About us
In the Institute of Environmental Biology we are pursuing several lines of research concerning ecology of individuals, populations and ecosystems, animal behaviour, bioacoustics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, taxonomy and systematics, biogeography, as well as biodiversity, environmental conservation and monitoring. Our study systems include a wide variety of taxa, from bacteria to vertebrates, and we explore many regions in the world, including Arctica, Australia, Africa, North and South America. We offer several BSc and MSc courses, and provide numerous PhD opportunities.
News
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Negative frequency-dependent selection on MHC uncovered by an emergent parasite
High polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes that encode proteins crucial for adaptive immunity of vertebrates have been long hypothesized to be maintained by [...]
New publication on the role of associative learning in originating sexual preferences
In the article published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0212 dr Magdalena Herdegen-Radwan (Department of Behavioural Ecology) presents empirical suport for the role [...]