Viktor Szigeti, PhD
research fellow
My research interest is focused on pollination biology. I am interested in the ecology of plant-pollinator interactions, primarily the flower functional traits effect on the foraging behaviour of insect pollinators. I work on better understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of floral resource use. During my PhD research, I studied the relationship between the nectar-plant availability and consumption in the Clouded Apollo butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne). In Institute of Ecology and Botany, from 2017, I work on the “Trait-based effects of invasive plant species on native plant and pollinator communities and their usage by beekeepers at different spatial and temporal scales” project. I examine the role of non-native invasive plant species on the native plant- and the related pollinator insect communities. Furthermore, I study the temporal and spatial change of flower resources for honeybees (bee pastures).
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): Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 367: 108984
2023
Gór, Á., Lang, Zs., Pásztor, K., Szigeti, V., Vajna, F. & Kis, J. (2023): Mate-guarding success depends on male investment in a butterfly Ecology and Evolution, 13: e10533
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
Pásztor K., Kőrösi Á., Gór Á., Szigeti V., Vajna F., Kis J. 2022. Phenotypic senescence in a natural insect population Ecology and Evolution 12: e9668
Meinhardt S., Czóbel Sz., Kovács-Hostyánszki A., Szigeti V., Tormáné Kovács E. 2022. Egyes mézelő idegenhonos özönfajok értékelése ágazati interjúk alapján Tájökológiai Lapok, 20(2): 23-29.
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Szigeti, V., Miholcsa, Z., Sándor, D., Soltész, Z., Török, E., Fenesi, A. Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators. Basic and Applied Ecology 64: 89-102.
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
2021
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.
Vajna, F., Szigeti V., Harnos A., Kis J. (2021): A kis apollólepke (Parnassius mnemosyne (LINNAEUS, 1758)) nektárnövényfajok közti választása, Állattani Közlemények 106(1-2):
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
Korányi D., Szigeti V., Mezőfi L., Kondorosy E., Markó V. (2020): Urbanization alters the abundance and composition of predator communities and leads to aphid outbreaks on urban trees, Urban Ecosystems
Vajna Flóra, Kis János, Szigeti Viktor (2020): Measuring proboscis length in Lepidoptera: a review, Zoomorphology
2020
Szigeti Viktor, Flóra Vajna, Ádám Kőrösi, János Kis (2020): Are all butterflies equal? Population-wise proboscis length variation predicts flower choice in a butterfly Animal Behaviour 163: pp. 135-143.
Molnár Cs., Bauer N., Csathó A. I., Szigeti V., Schmidt D. 2020: Az Oenothera pycnocarpa Atk. & Bartl. Magyarországon, és kiegészítések néhány idegenhonos faj hazai elterjedéséhez, Botanikai Közlemények 107(2): 177–202
Aszalós R., Szigeti V., Harmos K., Csernák Sz., Frank T., Ónodi G. (2020): Foraging Activity of Woodpeckers on Various forms of Artificially Created Deadwood, Acta Ornithologica, 55(1):63-76
Szigeti V., Fenesi A., Soltész S., Berki B., Kovács-Hostyánszki A. (2020): Neutral effect of an invasive plant species with specialized flower structure on native pollinator communities Biological Invasions, (), 1-14
2019
Szigeti V, Kőrösi Á, Harnos A, Kis J (2019): Lifelong foraging and individual specialisation are influenced by temporal changes of resource availability Oikos 128(5): pp. 649-658
2018
Szigeti V, Kőrösi Á, Harnos A, Kis J (2018): Temporal changes in floral resource availability and flower visitation in a butterfly Arthropod-Plant Interactions (12): pp. 177–189
2016
Szigeti V, Kőrösi Á, Harnos A, Nagy J, Kis J (2016): Measuring floral resource availability for insect pollinators in temperate grasslands: a review ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY 41(3): pp. 231-240.
Szigeti Viktor, Kőrösi Ádám, Harnos Andrea, Nagy János, Kis János (2016): Comparing two methods for estimating floral resource availability for insect pollinators in semi-natural habitats ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE 52(5): pp. 289-299.
Projects:
Participant:
2021 - 2025 H2020 Safeguarding European wild pollinators (101003476 )
2017 - 2021 Inváziós növényfajok jellegspecifikus hatásai az őshonos növény és beporzó közösségekre, és méhészek általi használatuk különböző tér- és időskálán (NKFI FK123813 - Kovács-Hostyánszki Anikó, PhD)
Contact:
email: szigeti.viktor[at]ecolres.hu