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:
2024
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
Süle, G., Miholcsa, Zs., Molnár, Cs., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Fenesi, A., Bauer, V. & Szigeti, V. (2023): Escape from the garden: spreading, effects and traits of a new risky invasive ornamental plant (Gaillardia aristata Pursch) Neobiota 83: 43-69
Szigeti, V., Fenesi, A., Botta-Dukát, Z., Kuhlmann, M., Potts, S.G., Roberts, S., Soltész, Z., Török, E. & Kovács-Hostyánszki A. (2023): Trait-based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees Insect Conservation and Biology
Fenesi, A., Botta-Dukát, Z., Miholcsa, Zs., Szigeti, V., Molnár, Cs., Sándor, D., Szabó, A., Kuhn, T. & Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2023): Non -consistencies in abundance-impact relationships across herbaceous invasive species and ecological impact metrics Journal of Ecology
2022
Vári, A., Tanács, E., Tormáné Kovács, E., Kalóczkai, A., … Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2022) National ecosystem services assessment in Hungary – framework, process and conceptual questions. Sustainability, 14, 12847.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Szigeti, V., Miholcsa, Z., Sándor, D., Soltész, Z., Török, E., Fenesi, A. (2022) Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators. Basic and Applied Ecology, 64, 89-102.
Báldi, A., Pellaton, R., Bihaly, A.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, 2090449.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Piross, I.S., Shebl, M.A. (2022) Non-native plant species integrate well into plant-pollinator networks in a diverse man-made flowering plant community. Urban Ecosystems, Paper 01242. 12 p.
2021
Csákvári, E., Fabók, V., Bartha, S., …. Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Báldi, A. (2021) Conservation biology research priorities for 2050: A Central-Eastern European perspective. Biological Conservation, 264, 109396.
Dicks, L.V., Breeze, T.D., Ngo, H.T., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., … Potts, S.G. (2021) A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, 1453–1461.
Garratt, M.P.D., de Groot, G.A., Albrecht, M., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., … Zhusupbaeva, A. (2021) Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect pollinated crop. Ecological Applications, 31, e02445.
Hutchinson, L.A., Oliver, T.H., Breeze, T.D., … Kovács-Hostányszki, A., … Garrat, M.P.D. (2021) Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 315, 107447.
Kovács-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, Ecosystems and Environment, 308, 107255.
Bihaly, A. D.*, Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A.*, Szalai, M., Sárospataki, M. (2021) Nesting activity of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps is lower in small‐scale apple orchards compared to nearby semi‐natural habitats. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 23, 49–58. *shared first authorship
2020
Szigeti, V., Fenesi, A., Soltész, Z., Berki, B., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2020) Neutral effect of an invasive plant species with specialized flower structure on native pollinator communities. Biological Invasions, 22: 3017-3030.
Růžičková, J., Kádár, F., Szalkovszki, O., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Báldi, A., Elek, Z. (2020) Scale-dependent environmental filtering of ground-dwelling predators in winter wheat and adjacent set-aside areas in Hungary. Journal of Insect Conservation, 24: 751-763.
Elek, Z., Růžičková, J., Ádám, R., Bereczki, K., Boros, G., Kádár, F., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Somay, L., Szalkovszki, O., Báldi, A. (2020) Mixed effects of ecological intensification on natural pest control providers: a short-term study for biotic homogenization in winter wheat fields. Peer J, 8: e8746.
Cole, L.J., Kleijn, D., Dicks, L.V., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Scheper, J. (2020) A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 681-694.
Ruckelshaus, M.H., Jackson, S.T., Mooney, H.A., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Ouyang, Z. (2020) The IPBES global assessment: Pathways to action. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, 407-414.
Ekroos, J., Kleijn, D., Batáry, P., Albrecht, M., Báldi, A., Blüthgen, N., Knop, E., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Smith, H.G. (2020) High land-use intensity in grasslands constrains wild bee species richness in Europe. Biological Conservation, 241: 108255.
2019
Martin, E. A., Dainese, M., Clough, Y., …Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A.,…Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2019) The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe. Ecology Letters, 22, 1083-1094.
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, 35-50.
2018
Kőrösi, A., Markó, V., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Somay, L., Varga, A., Elek, Z., Boreux, V., Klein, A.M., Földesi, R., Báldi, A. (2018) Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies. PeerJ 6:e5269.
2017
Gagic, V., Kleijn, D., Báldi, A. …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Bommarco, R. (2017) Combined effects of agrochemicals and ecosystem services on crop yield across Europe. Ecology Letters, 20, 1427–1436.
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 and Environment, 247, 246-254.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Espíndola, A., Vanbergen, A.J., Settele, J., Kremen, C., Dicks, L.V. (2017) Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination. Ecology Letters, 20, 673-689.
2016
Lüscher, G., Ammari, Y., Andriets, A., … Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Zanetti, T. (2016) Farmland biodiversity and agricultural management on 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions. Ecology, 97, 1625.
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.
Tóth, Z., Hornung, E., Báldi, A., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2016) Effects of set-aside management on soil macrodecomposers in Hungary. Applied Soil Ecology 99, 89-97.
Földesi, R.*, Kovács-Hostyánszki, A.*, Kőrösi, A., Somay, L, Elek, Z., Markó, V., Sárospataki, M., Bakos, R., Varga, A., Nyisztor, K., Báldi, A. (2016) Relationships between wild bees, hoverflies and pollination success in apple orchards with different landscape contexts. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 18, 68-75. *shared first authorship
Geijzendorffer, I.R., Targetti, S., Schneider, M.K., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Herzog, F. (2016) How much would it cost to monitor farmland biodiversity in Europe? Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, 140-149.
2015
Báldi, A., Somay, L., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2015) Wintering farmland bird assemblages in West Hungary. Polish Journal of Ecology, 63, 608-615.
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.
Lüscher, G., Jeanneret, P., Schneider, M.K., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Herzog, F. (2015) Strikingly high effect of geographic location on fauna and flora of European agricultural grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology 16, 281-290.
Sutcliffe, L:M.E., Batáry, P., Kormann, U., ….Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., ….Tscharntke, T. (2015) Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland. Diversity and Distributions 21, 722–730.
2014
Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Milcu, A., Mikulcak, F., Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., von Wehrden, H., Kuemmerle, T., Abson, D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Báldi, A., Fischer, F. (2014) A holistic approach to studying social-ecological systems and its application to Southern Transylvania. Ecology and Society 19, 32.
Schneider, M.K., Lüscher, G., Jeanneret, P., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Herzog, F. (2014) Gains to species diversity in organically farmed fields are not propagated at the farm level. Nature Communications 5, 4151.
Lüscher, G., Jeanneret, P., Schneider, M.K., …Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., …Herzog, F. (2014) Responses of plants, earthworms, spiders and bees to geographiclocation, agricultural management and surrounding landscape inEuropean arable fields. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 186, 124-134.
Haenke, S., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Fründ, J., Batáry, P., Jauker, B., Tscharntke, T., Holzschuh, A. (2014) Landscape-scale configuration of crops, forest edges and hedgerows affect local syrphid fly abundance in semi-natural habitat and adjacent crop fields. Journal of Applied Ecology 51, 505-513.
2013
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Haenke, S., Batáry, P., Jauker, B., Báldi, A., Tscharntke, T., Holzschuh, A. (2013) Contrasting effects of mass-flowering crops on bee pollination of hedge plants at different spatial and temporal scales. Ecological Applications 23, 1938-1946.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Elek, Z., Balázs, K., Centeri, C., Falusi, E., Jeanneret, P., Penksza, K., Podmaniczky, L., Szalkovszki, O., Báldi, A. (2013) Earthworms, spiders and bees as indicators of habitat and management in a low-input farming region - a whole farm approach. Ecological Indicators 33, 111-120.
2012
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Báldi, A.(2012) Set-aside fields in agri-environment schemes can replace the market-driven abolishment of fallows. Biological Conservation 152, 196-203.
Batáry, P., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Fischer, C., Tscharntke, T., Holzschuh, A. Contrasting effect of isolation of hedges from forests on farmland vs. woodland birds. Community Ecology 13, 155-161.
2011
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Kőrösi, A., Orci, K.M., Batáry, P., Báldi, A. (2011) Set-aside promotes insect and plant diversity in a Central European country. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 141, 296-301.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Batáry, P., Báldi, A. (2011) Local and landscape effects on bee communities of Hungarian winter cereal fields. Agriculture and Forest Entomology 13, 59-66.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Batáry, P., Báldi, A., Harnos, A. (2011) Interaction of local and landscape features in the conservation of Hungarian arable weed diversity. Applied Vegetation Science 14, 40-48.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Batáry, P., Peach, W.J, Báldi, A. (2011) Effects of fertilizer application on summer usage of cereal fields by farmland birds in Central Hungary. Bird Study 58, 330-337.
2009
Kleijn, D., Kohler, F., Báldi, A., Batáry, P., Concepcion, E.D., Clough, Y., Diaz, M., Gabriel, D., Holzschuh, A., Knop, E., Kovács, A., Marshall, E.J.P., Tscharntke, T., Verhulst, J. (2009) On the relationship between farmland biodiversity and land-use intensity in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276, 903-909.
2008
Batáry, P., Kovács, A., Báldi, A. (2008) Management effects on carabid beetles and spiders in Central Hungarian grasslands and cereal fields. Community Ecology 9, 247-254.
Projects:
Leader:
2021-2023 Strengthening Pollinator Recovery through INdicators and monitorinG (SPRING)
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