In the latest issue of Nature, section ‘News’, Emma Young discusses the recent publication by Lázaro et al. (2017) concerning the Dehenl phenomenon in the common shrew (Sorex araneus). On this occasion the author invokes the opinions and findings of Leszek Rychlik, PhD student Paweł Kardynia (Department of Systematic Zoology) and co-authors, Jan J. R. [...]
25.10.2017 SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: 3rd Marcin Antczak Award ceremony and special ornithological lecture by awarded Michal Šulc (Czech Academy of Sciences) Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, 12:15
In the top-journal Frontiers in Zoology, Krzysztof Kowalski, Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology), and co-authors from the Institute of Experimental Biology, Paweł Marciniak and Grzegorz Rosiński (Department of Animal Physiology and Development) published a paper in which they indicate that venom of the Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens (Soricidae) displays strong paralytic (neuro- and [...]
On the occasion of the Inauguration of the academic year 2017/2018, agraduate of our Institute, and now a PhD student in the Department of Hydrobiology, Michał Brzozowski, was honored with the Medal of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań for outstanding achievements in education and distinctive participation in University life. Congratulations to the winner! [...]
The results of study done by Paweł Szymański, Krzysztof Deoniziak, Katarzyna Łosak and Tomasz Osiejuk from Department of Behavioural Ecology indicate how renewable energy production, namely the sound of wind turbines, affect to vocal communication of Skylarks. The rapid change in song parameters may indicate a significant of the acoustic environment as a result [...]
The results of study done by numerous team of scientists led by Michał Bogdziewicz (Department of Systematic Zoology, AMU), with especially significant contribution from Jakub Szymkowiak (Population Ecology Lab, AMU), Mario Pesendorfer (Cornell Univ.), Idalia Kasprzyk (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski) and Łukasz Grewling (Laboratory of Aeropalynology, AMU). Masting or mast seeding is a highly variable and synchronized [...]
A PhD student of our Institute, Alicja Laska (Population Ecology Lab), published new research as a first author in Experimental and Applied Acarology. The article is on seasonal changes in morphology in two species of grass-feeding eriophyoid mites. Full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-017-0159-1
Dr. Lech Kaczmarek from the AMU Ecological Station in Jeziory was in a team of scientists from the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, who was granted the Prime Minister Award in the category of scientific and technical achievement for the publication "The Concept of Directions of Spatial Development of the Metropolis of Poznań". We congratulate the [...]
Polish Press Agency described the research conducted in Population Ecology Lab on dispersal of phytophagous mites. Observations were carried out by Agnieszka Kiedrowicz in the course of her PhD thesis. More about this research can be found here (in Polish).
In PLoS ONE, Pavel Linhart (Dept. Behavioural Ecology), published new research on biases in the acoustic discrimination of individuals. Full article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177206
