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
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
Szabolcs Számadó; István Zachar; Dániel Czégel; Dustin J. Penn. Honesty in signalling games is maintained by trade-offs rather than costs BMC BIOLOGY 21:4.
2023
Szilágyi András; Kovács Viktor P.; Czárán Tamás; Szathmáry Eörs. Evolutionary ecology of language origins through confrontational scavenging PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B 378:20210411.
2023
Podani János; Schmera Dénes; Bagella Simonetta. Correlating variables with different scale types: A new framework based on matrix comparisons METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 14:1049-1060.
2023
Erdős László; Ho Khanh Vu; Bátori Zoltán; Kröel‐Dulay György; Ónodi Gábor; Tölgyesi Csaba; Török Péter; Lengyel Attila. Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity peaks do not coincide along a compositional gradient in forest‐grassland mosaics JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 111 : 1 pp. 182-197. , 16 p. (2023)
2023
Horváth Csenge Veronika; Kovács Bence; Tinya Flóra; Schadeck Locatelli Julia; Németh Csaba; Crecco Lorenzo; Illés Gábor; Csépányi Péter; Ódor Péter. A matter of size and shape: Microclimatic changes induced by experimental gap openings in a sessile oak–hornbeam forest SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 873 Paper: 162302 (2023)
2023
Garamszegi Laszlo Zsolt; Kurucz Kornelia; Soltesz Zoltan. Validating a surveillance program of invasive mosquitoes based on citizen science in Hungary JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 60 : 7 pp. 1481-1494. , 14 p. (2023)
2023
Gallé Róbert; Tölgyesi Csaba; Szabó Ágota Réka; Korányi Dávid; Zoltán Bátori; Hábenczyus Alida; Török Edina; Révész Kitti; Torma Attila; Gallé-Szpisjak Nikolett; Lakatos Tamás; Batáry Péter. Plant invasion and fragmentation indirectly and contrastingly affect native plants and grassland arthropods SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, Paper: 166199 (2023)
2023
Molnár Ábel Péter; Demeter László; Biró Marianna; Chytrý Milan; Bartha Sándor; Gantuya Batdelger; Molnár Zsolt. Is there a massive glacial–Holocene flora continuity in Central Europe? BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, Paper: 13007 (2023)
2023
Korányi Dávid; Gallé Róbert; Torma Attila; Gallé‐Szpisjak Nikolett; Batáry Péter. Small grassland fragments and connectivity support high arthropod functional diversity in highly modified landscapes INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY, Paper: 12668 (2023)
2023
Deák Balázs; Bede Ádám; Rádai Zoltán; Dembicz Iwona; Apostolova Iva; Batáry Péter; Gallé Róbert; Tóth Csaba Albert; Dózsai József; Moysiyenko Ivan I.; Sudnik‐Wójcikowska Barbara; Zachwatowicz Maria; Nekhrizov Georgi; Lisetskii Fedor N.; Buryak Zhanna A.; Kis Szabolcs; Borza Sándor; Godó Laura; Bragina Tatyana M.; Smelansky Ilya; Molnár Ábel; Bán Miklós; Báthori Ferenc; Árgay Zoltán; Dani János; Kiss Réka; Valkó Orsolya. Contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on ancient burial mounds of Eurasia CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, pp. 1-13. Paper: e14148 , 13 p. (2023)
2023
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
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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 […]