Centre for Ecological Research
Institute of Ecology and Botany
"Lendület" Landscape and Conservation Ecology
Publications of Róbert Gallé
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2023
Deák, B., Bede, Á., Rádai, Z., Dembicz, I., Apostolova, I., Batáry, P., Gallé, R., et al. (27 authors) 2023. Contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on ancient burial mounds of Eurasia. - Conservation Biology 37: 14148. pdf
Korányi, D., Gallé, R., Torma, A., Gallé-Szpisjak, N. & Batáry, P. 2023. Small grassland fragments and connectivity support high arthropod functional diversity in highly modified landscapes. - Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 701-711. pdf
Tölgyesi, Cs., Bátori, Z., Pascarella, J., Erdős, L., Török, P., Batáry, P., Birkhofer, K., Scherer, L., Michalko, R., Kosulic, O., Zaller, J.G. & Gallé, R. 2023. Ecovoltaics: Framework and future research directions to reconcile land-based solar power development with ecosystem conservation. - Biological Conservation 285: 110242. pdf
Gallé, R., Tölgyesi, Cs., Szabó, Á.R., Korányi, D., Bátori, Z., Hábenczyus, A., Török, E., Révész, K., Torma, A., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Lakatos, T. & Batáry, P. 2023. Plant invasion and fragmentation indirectly and contrastingly affect native plants and grassland arthropods. - Science of the Total Environment 903: 166199. pdf
Hamrik, T., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Batáry, P. & Gallé, R. 2023. Effect of landscape structure depends on habitat type in shaping spider communities of a natural mosaic of Eurasian forest-steppe. - Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 497-507. pdf
Hamrik, T., Kosulic, O., Gallé, R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N. & Hédl, R. 2023. Opening the canopy to restore spider biodiversity in protected oakwoods. - Forest Ecology and Management 541: 121064. pdf
Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Gallé, R. & Szűts, T. 2023. A review of the genus Sernokorba Kamura, 1992 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) - Zoosystematics and Evolution 99: 325-335.
Urák, I., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Szigyártó, I.L., Zsigmond, A.R. & Gallé R. 2023. Heather (Calluna vulgaris) supports spider diversity of oligotrophic peat bogs. - Journal of Insect Conservation 27: 415-422. pdf
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 11:1155885. pdf
de la Riva, E.G., Ulrich, W., Batáry, P., Baudry, J., Beaumelle, L., Bucher, R., Cereková, A., Felipe-Lucia, M.R., Gallé, R., Kesse-Guyot, E., Rembialkowska, E., Rusch, A., Seufert, V., Stanley, D. & Birkhofer, K. 2023. From functional diversity to human well-being: A conceptual framework for agroecosystem sustainability. - Agricultural Systems 208: 103659. pdf
Samu, F., Szita, É., Botos, E., Simon, J., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., & Gallé, R. 2023. Agricultural spider decline: long-term trends under constant management conditions. - Scientific Reports 13:2305. pdf
Ulrich, W., Batáry, P., Baudry, J., Beaumelle, L., Bucher, R., Cereková, A., de la Riva, E.G., Felipe-Lucia, M.R., Gallé, R., Kesse-Guyot, E., Rembialkowska, E., Rusch, A., Stanley, D., Birkhofer, K. 2023. From biodiversity to health: Quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well-being. - People and Nature 5: 69-83. pdf
Twerski, A., Albrecht, H., Gallé, R., Sauter, F., Császár, P. & Fischer C. 2023. Can rare arable plants benefit biological pest control potential of cereal aphids in croplands? - Basic and Applied Ecology 66: 40-49. pdf
Szabó, B., Korányi, D., Gallé, R., Lövei, L.G., Bakonyi, G. & Batáry, P. 2023. Urbanization decreases species richness, and increases abundance in dry climates whereas decreases in wet climates: A global meta-analysis. - Science of the Total Environment 859: 160145. pdf
Torma, A., Révész, K., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Seat, S., Szél, G., Kutasi, C., Malenovsky, I., Batáry, P. & Gallé, R. 2023. Differences in arthropod communities between grazed areas and grazing exclosures depend on arthropod groups and vegetation types. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 341: 108222. pdf
2022
Szilassi, P., Gallé, R., Szép, T. & Csikós, N. 2022. Scale dependence of landscape-structure-based estimation of abundance of Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis). - Ecological Indicators, 139: 108931. pdf
Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Császár, P., D.Nagy, D., Lőrinczi, G., Torma, A., Tölgyesi, Cs., Maák, I.E., Frei, K., Hábenczyus, A.A., Hornung, E. 2022. Topographic depressions provide potential microrefugia for ground-dwelling arthropods. - Elementa 10: 00084. pdf
Gallé, R., Korányi, D., Tölgyesi, Cs., Lakatos, T., Marcolin, F., Török, E., Révész, K., Szabó, Á.R., Torma, A., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Marja, R., Szitár, K., Deák, B. & Batáry, P. 2022. Landscape-scale connetctivity and fragment size determine species composition of grassland fragments. - Basic and Applied Ecology 65: 39-49. pdf
Szabó, Á.R., Ernst, L.M., Gallé, R. & Batáry, P. 2022. Grassland type and presence of management shape butterfly functional diversity in agricultural and forested landscapes. - Global Ecology and Conservation 35: e02096. pdf
Gallé, R., Tölgyesi, Cs., Torma, A., Bátori, Z., Lőrinczi, G., Szilassi, P., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Kaur, H., Makra, T., Módra, G. & Batáry, P. 2022. Matrix quality and habitat type drive the diversity pattern of forest steppe fragments. - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 20: 60-68. pdf
Gallé, R., Tölgyesi, Cs., Császár, P., Bátori, Z., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Kaur, H., Maák, I., Torma, A. & Batáry P. 2022. Landscape structure is a major driver of plant and arthropod diversity in natural European forest fragments. - Ecosphere 13:e3905. pdf
Török, E., Gallé, R. & Batáry, P. 2022. Fragmentation of forest-steppe predicts functional community composition of wild bee and wasp communities. - Global Ecology and Conservation 33: e01988. pdf
Tölgyesi, Cs., Torma, A., Bátori, Z., Seat ,J., Popovic, M., Gallé, R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Erdős, L., Vinkó, T., Kelemen, A. & Török, P. 2022 Turning old foes into new allies - Harnessing drainage canals for biodiversity conservation in a desiccated European lowland region. - Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 89-102. pdf
2021
Török, E., Zieger, S., Rosenthal, J., Földesi, R., Gallé, R., Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P. 2021. Organic farming supports lower pest infestation, but fewer natural enemies than flower strips. - Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 2277-2286. pdf
Korányi, D., Gallé, R., Donkó, B., Chamberlain, D. & Batáry, P. 2021. Urbanization does not affect green space bird species richness in a mid-sized city. - Urban Ecosystems 24: 789–800. pdf
Marcolin, F., Lakatos, T., Gallé, R. & Batáry, P. 2021. Fragment connectivity shapes bird communities through functional trait filtering in two types of grasslands. - Global Ecology and Conservation 28: e01687. pdf
Gayer, C., Berger, J., Dieterich, M., Gallé, R., Reidl, K., Witty, R., Woodcock, B.A. & Batáry, P. 2021. Flowering fields, organic farming and edge habitats promote diversity of plants and arthropods on arable land. - Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 1155–1166. pdf
Gallé, R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Zsigmond, A-R., Könczey, B. & Urák, I. 2021. Tree species and microhabitat affect forest bog spider fauna. - European Journal of Forest Research 140: 691–702. pdf
Kuli-Révész, K., Korányi, D., Lakatos, T., Szabó, Á.R., Batáry, P. & Gallé, R. 2021. Smaller and isolated grassland fragments are exposed to stronger seed and insect predation in habitat edges. - Forests 12: 103670. pdf
Valkó, O., Tölgyesi, Cs., Kelemen, A., Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Rádai, Z., Bragina, T.M., Bragin, Y.A. & Deák, B. 2021. Steppe Marmot (Marmota bobak) as ecosystem engineer in arid steppes. - Journal of Arid Environments 184: 104244. pdf
2020
Gallé, R., Geppert, C., Földesi, R., Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P. 2020. Arthropod functional traits shaped by landscape-scale field size, local agri-environment schemes and edge effects. - Basic and Applied Ecology 48: 102–111. pdf
Batáry, P., Báldi, A., Ekroos, J., Gallé, R., Grass, I. & Tscharntke, T. 2020. Landscape perspectives on farmland biodiversity conservation. - Biologia Futura 71: 9–18. pdf
Ingle, K., Kaur, H., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Bürgés, J., Szabó, Á., & Gallé, R. 2020. Winter-active spider fauna is affected by plantation forest type. - Environmental Entomology 49: 601–606. abstract
2019
Gallé, R. & Batáry, P. 2019. Trait-based paradise - about the importance of real functionality. - Community Ecology 20: 314–316. pdf
Kaur, H., Torma, A., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Šeat, J., Lőrinczi, G., Módra, G. & Gallé, R. 2019. Road verges are important secondary habitats for grassland arthropods. - Journal of Insect Conservation 23: 899–907. pdf
Szilassi, P., Csikós, N., Gallé, R. & Szép, T. 2019. Recent and predicted changes in habitat of the Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis based on the link between the land cover and the field survey based abundance data. - Acta Ornithologica 54: 59–71. abstract
Gallé, R., Samu, F., Zsigmond, A-R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N. & Urák, I. 2019. Even the smallest habitat patch matters: on the fauna of peat bogs. - Journal of Insect Conservation 23: 699–705. pdf
Ingle, K., Gallé‐Szpisjak, N., Kaur, H. & Gallé, R., 2019. Forest type interacts with milkweed invasion to affect spider communities. - Insect Conservation and Diversity 12: 1–8. abstract
Torma, A., Császár, P., Bozsó, M., Deák, B. Valkó, O. Kiss, O. & Gallé, R. 2019. Species and functional diversity of arthropod assemblages (Araneae, Carabidae, Heteroptera and Orthoptera) in grazed and mown salt grasslands. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 273: 70–79. abstract
Gallé, R., Happe, A.-K., Bosem Baillod, A., Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P. 2019. Landscape configuration, organic management and within-field position drive functional diversity of spiders and carabids. - Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 63–72. pdf
2018
Happe, A.-K., Riesch, F., Rösch, V., Gallé, R., Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P. 2018. Small-scale agricultural landscapes and organic management support wild bee communities of cereal field boundaries. - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 254: 92–98. abstract
Bátori, Z., Erdős, L., Kelemen, A., Deák, B., Valkó, O., Gallé, R., Bragina, T.M., Kiss, P.J., Kröel-Dulay, G. & Tölgyesi, Cs. 2018. Diversity patterns in sandy forest-steppes: a comparative study from the western and central Palaearctic. - Biodiversity and Conservation 27: 1011–1030. pdf
Gallé, R., Császár, P., Makra, T., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Ladányi, Z., Torma, A., Ingle, K. & Szilassi, P. 2018. Small-scale agricultural landscapes promote spider and ground beetle densities by offering suitable overwintering sites. - Landscape Ecology 33: 1435–1446. pdf
Gallé, R., Szabó, Á., Császár, P. & Torma, A. 2018. Spider assemblage structure and functional diversity patterns of natural forest steppes and exotic forest plantations. - Forest Ecology and Management 411: 234–239. abstract
Ingle, K., Horváth, Á., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Gellért, L., Csata, E. & Gallé, R. 2018. The effects of overwintering and habitat type on body condition and locomotion of the wolf spider Pardosa alacris. - Acta Oecologica 89: 38–42. abstract
Tölgyesi, C., Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Urák, I. & Hartel, T. 2018. Shrub encroachment under the trees diversifies the herb layer in a Romanian silvopastoral system. - Rangeland Ecology and Management 71: 571–577. abstract
Tölgyesi, C., Valkó, O., Deák, B., Kelemen, A., Bragina, T. M., Gallé, R., Erdős, L. & Bátori, Z. 2018. Tree–herb co-existence and community assembly in natural forest-steppe transitions. - Plant Ecology & Diversity 1–13. abstract
Császár, P., Torma, A., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Tölgyesi, Cs. & Gallé, R. 2018. Efficiency of pitfall traps with funnels and/or roofs in capturing ground-dwelling arthropods. - European Journal of Entomology 115: 15–24. pdf
Deák, B., Tölgyesi, Cs., Kelemenc, A., Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Braginae, T.M., Yerkine, A.I. & Valkó, O. 2018. The effects of micro-habitats and grazing intensity on the vegetation of burial mounds in the Kazakh steppes. - Plant Ecology & Diversity 1–13. pdf
Tölgyesi, C., Császár, P., Torma, A., Török, P., Bátori, Z. & Gallé, R. 2018. Think twice before using narrow buffers: Attenuating mowing-induced arthropod spillover at forest–grassland edges. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 255: 37–44. abstract
Torma, A., Bozsó, M. & Gallé, R. 2018. Secondary habitats are important in biodiversity conservation: a case study on orthopterans along ditch banks. - Animal biodiversity and conservation 41: 97–108. pdf
2017
Torma, A., Bozsó, M., Tölgyesi, C. & Gallé, R. 2017. Relationship of different feeding groups of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with habitat and landscape features in Pannonic salt grasslands. - Journal of Insect Conservation 21: 645–656. pdf
Gallé, R., Urák, I., Gallé-Szpisjak, N. & Hartel, T. 2017. Sparse trees and shrubs confers a high biodiversity to pastures: Case study on spiders from Transylvania. - PloS one 12: e0183465. pdf
Tölgyesi, C., Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Urák, I. & Hartel, T. 2017. Shrub Encroachment Under the Trees Diversifies the Herb Layer in a Romanian Silvopastoral System. - Rangeland Ecology & Management 71: 571–577. abstract
Urák, I. Hartel, T., Gallé, R. & Balog. A. 2017. Worldwide peatland degradations and the related carbon dioxide emissions: the importance of policy regulations. - Environmental Science & Policy 69: 57–64. abstract
Gallé, R., Gallé-Szpisjak, N. & Torma, A. 2017. Habitat structure influences the spider fauna of short-rotation poplar plantations more than forest age. - European Journal of Forest Research 131: 51–58. pdf
2016
Gallé, R., Szpisjak, N. & Torma, A. 2016. Influence of habitat structure on the spiders of river islands and floodplain forests of the lower reach of the Mures River in Western Romania. - North-Western Journal of Zoology 12: 255–260. pdf
Német, E., Ruprecht, E., Gallé, R. & Markó, B. 2016. Abandonment of crop lands leads to different recovery patterns for ant and plant communities in Eastern Europe. - Community Ecology 17: 79–87. pdf
Benyó, D., Horváth, E., Németh, E., Leviczky, T., Takács, K., Lehotai, N., Feigl, G., Kolbert, Zs., Ördög, A., Gallé, R., Csiszár, J., Szabados, L., Erdei, L. & Gallé, Á. 2016. Physiological and molecular responses to heavy metal stresses suggest different detoxification mechanism of Populus deltoides and P. x canadensis. - Journal of Plant Phisology 201: 62–70. abstract
Hartel, T., Réti, K.O., Craioveanu, C., Gallé, R., Popa, R., Ionita, A., Demeter, L., Rákosy, L. & Czúcz, B. 2016. Rural social–ecological systems navigating institutional transitions: case study from Transylvania (Romania). - Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 2: 1–12. pdf
Gallé, R., Torma, A. & Maák, I. 2016. The effect of forest age and habitat structure on the ground-dwelling ant assemblages of lowland poplar plantations. - Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18: 151–156. abstract
Bátori, Z., Körmöczi, L., Zalatnai, M., Erdős, L., Ódor, P., Tölgyesi, C., Margóczi, K., Torma, A., Gallé, R., Cseh, V. & Török, P. 2016. River dikes in agricultural landscapes: The importance of secondary habitats in maintaining landscape-scale diversity. - Wetlands 36: 251–264. pdf
2015
Tölgyesi, C., Bátori, Z., Erdős, L., Gallé, R. & Körmöczi, L. 2015. Plant diversity patterns of a Hungarian steppe-wetland mosaic in relation to grazing regime and land use history. - Tuexenia 35: 399–416. pdf
Gallé, R., Erdélyi, N., Szpisjak, N., Tölgyesi, C. & Maák, I. 2015. The effect of the invasive Asclepias syriaca on the ground-dwelling arthropod fauna. - Biologia 70: 104–112. abstract
2014
Gallé, R., Kanizsai, O., Ács, V. & Molnár, B. 2014. Functioning of ecotones-spiders and ants of edges between native and non-native forest plantations. - Polish Journal of Ecology 62: 815–820. abstract
Gallé, R., Maák, I. & Szpisjak, N. 2014. The effects of habitat parameters and forest age on the ground dwelling spiders of lowland poplar forests (Hungary). - Journal of Insect Conservation 18: 791–799. abstract
Torma, A., Gallé, R. & Bozsó, M. (2014). Effects of habitat and landscape characteristics on the arthropod assemblages (Araneae, Orthoptera, Heteroptera) of sand grassland remnants in Southern Hungary. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 196: 42–50. abstract
Gallé, R. & Schwéger, Sz. 2014. Habitat and landscape attributes influencing spider assemblages at lowland forest river valley (Hungary). - North-Western Journal of Zoology 10: 36–41. pdf
2013
Fischer, C., Schlinkert, H., Ludwig, M., Holzschuh, A., Gallé, R., Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P. 2013. The impact of hedge-forest connectivity and microhabitat conditions on spider and carabid beetle assemblages in agricultural landscapes. - Journal of Insect Conservation 17: 1027–1038. abstract
Erdős, L., Gallé, R., Körmöczi, L. & Bátori, Z. (2013). Species composition and diversity of natural forest edges: edge responses and local edge species. - Community Ecology 14: 48–58. pdf
2012
Gallé, R., Lőrinczi, G., Szpisjak, N., Maák, I. & Torma, A. (2012): Data on the arthropod (Araneae, Formicidae, Heteroptera) fauna of floodplain forests at the lower reach of the river Maros/Mures. In: Körmöczi, L. (ed.) Landscape-scale connections between the land use, habitat quality and ecosystem goods and services in the Mures/Maros valley. - Tiscia Monograph Series 10: 45–66. pdf
2011
Torma, A. & Gallé, R. 2011. Fine scale pattern of true bug assemblages (Heteroptera) across two natural edges. - Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57: 367–383. pdf
Lőrinczi, G., Bozsó, M., Duma, I., Petrescu, M., Gallé, R. & Torma, A. 2011. Preliminary results on the invertebrate fauna (Araneae, Orthoptera, Heteroptera and Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of alkaline grasslands of the Hungarian-Romanian border. In: Körmöczi, L. (ed.) Ecological and socio-economic relations in the valleys of river Körös/Cris and river Maros/Mures. - Tiscia Monograph Series 9: 159–173. pdf
Gallé, R.,Vesztergom, N. & Somogyi, T. 2011. Environmental conditions affecting spiders in grasslands at the lower reach of the River Tisza in Hungary. - Entomologica Fennica 22: 29–38. pdf
Erdős, L., Gallé, R., Zoltán, B., Papp, M. & Körmöczi, L. 2011: Properties of shrubforest edges: a case study from South Hungary. - Central European Journal of Biology 6: 639–658. pdf
Bátori, Z., Gallé, R., Erdős, L. & Körmöczi, L. 2011: Ecological conditions, flora and vegetation of a large doline in the Mecsek Mountains (South Hungary). - Acta Botanica Croatica 70: 147–155. pdf
2010
Gallé, R., Torma, A. & Körmöczi, L. 2010. Small scale effect of habitat heterogeneity on invertebrate assemblages in Hungarian sandy grasslands. - Polish Journal of Ecology 58: 333–346. abstract
2009
Dudás, Gy., Gallé, R., Papp, V.G. & Varga, J. 2009. The spider fauna of the Bodrogköz on the basis of literature data and a current condition assessment. - Thaiszia 19, Suppl. 1: 413–425. abstract
Gallé, R. & Torma, A. 2009. Epigeic spider (Araneae) assemblages of natural forest edges in the Kiskunság (Hungary). - Community Ecology 10: 146–151. pdf
Kanizsai, O., Gallé, R. & Gallé, L 2009. Percepition of spatial patchiness by ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Tiscia 37: 3–7. pdf
2008
Urák, I. & Gallé, R. 2008. Contribution to spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Dobrogea. - Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute 14: 87–90. pdf
Urák, I. & Gallé, R. 2008. Further Data on the Arachnofauna (Arachnida:Araneae) of Dobrogea. - Acta Scientiarum Transylvanica -Biologia 16: 79–87. pdf
Gallé, R. 2008. The effect of a naturally fragmented landscape on the spider assemblages. - North-Western Journal of Zoology 4: 61–71. pdf
2007
Árendás, O., Bozsó, M., Gallé, R.., Torma, A. & Körmöczi, L. 2007. Composition of assemblages of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and associated arthropods (Heteroptera, Orthoptera, Araneae) at natural forest edges.- Myrmecological News 10: 100. pdf
2006
Gallé, R. & Urák, I. 2006. Faunistical data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lacul Dracului bog complex with new data for the Romanian fauna. - Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute 12: 29–32. pdf
Gallé, R. & Fehér, B. 2006. Edge effect on spider assemblages. - Tiscia 35: 37–40. pdf
2005
Urák, I. & Gallé, R. 2005. Some new records and rare species for the Romanian spider fauna. - Entomologica Romanica 10: 33–37. pdf
2002
Gallé, R. 2002. Assemblage structure of wolf spiders in south Hungarian grasslands. In: F. Samu & Cs. Szinetár (eds.) European Arachnology. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 151-156. pdf
Gallé, R. & Urák, I. 2002. Faunistical data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Nemeria Mountain’s bog complex with two species new for the Romanian fauna. - Entomologica Romanica 7: 85–88. pdf
2001
Gallé, R. & Urak, I. 2001. Contribution to the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of upper Mures river valley with some new data for the Romanian fauna. - Entomologica Romanica 6: 141–144. pdf
2000
Gallé, L., Gallé, R., Markó, B., Mikó, I. & Sárkány-Kiss E. 2000. Habitat correlates of ground invertebrate assemblages in a flood plain landscape complex. - Tiscia monograph series 31–36. pdf