New study describing how apparent predation occurring between two sympatric oaks influence their recruitment rates was just published in Journal of Ecology. The Authors (Michał Bogdziewicz, Nathanael Lichti, Rafał Zwolak) wrote a short summary of their work: Numerous plants are dispersed by scatterhoarding animals such as corvids and rodents. These animals carry away and cache [...]
20.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Functions of duets and chorus in chubb's cisticola” will be given by Michał Budka (Department of Behavioural Ecology). When: 20.06.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula
13.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Host specialisation within a phytophagous insect community: The case of Tefritidae species in Reunion” will be given by Maud Charlery (University of Lisbon). When: 13.06.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula
The paper by Bogdziewicz et al. on the role of environmental constraints in mast seeding was published in the latest issue of New Phytologist. We wrote about the research in the past post (link). In the same issue, Tanentzap & Monks published a positive commentary on that research. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.15219
06.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Corn bunting's dialects in a highly fragmented habitat” will be given by Anne-Laure Geboes (University of Liege). When: 06.06.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula
30.05.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Trade-offs between pathogen resistance and autoimmunity shape genomic variability of MHC immune genes” will be given by Tobias Lenz (Max Planck Institute). When: 30.05.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula
23.05.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Reproductive strategies and their health consequnces in African arboreal primate" will be given by Małgorzata Arlet (Institute of Antrhopology UAM). When: 23.05.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula
Polish Press Agency, The Polish Society for the Protection of Birds, and Journal of Animal Ecology write about research of cooperative team of Population Ecology Lab and Charles University in Prague. The research is about avoiding competition in sibling species of birds. http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,28896,konkurencja-w-stylu-slowika.html https://otop.org.pl/2018/03/22/mechanizmy-unikania-konkurencji-u-blisko-spokrewnionych-gatunkow-mppl/ https://journalofanimalecology.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/how-do-birds-avoid-their-sibling-species-competitors/
The article by Lechosław Kuczyński and Anna Skoracka (Population Ecology Lab) and cooperators from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic was published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The study shows how birds avoid their sibling-species competitors. Data were collected by skilled volunteers within the Common Breeding Bird Survey in Poland. The link to [...]
In "New Phytologist" journal the article co-authored by Michał Bogdziewicz (Department of Systematic Zoology) entitled "Correlated seed failure as an environmental veto to synchronize reproduction of masting plants" was published. What Michał talks about the research: Variable, synchronized seed production, called masting, is a widespread reproductive strategy in plants. Numerous ideas were proposed to explain [...]
