Publications of Attila Torma

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2023

• Révész, K., Torma, A., Szabó, M., Korsovecky, L., Gallé-Szpisjak, N., Batáry, P. & Gallé, R. 2024. Supportive effect of uncut refuge strips on grassland arthropods may depend on the amount and width of strips. - Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 1894-1904. 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Deák, B., Bede, Á., Rádai, Z., Tóthmérész, B., Török, P., Nagy, D. D., Torma, A., Lőrinczi, G., Nagy, A., Mizser, Sz., Kelemen, A. & Valkó, O. 2021. Different extinction debts among plants and arthropods after loss of grasslands amount and connectivity. - Biological Conservation 264: 109372. pdf

• Deák, B., Báthori, F., Lőrinczi, G., Végvári, Zs., Nagy, D. D., Mizser, Sz., Torma, A. & Valkó, O., Tóthmérész, B. 2021. Functional composition of ant assemblages in habitat islands is driven by habitat factors and landscape composition. - Scientific Reports 11: 20962. pdf

• Šeat, J. & Torma, A. 2021. How steady is the nested pattern in saline grassland true bug communities? Effects of sampling effort and data completeness on nestedness. - Acta Oecologica 110: 103670. pdf

2020

• Maák, I., Tóth, E., Lenda, M., Lőrinczi, G., Kiss, A., Juhász, O., Czechowski, W. & Torma, A. 2020. Behaviours indicating cannibalistic necrophagy in ants are modulated by the perception of pathogen infection level. - Scientific Reports 10: 17906. pdf

• Deák, B., Valkó, O., Nagy, D.D., Török, P., Torma, A., Lőrinczi, G., Kelemen, A., Nagy, A., Bede, Á., Mizser, Sz., Csathó, A.I. & Tóthmérész, B. 2020. Habitat islands outside nature reserves – Threatened biodiversity hotspots of grassland specialist plant and arthropod species. - Biological Conservation 241: 108254. pdf

2019

• 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

• 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

2018

• 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

• 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

• 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., 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

• Maák, I., Torma, A., Kovács, J., Somogyi, A. & Lőrinczi, G. 2016. Threat, signal or waste? Meaning of corpses in two dulotic ant species. - Journal of Insect Behavior 29: 432–448. 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

• Torma A. & Bozsó M. 2016. Effects of habitat and landscape features on grassland Orthoptera on floodplains in the lower reaches of the Tisza River Basin. - European Journal of Entomology 113: 60–69. pdf

2014

• 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

2013

• Torma, A. & Császár, P. 2013. Species richness and composition patterns across trophic levels of true bugs (Heteroptera) in the agricultural landscape of the lower reach of the Tisza River Basin. - Journal of Insect Conservation 17: 35–51. pdf

2012

• Torma, A. & Rédei, D. 2012. Additions and corrections to the checklist of true bugs of Hungary (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).- Natura Somogyiensis 22: 53–56. pdf

• 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

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

• Torma, A., Varga, Cs., Varga, M. 2010. Spatial pattern of true bugs (Heteroptera) in heterogeneous grassland – Preliminary results. - Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 45: 81–87. abstract

2009

• Torma, A. & Körmöczi, L. 2009. The influence of habitat heterogeneity on the fine-scale pattern of an Heteroptera assemblage in a sand grassland. - Community Ecology 19, Suppl. 1: 413–425. pdf

• Gallé, R. & Torma, A. 2009. Epigeic spider (Araneae) assemblages of natural forest edges in the Kiskunság (Hungary). - Community Ecology 10: 146–151. pdf

• Torma, A. 2009. Data to the terrestrial Heteroptera fauna of Moldva. - Acta Scientiarum Transylvanica 17: 107–118. pdf

• Torma, A. 2009. Data to the terrestrial Heteroptera fauna of Dobrogea. - Acta Scientiarum Transylvanica 17: 89–103. pdf

2008

• Torma, A. 2008. Contribution to the terrestrial heteroptera fauna of Northern-Dobrogea. - Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute 14: paper 12.

2007

• Gallé, R., Torma, A. & Körmöczi, L. 2007. Composition of assemblages of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and associated arthropods (Heteroptera, Orthoptera, Araneae) at natural forest edges – Preliminary results. - In: Tajovský, K., Schlaghamerrský, J., Pižl, V. (eds.)- Contributions to Soil Zoology in Central Europe II. České Budějovize pp. 47–52.

• 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

2005

• Torma, A. 2005. Three new and a rare true bug species in the Hungarian fauna (Hetroptera: Dipsocoridae, Reduviidae, Lygaeidae). - Folia Entomologica Hungarica 66: 35–38. pdf

2003

• Rédei, D. & Torma, A. 2003. Occurrence of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezera viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Hungary - Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica 38: 365–367. abstract