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 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, [...]
Publication in Scientific Reports authored by members of our Institute: T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire profiling in non-model species using high-throughput sequencing
High-throughput sequencing (HTS) prompted development of novel, refined methods of analyzing immunological repertoires (e.g. immunoglobulins, TCRs). So far, despite a decade of progress, these techniques were mainly used [...]
The Marcin Antczak Award goes to Jakub Szymkowiak
The 4th Marcin Antczak Award for the most inspiring ornithological paper published in 2017 in a peer-reviewed journal by young scientist who originates from Poland, the Czech [...]
Publication in Journal of Ecology
New study describing how apparent predation occurring between two sympatric oaks influence their recruitment rates was just published in Journal of Ecology. The Authors (Michał [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
20.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Functions of duets and chorus in chubb's cisticola” will be given by Michał Budka (Department of [...]
Publication in New Phytologist
The paper by Bogdziewicz et al. on the role of environmental constraints in mast seeding was published in the latest issue of New Phytologist. We [...]
Media about the research conducted in our Institute
Polish Press Agency, The Polish Society for the Protection of Birds, and Journal of Animal Ecology write about research of cooperative team of Population Ecology [...]