Who am I?

I am Ádám Z. Lendvai, currently lecturer in Evolutionary Biology at the Institute of Biology, College of Nyiregyhaza (Hungary). I study animal behaviour, and my special field of interest is evolutionary ecology of birds (and not the cattle). The current webpage is a trial version.

Hello

Very first steps

I was born in 1977, Budapest. I wanted to be a biologist, ever since the age of 5, when I notoriously signed my drawings about animals as "Dr. Lendvai Ádám". At the high school my interest turned towards birds and ethology. I also kept some birds, and I made observations on their behaviour. Although birding at home was not always prosperous... :-)

Scientific experience

My official experiences started with the research at Tuzla, Southern Turkey. I carried out an experiment with Kentish plovers, and I participated in several other projects. In 2001, I spent 5 months as a research fellow at the University of Bath in an ASAB-funded project (Mating opportunities and sex ratio in the Kentish plover, supervisors: Dr. Tamás Székely and Prof. Innes C. Cuthill).

In 2001, I started my PhD and the work on house sparrows under the supervision of Dr. András Liker and Dr. Zoltán Barta. I've recently finished a post-doc position in the Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé in France, where I investigated the hormonal side of life history trade-offs in house sparrows, in cooperation with Dr. Olivier Chastel. The projects within the framework of this cooperation were supported by various organisations from both France and Hungary (French Governement, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, C.N.R.S, Hungarian Scholarship Board, Fyssen Foundation).

Other professional activities

I founded the series of the Hungarian Conservation Biological Conferences (HCBC). The 1st HCBC was held in 2002 with great success, and had 426 registered participants. It has been the most significant congress in hungarian conservation biology. I also was the co-editor of the Proceedings of the 1st HCBC (71 articles). I am also interested in the monitoring of the biological effects of the hungarian agri-environmental scheme.