Current research themes at the Population Ecology Lab

Ongoing projects

We are mainly supported by the National Science Centre, with over 4.1M PLN (870k EUR) funding since our Lab was launched in 2016.

National Science Centre, Poland (2021/41/B/NZ8/01703)

Evolution of the niche breadth in biotic and abiotic dimensions under constant and fluctuating environmental conditions

National Science Centre, Poland (2018/31/D/NZ8/00080)

Social learning of risk recognition in wild birds

National Science Centre, Poland (2018/28/T/NZ8/00060)

Dispersal strategies in eriophyoid mites

National Science Centre, Poland (2019/32/T/NZ8/00151)

Specialization trade-offs and ecology of dispersal in phytophagous mites

National Science Centre, Poland (2019/35/N/NZ8/02639)

Competition-dispersal trade-off in phytophagous mites

National Science Centre, Poland (2019/35/N/NZ8/03377)

Informed dispersal based on using chemical cues in phytophagous mites

European Funds, Infrastructure and Environment (POIS.02.04.00-00-0018/16)

Action Plan for the Conservation of the Montagu’s Harrier in Poland

National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (48/2015/F)

Monitoring of bird populations in Poland

Initiative of Excellence – Research University (001/34/UAM/0004)

Influence of domestic cat predation on wild bird populations in Poland

Initiative of Excellence – Research University (001/34/UAM/0013)

What environmental factors drive population dynamics in the Skylark Alauda arvensis?

Initiative of Excellence – Research University (001/34/UAM/0003)

New microsatellite markers for studying population genetics in global wheat pest Aceria tosichella

Initiative of Excellence – Research University (014/34/UAM/0060)

Application of artificial neural networks to estimate the population size of the herbivorous mite Aceria tosichella

Initiative of Excellence – Research University (009/34/ID-UB/0023)

Morphological variation of Aceria tosichella populations differing in the level of host specialization

Dean of the Faculty of Biology AMU (GDWB-07/2018)

Mechanisms to maintain heterozygosity during dispersal in a haplodiploid mite species