Between 24 and 29 May 2010 the Mammal Research Institute PAS in Białowieża organised a Summer School of Ecology and Biodiversity which gathered 69 PhD students from all over the World (e.g. from Armenia, Venezuela, Russia, Turkey, USA, and South Africa). The participants were enjoying lectures of reknown researchers invited to Białowieża, as well as underwent a comprehensive training in research techniques.

The scope of the event covers various aspects of animal (mainly mammal) sciences: ecological and conservation genetics, population and evolutionary ecology, biogeography and macroecology, physiological ecology, conservation of biodiversity, application of GIS in ecology and nature conservation, statistics and modelling in ecology, and methods of ecological research on animals.

The costs of participation in Summer School were covered by the European Commission under the BIOSEB project of the Marie Curie Actions.

The galeries of photos below include pictures taken by: M.Tokarska, T.Kamiński, A.Niemczynowicz, R.Kowalczyk, M.Potoczek, S.Pavlova and I.Muschik.

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