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Description of the Pilis Experiment, 2022 April.

Ruzickova, J., Székely, Á., Ódor, P., Elek, Z. 2026. Context-dependent movement responses of large carabids to forest gap cuttings. Ecology and Evolution 16: e74250. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74250

Flórián, N., Gergócs-Winkler, V., Kovács, B., Aszalós, R., Bidló, A., Ódor, P. 2026. Intermediate disturbance and regeneration: Long-term Collembola responses to forest management in an oak hornbeam forest. Soil Ecology Letters 8(6): 250463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-026-0463-y

Tinya, F., Csépányi, P., Gitau, M.G., Horváth, Cs.V., Kovács, B., Németh, Cs., Ódor, P. 2026. Elongated gaps provide a good compromise between abiotic and competitive conditions for sessile oak regeneration. Forest Ecosystems 16: 100472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2026.100472 

Ruzickova, J., Kovács, B., Németh, Cs., Ódor, P., Elek, Z. 2026. Humidity and gap history drive predation pressure on large carabids in a managed temperate forest. Global Ecology and Conservation 67: e04153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04153

Gergócs-Winkler, V., Flórián, N., Kovács, B., Aszalós, R., Bidló, A., Ódor, P. 2025. Leaf litter quantity shapes oribatid mite assemblages five years following forestry interventions in a European deciduous forest. European Journal of Soil Biology 127: 103790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2025.103790

Szabó, E.L., Ódor, P., Tóth, B., Csépányi, P., Kovács, B. 2025. Exclusion of wild ungulates is not the holy grail: the stronger effect of forestry treattments than exclosures on natural forest regeneration. Journal of Environmental Management 395: 127831.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127831

Flórián, N, Gergócs-Winkler, V., Kovács, B., Aszalós, R., Bidló, A., Ódor, P. 2025. Effects of different forestry management practices on soil mesofauna in the regeneration phase. Forest Ecology and Management 593: 122857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123196

Ruzickova, J., Ódor, P., Magura, T., Elek, Z. 2025. Species- and trait-based responses of carabids to rotation and closer-to-nature forestry in a temperate forest under changing climate. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2025: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12849

Tinya, F., Csépányi, P., Horváth, Cs.V., Kovács, B., Németh, Cs., Ódor, P. 2025. Fine-scale interventions can reinforce the forest character of the understory vegetation – The effects of different artificial gaps in an oak-dominated forest. Forest Ecology and Management 578:122471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122471

Aszalós, R., Kovács, B., Tinya, F., Németh, Cs., Horváth, Cs.V., Ódor, P. 2023. Canopy gaps are less susceptible to disturbance-related and invasive herbs than clear-cuts: Temporal changes in the understorey after experimental silvicultural treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 549: 121438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121438

Tinya, F., Doerfler, I., de Groot, M., Heilman-Clausen, J., Kovács, B., Mårell, A., . . . Ódor, P. 2023. A synthesis of multi-taxa management experiments to guide forest biodiversity conservation in Europe. Global Ecology and Conservation, 46: e02553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02553 

Horváth, Cs.H.*, Kovács, B.*, Tinya, F., Locatelli, J.S., Csaba Németh, Cs., Crecco, L., Illés, G., Csépányi, P., Ódor, P. 2023. A matter of size and shape: Microclimatic changes induced by experimental gap openings in a sessile oak–hornbeam forest. Science of the Total Environment 873: 162302. *: equal contribution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162302

Samu, F., Elek, Z., Ruzickova, J., Botos, E., Kovács, B., Ódor, P. 2023. Can gap-cutting help to preserve forest spider communities? Diversity 15: 240.  https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020240 

Elek, Z., Ruzickova, J., Ódor, P. 2022. Functional plasticity of carabids can presume better the changes in community composition than taxon-based descriptors. Ecological Applications 32(1): e02460. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2460