Biography:
2020 – present: assistant research fellow in HUN-REN-PE (formerly ELKH-PE; MTA-PE) Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém
2018 – present: PhD student, Eötvös Loránd University, Animal Social Networks, Ecological Networks topic
2016 – 2018: MSc student of Eötvös Loránd University, Environmental Science/ applied ecology. Thesis topic: Animal Social Networks
2011-2016: BSc student of Eötvös Loránd University, Environmental Science/ applied ecology. Thesis topic: Mating behavior of white collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
Current projects and interests:
1) Exploring wild great tit (Parus major) social system via network analyses.
Aim of the study: looking for predictors which determine network properties.
2) Analysing Camponotus fellah social networks.
Main questions: How much differs queen-driven networks from “queen-free” networks? Comparing worker subgroups (nurse, forager, and cleaner) depending on the queen and individual characteristics
3) OpenBiomaps database administration, data mining
Contact at: balintkovacs.elte[at]gmail.com
Publications:
Peer reviewed papers:
Vincze, E. & Kovács, B. (2022). Urbanization’s effects on problem solving abilities: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.834436
Jordán, F., Kovács, B., & Verdolin, J. L. (2021). Resource availability influences global social network properties in Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), Behaviour (published online ahead of print 2021). https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10118
