Research groups
Biodiversity and Metacommunity Ecology Research Group
Members of the research group:
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Hamer, Andrew, PhD
senior research fellow
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Stamenković, Olivera, PhD
research fellow
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Cunillera-Montcusí, David, PhD
guest researcher, MSCA research fellow
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Márton, Zsuzsanna, PhD
research fellow
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Barta, Barbara
assistant research fellow
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Huỳnh Ngọc, Thu Hương
assistant research fellow
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Uhrin, Márton
assistant research fellow
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Laskai, Csilla
institute engineer
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Horányi, Júlia
assistant
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Kocsis, Lilla
institute engineer
Main profile:
Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the major threats to biodiversity in the era of Anthropocene. By applying modern tools of metacommunity ecology, we aim to understand how habitat quality and the spatial configuration of habitat patches in a network jointly shape community composition and sustain biodiversity. At the local scale, we focus on the most relevant stressors, constraints imposed by the environment, and trophic relationships, together with their changes through climate change and other human influences. Our goal is to understand their interaction with spatial processes: connectivity through the dispersal of local biota and the spatial insurance provided by habitat networks. To this end, we combine empirical observations with experimental studies by using island-like habitats such as ponds (or in experiments, micro- and mesocosms), and their aquatic communities as models.
Selected publications
Szabó Beáta; Váczy‐Földi Máté; Vad Csaba F.; Pálffy Károly; Huỳnh Thu‐Hương; Dobosy Péter; Fierpasz Ádám; Márton Zsuzsanna; Felföldi Tamás; Horváth Zsófia.: Connectivity Loss in Experimental Pond Networks Leads to Biodiversity Loss in Microbial Metacommunities GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 30 : 12 Paper: e70001 (2024)
2024
Barta Barbara; Szabó Attila; Szabó Beáta; Ptacnik Robert; Vad Csaba; Horváth Zsófia.: How pondscapes function: connectivity matters for biodiversity even across small spatial scales in aquatic metacommunities ECOGRAPHY, 2024 (2), Paper: e06960 (2024)
2024
Hamer Andrew J.; Barta Barbara; Márton Zsuzsanna; Vad Csaba F.; Szabó Beáta; Tornero Irene; Horváth Zsófia.: Patterns and correlates in the distribution, design and management of garden ponds along an urban–rural gradient URBAN ECOSYSTEMS (2024)
2024
Horváth Zsófia; Hadush Haileselasie Tsegazeabe; Vad Csaba F.; Ptacnik Robert; De Meester Luc;: Parallels and divergences in landscape genetic and metacommunity patterns in zooplankton inhabiting soda pans OIKOS Early View 2024. dec. 5. Paper: e10887 (2024)
2024
Szabó, Beáta; Szabó, Attila; Vad, Csaba F.; Boros, Emil; Lukić, Dunja; Ptacnik, Robert; Márton, Zsuzsanna; Horváth, Zsófia.: Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY. 49: 1286, JBI14381-
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
Guzman, Laura Melissa; Thompson, Patrick L.; Viana, Duarte S.; Vanschoenwinkel, Bram; Horváth, Zsófia; Ptacnik, Robert; Jeliazkov, Alienor; Gascón, Stéphanie; Lemmens, Pieter; Anton‐Pardo, Maria; Langenheder, Silke; De Meester, Luc; Chase, Jonathan M.: Accounting for temporal change in multiple biodiversity patterns improves the inference of metacommunity processes ECOLOGY. 103: Paper e3683-
2022
Hamer, Andrew J.; Barta, Barbara; Bohus, Attila; Gál, Blanka; Schmera, Dénes.: Roads reduce amphibian abundance in ponds across a fragmented landscape GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. 28: -
2021
Márton Zsuzsanna; Szabó Beáta; Vad Csaba F.; Pálffy Károly; Horváth Zsófia.: Environmental changes associated with drying climate are expected to affect functional groups of pro- and microeukaryotes differently in temporary saline waters SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13 : 1 Paper: 3243 (2023)
2023
