Mészáros Boglárka

Boglárka MÉSZÁROS, PhD

Aquatic Invertebrates and Community Ecology Research Group
research fellow
meszaros.boglarka@blki.hu
+36 87 448 244 /221
Brief description of the main scopes

- Ecological and conservation research on reptiles and amphibians.

- Effects of urbanization on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and Ranavirus infection and amphibian biodiversity around Lake Balaton.

- Effects of urbanization on dice snake (Natrix tessellata) populations and their blood parasite (Haemogregarinidae) infection in Lake Balaton.

Main profile in keywords
herpetology, urbanization, parasites, ecophysiology, sexual selection, coloration
Selected publications
2025
Mészáros B, Bürgés J, Tamás M, Gál B, Vörös J, Hamer JA, Schmera D (2025):
Scale-dependent landscape variables and linear infrastructures influence smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) abundance in wetlands of a heavily urbanized lake
Scientific Reports 15: 13882.
Mészáros B, Jordán L, Molnár O, Török J (2025):
Impact of food availability on the thermal performance curves of male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis)
Oecologia 207: 57.
2024
Mészáros B, Bürgés J, Tamás M, Gál B, Schmera D, Hamer AJ (2024):
Urban oasis? Abundant dice snake (Natrix tessellata) populations along artificial lakeside habitats in urban landscapes
Landscape Ecology 39: 124.
2023
Mészáros B, Bürgés J, Tamás M, Gál B, Bohus A, Schmera D (2023):
Effects of the urban environment on the developmental stability, size and body condition of dice snakes (Natrix tesselata) living in artificial lakeside habitats
Ecological Indicators 156: 111117.
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