Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group

Prof. András Báldi, MAE, MHAS

My main research interest is to understand and maintain patterns and processes of biological diversity; recently the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services are in my focus, mainly - but not exclusively - pollination conservation biological control and soil decomposition.

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Selected publications:

2025

Tsang, T. P. N., De Santis, A. A. A., Armas-Quinonez, G., Ascher, J. S., Ávila-Gómez, E. S., Báldi, A., Ballare, K. M., Balzan, M. V. ... & Bonebrake, T. C. (2025): Land use change consistently reduces α- but not β- and γ-diversity of bees - Global Change Biology 31: e70006

2024

Vajna, F., Pellaton, R., Molnár C., Soltész, Z., Gallé-Szpisjak, N.,Bihaly, Á. D. & Báldi, A. (2024): Contrasting patterns of plants, bees, hoverflies and spiders in different habitats in a Central European agricultural landscape - Ecology and Evolution 14: e70711
Tanács, E., Bede-Fazekas, Á. & Báldi, A. (2024): Surprisingly good fit of pressure-based cropland condition map and bird census data at the national scale - Ecological Indicators 167: 112665
Ortego, J. Albrecht, M., Báldi, A., Bilde, T., Craig, S. B. B., Herrera, J. M., Hood, A. S. C., Kleijn, D., Maurer, C., Molina, F.P., Öckinger, E., Potts, S. G., Settepani, V., Thomsen, P.F., Trillo, M., Vajna, F., Velado-Alonso, E., Bartomeus, I. (2024): Seminatural areas act as reservoirs of genetic diversity for crop pollinators and natural enemies across Europe - Conservation Science and Practice e13080
Bihaly, Á.D., Piross, I.S., Pellaton, R., Szigeti, V., Somay, L., Vajna, F., Soltész, Z., Báldi, A., Sárospataki, M., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2024): Landscape-wide floral resource deficit enhances the importance of diverse wildflower plantings for pollinators in farmlands - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 367: 108984

2023

Báldi, A., Öllerer, K., Wijkman, A., Brunori, G., Máté, A., Batáry, P. (2023): Roadmap for transformative agriculture: From research through policy towards a liveable future in Europe Advances in Ecological Research 68: 131-154
Pellaton, R., Csecserits, A., Szitár, K., Rédei, T., Batáry, P., Báldi, A. (2023): Grazing and boundaries favour weedy plants with functional traits beneficial for pollinators Global Ecology and Conservation 48: e02717

2022

Steigerwald, E., Ramírez-Castaneda, V., Brandt, D.Y.C., Báldi A., Shapiro, J., Bowker, L., Tarvin, R.D. (2022): Overcoming language barriers in academia: Machine translation tools and a vision for a multilingual future Bioscience 72: 988-998
Pellaton, R., Lellei-Kovács, E., Báldi A. (2022): Cultural ecosystem services in European grasslands: A systematic review of threats Ambio 51: 2462-2477
Báldi A., Pellaton, R., Bihaly Á. D., Szigeti V., Lellei-Kovács E., Máté A., Sárospataki M., Soltész Z., Somay L. & Kovács-Hostyánszki A. (2022): Improving ecosystem services in farmlands: beginning of a long-term ecological study with restored flower-rich grasslands Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 8: 1
Duncan J., DeClerck F., Báldi A., Treyer S., Aschemann-Witzel J., Cuhls K., Ahrné L., Bisoffi S., Grando S., Guobys L., Kohl J., Hansen H. O., Hudson R. L., Lutzeyer H-J., Nielsen V. H., Ruiz B., Saggau E., Valceschini E., Siebielec, G. & Brunori, G. (2022): Democratic directionality for transformative food systems research Nature Food 3: 183-186
Vári Á., Podschun S.A., Erős T., Hein T., Pataki B., Ioja I-C., Adamescu C.M., Gerhardt A., Gruber T., Dedic A., Ciric M., Gavrilovic B., Báldi A. (2022): Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: Challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines Ambio, 51: 135-151.

2021

Csákvári, E., Fabók, V., Bartha, S., ..., Kovács-Hostyánszki A., ..., Báldi, A. (28 authors) (2021). Conservation biology research priorities for 2050: A Central-Eastern European perspective. Biological Conservation 264: 109396.
Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Christie AP, Willott K, Akasaka M, Báldi A, Vajna F. et al. (2021) Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biol 19(10): e3001296.
Bisoffi S., Ahrné L., Aschemann-Witzel J., Báldi A., Cuhls K., DeClerck F., Duncan J., Hansen H. O., Hudson R. L., Kohl J., Ruiz B., Siebielec G., Treyer S., Brunori G. (2021): COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems: What Should We Learn Before the Next Emergency, Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 5:650987
Hideg É., Mihók B., Gáspár J., Schmidt P., Márton A., Báldi A. (2021): Assessment in horizon scanning by various stakeholder groups using Osgood's semantic differential scale - A methodological development, Futures 126, 102677
Somay L, Szigeti V, Boros G, Ádám R, Báldi A. (2021): Wood Pastures: A Transitional Habitat between Forests and Pastures for Dung Beetle Assemblages. Forests. 2021; 12(1):25.
Báldi A., Palotás B. (2021): How to diminish the geographical bias in IPBES and related science? Conservation Letters, e.12786
Kovacs-Hostyánszki A., Soltész Z., Szigeti V., Somay L., Báldi A. (2021): Non-rotational set-aside fields improve reproductive success of cavity-nesting bees and wasps at the landscape scale, but have no effect on other wild bees and hoverflies in mid-summer, Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 308: 107255

2020

Brunori G., Hudson R. L., Báldi A., Bisoffi S., Cuhls K., Kohl J., Treyer S., Ahrné L., Aschermann Witzel J., De Clerck F., Duncan J., Hansen H. O., Ruiz B., Siebielec G. (2020): Resilience and transformation - 5th SCAR Foresight Exercise: Natural resources and food systems: Transitions towards a ‘safe and just’ operating space, Publication Office of the European Union, 146 p.
Báldi A., Vári Á. (2020): Freshwater ecosystems: research, policy and applications, Biologia Futura 71: 333-336
Ekroos, Johan; Kleijn, David; Batáry, Péter; Albrecht, Matthias; Báldi, András; Blüthgen, Nico; Knop, Eva; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó; Smith, Henrik G (2020): High land-use intensity in grasslands constrains wild bee species richness in Europe BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 241 p. & Paper: 108255
Ruckelshaus, Mary H. ; Jackson, Stephen T. ; Mooney, Harold A. ; Jacobs, Katharine L. ; Kassam, Karim-Aly S. ; Arroyo, Mary T.K. ; Báldi, András ; Bartuska, Ann M. ; Boyd, James ; Joppa, Lucas N. et al. (2020): The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action Trends in Ecology&Evolution, 35: 407-414.

2019

Kovács-Hostyánszki A., Földesi R., Báldi A., Endrédi A., Jordán F. (2019): The vulnerability of plant-pollinator communities to honeybee decline: A comparative network analysis in different habitat types Ecological Indicators 97: pp. 35-50
Martin, E. A., Dainese, M. , Clough, Y. , Báldi, A. , Bommarco, R. , Gagic, V. , Garratt, M. P., Holzschuh, A. , Kleijn, D. , Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A. , Marini, L. , Potts, S. G., Smith, H. G., Al Hassan, D. , Albrecht, M. , Andersson, G. K., Asís, J. D., Aviron, S. , Balzan, M. V., Baños‐Picón, L. , Bartomeus, I. , Batáry, P. , Burel, F. , Caballero‐López, B. , Concepción, E. D., Coudrain, V. , Dänhardt, J. , Diaz, M. , Diekötter, T. , Dormann, C. F., Duflot, R. , Entling, M. H., Farwig, N. , Fis (2019): The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe Ecology Letters 22:1083-1094

2018

Hideg É., Mihók B., Gáspár J., Schmidt P., Márton A., Báldi, A. (2018): KÖRNYEZETI JÖVŐKUTATÁS: MAGYARORSZÁG 2050 Magyar Tudomány 5: f6238
Kőrösi Á, Markó V, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Somay L, Varga Á, Elek Z, Boreux V, Klein A, Földesi R, Báldi A. (2018): Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies PeerJ 6:e5269
Tóth Zs., Hornung E., Báldi A. (2018): Effects of set-aside management on certain elements of soil biota and early stage organic matter decomposition in a High Nature Value Area, Hungary Nature Conservation - Bulgaria 29: 1-26.

2017

Gagic V, Kleijn D, Báldi A, Boros G, Jorgensen HB, Elek Z, Garratt MPD, de Groot GA, Hedlund K, Kovacs-Hostyanszki A, Marini L, Martin E, Pevere I, Potts SG, Redlich S, Senapathi D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Switek S, Smith HG, Takacs V, Tryjanowski P, van der Putten WH, van Gils S, Bommarco R. (2017): Combined effects of agrochemicals and ecosystem services on crop yield across Europe Ecology Letters 20:(11) pp. 1427-1436.
Mihók B, Biró M, Molnár Zs, Kovács E, Bölöni J, Erős T, Standovár T, Török P, Csorba G, Margóczi K, Báldi A (2017): Biodiversity on the waves of history: conservation in a changing social and institutional environment in Hungary, a post-soviet EU member state. Biological Conservation. 211: 67-75
Markó V, Elek Z, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Kőrösi Á, Somay L, Földesi R, Varga A, Iván A, Báldi A (2017):Landscapes, orchards, pesticides–abundance of beetles (Coleoptera) in apple orchards along pesticide toxicity and landscape complexity gradients Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 247: pp. 246-254.

2016

Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Földesi, R., Mózes, E., Szirák, A., Fischer, J., Hanspach, J., Báldi, A. (2016): Conservation of pollinators in traditional agricultural landscapes – New challenges in Transylvania (Romania) posed by EU accession and recommendations for future research. Plos One 11(6): e0151650
Földesi, Rita; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó; Kőrösi, Ádám; Somay, László; Elek, Zoltan; Marko, Viktor; Sárospataki, Miklós; Bakos, Réka; Varga, Ákos; Nyisztor, Katinka; Báldi, András (2016): Relationships between wild bees, hoverflies and pollination success in apple orchards with different landscape contexts Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18: 68-75.
Tóth Z, Hornung E, Báldi A, Kovács-Hostyánszki A (2016): Effects of set-aside management on soil macrodecomposers in Hungary APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY 99 pp. 89-97.

2015

Barbara Mihók, Eszter Kovács, Bálint Balázs, György Pataki, András Ambrus, Dénes Bartha, Zoltán Czirák, Sándor Csányi, Péter Csépányi, Mónika Csőszi, György Dudás, Csaba Egri, Tibor Erős, Szilvia Gőri, Gergő Halmos, Annamária Kopek, Katalin Margóczi, Gábor Miklay, László Milon, László Podmaniczky, János Sárvári, András Schmidt, Kata lin Sipos, Viktória Siposs, Tibor Standovár, Csaba Szigetvári, László Szemethy, Balázs Tóth, László Tóth, Péter Tóth, Katalin Török, Péter Török, Csaba Vadász, Ildik (2015): Bridging the research-practice gap: conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION 28: 133-148.
Díaz S., Sebsebe D., Báldi A., Pataki Gy., et al. (84 authors) (2015): The IPBES Conceptual Framework: connecting nature and people Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 1-16.
Kleijn D, Scheper J, Báldi A, Westphal C. et al. (58 authors) (2015): Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation Nature Communications 6: Paper 7414. (2015)

2014

Bereczki, K., Ódor, P., Csóka, Gy., Mag, Zs., Báldi, A. (2014): Effects of forest heterogeneity on the efficiency of caterpillar control service provided by birds in temperate oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management 327: 96-105.
Clough Yann, Ekroos Johan, Báldi András, Batáry Péter, Bommarco Riccardo, Gross Nicolas, Holzschuh Andrea, Hopfenmüller Sebastian, Knop Eva, Kuussaari Mikko, Lindborg Regina, Marini Lorenzo, Öckinger Erik, Potts Simon, Poyry Juha, Roberts Stuart, Steffan-Dewenter Ingolf, Smith Henrik (2014):Density of insect-pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land-use intensity Ecology Letters 17(9): pp. 1168-1177.
Koleček J, Schleuning M, Burfield IJ, Báldi A, Böhning-Gaese K, Devictor V, Fernández-García JM, Hořák D, Van Turnhout C A M, Hnatyna O, Reif J (2014): Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe Biological Conservation 172: 109-116.
Pe'er G, Dicks L V, Visconti P, Arlettaz R, Báldi A, Benton T G, Collins S, Dieterich M, Gregory R D, Hartig F, Henle K, Hobson P R, Kleijn D, Neumann R K, Robijns T, Schmidt J, Shwartz A, Sutherland W J, Turbé A, Wulf F, Scott A V (2014): EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity Science 344: 1090-1092
Schneider M, Lüscher G, Jeanneret P, Arndorfer M, Ammari Y, Bailey D, Balázs K, Báldi A, Choisis J-P, Dennis P, Eiter S, Fjellstad W, Fraser M, Frank T, Jürgen F, Garchi S, Geijzendorffer I, Gomiero T, Gonzales-Bornay G, Hector A, Jerkovich G, Jongman R, Kakudidi E, Kainz M, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Moreno G, Nkwiine C, Opio J, Oschatz M-L, Paoletti M, Pointereau P, Pulido F, Sarthou J-P, Siebrecht N, Sommaggio D, Turnbull LA, Wolfrum S, Herzog F (2014): Gains to species diversity in organically farmed fields are not propagated at the farm level Nature COMMUNICATIONS 5: Paper 4151. (2014)
Shapiro Julie, Báldi András (2014): Accurate accounting: How to balance ecosystem services and disservices ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRACTICE 7: 201-202

2013

Báldi András, Batáry Péter, Kleijn David (2013): Effects of grazing and biogeographic regions on grassland biodiversity in Hungary - analysing assemblages of 1200 species Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 166: 28-34.
Báldi András, Shapiro JT (2013): A reply to Sólymos et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11: 179-180.

2011

Báldi András (2011): Pénzt vagy életet Magyar Tudomány, 2011/7: 774-779.
Báldi András (szerk.) (2011): Biodiverzitás és ökoszisztéma-szolgáltatás Magyar Tudomány, 2011/7: 770-801.
Báldi András, Batáry Péter (2011): The past and future of farmland birds in Hungary Bird Study, 58: 365-377.