Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki
research associate professor
As member of the Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group my research work focuses mainly on wild bees and pollination ecology. I study the effects of agricultural management at local and landscape scales, plant invasion and set-aside management on agrobiodiversity with a special focus on pollinators. I work on plant-pollinator networks and availability, temporal and spatial change of flower resources for honeybees (beepastures). Participation in science-policy interface (e.g. IPBES) and knowledge dissemination for public are important parts of my job.
Selected publications:
2020
Kovacs-Hostyánszki A., Soltész Z., Szigeti V., Somay L., Báldi A. (2020): 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
Vanbergen, A.J., Aizen A.M., Cordeau, S., Garibaldi, L.A., Garrat, M.P.D., Kovács-Hostyánszki A., Lecuyer, L., Ngo, H.T., Potts, S.G., Settele, J., Skrimizea, E., Young, J.C. (2020): Chapter Six - Transformation of agricultural landscapes in the Anthropocene: Nature's contributions to people, agriculture and food security, Advances in Ecological Research, 63:193-253
Ruckelshaus, Mary H. ; Jackson, Stephen T. ; Mooney, Harold A. ; Jacobs, Katharine L. ; Kassam, Karim-Aly S. ; Arroyo, Mary T.K. ; Báldi, András ; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó; 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
2017
Kovács-Hostyánszki A., Espindola, A., Vanbergen, A.J., Settele, J., Kremen, C. and Dicks, L.V. (2017): Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination Ecology Letters 20: pp. 673–689.
2015
Fenesi, A., Vágási, C.I., Beldean, M., Földesi, R., Kolcsár, L-P., Shapiro, J.T., Török, E., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A (2015): Solidago canadensis impacts on native plant and pollinator communities in different-aged old fields. Basic and Applied Ecology, 6, 335-346.
2013
Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Haenke S, Batáry Péter, Jauker B, Báldi András, Tscharntke T, Holzschuch A (2013): Contrasting effects of mass-flowering crops on bee pollination of hedge plants at different spatial and temporal scales Ecological Applications 23(8): pp. 1938-46.
2012
Kovács-Hostyánszki Anikó, Báldi András (2012): Set-aside fields in agri-environment schemes can replace the market-driven abolishment of fallows Biological Conservation, 152: pp. 196-203.
Projects:
Leader:
2017 - 2021 Inváziós növényfajok jellegspecifikus hatásai az őshonos növény és beporzó közösségekre, és méhészek általi használatuk különböző tér- és időskálán (NKFI FK123813)
Participant:
2020 - 2024 Analysing spatial patterns of ecosystem services and condition under anthropogenic pressure and climate change (OTKA 134329)
2018 - 2022 Developing SUstainable PERmanent Grassland systems and policies (Super-G - András BÁLDI, DSc, member of the Academia Europaea)
2018 - 2021 IPBES 2.0: Facilitating Hungarian contribution to the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (ED_18-1-2018-0003 (2116) - András BÁLDI, DSc, member of the Academia Europaea)
2016 - 2020 Közösségi jelentőségű természeti értékek hosszú távú megőrzését és fejlesztését, valamint az EU Biológiai Sokféleség Startégia 2020 célkitűzéseinek hazai szintű megvalósítását megalapozó stratégiai vizsgálatok (KEHOP-4.3.0-15-2016-00001 - NÖSZTÉP - Katalin TÖRÖK, PhD)
2016 - 2020 Sustainable use of ecosystem services - research for mitigating the negative effect of climate change, land use change and biological invasion (GINOP–2.3.2–15–2016–00019 - András BÁLDI, DSc, member of the Academia Europaea)
2009 Development of appropriate indicators of the relationship between organic/low-input farming and biodiversity (BioBio - EU FP7, KBBE-227161)
Contact:
email: kovacs.aniko[at]ecolres.hu