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.
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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 [...]
Publication in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology on the properties and composition of the toxins from parotoid glands of the the common toad Bufo bufo
In the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C (Q1 in Zoology), Krzysztof Kowalski, Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology), and co-authors from the Institute [...]
We look for a field assistant for bird behaviour project in Africa
We look for a field assistant for bird behaviour project in Africa. Supervisor: Tomasz S. Osiejuk Project leader: Mathieu Mahamoud-Issa Team lab: Department of Behavioural [...]
Awards for the best presentations at International Congress received by our PhD students
PhD students from our Institute presented results of their research at the XV International Congress of Acarology in Antalya, Turkey. Natalia Szudarek (Department of Animal [...]
Publication in Ecology
One widely accepted fitness advantage of being a masting plant (instead of just producing seeds every year) is the predator satiation. According to this mechanism, [...]