FÜLÖP Attila

Fields of interest/specialization: ornithology, primarily in the following topics: (1) individual personality; (2) social behaviour; (3) ecological role of plumage microorganisms; (4) functions of the uropygial gland; (5) plumage signals, feather structure, feather quality and moult; (6) avian ecophysiology;  (7) migration (mostly in raptors, but not exclusively); (8) R programming and statistics.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CKmqQowAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-336X

Representative works:

• Merondun J*, Marques CI*, Andrade P, Meshcheryagina S, Galván I, Afonso S, Alves JM, Araújo PM, Bachurin G, Balacco J, Bán M, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Fossøy F, Fülöp A, Golovatin M, Granja S, Hewson C, Honza M, Howe K, Larson G, Marton A, Moskát C, Mountcastle J, Procházka P, Red’kin Y, Sims Y, Šulc M, Tracey A, Wood JMD, Jarvis ED, Hauber ME, Carneiro M°, Wolf JBW° (2024) Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos. Science Advances 10(7): eadl5255. *joint first authors, °joint senior authors
• Ozogány K, Kerekes V, Fülöp A, Barta Z*, Nagy M* (2023) Fine-scale collective movements reveal present, past and future dynamics of a multilevel society in Przewalski’s horses. Nature Communications 14: 5096. *joint senior authors
• Nagy AA, Erős N, Imecs I, Bóné G, Fülöp A, Pap PL (2023) Distribution and diversity of fishes and lampreys in Transylvania (Romania): a complete survey and suggestions for new protected areas. ZooKeys 1166: 351–373.
• Fülöp A, Lukács D, Barta Z (2022) Space use of wintering Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) in a semi-urban area: a radiotelemetry-based case study. Ornis Hungarica 30(2): 124–133.
• Rádai Z, Kiss J, Nagy NA, Somogyi AÁ, Fülöp A, Tóth Z, Alexáné Babits M, Németh Z (2022) State and physiology behind personality in arthropods: a review. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 150.
• Marton A*, Vágási CI*, Vincze O, Bókony V, Pap PL, Pătraș L, Pénzes J, Bărbos L, Fülöp A, Osváth G, Ducatez S°, Giraudeau M° (2022) Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9177. *joint first authors, °joint senior authors
• Fülöp A, Németh Z, Kocsis B, Deák-Molnár B, Bozsoky T, Csöppü G, Barta Z (2022) Fighting ability, personality and melanin signalling in free-living Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus). PeerJ 10: e13660.
• Elek Z, Bán M, Fülöp A, Marton A, Hauber ME, Moskát C (2021) Call rate in Common Cuckoos does not predict body size and responses to conspecific playbacks. Journal of Ornithology 162: 1183–1192.
• Vágási CI*, Fülöp A*, Osváth G, Pap PL, Pénzes J, Benkő Z, Lendvai ÁZ, Barta Z (2021) Social groups with diverse personalities mitigate physiological stress in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20203092. *joint first authors
• Fülöp A, Lukács D, Fábián PI, Kocsis B, Csöppü G, Bereczki J, Barta Z (2021) Sex-specific signalling of individual personality by a mutual plumage ornament in a passerine. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75: 38.
• Marton A, Fülöp A, Bán M, Hauber ME, Moskát C (2021) Female common cuckoo calls dampen the mobbing intensity of great reed warbler hosts. Ethology 127(3): 286–293.
• Marton A, Fülöp A, Ozogány K, Moskát C*, Bán M* (2019) Host alarm calls attract the unwanted attention of the brood parasitic common cuckoo. Scientific Reports 9: 18563. *joint senior authors
• Pap PL, Fülöp A, Adamkova M, Cepak J, Michalkova R, Safran RJ, Stermin AN, Tomasek O, Vágási CI, Vincze O, Wilkins MR, Albrecht T (2019) Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central- and Eastern-European populations of the barn swallow. Ecology and Evolution 9: 11277–11287.
• Fülöp A, Németh Z, Kocsis B, Deák-Molnár B, Bozsoky T, Barta Z (2019) Personality and social foraging tactic use in free-living Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus). Behavioral Ecology 30(4): 894–903.