A next paper on Crocidura shrews in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

This time Leszek Rychlik and co-authors from Portugal (University of Lisbon) published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology the paper on social thermoregulation in Crocidura russula. They analyzed the behavior and physiology of shrew groups from winter (acclimated to 14 °C) and summer (acclimated to 24 °C). All group mates were frequently found huddling in the [...]

2021-12-23T10:45:39+01:00December 19th, 2021|Publications|

Article in Proceedings of the Royal Society B describes source-sink dynamics as a strategy to cope with temporally fluctuating environment

The research conducted by researchers and students from Population Ecology Lab in cooperation with researchers from Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, University of Lisbon, and Western Illinois University has been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. By combining laboratory experiments and field surveys, they demonstrated the importance of sink habitats for [...]

2021-11-02T22:05:27+01:00November 1st, 2021|Publications|

Article in the International Journal of Molecular Science on whether brain size influences the level of neurogenesis in adult shrews

Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) and co-authors (mainly from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS in Warsaw) published, in the International Journal of Molecular Science, the results of a study in which they checked whether the numbers of new generated cells in shrew brains (namely in the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle, [...]

2021-10-18T22:18:46+02:00October 18th, 2021|Publications|

Publication in Toxins on the evolution and ecological functions of venomousness in insectivorous mammals

Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) and Krzysztof Kowalski (currently the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń) published a review in the journal Toxins (Q1 in Zoology) on the evolution and ecological functions of venomousness in insectivorous mammals (order Eulipotyphla), to which most of the currently known venomous mammals belong. The authors provide an overview of [...]

2021-12-22T06:34:25+01:00October 11th, 2021|Publications|

The publication in Nature shows the limited potential for plant migration to the north

The research conducted by a team of 18 researchers from 13 European institutions, including Dr. Przemysław Kurek from our Institute, aimed to identify the network of relationships between a group of birds eating fleshy-fruits and plants in the context of transferring their seeds between different types of environments. The research was carried out on a [...]

2021-12-22T06:34:25+01:00July 3rd, 2021|Publications|

The Economist mention our research

Since the 1990s, the Department of Water Protection  has conducted research on the bioindicative role of Unio mussels. Initially, the surveys supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency grant, focused on the sensitivity of the swan mussel Anodonta cygnea to various pollutants occurring in surface waters. This research resulted in the implementation of a system for the detection [...]

2021-03-10T21:17:27+01:00March 10th, 2021|Publications|

Spread of parasitic frozen hybrids on the Caribbean island

To understand the dynamics of host-pathogens coevolution and its epidemiological consequences, we need to know how new races of invasive parasites emerge. In our recent work, published in Molecular Ecology (Konczal et al. 2020, link), we shed some light on this process by analyzing whole genomes of Gyrodactylus turnbulli, ectoparasitic flukes infecting guppies. Mateusz Konczal [...]

2021-03-10T20:14:35+01:00January 29th, 2021|Publications|

Publication in Behavioral Ecology on adaptations to urban conditions in a Crocidura species

The prestigious Behavioral Ecology has just published an article (online for now) by Leszek Rychlik and colleagues from Portugal (University of Lisbon) on the differences in metabolism and behavior of greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) from urban and rural populations. Wild-trapped shrews were brought to lab where their RMR, boldness, and exploration rate were measured. [...]

2021-12-22T06:34:28+01:00October 28th, 2020|Publications|

A paper on shrews in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Recently, an article about the causes of behavioral differentiation among shrews, by Leszek Rychlik and co-authors from Portugal (University of Lisbon) and Germany (University of Munich), appeared, in its final form, in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Comparing the behavior in five species of shrews from several locations in Europe, the authors tested if fast-lived species [...]

2021-12-22T06:34:28+01:00October 28th, 2020|Publications|

Publication in Molecular Ecology

Genomic analyses reveal adaptive evolution of the fish ectoparasite, Gyrodactylus bullatarudis that is shaped by the combination of gene duplications, divergence and recombination. In a paper by Konczal et al. published in Molecular Ecology, we describe reference genome of /G. bullatarudis/ the authors compare it with other Platyhelminthes. Results suggest that duplications in several gene [...]

2020-05-19T10:19:41+02:00May 18th, 2020|Publications|
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