#NewExcellenceGrant: Péter has once again been awarded the prestigious Momentum Excellence Grant from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which originally helped establish our group seven years ago. This is crucial for our group's continued success and future achievements. mta.hu/english

Retreat: Our research group had a fantastic retreat in Eger, Hungary! We discussed our ongoing projects and other initiatives, enjoyed traditional food, a local wine tasting, and great company.

Outside the sessions, attendees enjoyed an excellent visit to the Saint-Emilion UNESCO World Heritage Site, explored the charming city, and savored delicious local food and drinks. www.inrae.fr/en/centres/n...
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#Meeting: Kata, Vera, and Péter attended the Kick-off Meeting of the SAFER project at INRAE Bordeaux, France. The three-day event featured engaging scientific presentations and fruitful discussions about project planning. www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer

Conference: Tamás and Péter attended the 3rd Hungarian Urban Ecology Conference at the University of Pécs. Péter delivered a plenary on hidden village biodiversity, Tamás discussed city park birds, and his MSc student, Teó, won the best speed talk prize on 3D urbanization effects on birds.

It highlights how small-scale farming boosts bird diversity in farmland and villages, crucial for biodiversity conservation.

#Publication: Our new paper, with Dorota as the senior author, is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment under the title "Small-scale farming benefits birds and boosts their diversity in nearby farmland and villages". doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Small-scale farming benefits birds and boosts their diversity in nearby farmland and villages Since the post-World War II period, agricultural intensification and land consolidation programs have homogenized and simplified European agricultural…

Small-scale farming benefits birds and boosts their diversity in nearby farmland and villages | www.sciencedirect.co... | Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment | #ornithology 🪶

#Burnt patches support diverse #arthropod species, including xerothermophilic, shade-tolerant, and threatened types.

Prescribed burning and vegetation heterogeneity enhance predatory arthropod diversity in temperate dry grasslands - Fire Ecology Background Temperate dry grasslands host diverse communities of predatory arthropods, yet their biodiversity is increasingly threatened by habitat degradation following the abandonment of traditional ...

#Publication: 'Prescribed burning and vegetation heterogeneity enhance predatory arthropod diversity in temperate dry grasslands,' led by Tomáš and Robi, co-authored by Marci, is out in Fire Ecology. doi.org/10.1186/s424...

The economic, agricultural, and food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse in Europe - Nature Communications Wild pollinator loss in Europe could cut crop yields by 8%, reduce exports, and raise food prices. Despite market adjustments, global annual welfare would decline by €34 billion in 2030, with EU consu...

'The economic, ag., & food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse

Prices for pollinator-dependent crops would rise globally, w' Europe seeing steepest increases. ...consumers bear the brunt. Global annual welfare losses would reach €34 billion in 2030'

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#Conference: @edinatorok.bsky.social attended the SCAPE Conference in Priego de Córdoba, Spain, presenting on cavity-nesting bees and wasps in villages, plus a SEPPI project poster on plant-pollinator monitoring methods.

#Native species were most diverse in semi-natural areas, archaeophytes were prevalent in rural #landscapes, and neophytes thrived at edges, regardless of landscape context.

#Publication: Our paper, "Native and alien plant species respond differently to landscape and local factors shaping spontaneous herbaceous vegetation in villages" led by Kata, is now published in Basic and Applied Ecology.
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Out today in PNAS: Mobile species' responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature's contributions to people" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505401122 by Sophie O'Brien et al.

Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!

#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

We found that economic development is linked to the #Luxury Effect, with more support for non-linear than linear effects.

Wealth and wildlife in cities: How economic and demographic drivers influence global urban environmental injustice Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

#Publication: Péter co-authored a meta-analysis paper, "Wealth and wildlife in cities: How economic and demographic drivers influence global urban environmental injustice" published in People and Nature.
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Suburban Areas Provide Refuge for Carabids in Cities With High Climate Seasonality and Urban Heat Island Effects: A Global Meta‐Analysis Aim Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are a highly diverse group of soil-associated organisms with varied biological functions, diet preferences and mobility. Their diversity has made them a po...

Our paper, "Suburban areas provide refuge for carabids in cities with high climate seasonality and urban heat island effects: a global meta-analysis" led by Bori, is now published in Diversity and Distributions. It highlights the role of climate in urbanization effects. doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

#Conference: Tomáš attended the Fire in Central European Ecosystems conference in Děčín. He presented research on how prescribed burning and scattered common hawthorn shrubs affect environmental conditions and assemblages of spiders and ground beetles in Czech dry grasslands.

Reveals solar parks support diverse species with stable temperatures and higher humidity, enhancing natural pest control.

Solar parks provide heterogeneous habitats for winter‐active ground‐dwelling predatory arthropods Forest provides stable temperature and high humidity, harbouring mainly forest-associated winter-active ground-dwelling predatory arthropods. Grassland and abandoned farmland experience extreme temp...

#Publication: Led by Tomáš and Robi, with Niki and Marci, our paper in Ecological Entomology, "Solar parks provide heterogeneous habitats for winter-active predatory arthropods". doi.org/10.1111/een....

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#NewGroupMember: We are pleased to welcome Veronika Fabók as an assistant researcher, joining our group to work on the socio-economic aspects of agriculture. Happy sciencing!
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Collection: Effects of agricultural landscapes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and yield Agriculture is the leading cause of farmland biodiversity loss and an associated decline of various ecosystem services. Nevertheless, a wealth of agricultural ...

Special Issue: Our collection "Effects of Agricultural Landscapes on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Yield" is fully published in Landscape Ecology, featuring 15 papers, organized by guest editors Péter and Kata link.springer.com/collections/...

#NewGroupMember: We are pleased to welcome Giulia De Luca as an assistant researcher. She will be joining our group to work on sustainable development in cities and villages. Happy #sciencing!

Our synthesis highlights that employing an effective proxy for non-experts could enhance the evaluation of many local and regional #conservation initiatives that currently lack any basic assessment schemes.

Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non‐experts The use of a simple but effective proxy could be an important starting point for the expansion of wild bee monitoring initiatives at the regional scale, particularly given the growing involvement of ....

#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Grassland Restoration Drives Strong Multitrophic Biodiversity Recovery, but Climate Extremes Jeopardize Drought‐Sensitive Species Restoration of abandoned and afforested semi-natural grasslands resulted in rapid grassland recovery and an increase of multitrophic species richness on average. Although, when looking at specific or...

The results showed that historically overgrown and afforested grasslands recover fast and rapidly become species-rich after woody plant removal and low-intensity grazing reinstatement. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Publication: The article, co-authored by @rihomarja.bsky.social and led by Elisabeth Prangel, has been published in the Global Change Biology under the title "Grassland restoration drives strong multitrophic biodiversity recovery, but climate extremes jeopardize drought-sensitive species."

#Conference: Niki and Robi participated at the 35th European Congress of Arachnology, Zadar, Croatia. They co-authored two posters on the spider diversity of solar parks and the spread of an invasive spider species.