Publications

(since the start of the lab in Apr 2021, see my full list: here or here)

Peer-reviewed, ISI publications:

  1. Pálffy K, Márton Z, Horváth Z, Vad CF, 2025. Patterns of eDNA-based functional diversity and resource use efficiency in phytoplankton along environmental stress gradients in inland saline waters. Hydrobiologia doi: 10.1007/s10750-025-06073-z pdf
  2. Barta B, Márton Z, Szabó B, Vad CF, Lukács BA, Horváth Z, 2025. Garden ponds: hidden sources for plant invasions? Freshwater Biology 70: e70145 pdf
  3. Horváth Z, Uhrin M, Cunillera-Montcusí D, Barta B, Szabó B, Hamer AJ, Márton Z, Huỳnh T-H, Buttyán B, Vad CF, 2025. Urban ponds and the emerging role of garden ponds: ecosystem services and disservices, multifunctionality, and trade-offs. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 12: e70041 pdf
  4. Endrédi A, 2025. Future of food webs: the role of biotic interactions in predicting the impact of climate and land use change. Global Change Biology 31: e70202 pdf
  5. Macaulay SJ, Jeppesen E, Riebesell U, Nejstgaard JC, Berger SA, Lewandowska AM, Rico A, Kefford BJ, Vad CF, Costello DM, Wang H, Pimentel IM, Barcelos e Ramos J, González J, Spilling K, de Senerpont Domis L, Boersma M, Stockenreiter M, Meerhoff M, Vijver MG, Kelly-Quinn M, Beklioğlu M, Matias MG, Sswat M, Juvigny-Khenafou NPD, Fink P, Zhang P, Taniwaki RH, Ptacnik R, Langenheder S, Nederstigt TAP, Horváth Z, Piggott JJ, 2025. Addressing grand ecological challenges in aquatic ecosystems: How can mesocosms be used to advance solutions? Oikos 2025: e11020 pdf
  6. Márton Z, Barta B, Vad CF, Szabó B, Hamer AJ, Kardos V, Laskai C, Fierpasz Á, Horváth Z, 2025. Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: findings from a large-scale citizen science survey. Landscape and Urban Planning 257: 105299 pdf
  7. Horváth Z, Haileselasie TH, Vad CF, Ptacnik R, De Meester L, 2025. Parallels and divergences in landscape genetic and metacommunity patterns in zooplankton inhabiting soda pans. Oikos 2025: e10887 pdf
  8. Szabó B, Váczy-Földi M, Vad CF, Pálffy K, Huynh T-H, Dobosy P, Fierpasz Á, Márton Z, Felföldi T, Horváth Z, 2024. Connectivity loss in experimental pond networks leads to biodiversity loss in microbial metacommunities. Global Change Biology 30: e70001 pdf
  9. Huỳnh T-H, Horváth Z, Pálffy K, Kardos V, Szabó B, Dobosy P, Vad CF, 2024. Heatwave-induced functional shifts in zooplankton communities result in weaker top-down control on phytoplankton. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70096. pdf
  10. Patonai K, Bessenyei A, Vad CF, Borza P, 2024. Functional responses correspond to stable isotope-based trophic positions among four invasive Ponto-Caspian mysid species (Crustacea, Mysida). Neobiota 93: 187–201. pdf
  11. Hamer AJ, Barta B, Márton Z, Vad CF, Szabó B, Tornero I, Horváth Z, 2024. Patterns and correlates in the distribution, design and management of garden ponds along an urban–rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s11252-024-01559-5 pdf
  12. Rani V, Horváth Z, Nejstgaard JC, Fierpasz Á, Pálffy K, Vad CF, 2024. Food density drives diet shift of the invasive mysid shrimp, Limnomysis benedeni. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11202 pdf
  13. Pálffy K, Smeti E, 2024. Combined effect of warming, nutrients, and species pool size on the seasonal variability of phytoplankton composition: A modeling perspective. Limnology and Oceanography 69: 1056–1069. pdf
  14. Patonai K, Endrédi A, Horváth Z, Borza P, Pálffy K, Dobosy P, Vad CF, 2024. Trophic impact of an invasive mysid shrimp depends on zooplankton community composition: a mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Biology 69: 623–634. pdf
  15. Brans KI*, Vad CF*✉, Horváth Z*, Santy L, Cuypers K, Ptacnik R, De Meester L, 2024. Regional and fine-scale local adaptation in salinity tolerance in Daphnia inhabiting contrasting clusters of inland saline waters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20231917 pdf *shared authorship, ✉corresponding author
  16. Barta B, Szabó A, Szabó B, Ptacnik R, Vad CF*, Horváth Z*, 2024. How pondscapes function: connectivity matters for biodiversity even across small spatial scales in aquatic metacommunities Ecography 2024: e06960 pdf *shared authorship
  17. Borza P, Rani V, Vad CF, 2024. Niche differentiation among facultative filter feeders: Insights from invasive Ponto-Caspian mysids. Current Zoology 70: 513–521. pdf
  18. Endrédi A, Sőth Á, Ércz D, Deák B, Valkó O, Nagy JG, 2023. Exploring life-history traits of an endangered plant (Vicia biennis L.) to support the conservation of marginal populations. Nature Conservation 54: 121–147. pdf
  19. Tanács E, Vári Á, Bede-Fazekas Á, Báldi A, Csákvári E, Endrédi A, Fabók V, Kisné Fodor L, Kiss M, Koncz P, et al., 2023. Finding the green grass in the haystack? Integrated national assessment of ecosystem services and condition in Hungary, in support of conservation and planning. Sustainability 15: 8489. pdf
  20. Vad CF, Hanny-Endrédi A, Kratina P, Abonyi A, Mironova E, Murray DS, Samchyshyna L, Tsakalakis I, Smeti E, Spatharis S, Tan H, Preiler C, Petrusek A, Bengtsson MM, Ptacnik R, 2023. Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities. Global Change Biology 29: 3054–3071. pdf
  21. Márton Z, Szabó B, Vad CF, Pálffy K, Horváth Z, 2023. Environmental changes associated with drying climate are expected to affect functional groups of pro-and microeukaryotes differently in temporary saline waters. Scientific Reports 13: 3243 pdf
  22. Lukić D, Pormehr N, Beladjal L, Vad CF, Ptacnik R, Van Stappen G, Agh N, Horváth Z, 2023. Life-history omnivory in the fairy shrimp Branchinecta orientalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) Hydrobiologia 850: 901-909. pdf
  23. Rani V, Burton T, Walsh M, Einum S, 2022. Evolutionary change in metabolic rate of Daphnia pulicaria following invasion by the predator Bythotrephes longimanus. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9003. pdf
  24. Cunillera-Montcusí D, Beklioğlu M, Cañedo-Argüelles M, Jeppesen E, Ptacnik R, Amorim CA, Arnott SE, Berger SA, Brucet S, Dugan HA, Gerhard M, Horváth Z, Langenheder S, Nejstgaard JC, Reinikainen M, Striebel M, Urrutia-Cordero P, Vad CF, Zadereev E, Matias M, 2022. Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37: 440–453. pdf
  25. Lukić D, Pinceel T, Marrone F, Mioduchowska M, Vad CF, Brendonck L, Ptacnik R, Horváth Z, 2021. Pleistocene allopatric differentiation followed by recent range expansion explains the distribution and molecular diversity of two congeneric crustacean species in the Palaearctic. Scientific Reports 11: 22866. pdf
  26. Vad CF, Schneider C, Fischer R, Kainz, MJ, Ptacnik R, 2021. From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton. Freshwater Biology 66: 2272–2282. pdf