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Gábor Herczeg is affiliated with Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and has a research focus within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Recent peer-reviewed publications by Gábor Herczeg include:

  • "A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Extreme site fidelity of the olm (Proteus anguinus) revealed by a long-term capture-mark-recapture study," 2020, Journal of Zoology
  • "The interplay between habitat use, morphology and locomotion in subterranean crustaceans of the genus Niphargus," 2020, Zoology
  • "Sequential organization of birdsong: relationships with individual quality and fitness," 2020, Behavioral Ecology
  • "Parallel morphological evolution and habitat-dependent sexual dimorphism in cave- vs. surface populations of the Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) species complex," 2021, Ecology and Evolution

Gábor Herczeg has frequently collaborated with other researchers including:

  • Gergely Balázs
  • Gergely Horváth
  • Žiga Fišer
  • Cene Fišer
  • Anna Bíró

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the venues of Ecology and Evolution, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, and Journal of Zoology. Among these, Ecology and Evolution has hosted six of their publications, followed by multiple contributions in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology and other journals.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of correlated behaviours with implications for behavioural syndromes: mean effect size, publication bias, phylogenetic effects and the role of mediator variables

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Gábor Markó;Gábor Markó;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg

  • Habitat-dependent and -independent plastic responses to social environment in the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) brain.

    Abigél Gonda;Gábor Herczeg;Juha Merilä

  • Predation mediated population divergence in complex behaviour of nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)

    G. Herczeg;A. Gonda;J. Merilä

  • Evolutionary ecology of intraspecific brain size variation: a review

    Abigél Gonda;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg;Juha Merilä

  • History vs. habitat type: explaining the genetic structure of European nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) populations.

    Takahito Shikano;Yukinori Shimada;Gábor Herczeg;Juha Merilä

  • A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions

    Lorenzo Vilizzi;Gordon H. Copp;Jeffrey E. Hill;Boris Adamovich

  • A meta-analysis of correlated behaviors with implications for behavioral syndromes: relationships between particular behavioral traits

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Gábor Markó;Gábor Markó;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg

  • Population variation in brain size of nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) - local adaptation or environmentally induced variation?

    Abigél Gonda;Gábor Herczeg;Juha Merilä

  • Female European green lizards ( Lacerta viridis ) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance

    Katalin Bajer;Orsolya Molnár;János Török;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg

  • Ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis).

    Katalin Bajer;Orsolya Molnár;János Török;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg

  • Adaptive brain size divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)?

    A. Gonda;G. Herczeg;J. Merilä

  • Experimental support for the cost–benefit model of lizard thermoregulation: the effects of predation risk and food supply

    Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg;Annika Herrero;Jarmo Saarikivi;Abigél Gonda;Abigél Gonda

  • Molecular evolutionary and population genomic analysis of the nine-spined stickleback using a modified restriction-site-associated DNA tag approach

    Matthieu Bruneaux;Susan E. Johnston;Gábor Herczeg;Juha Merilä

  • Evolution of Gigantism in Nine-Spined Sticklebacks

    Gábor Herczeg;Abigél Gonda;Juha Merilä

  • Experimental support for the cost–benefit model of lizard thermoregulation

    Gábor Herczeg;Abigél Gonda;Jarmo Saarikivi;Juha Merilä

  • Increasing melanism along a latitudinal gradient in a widespread amphibian: local adaptation, ontogenic or environmental plasticity?

    Jussi S Alho;Gábor Herczeg;Fredrik Söderman;Anssi Laurila

  • Fish age at maturation is influenced by temperature independently of growth

    Anna Kuparinen;José M. Cano;John Loehr;Gábor Herczeg

  • Rensch's rule inverted--female-driven gigantism in nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius.

    Gábor Herczeg;Abigél Gonda;Juha Merilä

  • Vitamin E Supplementation Increases the Attractiveness of Males’ Scent for Female European Green Lizards

    Renáta Kopena;José Martín;Pilar López;Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg

  • Morphological divergence of North‐European nine‐spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius): signatures of parallel evolution

    Gábor Herczeg;Mirva Tuulikki Turtiainen;Juha Merilä

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
János Török
János Török Eötvös Loránd University
László Zsolt Garamszegi
László Zsolt Garamszegi Centre for Ecological Research
José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
Anssi Laurila
Anssi Laurila Uppsala University
Pilar López
Pilar López Spanish National Research Council
Niclas Kolm
Niclas Kolm Stockholm University
Craig R. Primmer
Craig R. Primmer University of Helsinki
Robert B. O'Hara
Robert B. O'Hara Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anna Kuparinen
Anna Kuparinen University of Jyväskylä

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