Seminars on Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour

Seminars organized jointly by Tomasz Osiejuk (Department of Behavioural Ecology), Jacek Radwan (Evolutionary Biology Group) and Lechosław Kuczyński (Population Ecology Lab). Meetings will take place in room Parter on Wednesdays at 12:00.

Seminars planned for Academic year 2024/2025:

09.10.2024Jan HanzelkaInstitute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Academy of Sciences9th Marcin Antczak Award ceremony with the lecture of laureate: "An unforeseen ecological chain in tree cavities"
16.10.2024Katarzyna OstapowiczNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchIntegrative analysis of phenological shifts and green carbon dynamics: implications for ecosystem resilience and climate mitigation strategies
23.10.2024Klaudia SzalaDept. of Avian Biology and Ecology, AMUThe function of eggshell pigmentation in the sexual selection of the red-backed shrike
13.11.2024Rafał KowalczykMammal Research Institure Polish Academy of Sciences, BiałowieżaRefugees among mammals
20.11.2024Nicky WybouwDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, BelgiumHow Wolbachia symbionts spread within haplodiploid mites
27.11.2024Jessie FoestForest Biology Center, AMUUnique rhythms: variability in masting across tree populations
04.12.2024Melissah RoweNetherlands Institute of EcologyAvian reproductive microbiomes: variation and consequences for host biology
15.01.2025Marcin DyderskiInstitute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of SciencesShifts in forest tree composition under climate change and how to predict them
22.01.2025Grzegorz NeubauerOrnithological Station, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences50 years of Białowieża Forest bird surveys – past, present, future
26.02.2025Natalia Szudarek-TreptoDepartment of Animal Morphology, AMUBeyond 145 million years: deceleration of morphological evolution in the complex of cryptic mite species
19.03.2025Alfredo AttisanoMuseum and Insitute of Zoology, Polish Academy of SciencesCoevolution and nestling phenotypic variation in a cuckoo-host system from New Caledonia
09.04.2025Tim JanickeCNRS-UMR Montpellier, FranceAnything wrong with the foundations of sexual selection theory? The story of a delicate debate.
07.05.2025Kinga BudaDept. Behavioural Ecology, AMUNocturnal singing by diurnal birds – side effect of the light or functional behaviour?
28.05.2025Michał BogdziewiczForest Biology Center, AMUReproductive strategies of trees under climate warming
04.06.2025Jens RolffFreie Universität BerlinAntimicrobial resistance evolution: Antimicrobial peptides and the merit of in vitro data
11.06.2025Oliwia SękDept. Systematic Zoology, AMURodents vs endophytic fungi - the influence of toxic fungi on the fitness of herbivorous small mammals
18.06.2025Krzysztof StawrakakisDept. of Systematic and Environmental Botany, AMUControlling the mycobiome: Application potential of symbiotic plant modification

Past seminars