Publications
2025
Gyalus, A., Bertalan, L., Csonka, A. Cs., Halassy, M., Kertész, M., Kröel-Dulay, Gy., Nagy A., F., Ónodi, G., Orbán I., Rédei, T., Sáradi N., Szabó, G., Vörös, M., Somodi, I. & Csecserits, A. (2025): Nearby woody patches and microtopography reduce grass dieback during extreme drought. Global Ecology and Conservation, 60(e0359), e03596. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425001970?via%3Dihub=
Halassy, M., Krpán, E., Csákvári, E., & Török, K. (2025): Mowing increases the vulnerability of sand grassland restoration to secondary invasion despite the sensitivity of invasive species to drought. Global Ecology and Conservation, e03588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03588
Vörös, M., Bede‐Fazekas, Á., Crecco, L., Deák, B., Gyalus, A., Schmotzer, A., ... & Somodi, I. (2025): Potential vegetation estimations help to assess feasibility and expected effort needed in grassland restoration by shrub removal. Restoration Ecology Vol. 33, No. 4, e70037 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.70037
2024
Erdős, L., Ónodi, G., Ho, K. V., Tanács, E., Akinyi, R. Q., Török, P., Tölgyesi, Cs., Bátori, Z. & Kröel‐Dulay, G. (2024): Between‐year weather differences and long‐term environmental trends both contribute to observed vegetation changes in a plot resurvey study. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), e70244. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.70244
Kröel-Dulay, Gy., Rigó, A., Tanács, E., Szitár, K., Ónodi, G., Aradi, E., Bakró-Nagy, Zs., Biró, M., Botta-Dukát, Z., Kalapos, T., Kelemen, A., Laborczi, A., Pásztor L., Akinyi Rabuogi, Q. & Mojzes, A. (2024): Explosive spread of sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus), a C4 perennial bunchgrass, threatens unique grasslands in Hungary (Central Europe). NeoBiota, 95, 59-75. https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/124667/
Reis, B. P., Branquinho, C., Török, K., Řehounková, K., Nunes, A., & Halassy, M. (2024): The added value of the long-term ecological research network to upscale restoration in Europe. Journal of Environmental Management 366, 121736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121736
Sáradi, N., Csákvári, E., Berki, B., Csecserits, A., Csonka, A. C., Reis, B. P., ... & Halassy, M. (2024): Az elsőbbségi hatás, a propagulumnyomás és a jelleghasonlóság alkalmazása inváziós fajok honos fajok vetésével történő visszaszorítására.. Természetvédelmi Közlemények, 30, 16044-16044. https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/termvedkozlem/article/view/16044
2023
Berki, B., Botta‐Dukát, Z., Csákvári, E., Gyalus, A., Halassy, M., Mártonffy, A., ... & Csecserits, A. (2023): Short‐term effects of the control of the invasive plant Asclepias syriaca: secondary invasion of other neophytes instead of the recovery of native species. Applied Vegetation Science, e12707 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12707
Fóti, Sz., Bartha, S., Balogh, J., Pintér,K., Koncz,P., Biró, M., Süle, G. et al. (2023): Fluctuations and Trends in Spatio‐temporal Patterns of Plant Species and Diversity in a Sandy Pasture. Journal of Vegetation Science 34. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvs.13190
Kertész Miklós (2023): 30 years anniversary of the KisKun LTER site. Centre for Ecological Research and Kiskunság National Park Directorate
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Orbán, I., Ónodi, G. & Kröel‐Dulay, Gy. (2023): The Role of Drought, Disturbance, and Seed Dispersal in Dominance Shifts in a Temperate Grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 34 (4) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.13199
Reis, B. P., Kövendi-Jakó, A., Csákvári, E., Szitár, K., Török, K., Sáradi, N., ... & Halassy, M (2023): Early sowing is more effective in the long-term for restoring sandy grassland than six years of mowing or carbon amendment. Ecological Engineering, 186, 106824. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857422002853
Sáradi, N., Csákvári, E., Berki, B., Csecserits, A., Csonka, A. C., Reis, B. P., ... & Halassy, M. (2023): Native species can reduce the establishment of invasive alien species if sown in high density and using competitive species. Restoration Ecology, e13901 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rec.13901
Szitár, K., Tölgyesi, Cs., Deák, B., Gallé, R., Korányi, D., & Batáry, P. (2023): Connectivity and Fragment Size Drive Plant Dispersal and Persistence Traits in Forest Steppe Fragments. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1155885/full
2022
Csákvári, E., Molnár, Z., & Halassy, M. (2022): Estimates of regeneration potential in the Pannonian sand region help prioritize ecological restoration interventions. Communications Biology, 5(1): 1136. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04047-8
Kröel-Dulay, Gy., Mojzes, A.*, Szitár, K., Bahn, M., Batáry, P., Beier, C., Bilton, M. ; De Boeck, H. J. ; Dukes, J. S. ; Estiarte, M. et al. (2022): Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought.. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 6 : 5 pp. 540-545. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01685-3
Mojzes, A., Kalapos, T., Kröel-Dulay, Gy. (2022): Drought in maternal environment boosts offspring performance in a subordinate annual grass. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 187 Paper: 104472 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847221001027
Orbán, I., Szitár, K., Kalapos, T. & Körel-Dulay, Gy. (2022): The role of disturbance in invasive plant establishment in a changing climate: insights from a drought experiment. Biological Invasions 23 (6): 1877-1890. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-021-02478-8
Reis, B. P., Szitár, K., Kövendi-Jakó, A., Török, K., Sáradi, N., Csákvári, E., & Halassy, M. (2022): The long-term effect of initial restoration intervention, landscape composition, and time on the progress of Pannonic sand grassland restoration. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 18(4), 429-440. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11355-022-00512-y
Seres, A., Kröel-Dulay, G., Szakálas, J., Nagy, P.I., Boros, G., Ónodi, G., Kertész, M., Szitár, K., Mojzes, A. (2022): The response of litter decomposition to extreme drought modified by plant species, plant part, and soil depth in a temperate grassland. Ecology and Evolution 12 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.9652
2021
Cevallos, D., Szitar, K., Halassy, M., Kövendi-Jakó, A. & Török, K. (2021): Does seed trait variability support preliminary seed transfer zones for Hungary?. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 19(5), 4129-4149. http://www.aloki.hu/pdf/1905_41294149.pdf
Csákvári, E., Bede-Fazekas, Á., Horváth, F., Molnár, Z., & Halassy, M. (2021): Do environmental predictors affect the regeneration capacity of sandy habitats? A country-wide survey from Hungary. Global Ecology and Conservation, 27, e01547. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421000974
Csecserits, A., Halassy, M., Lhotsky, B., Rédei, T., Somay, L., & Botta-Dukát, Z. (2021): Changing assembly rules during secondary succession: evidence for non-random patterns. Basic and Applied Ecology, 52, 46-56.
Halassy, M.; Kövendi-Jakó, A.; Paolinelli Reis, B.; Szitár, K.; Seyidova, Z.; Török, K. N (2021): Immobilization Treatment Revisited: A Retarded and Temporary Effect Unfolded in Old-Field Restoration. Applied Vegetation Science 2021, 24 (1), e12555. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/avsc.12555
Kövendi‐Jakó, A., Szitár, K., Halassy, M., Halász, K., Mojzes, A., & Török, K. (2021): Effect of seed storing duration and sowing year on the seedling establishment of grassland species in xeric environments. Restoration Ecology, 29, e13209. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.13209
Llumiquinga, Y. B., Reis, B. P., Sáradi, N., Török, K., Szitár, K. & Halassy, M. (2021): Long-term results of initial seeding, mowing and carbon amendment on the restoration of Pannonian sand grassland on old fields. Tuexenia 41: 361–379. https://www.tuexenia.de/publications/tuexenia/Tuexenia_2021_NS_041_0361-0379.pdf
Ónodi, G., Kröel‐Dulay, G., Botta‐Dukát, Z., Kertész, M., (2021): Disturbance reshapes the productivity–diversity relationship. J Veg Sci 32. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13030
Ónodi, G.; Kertész, M.; Lengyel, A.; Pándi, I.; Somay, L.; Szitár, K.; Kröel‐Dulay, G. (2021): The Effects of Woody Plant Encroachment and Wildfire on Plant Species Richness and Composition: Temporal Changes in a Forest–Steppe Mosaic. Applied Vegetation Science 2021, 24 (1), e12546. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12546
Orbán, I., Szitár, K., Kalapos, T., & Körel-Dulay, G. (2021): The role of disturbance in invasive plant establishment in a changing climate: insights from a drought experiment. Biological Invasions, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02478-8
Reis, B. P., Kövendi‐Jakó, A., Szitár, K., Török, K., & Halassy, M. (2021): Long‐term effect of mowing on the restoration of Pannonian sand grassland to replace invasive black locust plantation. Restoration Ecology, 29, e13152. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/rec.13152