Events
Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment in which it states that the forest management operations concerning the Białowieża Forest Natura 2000 site that have been undertaken by Poland infringe EU law Press release on the judgment here...
20.04.2018
Science comics
Science cartoon by dr Tomasz Samojlik to the article “Lessons from Białowieża Forest on the history of protection and the world’s first reintroduction of a large carnivore” published in Conservation Biology. The paper shows what lessons can be...
13.03.2018
MRI in media
Science journal in the section Letters published an article on the bark beetle outbreak in the Białowieża Forest, co-authored by dr hab. Rafał Kowalczyk from MRI PAS. You can read the piece here
09.02.2018
MRI in media
The BBC News published an article “Cow walks on wild side with Polish bison” on the cow wich joined bison herd on the outskirts of the Białowieża Forest with quotes from dr. Rafał Kowalczyk – the head of MRI PAS. You can read the piece here...
06.02.2018
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Science cartoon by dr Tomasz Samojlik to the article “Stable isotope signatures of large herbivore foraging habitats across Europe” published by MRI PAS staff in PLoS ONE, showing influence of habitat structure on European bison and moose foraging You can...
16.01.2018
Events
The scientific journal Mammal Research – issued on behalf of MRI PAS by Springer – has a new cover with beautiful photo of lynx from Białowieża Forest by photographer Hubert Gajda!
09.01.2018
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Latest research shows that local removal of American mink had a great positive effect on nesting success of waders (northern lapwing, common redshank and black-tailed godwit). Please find the full paper at:...
21.12.2017
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Study on seasonal changes of braincase depth of least weasels revealed, that similar to shrews, they exhibit winter shrinking of the skull and brain, followed by regrow in summer. This is common strategy of small, high-metabolic animals, dealing with massively...
06.12.2017
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The research by MRI PAS on the dynamics of parasite infection level in American mink has shown that non-native species are released from enemy pressure only in the first phase of invasion and the infection is also modulated by host demographics and season. There was a...
01.12.2017
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The research by MRI PAS, in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, on stress levels in cervids, has shown that in red deer and roe deer populations under heavy predation pressure from wolves and lynx, stress levels are lowest...
24.11.2017
