Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS

Białowieża Forest, Poland

Join the upcoming on-line MIZ PAS seminar!
👉When: 10th Oct (Friday), 12:00 pm CET
👉Speaker: Dr Grzegorz Neubauer, MIZ PAS @mizpas.bsky.social
👉Title: "50 years of Białowieża Forest bird studies: past, present, future”
👉Link: tinyurl.com/3jztwhyk
Everyone is welcome!
#ornithology #forest

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Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds - Nature Ecology & Evolution Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experiments across multiple continents suggest that these learned calls provoke an innate response even among allopatric species.

Darwin posited that innate and learned signals could be evolutionarily related. A new paper in @natecoevo.nature.com, co-authored by Alfredo Attisano, Roman Gula & Jörn Theuerkauf of @mizpas.bsky.social, demonstrates that a learned brood parasite vocalisation induces an innate response in the host.

06.10.2025 09:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

With whole-genome sequencing data for two PL populations: declining and isolated West Pomerania and stable and large Biebrza Valley, Dr Kubacka explored past and current genetic diversity in threatened Aquatic Warbler. Results will support conservation efforts. #conservation #genomics #biodiversity

02.10.2025 08:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Conservation genomics of the aquatic warbler, a specialist bird breeding in declining mire habitat This ERGA-BGE project, started in June 2024 and led by Dr. Justyna Kubacka, builds upon an ongoing study on the conservation genomics of the aquatic warbler, a threatened bird of highly fragmented cen...

🌾 The #threatened aquatic warbler relies on fragmented European wetlands to survive. Researchers from
@mizpas.bsky.social led by @justynakubacka.bsky.social
use #genomic data from two populations to guide management and help restore an extinct population.
erga-biodiversity.eu/post/conserv... ‬

01.10.2025 09:59 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

🎉New publication from MiIZ PAS 👉🏼

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Join the upcoming on-line MIZ PAS seminar!
👉When: 25th April (Friday), 12:00 pm CET
👉Speaker: Dr. Stephen Venn, Łódź University, Poland
👉Title: "The functional diversity of beetle assemblages of park habitats in Warsaw”
👉Link: tinyurl.com/a4ssayb8
Everyone is welcome!
#entomology #diversity #urban

23.04.2025 19:07 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Combining distance sampling and triangulation to estimate density of elusive rainforest vertebrates Knowledge of the density of endangered or game species is important for conservation and management. Distance sampling and triangulation have been use…

New publication from MIZ PAS:

Combining distance sampling and triangulation to estimate density of elusive rainforest vertebrates

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ornithology

10.04.2025 13:18 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Mimikra głosowa kukułeczek napędza ewolucję Kukułeczki jarzębate, aby uniknąć odrzucenia, naśladują głosy piskląt swoich gospodarzy tak dobrze, że zaczynają mocno różnić się w zależności od miejsca występowania. To może prowadzić do powstawania...

Mimikra głosowa kukułeczek napędza ewolucję

naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/...

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Naukowiec: badania długoterminowe są kluczowe dla nauk przyrodniczych, ich finansowanie jest wyzwaniem Badania długoterminowe mają dla nauk przyrodniczych ogromne znaczenie. Niestety, są niechętnie finansowane, ponieważ nie wpisują się w model nauki nastawionej na szybko osiągane i publikowane rezultat...

Naukowiec: badania długoterminowe są kluczowe dla nauk przyrodniczych, ich finansowanie jest wyzwaniem

naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/...

10.04.2025 13:10 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Our new #OpenAccess paper published in Biological Conservation:

"The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@richardkbroughton.bsky.social
#ecology #ornithology #mammals #plants #climate #forestecol 1/3

05.03.2025 13:02 — 👍 26    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1