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Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group


Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany

Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group

The destruction of biodiversity poses considerable threat to ecosystem services essential for human well-being. The aim of our research is to discover the ecological background of some important ecosystem services, to evaluate them in a European context, and to support the development of a sustainable habitat and land use at both international and national level. Our studies focus mainly on pollination, insect predation and soil decomposition in relation to local and landscape factors, including also the effects of invasive plant species. We plan to upscale our results to national and international level by making use of national databases and through international collaborations. Finally, based on the synthesis of different patterns of ecosystem services and interdisciplinary cooperations we aim to give comprehensive recommendations in the field of conservation biology. 

Latest news

August 2025

New publication

Pollinator-promoting interventions in European urban habitats - A synthesis

August 2025

New publication

Towards a standardised monitoring of ecosystem condition: A literature review on indicators and their data sources 

July 2025

New publication

Sex-dependent carry-over effects between physiological state and reproduction in a passerine species

June 2025

Congratulations!

Áron has been awarded the Youth Prize in Environmental Science

May 2025

New publication

Uncertainties in ecosystem services assessments and their implications for decision support - A semi-systematic literature review

May 2025

Event at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Economics of Biodiversity  - A groundbreaking review

April 2025

New publication

Nestling plumage colour variation in a sexually dichromatic hole-nesting passerine bird - Potential functions and mechanisms

March 2025

New publication

Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: Why, how, who, and for whom?

February 2025

Joint project with the Green Office of the District XII., Budapest

How can pollinator-supporting interventions be integrated into the city fabric? 

February 2025

New publication

The negative legacy effect of extreme drought on soil respiration is unaffected by post-grought precipitation regime in a temperate grassland

February 2025

New publication

Experimental data suggest between population reversal in the condition dependence of two sexually selected traits

February 2025

New publication

Monitor social-ecological systems to achieve global goals for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people

January 2025

Fotó: Bihaly Borbála

New publication

Farming in Natura 2000 Farmland

January 2025

Fotó: Kállai Márton

Congratulations

Viktor, Gabriella, and Virág won a STARTING grant of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. The coming years promise some captivating stories about urban flowers and pollinators. 

January 2025

New publication

A paper with many authors was published with András Báldi and Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki as co-authors in Global Change Biology: Land use change consistently reduces α- but not β- and γ-diversity of bees

December 2024

Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

December 2024

New publication

Contrasting Patterns of Plants, Bees, Hoverflies and Spiders in Different Habitats in a Central European Agricultural Landscape

December 2024

New publication

Adatok és kiegészítések Magyarország edényes flórájához

November 2024

Congratulations

Áron won a Young Researchers' Excellence in Publication Award

October 2024

Group meeting

We retreated to Tápiószecső for some work and teambuilding

October 2024

New publication

Flood prevention benefits provided by Canadian natural ecosystems

October 2024

New publication

Explosive spread of sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus), a C4 perennial bunchgrass, threatens unique grasslands in Hungary (Central Europe)

September 2024

New publication

Surprisingly good fit of pressure-based cropland condition map and bird census data at the national scale

September 2024

Event

SCCS 2024 - 9th Student Conference on Conservation Science

August 2024

New publication

Hazánk természeti állapotának javítása - Szakpolitikai összefoglaló 2024

June 2024

New publication

The effects of plant invasion, floral resources and soil characteristics on ground-nesting bees

June 2024

Congratulations!

Áron Bihaly successfully defenced his PhD thesis at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő

June 2024

New publication

Increasing uptake of ecosystem service assessments: best practice check-lists for practitioners in Europe

May 2024

Joint project with MOME

How can pollinator-supporting interventions be integrated into the city fabric?

May 2024

New publication

Using a perception matrix to elicit farmers' perceptions towards stakeholders in the context of biodiversity-friendly farming

May 2024

New publication

Seminatural areas act as reservoirs of genetic diversity for crop pollinators and natural enemies across Europe

March 2024

New publication

Landscape-wide floral resource deficit enhances the importance of diverse wildflower plantings for pollinators in farmlands

February 2024

New publication

How values and perceptions shape farmers' biodiversity management: Insight from ten European countries

January 2024

Presentation

Focus on urban bee pastures 

January 2024

New publication

Taxonomical and chorological notes 18 (184-194)

January 2024

New event

Expert workshop in the framework of the CO-OP4CBD

January 2024

New publication

National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe - Participants' experiences, state of the art and lessons learned

December 2023

Group meeting

We retreated to Sarlóspuszta for some work and teambuilding

November 2023

New publication

Chapter Six - Roadmap for transformative agriculture: From research through policy towards a liveable future in Europe

November 2023

New publication

Grazing and boundaries favour weedy plants with functional traits beneficial for pollinators

September 2023

New publication

National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation

September 2023

Welcome back

Sándor Piross is back from York 

September 2023

New publication

Mate-guarding success depends on male investment in a butterfly

September 2023

Interview

Gabriella Süle in Klub Rádió

August 2023

New publication

First steps of pollinator-promoting interventions in Eastern-European urban areas - positive outcomes, challenges, and recommendations

June 2023

New publication

Validation and limitations of large-scale forest condition indicators - A example from Hungary 

May 2023

Event

Ecologists in the Vértes Mountains at the Pentecost weekend 

May 2023

Event

Uninvited guests, successful conquerors

April 2023

New publication

Fluctuations and trends in spatio-temporal patterns of plant species and diversity in a sandy pasture

April 2023

Team building

One-day excursion to Pap-hegy (Szokolya, Hungary)

March 2023

New publication

The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments

March 2023

New publication

Escape from the garden: spreading, effects and traits of a new risky invasive ornamental plant (Gaillardia aristata Pursch)

March 2023

New publication

Trait-based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees

March 2023

New publication

No consistencies in abundance-impact relationships across herbaceous invasive species and ecological impact metrics

February 2023

Congratulations

András Báldi was elected Head of the Section of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology of Academia Europaea

January 2023

Congratulations

Our paper, "Serious mismatches continue between science and policy in forest bioenergy," was one of the top 10 most downloaded articles published in 2022. 

January 2023

Presentation

The amazing world of pollinators living around us

January 2023

New publication

Özönállatfajok Magyarországon

January 2023

New publication

Non-native tree plantations are weak substitutes for near-natural forests regarding plant diversity and ecological value

December 2022

New project

National Programme for Sustainable Development and Technologies

December 2022

New publication

Phenotypic senescence in a natural insect population

November 2022

New publication

Assessment of some invasive alien beepasture species based on interviews with sectoral experts

November 2022

New project

National Laboratory for Health Security

November 2022

Group meeting

We retreated to Békésszentandrás for some work and teambuilding

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Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group 

Centre for Ecological Research - Institute of Ecology and Botany

Address: 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány út 2-4.         Phone: +36 28 360-122, 360-147

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