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
Article in Ecology Letters authored by Michał Bogdziewicz
In a new Ideas and Perspectives paper in Ecology Letters, Bogdziewicz et al. review the most relevant proximate drivers of masting and outline a research [...]
Michał Bogdziewicz from our Institute published an article in Nature Plants!
Our recent study, done by an international team of scientists led by Marcos Fernandez Martinez from the University of Antwerp, is now published in Nature [...]
AMU Foundation scholarship for Ph.D. students
Alicja Laska, a PhD student of our Institute (Population Ecology Lab) has been awarded Adam Mickiewcz University Foundation scholarship dedicated to outstanding PhD students. Congratulations!
Article in Journal of Medical Entomology on competition between tick species
In the last issue of the Journal of Medical Entomology (Q1 in Entomology), you can find a paper by Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) [...]
Publication in PNAS
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is central for self-/non–self-recognition and acquired immunity. The extreme polymorphism of MHC genes, promoted by parasite-mediated selection, contrasts with limited [...]
Publication in Journal of Human Evolution on arboreal locomotion in feathertail gliders (Acrobates pygmaeus)
A paper by Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) and collaborators (from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) about arboreal locomotion in the feathertail glider (Acrobates [...]
Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarships
PhD, Master and Bachelor students of our Institute: MSc Agnieszka Majer, MSc Alicja Laska, BSc Kamila Karpicka-Ignatowska, Anna Radwańska, BSc Jakub Buda, BSc Mateusz Zmudziński have been [...]
Publication in Molecular Ecology
Jacek Radwan, Magdalena Migalska and Alvaro Sebastian, in collaboration with colleagues from Institute of Nature Conservation PASand Lund University, in a paper published in Molecular Ecology, documented selection [...]
Paper in Journal of Mammalogy on the influence of masting on the cross-habitat dispersal of competing rodents in Bieszczady Mts
In the Journal of Mammalogy (Q1 in Zoology), Rafał Zwolak, Michał Bogdziewicz and Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology), and collaborators from the Museum and [...]
Article in Journal of Mammalogy on the role of venom in hunting and food hoarding by the Eurasian water shrew
In Journal of Mammalogy (Q1 in Zoology), Krzysztof Kowalski and Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) published a paper on the role of venom [...]