Vörös, Lajos. Extreme guanotrophication by phosphorus in contradiction with the productivity of alkaline soda pan ecosystems SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 793: -
2021
Vincze, Orsolya; Fernando, Colchero; Jean-Francois, Lemaître; Dalia, A. Conde; Samuel, Pavard; Margaux, Bieuville; Araxi, Urrutia; Beata, Ujvari; Amy, M. Boddy; Carlo, C. Maley; Frederic, Thomas; Mathieu, Giraudeau. Cancer risk across mammals NATURE. 601: 263-267
2022
Vincze, Orsolya; Vágási, Csongor I.; Penzes, Janka; Szabó, Krisztián; Magonyi, Nóra; Czirják, Gábor; Pap, Peter. Sexual dimorphism in immune function and oxidative physiology across birds: the role of sexual selection ECOLOGY LETTERS. 25: -
2022
Cunillera-Montcusí, David; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Jeppesen, Erik; Ptacnik, Robert; Amorim, Cihelio A.; Arnott, Shelley E.; Berger, Stella A.; Brucet, Sandra; Dugan, Hilary A.; Gerhard, Miriam; Horváth, Zsófia; Langenheder, Silke; Nejstgaard, Jens C.; Reinikainen, Marko; Striebel, Maren; Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo; Vad, Csaba F.; Zadereev, Egor; Matias, Miguel. Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 37: 440-453
2022
Projects in the spotlight
Éghajlatváltozás Multidiszciplináris Nemzeti Laboratórium
Víztudományi és Vízbiztonsági Nemzeti Laboratórium
Egészségbiztonság Nemzeti Laboratórium – Invázióbiológiai Divízió és Járványökológiai Divízió
Evolúció és tanulás
The need for a paradigm shift in the field of nature conservation: the importnace of the impact of landscape structure on biodiversity patterns and functions
Both the intensification of agriculture and increasing urbanisation lead to the degradation of natural habitats, negatively impacting wildlife and their ecosystem functions (e.g., pollination of plants). However, these effects not only occur locally but can also […]
HAS Lendület (“Momentum”) 2019: Vegetation and seed bank dynamics
Our research group aims to find solutions for the long-term maintenance of the biodiversity and functioning of grassland ecosystems by learning about the role of seeds in ecosystems. Grasslands are particularly species-rich and diverse communities that […]
Biodiversity in the grips of agriculture and urbanisation
One of the leading causes of biodiversity loss is land-use change, associated with habitat loss and degradation. Sustainable development requires a nature conservation strategy that takes into account the landscape as a whole. It is essential […]
