Degrees:
– MSc in Biology (2000, Eötvös Loránd University)
– PhD in Ecology (2006, Eötvös Loránd University)
Position: assistant professor
E-mail: rosivall@elte.hu
Phone: +36-1-372-2500/8755
Research interests:
- Sex ratio adjustment (differences among populations, fitness conequences).
- Sex differences in environmental sensitivity.
- Extra-pair paternity (the benefit of females cuckolding their mates).
- Causes and consequences of hatching asynchrony.
- Maternal effects as tools of compensation for poor offspring quality.
- Food allocation, signalling of need, nestling development and nestling competition.
Publications:
Sarkadi, F., Szász, E., Rosivall, B. (2024): Socioeconomic status and sex ratio in the contemporary Hungarian population. Evolutionary Human Sciences. In press.
Liukkonen, M., Muriel, J.,, Martínez-Padilla, J., Nord, A., Pakanen, V-M., Rosivall, B., Tilgar, V., van Oers, K., Grond, K., Ruuskanen, S. (2024): Seasonal and environmental factors contribute to the variation in the gut microbiom: a large scale study of a small bird. Journal of Animal Ecology. In press (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14153)
Gyarmathy, H., Kopena, R., Sarkadi, F., Szöllősi, E., Szász, E., Török, J., Rosivall, B. (2024): Are brood sex ratios adaptive? – The effect of exeperimentally altered brood sex ratios on parental feeding behaviour. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78:74. (DOI: 10.1007/s00265-024-03490-3)
Hegyi, G., Laczi, M., Wacha, A., Gyarmathy, H., Klein, Á., Rosivall, B., Sarkadi, F., Szabó, G., Török, J. (2024) Prediction of individual differences in non-iridescent structural plumage colour from nanostructural periodicity and regularity. Royal Society Open Science 11:231804. (DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231804)
Jablonszky, M., Canal, D., Hegyi, G, Herényi, M., Laczi, M., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Török, J., Garamszegi, L. Z. (2024). The estimation of additive genetic variance in body size in a wild passerine is sensitive to the method used to estimate relatedness among the individuals. Ecology and Evolution 14:e10981. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10981)
Krenhardt, K., Martínez-Padilla, J., Canal, D., Jablonszky, M., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Laczi, M., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Szöllősi, E., Török, J., Vaskuti, É., Zsebők, S., Garamszegi L.Z. (2024). The effect of environmental variation on the relationship between survival and risk-taking behaviour in a migratory songbird. Journal of EvolutionaryBiology 37(5):566-576. (DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae046)
Laczi, M., Sarkadi, F., Herényi, M., Nagy, G., Hegyi, G., Jablonszky, M., Könczey, R., Krenhardt, K., Markó, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Szöllősi, E., Tóth, L., Zsebők, S., Török, J. (2024). Responses in the breeding parameters of the collared flycatcher to the changing climate. Science of the Total Environment 926:171945. (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171945)
Szász E., Sarkadi F., Szöllősi E., Kopena R., Török J., Rosivall B. (2023) Are brood sex ratios adaptive?—The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratio on nestling growth, mortality and recruitment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36(1):156-168 (DOI: 10.1111/jeb14118)
Hegyi, G., Laczi, M., Herényi, M., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Török, J. (2022). Functional integration of multiple sexual ornaments: signal coherence and sexual selection. American Naturalist 200:486-505. (DOI: 10.1086/720620)
Jablonszky, M., Canal, D., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Laczi, M., Lao, O., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Török J., Zsebők S., Garamszegi L.Z. (2022): Estimating heritability of song considering within-individual variance in a wild songbird: The collared flycatcher. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 975687. (DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.975687)
Jablonszky, M., Canal, D., Hegyi, G., Krenhardt, K, Laczi, M., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Zsebők, S., Garamszegi, L.Z. (2022). Individual differences in song plasticity in response to social stimuli and singing position. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8883. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8883)
Culina, A., Adriaensen, F., Bailey, L.D., Burgess, M.D., Charmantier, A., Cole, E.F., Eeva, T., Matthysen, E., Nater, C.R., Sheldon, B.C. Sæther, B-E., Vriend, S.J.G., Zajkova, Z., Adamík,P., Aplin, L.M., Angulo, E., Artemyev, A., Barba, E., Barišić, S., Belda, E., Bilgin, C.C., Bleu, J., Both, C., Bouwhuis, S., Branston, C.J., Broggi, J., Burke, T., Bushuev, A., Camacho, C., Campobello, D., Canal, D., Cantarero, A., Caro, S.P., Cauchoix, M., Chaine, A., Cichoń, M., Ćiković, D., Cusimano, C.A., Deimel, C., Dhondt, A.A., Dingemanse, N.J., Doligez, B., Dominoni, D.M., Doutrelant, C., Drobniak, S.M., Dubiec, A., Eens, M., Erikstad, K.E., Espín, S., Farine, D.R., Figuerola, J., Gülbeyaz, P.K., Grégoire, A., Hartley, I.R., Hau, M., Hegyi, G., Hille, S., Hinde, C.A., Holtmann, B., Ilyina, T., Isaksson, C., Iserbyt, A., Ivankina, E., Kania, W., Kempenaers, B., Kerimov, A., Komdeur, J., Korsten, P., Král, M., Krist, M., Lambrechts, M., Lara, C.E., Leivits, A., Liker, A., Lodjak, J., Mägi, M., Mainwaring, M.C., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Massemin, S., Martínez‐Padilla, J., Mazgajski, T.D., Mennerat, A., Moreno, J., Mouchet, A., Nakagawa, S., Nilsson, J‐Å., Nilsson, J.F., Norte, A.C., Van Oers, K., Orell, M., Potti, J., Quinn, J.L., Réale, D., Reiertsen, T.K., Rosivall, B., Russell, A.F., Rytkönen, S., Sánchez‐Virosta, P., Santos, E.S.A., Schroeder, J., Senar, J.C., Seress, G., Slagsvold, T., Szulkin, M., Teplitsky, C., Tilgar, V., Tolstoguzov, A., Török, J., Valcu, M., Vatka, E., Verhulst, S., Watson, H., Yuta, T., Zamora‐Marín, J.M., Visser M.E. (2021): Connecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: the SPI‐Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90(9):2147-2160. (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13388)
Laczi M., Kopena R., Sarkadi F., Kötél D., Török J., Rosivall B., Hegyi G. (2021). Triparental care in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis): cooperation of two females with a cuckolded male in rearing a brood. Ecology and Evolution 11:10754-10760. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7923)
Zsebők, S., Herczeg, G., Laczi, M., Nagy, G., Vaskuti, É., Hargitai, R., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Markó, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Szöllősi, E., Török, J., Garamszegi, L.Z. (2021). Sequential organization of birdsong: relationships with individual quality and fitness traits in collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis). Behavioral Ecology 32:82-93 (DOI: 10.1093/beheco/araa104)
Jablonszky, M., Krenhardt, K., Markó, G., Szász, E., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Kötél, D., Laczi M., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Török, J., Garamszegi, L.Z. (2020). A behavioural trait displayed in an artificial novel environment correlates with dispersal in a wild bird. Ethology 126:540-552. (DOI: 10.1111/eth.13005)
Szász, E., Garamszegi, L.Z., Rosivall, B. (2019). What is behind the variation in mate quality dependent sex ratio adjustment? – A meta-analysis. Oikos 128:1-12. (DOI: 10.1111/oik.05157)
Hegyi, G., Jenni-Eiermann, S., Boross, N., Garamszegi, L.Z., Laczi, M., Kötél, D., Krenhardt, K., Jablonszky, M., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Török, J. (2019). Ornaments and condition: plumage patch sizes, nutritional reserve state, reserve accumulation, and reserve depletion. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:89. (DOI: 10.1007/s00265-019-2701-0)
Hegyi, G., Laczi, M., Boross, N., Jablonszky, M., Kötél, D., Krenhardt, K., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szász, E., Garamszegi, L.Z., Török, J. (2019). When to measure plumage reflectance: a lesson from collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis. Ibis 161:27-34. (DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12609)
Laczi, M., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Ilyés, G., Könczey, R., Nagy, G., Pongrácz, R., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Tóth, L., Török, J. (2019). Teleconnections and weather orchestrate reproduction of tit species in the Carpathian Basin. Journal of Avian Biology 50:e02179. (DOI: 10.1111/jav.02179)
Hegyi G., Laczi M., Kötél D., Csizmadia T., Lőw P., Rosivall B., Szöllősi E., Török J. (2018). Reflectance variation in the blue tit crown in relation to feather structure. Journal of Experimental Biology 221:176727
Nagy, G., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Laczi, M., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Török, J. (2019). Digit ratio predicts the number of lifetime recruits in female collared flycatchers. Biology Letters 15:20190051 (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0051)
Szász, E., Garamszegi, L.Z., Rosivall, B. (2019). What is behind the variation in mate quality dependent sex ratio adjustment? – A meta-analysis. Oikos 128:1-12.
Jablonszky M., Szász E., Krenhardt K., Markó G., Hegyi G., Herényi M., Laczi M., Nagy G., Rosivall B., Szöllősi E., Török J.,Garamszegi L. Z. (2018). Unravelling the relationships between life history, behaviour and condition under the pace-of-life syndromes hypothesis using long-term data from a wild bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:52.
Szász, E., Szöllősi, E., Hegyi, G., Török, J., Rosivall, B. (2017). Rearing conditions have long-term sex-specific fitness consequences in the collared flycatcher. Behavioral Ecology 28:717-723.
Szöllősi, E., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hegyi, G., Laczi, M., Rosivall, B., Török, J. (2016). Haemoproteus infection status of collared flycatcher males changes within a breading season. Parasitology Research 115:4663-4672.
Szász, E., Rosivall, B. (2015). The chimeric embryo hypothesis as a mechanism of avian sex ratio manipulation? Comment on Tagirov and Rutkowska. Behavioral Ecology 26(5):e1-e3
Szász, E., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hegyi, G., Szöllősi, E., Markó, G., Török, J., Rosivall, B. (2014). Aggressive behavior of the male parent predicts brood sex ratio in a songbird. Naturwissenschaften 101:653–660. (doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1204-0)
Herényi, M., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hargitai, R., Hegyi, G., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Török, J. (2014). Laying date and polygyny as determinants of annual reproductive success in male collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis): a long-term study. Naturwissenschaften 101:305-312.
Kiss, D., Hegyi, G., Török, J., Rosivall, B. (2013). The relationship between maternal ornamentation and feeding rate is explained by intrinsic nestling quality. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67:185-192.
Laczi, M., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Kiss, D., Markó, G., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Török, J. (2013). Integrated plumage colour variation in relation to body condition, reproductive investment and laying date in the collared flycatcher. Naturwissenschaften 100:(10) 983-991.
Boross, N., Markó, G., Laczi, M., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Kiss, D., Nagy, G., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Török, J. (2012). Sources of variation in haematocrit in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis). Ornis Hungarica 20:64-72.
Garamszegi, L.Z., Rosivall, B., Rettenbacher, S., Markó, G., Zsebők, S., Szöllősi, E., Eens, M., Potti, J., Török, J. (2012). Corticosterone, avoidance of novelty, risk-taking and aggression in a wild bird: no evidence for pleiotropic effects. Ethology 118(7):621-635.
Herényi, M., Hegyi, G., Garamszegi, L. Z., Hargitai, R., Michl, G., Rosivall, B., Török, J. (2012). Lifetime offspring production in relation to breeding lifespan, attractiveness, and mating status in male collared flycatchers. Oecologia 170(4):935-942.
Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Szöllősi, E., Rosivall, B., Török, J., Groothuis, T.G.G. (2011). Yolk androstenedione, but not testosterone, predicts offspring fate and reflects parental quality. Behavioral Ecology 22:29-38.
Hegyi, G., Rosivall, B., Szöllősi, E., Eens, M., Török, J. (2011) Context-dependent effects of nestling growth trajectories on recruitment probability in the collared flycatcher. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:1647-1658.
Szöllősi, E., Cichoń, M., Eens, M., Hasselquist, D., Kempenaers, B., Merino, S., Nilsson, J.-Å., Rosivall, B., Rytkönen, S., Török, J., Wood, M.J., Garamszegi, L.Z. (2011). Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24:2014-2024.
Brommer, J., Alho, J.S., Biard, C., Chapman, J.R., Charmantier, A., Dreiss, A., Hartley, I.R., Hjernquist, M.B., Kempenaers, B., Komdeur, J., Laaksonen, T., Lehtonen, P.K., Lubjuhn, T., Patrick, S.C., Rosivall, B., van Oers, K., van der Velde, M., Tinbergen, J.M., Wilk, T., Winkel, W. (2010). Passerine extra-pair mating dynamics: A Bayesian modeling approach comparing four species. American Naturalist 176(2):178-187.
Stöwe, M., Rosivall, B., Drent, P.J., Möstl, E. (2010). Selection for fast and slow exploration affects baseline and stress-induced corticosterone excretion in Great tit nestlings, Parus major. Hormones and Behavior 58:864-871.
Hegyi, G., Herényi, M., Wilson, A.J., Garamszegi, L.Z., Rosivall, B., Eens, M., Török, J. (2010). Breeding experience and the heritability of female mate choice in collared flycatchers. PLoS ONE 5:e13855.
Szöllosi, E., Rosivall, B., Hasselquist, D., Török, J. (2009). The effect of parental quality and malaria infection on nestling performance in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis. Journal of Ornithology 150: 519-527.
Szöllősi, E., Rosivall, B., Török, J. (2007). Is hatching asynchrony beneficial for the brood? Behavioral Ecology 18: 420-426.
Török, J., Hargitai, R., Hegyi, G., Matus, Z., Michl, G., Péczely, P., Rosivall, B., Tóth, G. (2007): Carotenoids in the egg yolks of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) in relation to parental quality, environmental factors and laying order. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:541-550. (DOI 10.1007/s00265-006-0282-1)Hettyey, A., Roberts, J.D. (2007). Sperm traits in the frog Crinia georgiana, a species with plastic alternative mating tactics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1303-1310.
Szigeti, B., Török, J., Hegyi, G., Rosivall, B., Hargitai, R., Szöllősi, E., Michl, G. (2007). Egg quality and parental ornamentation in the blue tit Parus caeruleus. Journal of Avian Biology 38(1):105-112.
Herényi M., Török J., Garamszegi L.Z., Hargitai R., Hegyi G., Michl G., Rosivall B., Szigeti B., Szöllősi E. (2004). Másodlagos nemi jellegek és utódszám kapcsolata a hím örvös légykapóknál. Állattani Közlemények 89(2):31-41.