Publication in Nature of lake microplasctic
Article in Nature co-authored by Beata Messyasz reveals that lakes ecosystems play a key role in the plastic-pollution cycle. Read more here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06168-4
Article in Biological Reviews
The journal Biological Reviews has published a paper authored by Anna Skoracka, Lechosław Kuczynski and Jacek Radwan and colleagues from the University of Lisbon and the University of Montpellier (https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13018). It is a review publication that explains the evolutionary and ecological relationships between dispersal and host specialization using herbivorous arthropods as a model group. The [...]
Publication in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
The journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14176) has published a paper by Katarzyna Malinowska, Katarzyna Markowska and Lechoslaw Kuczynski. The paper describes a new algorithm for generating so-called "virtual species." Virtual species are synthetic data structures that replicate the spatial distribution of real organisms. They are used to test various statistical tools, as well [...]
Article in Global Change Biology: masting breakdown and tree size
Climate change continues to reshape our natural ecosystems, and its impact on tree populations is a topic of great concern. Recent study (link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16730) led by Michal Bogdziewicz investigating the response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) to climate warming has uncovered intriguing insights into the complex relationship between tree reproduction, climate change, and forest dynamics.
XIth Scientific Session of the Institute of Environmental Biology
We present the current program of the XIth Scientific Session of the Institute of Environmental Biology, which will take place this Friday, May 12, 2023.
Michał Bogdziewicz awarded prestigious National Science Prize 2022
Michał Bogdziewicz awarded prestigious National Science Prize 2022! Congratulations
Publication in Nature Ecology and Evolution
In a recent paper (link) Jon Parrett and co-authors from our Institute and Ghent University provided genomic evidence from mites with sexually selected weapon that this costly trait captures genome-wide variation and facilitates the purging of genetic load from populations.
A new article in Animal Behaviour about the greater diversity of personalities among urban than rural shrews
Leszek Rychlik and co-authors (mainly from the University of Lisbon, Portugal) tested average differences in behaviour as well as the inter-individual variation in behaviour in rural and urban populations of shrews belonging to two species differing in life history and time since synurbanization: the fast-paced Sorex araneus and the slow-paced Crocidura russula. As predicted, [...]
Xth Scientific Secession of IES
On Friday 20th May research groups presented their best research during Xth Scientific Secession of IES, and PhD students presented their posters {link to program}
Discovery of basking in shrews – publication in Journal of Thermal Biology
Leszek Rychlik and co-authors from Portugal assessed the use of an external heat source (basking) in the thermoregulatory strategies of three shrew species. Shrews were tested in a terrarium where they had access to a heat rock which could be turned off (cold) or on (heated). In accordance with authors' predictions, Crocidura russula (the [...]