Article in Nature Plants
The new paper published in Nature Plants explores how seed production in perennial plants, like European beech (Fagus sylvatica), synchronizes across vast distances, affecting ecosystem functions. The study reveals that the summer solstice serves as [...]
Publication in Nature of lake microplasctic
Article in Nature co-authored by Beata Messyasz reveals that lakes ecosystems play a key role in the plastic-pollution cycle. Read more here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06168-4
Article in Biological Reviews
The journal Biological Reviews has published a paper authored by Anna Skoracka, Lechosław Kuczynski and Jacek Radwan and colleagues from the University of Lisbon and the University of Montpellier (https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13018). It is a review publication [...]
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 algorithm for generating so-called "virtual species." Virtual species are synthetic [...]
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 by Michal Bogdziewicz investigating the response of European beech (Fagus [...]
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 this costly trait captures genome-wide variation and facilitates the purging [...]
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 in rural and urban populations of shrews belonging to two [...]
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 were tested in a terrarium where they had access to [...]
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 negative frequency-dependent selection resulting from adaptation of parasites to common [...]
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 of associative learning in originating sexual preferences. Sexual preferences of [...]
ERC starting grant for Michal Bogdziewicz!
We are thrilled to announce that dr Michal Bogdziewicz from our institute has been awarted prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant for the project “ForestFuture: Climate change impacts on trees reproduction and forecasts of forest recruitment change”
New publication: How environmental heterogeneity influences niche breadth
In this article, we explain how the degree of environmental heterogeneity may influence pests’ niche breadth evolution, which may in turn affect the ability of pests to persist in agricultural systems. The study was supported [...]
Scholarship of the Bekker NAWA Program for Michał Brzozowski
On December 21, 2021, the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) selected the winners of the recruitment to the 4th edition of the Bekker NAWA Program. As part of this flagship NAWA program, during their [...]
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 [...]
Dr Michał Bogdziewicz have been elected a member of Young Scientist Academy PAS
Dr Michał Bogdziewicz from our Institute have been elected a member of prestigious Young Scientist Academy PAS. More on his work here: https://michalbogdziewicz.wordpress.com/
Scholarships of the Foundation of Adam Mickiewicz University of in Poznań for Michał Brzozowski
On November 15, 2021, the Competition Jury of Scholarships of the Foundation of Adam Mickiewicz University of in Poznań selected the winners of this year's edition of the scholarship program for AMU doctoral students. Among [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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), [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
20.01.2021 We would like to invite everybody to participate in next SEEB seminar on Teams platform. The lecture entitled 'Evolution with two sexes' will be given by Aneil Agrawal (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
13.01.2021 We would like to invite everybody to participate in next SEEB seminar on Teams platform. The lecture entitled 'Bird brain: not so social after all' will be given by Szymon Drobniak (Institute of Environmental [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
02.12.2020 We would like to invite everybody to participate in next SEEB seminar on Teams platform. The lecture entitled 'The Yellow Breasted Barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus) uses specific calls to introduce duets and choruses' will be [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
25.11.2020 We would like to invite everybody to participate in next SEEB seminar on Teams platform. The lecture entitled 'Genetic basis of carotenoid coloration in birds' will be given by Małgorzata Gazda (Institut de Biologie [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
18.11.2020 We would like to invite everybody to participate in next SEEB seminar. The lecture entitled 'Host behaviour drivers parasite transmission and evolution in Wild Guppy population' will be given by Jessica Stephenson (Department [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Advances in the Evolutionary Understanding of MHC Polymorphism
Jacek Radwan (Evolutionary Biology Group) and colleagues have published a paper in Trends in Genetics in which they review evolutionary mechanisms explaining landmark features of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, including their extreme polymorphism, and [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
04.03.2020 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Heterogeneous introgression in newt hybrid zones' will be given by Piotr Zieliński (Genomics and Experimental Evolution Group, Jagiellonian University, Kraków). When: 04.03.2020, 12:15 Where: [...]
New article in Nature Plants authored by Michał Bogdziewicz
The impacts of climate change on forests can be dramatic but can also play out via more subtle interactions between different species. A new study published in Nature Plants demonstrates how the overall effect of [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
29.01.2020 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'A behavioural ecologist meets meta-analysis and falls in love' will be given by Shinichi Nakagawa (Inter-Disciplinary Ecology and Evolution Lab Evolution & Ecology Research [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
22.01.2020 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'When a mail looks like a female, he must have a whistle' will be given by Tomasz Osiejuk (Department of Behavioural Ecology, Faculty of [...]
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 agenda that takes the biology of masting from a largely [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
11.12.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'What is Darwinian fitness? From individual interactions to population growth' will be given by Krzysztof Argasiński (Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences). When: [...]
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 Plants. In the paper, we used a huge dataset of [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
27.11.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Sexual selection, adaptation and extinction' will be given by Rob Knell (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University London, UK) When: 27.11.2019, [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
20.11.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'The black-headed gull: a model in behavioural and genetic research' will be given by Piotr Minias (Department of Biodiversity Studies and Bioeducation, University of [...]
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!
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
23.10.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Bioacoustics monitoring of birds' will be given by Karl-Heinz Frommolt (Museum for Natural History, Leibnitz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin). When: 23.10.2019, [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
10.10.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Restoration of coastal habitats, mainly wetlands' will be given by Maria A. Rodrigo (University of Valencia). When: 10.10.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
29.05.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Bird responses to forest structure in Central European forests: a case study in the Zuricher Canton' will be given by Pedro Leitao (Technical University [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
22.05.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'The niche, co-existence and biotic interactions' will be given by Lechosław Kuczyński (Population Ecology Lab). When: 22.05.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
15.05.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Investigating mechanisms and ecology of sexual conflict' will be given by Agata Plesnar-Bielak (Jagiellonian University). When: 15.05.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
24.04.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Data-driven modelling of influenza diffusion and evolution' will be given by Piotr Bentkowski (Sorbonne University). When: 24.04.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
03.04.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Individual MHC immune gene diversity: implications for fitness and communications in humans and banded mongooses' will be given by Jamie Winternitz (Bielefeld University). When: [...]
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) and collaborators from three institutions in Warsaw and Košice (Slovakia) [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
27.03.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Evolution of the number of MHC genes: testing the optimality hypothesis' will be given by Magdalena Migalska (Evolutionary Biology Group). When: 27.03.2019, 12:15 Where: [...]
Announcements for PhD students
Two fully-funded PhD positions available at Population Ecology Lab. Contact: Lechosław Kuczyński, lechu@amu.edu.pl
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
20.03.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'The effect of sexual selection on adaptation and extinction: insight from the laboratory and field' will be given by Jonathan Parrett (Oxford University). When: [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
13.03.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Evolution of alternative, sexually selected pheotypes' will be given by Jacek Radwan (Evolutionary Biology Group, AMU Poznań). When: 13.03.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała [...]
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 within-individual diversity. The prevailing explanation is a trade-off between increased [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
27.02.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'The genomic impact of Bioinvasions - a case study of two aliens' will be given by Olaf Thalmann (University of Medical Sciences, Poznań). When: 27.02.2019, 12:15 [...]
Seminar on Unsolved problems of the Aral Sea
18.02.2019 The lecture entitled 'Unsolved problems of the Aral Sea, perhaps the worst environmental disaster of the 20th – 21st centuries' will be given by Nikolay V. Aladin (The Laboratory of Brackishwater Hydrobiology, Russian [...]
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 pygmaeus) appeared in the Journal of Human Evolution (Q1 in [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
23.01.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Ecophysiological factors and life history strategies in marine top predators' will be given by Roger Colominas-Ciuro (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland). When: 23.01.2019, 12:15 Where: Collegium [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
09.01.2019 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Effect of climate change and human activity on population dynamics of small mammals' will be given by Karol Zub (Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of [...]
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 awarded scholarships from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for [...]
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 acting on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in sedge warbler (Acrocephalus [...]
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 Institute of Zoology PAS, published a paper on the influence [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
12.12.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Harsh conditions shift the balance between pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection' will be given by Silvia Cattelan (University of Padua). When: 12.12.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Sala [...]
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 in hunting larger prey and food hoarding by the Eurasian [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
28.11.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Evolutionary ecology of bodily damage: butterfly wing damage as a window on predation' will be given by Freerk Molleman (Department of Systematic Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University). When: [...]
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 of Experimental Biology, Paweł Marciniak and Grzegorz Rosiński (Department of [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
07.11.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Replication crisis and why it is not a problem for ecologists' will be given by Rafał Zwolak (Department of Systematic Zoology, AMU). When: 07.11.2018, 12:15 [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
24.10.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'Evolutionary end ecological feedbacks between rodent and virus speciation' will be given by Gerald Heckel (University of Bern, Switzerland). When: 24.10.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
17.10.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled 'DNA Barcoding and anatomy reveal 3 cryptic species of white grub (Posthodiplostomum spp.) infecting fishes in an Illinois lake' will be given by Shawn Meagher (Western Illinois [...]
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 Ecology: http://behaecol.home.amu.edu.pl/ Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology (Poznań): https://amu.edu.pl/en/AMU-Faculties/faculty-of-biology [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
10.10.2017 SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: 4th Marcin Antczak Award ceremony and special ornithological lecture entitled 'Learning and decision-making in wood warblers' by awarded Jakub Szymkowiak (Adam Mickiewicz University) Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, [...]
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 Morphology) received a top three placement in the 'Best Poster [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
03.10.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Sex- and environment dependent mutation and selection” will be given by DAVID BERGER from Uppsala University. When: 03.10.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
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, masting helps to increase seed survival through starving predators in [...]
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 in research involving model species and humans. Recently, Magdalena Migalska, [...]
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 Republic or Slovakia goes to dr Jakub Szymkowiak from Population [...]
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 Bogdziewicz, Nathanael Lichti, Rafał Zwolak) wrote a short summary of [...]
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 Behavioural Ecology). When: 20.06.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
13.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Host specialisation within a phytophagous insect community: The case of Tefritidae species in Reunion” will be given by Maud Charlery (University of Lisbon). When: 13.06.2018, 12:15 [...]
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 wrote about the research in the past post (link). In [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
06.06.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Corn bunting's dialects in a highly fragmented habitat” will be given by Anne-Laure Geboes (University of Liege). When: 06.06.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
30.05.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Trade-offs between pathogen resistance and autoimmunity shape genomic variability of MHC immune genes” will be given by Tobias Lenz (Max Planck Institute). When: 30.05.2018, 12:15 Where: [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
23.05.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Reproductive strategies and their health consequnces in African arboreal primate" will be given by Małgorzata Arlet (Institute of Antrhopology UAM). When: 23.05.2018, 12:15 Where: Collegium [...]
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 Lab and Charles University in Prague. The research is about [...]
Publication in Journal of Animal Ecology
The article by Lechosław Kuczyński and Anna Skoracka (Population Ecology Lab) and cooperators from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic was published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The study shows how birds avoid [...]
Publication in New Phytologist
In "New Phytologist" journal the article co-authored by Michał Bogdziewicz (Department of Systematic Zoology) entitled "Correlated seed failure as an environmental veto to synchronize reproduction of masting plants" was published. What Michał talks about the [...]
Publication in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
The article by Natalia Olejnik, Zbigniew Celka and Piotr Szkudlarz (Department of Plant Taxonomy) and Myroslava V. Shevera (M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine) was published in “Review of Paleobotany and Palynology”. [...]
PAP describes research of international team led by Prof. Jacek Radwan
PAP describes research of international team led by Prof. Jacek Radwan on host – parasite coevolution published in PNAS http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C27945%2Cwreszcie-podejrzano-ewolucyjny-wyscig-zbrojen-gospodarz-pasozyt.html
Research of prof. Jacek Radwan team published in PNAS
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most polymorphic gene families in the vertebrate genome, with natural selection actively promoting and maintaining variability. The exact mechanism/mechanisms responsible for these characteristics re-main unclear, but [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
10.01.2018 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Masting in trees: interactive effects of pollination, resources and weather" will be given by Michał Bogdziewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland & University Autonoma [...]
Short Term Scientific Mission grant
Ms Magdalena Ślachetka, MSc, this year graduate of our Faculty and a former Master’s degree student of prof. UAM dr hab. Marlena Lembicz from the Department of Plant Taxonomy, received a STMS (Short Term Scientific [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
13.12.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Parasites promote host diversity and ecosystem stability" will be given by Justyna Wolińska (Leibnitz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fishieries). When: 13.12.2017, 12:15 Where: Collegium [...]
Dr. Jan Kulczyk scholarship for PhD student of our Institute
PhD student of our Institute, Agnieszka Majer, was awarded the dr. Jan Kulczyk scholarship for scientific record! This scholarship is dedicated to outstanding students. Congratulations!
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
22.11.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Polyandry and host-symbiont conflicts in spider mites" will be given by Sara Magalhães (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, University of Lisbon, Portugal). [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
15.11.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Generalists and specialists: a new view of how MHC class I molecules are involved with disease" will be given by Jim Kafuman (Department of Pathology, [...]
Lecture given by dr Fyodor Kondrashov
7.11.2017 We are pleased to inform about the lecture given by dr Fyodor Kondrashov on Tuesday, November the 7th, 2017, at 11.30 in the Parter Hall – Sala Parter. Details are here. [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
08.11.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "POPULATION IMPLICATIONS OF SEXUAL CONFLICT AND SEXUAL SELECTION" will be given by Karl Grieshop from Uppsala University. When: 08.11.2017, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, Mała [...]
Publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
A paper that describes the mechanisms of mast seeding in oaks, has just been published in the leading biological journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, authored by Michał Bogdziewicz (Department of Systematic [...]
Publication in Biological Reviews
In the top journal Biological Reviews, Rafał Zwolak (Department of Systematic Zoology) published a paper on the relationships between plants and animals. One of the most fundamental differences between plants and animals is the ability [...]
Article in Journal of Zoology on arboreality in acacia rats
A paper by Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) and collaborators (from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) appeared in the Journal of Zoology. The authors, for the first time, analysed [...]
In Nature about our research
In the latest issue of Nature, section ‘News’, Emma Young discusses the recent publication by Lázaro et al. (2017) concerning the Dehenl phenomenon in the common shrew (Sorex araneus). On this occasion the author invokes [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
25.10.2017 SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: 3rd Marcin Antczak Award ceremony and special ornithological lecture by awarded Michal Šulc (Czech Academy of Sciences) Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, 12:15
Publication in Frontiers in Zoology, on the toxic properties and composition of venom from the Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens
In the top-journal Frontiers in Zoology, Krzysztof Kowalski, Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology), and co-authors from the Institute of Experimental Biology, Paweł Marciniak and Grzegorz Rosiński (Department of Animal Physiology and Development) published a [...]
Medal AMU for outstanding achievements
On the occasion of the Inauguration of the academic year 2017/2018, agraduate of our Institute, and now a PhD student in the Department of Hydrobiology, Michał Brzozowski, was honored with the Medal of the [...]
Publication in Ibis and Editor’s choice
The results of study done by Paweł Szymański, Krzysztof Deoniziak, Katarzyna Łosak and Tomasz Osiejuk from Department of Behavioural Ecology indicate how renewable energy production, namely the sound of wind turbines, affect to vocal [...]
New publication in Ecology
The results of study done by numerous team of scientists led by Michał Bogdziewicz (Department of Systematic Zoology, AMU), with especially significant contribution from Jakub Szymkowiak (Population Ecology Lab, AMU), Mario Pesendorfer (Cornell Univ.), Idalia [...]
Publication about seasonal changes in morphology in phytophagous mites
A PhD student of our Institute, Alicja Laska (Population Ecology Lab), published new research as a first author in Experimental and Applied Acarology. The article is on seasonal changes in morphology in two species [...]
The Prime Minister Award
Dr. Lech Kaczmarek from the AMU Ecological Station in Jeziory was in a team of scientists from the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, who was granted the Prime Minister Award in the category of scientific and [...]
Polish Press Agency about the research conducted in our Institute: „Wheat-feeding mites are travelling with the wind”
Polish Press Agency described the research conducted in Population Ecology Lab on dispersal of phytophagous mites. Observations were carried out by Agnieszka Kiedrowicz in the course of her PhD thesis. More about this research can [...]
Publication in PLoS ONE
In PLoS ONE, Pavel Linhart (Dept. Behavioural Ecology), published new research on biases in the acoustic discrimination of individuals. Full article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177206
Publication in Journal of Ornithology
In Journal of Ornithology, Michał Budka and Tomasz Osiejuk (Dept. Behavioural Ecology), published new research on microgeographic call variation in a non-learning bird species – the corncrake. Full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-017-1438-7
Publication in Scientific Reports about behavioural responses of phytophagous mites in presence of dispersal cues
In Scientific Reports, a PhD student of our Institute, Agnieszka Kiedrowicz (Population Ecology Lab), published new research as a first author. The article is on behavioural responses of phytophagous eriophyoid mites to potential dispersal cues. [...]
Nobel Student Contest for our MSc student
Master student of environmental protection, Michał‚ Brzozowski, was the laureate of this year's edition of the nationwide Nobel Student Contest. It is a cyclical contest organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and [...]
Article in Journal of Mammalian Evolution: Micromys minutus as a model to study the arboreality of extinct eutherians
In the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, you can find a paper by Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) and collaborators (from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris), in which they analyse [...]
Publication in Scientific Reports: on the importance of illumination in nest site choice in birds
In recent paper published in Scientific Reports, Paweł Podkowa and Adrian Surmacki (Department of Avian Biology and Ecology) reported the first evidence that light may be important factor influencing nest site choice and nest building [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
31.05.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Balancing selection facilities introgression of newt immune genes” will be given by Wiesław Babik (Molecular & Behavioural Ecology Group, Jagiellonian University, Poland) When: 31.05.2017, 12:15 Where: [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
24.05.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "IS IT GOOD TO SOUND DIFFERENT? Why and how to study information about individual identity in vocalizations?" will be given by Pavel Linhart (Department of [...]
The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) stipends for young researchers in our Institute
Mateusz Konczal (Evolutionary Biology Lab) and Jakub Szymkowiak (Population Ecology Lab) have been awarded a stipends from the Foundation for Polish Science. These stipends are for young, talented researchers, at the outset of their career, [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
17.05.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "Dobór płciowy a ewolucja kobiecych piersi" will be given by Krzysztof Kościński (Instytut of Antropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) When: 17.05.2017, [...]
New publication in Animal Behaviour – on the interspecific differentiation of personalities among shrews
In the last issue of Animal Behaviour, Sophie von Merten, Rafał Zwolak and Leszek Rychlik (Department of Systematic Zoology) published a paper in which they verified the social niche specialization hypothesis predicting that more social [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
12.04.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "The host-parasite arms race in guppies" will be given by Karl Philips (Evolutionary Biology Group, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) When: 12.04.2017, 12:15 Where: Collegium [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
5.04.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "The meaning of beauty. On ornaments of the bluethroats” will be given by Stanisław Rusiecki (Department of Behavioural Ekology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) [...]
Polish Press Agency about the research conducted in our Institute “Kin selection promotes female productivity and cooperation between the sexes”
Aleksandra Łukasiewcz, Agnieszka Szubert-Kruszyńska i Jacek Radwan (Evolutionary Biology Lab) found that evolution in groups of relatives results in higher reproductive output of females which partly results from the mitigation of the sexual conflict. (published [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
29.03.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "How individual variation in see-dispersing animals matters for plants” will be given by Rafał Zwolak (Department of Systematic Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) When: [...]
Aggressive signaling in wood warblers: publication in Journal of Avian Biology
A paper by Jakub Szymkowiak and Lechosław Kuczyński (Population Ecology Lab) about signaling function of male song rate during territorial contests in the wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) has been published in the current issue of [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
01.03.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Information flow in a network of dispersed signallers-receivers” will be given by Konrad Hałupka (Department of Behavioral Ecology, Wrocław University, Poland) When: 01.03.2017, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, [...]
Seminars on Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour
22.02.2017 We’re pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled “Telomeres as biomarkers of cost and quality in the Seychelles warbler” will be given by Davida Richardsona (University of East Anglia) When: 22.02.2017, 12:15 Where: Collegium Biologicum, [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
18.01.2017 123th SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „Molekularna rewolucja w biomonitoringu, czyli plusy i minusy analizy eDNA” will be given by Mirosława Dabert (Laboratory of Molecular Biology Techniques, AMU, Poznań) When: 18.01.2017, [...]
Announcement for PhD students
Announcement for PhD students in the project “A bidirectional selection experiment to test the evolution of specialization and dispersal in the invasive wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella” We are looking for one PhD student to [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
04.01.2017 122th SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „The adaptive value of habitat preferences from a multi-scale spatial perspective: a case study with rallids” will be given by Jan Jedlikowski (Biological [...]
Cyanobacteria in Chara-lakes: publication in Ecological Indicators
Cyanobacteria are a constant component of phytoplankton of lakes with different trophic status including lakes representing habitat 3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp. In an article in Ecological Indicators Aleksandra Pełechata, Mariusz [...]
Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship
Masters student of our Institute, Michał Brzozowski (environmental protection), has been awarded a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements for the academic year 2016/2017. Congratulations! [...]
Publication in the Ecological Indicators: new data on the functional significance of algae mats
Studies carried out by Marta Pikosz, Beata Messyasz and Maciej Gąbka (Department of Hydrobiology, AMU in Poznań) show growth patterns and distinct ecological niches of species that form mats of algae in [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
14.12.2016 SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: We're pleased to announce next SEEB. The lecture entitled "TO BE OR NOT TO BE A SLAG? A LESSON FROM FLOUR BEETLES" will be given by Łukasz Michalczyk (Jagiellonian University) [...]
Polish-American Freedom Foundation scholarship
PhD student of our Institute, Natalia Królikowska, as the first on the ranking list was awarded the Polish-American Freedom Foundation "PhDo" scholarship for PhD students which cooperate with non-governmental organizations within PhD projects. Natalia was [...]
Publication in Molecular Ecology Resources: New generation sequencing makes it possible to characterize the immense diversity of co-amplifying immune genes in wild vertebrates
Characterisation of highly duplicated genes, such as those of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), remains a challenging task, yet these genes play a crucial role in coevolution of parasites with their hosts, and may [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
07.12.2016 SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „Mites as vectors transmitting the Rose rosette virus” will be given by Tobiasz Druciarek (University of Arkansas). 07.12.2016, Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, 12:15 [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
30.11.2016 119th SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „Daphnia against climate change - old threats, new quality” will be given by Marcin Dziuba (Department of Hydrobiology, AMU, Poznań, Poland) When: 30.11.2016, [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
23.11.2016 118th SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „Spatio-temporal dynamics of pollen in the air: the role of production, release and dispersion” will be given by Łukasz Grewling (Aeropalynology Lab, AMU, Poznań, [...]
The conservation of nature in Mozambique in times of war. The study of biodiversity in the Gorongosa National Park
Open lecture – 16 November 2016 We invite to open lecture entitled „The conservation of nature in Mozambique in times of war. The study of biodiversity in the Gorongosa National Park.”which will be given by [...]
Seminars on Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
26.10.2016 117th SEMINAR ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: The lecture entitled „Sex, genetic variation, and multiple paradoxes” will be given by Zofia Prokop (Jagiellonian University). 26.10.2016, Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, 12:15 [...]
New Scientist & Discover magazine
Krzysztof Zawierucha, PhD candidate from our Institute, works on the diversity of micro invertebrates in cryoconite holes as well as he is interested in functioning of glacial biome. Current knowledge on the invertebrate diversity and [...]
Publication in Journal of Ecology
The work done by Michał Bogdziewicz and Rafał Zwolak (both from Department of Systematic Zoology, Institute of Environmental Biology) in cooperation with Elizabeth E. Crone (Tufts University) and Michael A. Steele (Wilkes University): on the [...]
Szymkowiak et al. paper received Editor’s Choice in Oikos journal!
We are happy to inform, that recent paper authored by Jakub Szymkowiak, Lechosław Kuczyński (both from Population Ecology Lab, Institute of Environmental Biology), and Robert L. Thomson (FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape [...]
Opportunity to get experience in field work
We offer an opportunity to get some experience in field work within the project investigating the impact of invasion of red oak on the regeneration potential of native oaks in Poland is. The project entitled [...]
Announcement for PhD students in the project “Evolution of identity signalling in vocalizations”
We are looking for one or two PhD students to join the Department of Behavioural Ecology. Read more here: www.behaecol.amu.edu.pl/resources/PhD-Students-POLONEZ.pdf
International Colloquium – Biology of the Soricidae IV
Department of Systematic Zoology, with help of the Institute of Biology (Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Białystok), organised the „International Colloquium – Biology of the Soricidae IV”. The conference took place at the [...]
Exhibition „WITH WARTA RIVER – NATURE AND SCENERY”
06.08.2016- 06.11.2016 Welcome to the photography exhibition of prof. Aleksander Winiecki entitled: „WITH WARTA RIVER - NATURE AND SCENERY”. Exhibition and Education Centre of AMU Botanical Garden, Dąbrowskiego 165, Poznań. The exhibition is open to 6 [...]
SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR
05.10.2016 SEMINARS ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR: @ 2nd Marcin Antczak Award ceremony and special ornithological lecture by awarded Jiří Reif (Charles University) Collegium Biologicum, Mała Aula, 12:00-14:00