Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group

Field experiments

Two field experiments were established in 2019 and 2020 respectively to manipulate permanent grassland productivity and biodiversity. In the Kiskunság Oldfields Overseeding Experiment (Parlag Felülvetés Kísérlet) we overseeded oldfields with a seed mixture of native local plants, mainly leguminaceae to improve soil properties. The Kiskunság Wildflower Fields Experiment (Vadvirágos Parcellák Kísérlet) has 16 landscape windows with 0.5 ha newly established flower fields of a seed mixture of 32 native local plant species in the middle.

The location of the study landscapes and the wild flower fields and strips. More information are here: Báldi et al. 2022. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability.

The location of the study sites of the fallow overseeding experiment.

Publications

Bereczki, K., Szigeti, V., Molnár, C., Máté, A., Bihaly, Á.D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Somay, L., Süle, G., Báldi, A. (2026): Newly established wildflower patches in agricultural landscapes: Temporal dynamics and spatial factors of sown and spontaneous plant species over five years of succession. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 404: 110376
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
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
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

Kiskunság Fallow Experiment - Location

This video presents the beauty and challenges of farming in the Pannonian region of our European project dealing with the ecology, management, and social effects of grasslands. Stakeholders offer their view of the Kiskunság, where they make their living.

Kiskunság Wild Flower Fields Experiment - 5th pan-trap field work (17-20 July 2023)

Kiskunság Wild Flower Fields Experiment - 3rd pan-trap field work (18-22 July 2021)

Kiskunság Wild Flower Fields Experiment - 1st pan-trap field work (20-24 July 2020)

The Kiskunság Oldfields Overseeding Experiment - Introduction

Overseeding intro 12NOV.pptx

The Kiskunság Wildflower Fields Experiment - Introduction

WFF intro 04NOV.pptx

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