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Articles in journals (45) Back to top
  1. Churski M, Kuijper DPJ, Semmelmayer K, Bond WJ, Cromsigt JPGM, Wang Y, Tristan Charles-Dominique T. 2024. Tree growth-forms reveal dominant browsers shaping the vegetation. Functional Ecology 38 (9) : 2027-2040. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14623
  2. Smith AF, Kasper K, Lazzeri L, Schulte M, Kudrenko S, Say-Sallaz E, Churski M, Shamovich D, Obrizan S, Domashevsky S, Korepanova K, Bashta A-T, Zhuravchak R, Gahbauer M, Pirga B, Fenchuk V, Kusak J, Ferretti F, Kuijper DPJ, Schmidt K, Heurich M. 2024. Reduced human disturbance increases diurnal activity in wolves, but not eurasian lynx. Global Ecology and Conservation 53 (e02985) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02985
  3. Amsten K, Cromsigt JPGM, Kuijper DPJ, Loberg JM, Jung J, Strömgren M, Niklasson M, Churski M. 2024. Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system. Journal of Applied Ecology 61(5) : 1081-1094. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14618
  4. Diserens TA, Churski M, Bubnicki JW, Zalewski A, Brzeziński M, Kuijper DPJ. 2024. Badgers remain fearless in the face of simulated wolf presence near their setts. Ecology & Evolution 14 (e10654) DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10654
  5. Bubnicki JW, Norton B, Baskauf SJ, Bruce T, Cagnacci F, Casaer J, Churski M, Cromsigt JPGM, Dal Farra S, Fiderer C, Forrester TD, Hendry H, Heurich M, Hofmeester TR, Jansen PA, Kays R, Kuijper DPJ, Liefting Y, Linnell JDC, Luskin MS, Mann C, Milotic T, Newman P, Niedballa J, Oldoni D, Ossi F, Robertson T, Rovero F, Rowcliffe M, Seidenari L, Stachowicz I, Stowell D, Tobler MW, Wieczorek J, Zimmermann F, Desmet P. 2024. Camtrap DP: an open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 10 (3) : 283-295. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.374
  6. Burton CA, Beirne C, Gaynor KM, ..., Churski M, ..., Diserens TA, ..., Kuijper DPJ, ..., Kays R. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 : 924-935. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2
  7. Mas-Carrió E, Churski M, Kuijper DPJ, Fumagalli L. 2024. Niche overlap across landscape variability in summer between two large herbivores using eDNA metabarcoding. PloS ONE 19(2) (e0279672) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279672
  8. Lazzeri L, Ferretti F, Churski M, Diserens TA, Oliveira R, Schmidt K, Kuijper DJP. 2024. Spatio-temporal interactions between the red fox and the wolf in two contrasting European landscapes. Scientific Reports 14 (221) DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50447-z
  9. Diserens TA, Churski M, Bubnicki JW, Zalewski A, Brzeziński M, Kuijper DPJ. 2022. Wolf risk fails to inspire fear in two mesocarnivores suggesting facilitation prevails. Scientific Reports 12 (1) (16469) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20725-3
  10. Churski M, Charles-Dominique T, Bubnicki JW, Jędrzejewska B, Kuijper DPJ, Cromsigt JPGM. 2022. Herbivore-induced branching increases sapling survival in temperate forest canopy gaps. Journal of Ecology 110 : 1390-1402. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13880
  11. Bogdziewicz M, Kuijper D, Zwolak R, Churski M, Jędrzejewska B, Wysocka-Fijorek E, Gazda A, Miścicki S, Podgórski T. 2022. Emerging infectious disease triggered a trophic cascade and enhanced recruitment of a masting tree. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1970) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2636
  12. Amsten K, Cromsigt JPGM, Kuijper DPJ, Loberg JM, Churski M, Niklasson M. 2021. Fire- and herbivory-driven consumer control in a savanna-like temperate wood-pasture: An experimental approach. Journal of Ecology 109 (12) : 4103-4114. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13783
  13. van Ginkel HAL, Churski M, Kuijper DPJ, Smit C. 2021. Impediments affect deer foraging decisions and sapling performance. Forest Ecology and Management 482 (118838) DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118838
  14. Proudman NJ, Churski M, Bubnicki JW, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Kuijper DPJ. 2021. Red deer allocate vigilance differently in response to spatio-temporal patterns of risk from human hunters and wolves. Wildlife Research 48(2) : 163-174. DOI: 10.1071/WR20059 Link
  15. Churski M, Spitzer R, Coissac E, Taberlet P, Lescinskaite J, van Ginkel HAL, Kuijper DPJ, Cromsigt JPGM. 2021. How do forest management and wolf space-use affect diet composition of the wolf’s main prey, the red deer versus a non-prey species, the European bison?. Forest Ecology and Management 479 (118620) DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118620
  16. Diserens TA, Bubnicki JW, Schutgens E, Rokx K, Kowalczyk R, Kuijper DPJ, Churski M. 2021. Fossoriality in a risky landscape: badger sett use varies with perceived wolf risk. Journal of Zoology 313 : 76-87. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12835
  17. Morelle K, Bubnicki J, Churski M, Gryz J, Podgórski T, Kuijper DPJ. 2020. Disease-induced mortality outweighs hunting in causing wild boar population crash after African swine fever outbreak. Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences 7 (378) DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00378
  18. Diserens TA, Churski M, Bubnicki JW, Stępniak K, Pekach A, Selva N, Kuijper DPJ. 2020. A dispersing bear in Białowieża Forest raises important ecological and conservation management questions for the central European lowlands. Global Ecology and Conservation 23 (e01190) DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01190
  19. Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Schmidt K, Diserens TA, Kuijper DPJ. 2019. Linking spatial patterns of terrestrial herbivore community structure to trophic interactions. eLIFE 8 (e44937) DOI: 10.7554/eLife.44937.001
  20. Brzeziński M, Pyrlik J, Churski M, Komar E, Zalewski A. 2019. The influence of American mink odour on the spatial distribution and behaviour of water voles. Ethology 125 (11) : 791-801. DOI: 10.1111/eth.12933
  21. Kuijper DPJ, Churski M, Trouwborst A, Heurich M, Smit C, Kerley GIH, Cromsigt JPGM. 2019. Keep the wolf from the door: how to conserve wolves in Europe’s human-dominated landscapes?. Biological Conservation 235 : 102-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.04.004
  22. Spitzer R, Churski M, Felton A, Heurich M, Kuijper DPJ, Landman M, Rodriguez E, Singh NJ, Taberlet P, van Beeck Calkoen STS, Widemo F, Cromsigt JPGM. 2019. Doubting dung: eDNA reveals high rates of misidentification in diverse European ungulate communities. European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 (28) DOI: 10.1007/s10344-019-1264-8
  23. Mikusiński G, Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Czeszczewik D, Walankiewicz W, Kuijper DPJ. 2018. Is the impact of loggings in the last primeval lowland forest in Europe underestimated? The conservation issues of Białowieża Forest. Biological Conservation 227 : 266-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.001
  24. Baral R, Czeszczewik D, Walankiewicz W, Churski M, Bhusal P, Thapa TB, Mikusiński G. 2018. Characteristic of tree cavities in sal Shorea robusta forest, Nepal. Journal of Forest Research 23 (4) : 214-220. DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2018.1479131
  25. Hedwall PO, Churski M, Jędrzejewska B, Miścicki S, Kuijper DPJ. 2018. Functional composition of temperate forest trees under chronic ungulate herbivory. Journal of Vegetation Science 29 (2) : 179-188. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12623
  26. Zbyryt A, Bubnicki JW, Kuijper DPJ, Dehnhard M, Churski M, Schmidt K. 2018. Do wild ungulates experience higher stress with humans than with large carnivores?. Behavioral Ecology 29 : 19-30. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx142
  27. Churski M, Bubnicki JW, Jędrzejewska B, Kuijper DPJ, Cromsigt JPMG. 2017. Brown world forests: increased ungulate browsing keeps temperate trees in recruitment bottlenecks in resource hotspots. New Phytologist 214 : 158-168. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14345
  28. Kuijper DPJ, Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Cromsigt JPGM. 2016. Multi-trophic interactions in anthropogenic landscapes: the devil is in the detail. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : 283-283. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2375
  29. Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Kuijper DPJ. 2016. TRAPPER: an open source web-based application to manage camera trapping projects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7(10) : 1209-1216. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12571
  30. Podgórski T, de Jong S, Bubnicki JW, Kuijper DPJ, Churski M, Jędrzejewska B. 2016. Drivers of synchronized vigilance in wild boar groups. Behavioral Ecology 27 : 1097-1103. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw016
  31. Bhusal P, Czeszczewik D, Walankiewicz W, Churski M, Baral R, Lamichhane BR, Mikusinski G. 2015. Availability of tree cavities in a sal forest of Nepal. iForest DOI:  10.3832/ifor1493-008
  32. Kuijper DPJ, Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Mols B, van Hooft P. 2015. Context dependence of risk effects: wolves and tree logs create patches of fear in an old-growth forest. Behavioral Ecology 26 : 1558-1568. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv107
  33. Kuijper DPJ, Verwijmeren M, Churski M, Zbyryt A, Schmidt K, Jędrzejewska B, Smit C. 2014. What cues do ungulates use to assess predation risk in dense temperate forests?. PloS ONE 9(1) (e84607) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084607
  34. Jaroszewicz B, Pirożnikow E, Churski M. 2013. Vegetation diversity influences endozoochoric seed dispersal by moose (Alces alces L.). Central European Journal of Biology 8 (12) : 1250-1264. DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0244-3
  35. Kuijper DPJ, de Kleine C, Churski M, van Hooft P, Bubnicki J, Jędrzejewska B. 2013. Landscape of fear in Europe: wolves affect spatial patterns of ungulate browsing in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland (Editors' Choice - free online). Ecography 36 : 1263-1275. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00266.x
  36. van Ginkel HAL, Kuijper DPJ, Churski M, Zub K, Szafrańska P, Smit C. 2013. Safe for saplings not safe for seeds: Quercus robur recruitment in relation to coarse woody debris in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. Forest Ecology and Management 304 : 73-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.037
  37. Cromsigt JPGM, Kuijper DPJ, Adam M, Beschta RL, Churski M, Eycott A, Kerley GIH, Mysterud A, Schmidt K, West K. 2013. Hunting for fear: innovating management of human–wildlife conflicts. Journal of Applied Ecology 50(3) : 544-549. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12076
  38. Niklasson M, Zin E, Zielonka T, Feijen M, Korczyk AF, Churski M, Samojlik T, Jędrzejewska B, Gutowski JM, Brzeziecki B. 2010. A 350-year tree-ring fire record from Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland: implications for Central European lowland fire history. Journal of Ecology 98 : 1319-1329. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01710.x
  39. Kuijper DPJ, Jędrzejewska B, Brzeziecki B, Churski M, Jędrzejewski W, Żybura H. 2010. Fluctuating ungulate density shapes tree recruitment in natural stands of the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. Journal of Vegetation Science 21 : 1082-1098. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01217.x
  40. Kuijper DPJ, Cromsigt JPGM, Jędrzejewska B, Miścicki S, Churski M, Jędrzejewski W, Kweczlich I. 2010. Bottom-up versus top-down control of tree regeneration in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. Journal of Ecology 98 : 888-899. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01656.x
  41. Kuijper DPJ, Cromsigt JPMG, Churski M, Adams B, Jędrzejewska B, Jędrzejewski W. 2009. Do ungulates preferentially feed in forest gaps in European temperate forests?. Forest Ecology and Management 258 (7) : 1528-1535. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.010
  42. Fritz O, Niklasson M, Churski M. 2009. Tree age is a key factor for the conservation of epiphytic lichens and bryophytes in beech forests. Applied Vegetation Science 12 : 93-106. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01007.x
  43. Brukas V, Churski M. 2008. Intensive forest researcher training and its internationalisation in the Baltic sea region. Baltic Forestry 14 : 66-74.
  44. Lindbladh M, Niklasson M, Karlsson M, Björkman L, Churski M. 2008. Close anthropogenic control of Fagus sylvatica establishment and expansion in a Swedish protected landscape - implications for forest history and conservation. Journal of Biogeography 35 : 682-697. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01813.x
  45. Churski M, Danielewicz W. 2008. Salix myrtilloides in north central Poland. Distribution, threats and conservation. Dendrobiology 60 : 3-9.
Book chapters (3) Back to top
  1. Choiński M, Rogowski M, Tynecki P, Kuijper DPJ, Churski M, Bubnicki JW. 2021. A First Step towards automated species Recognition from Camera Trap Images of Mammals Using AI in a European Temperate Forest. In: Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management. Eds. Saeed K, Dvorský J. 12883 Springer, : 299-310. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84340-3_24
  2. Kuijper DPJ, Te Beest M, Churski M, Cromsigt JPMG. 2015. Bottom-up and top-down forces shaping wooded ecosystems: lessons from a cross-biome comparison. In: Trophic Ecology: Bottom-up and Top-down Interactions across Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems. Eds. TC Hanley, KJ La Pierre. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom : 107-133.
  3. Churski M, Niklasson M. 2010. Spatially and temporally disjoined old-growth structures in a southern Swedish beech dominated forest landscape. Ecological Bulletins 53 : 109-115.
Popular articles (5) Back to top
  1. Bobiec A, Buchholz L, Churski M, Chylarecki P, Fałtynowicz W, Gutowski JM, Jaroszewicz B., Kuijper DPJ, Kujawa A, Mikusek R, Mysłajek RW, Nowak S, Pawlaczyk P, Podgórski T, Walankiewicz W, Wesołowski T, Zub K. 2016. Dlaczego martwe świerki są potrzebne w Puszczy Białowieskiej?. Głos Białowieży 3 : 12-16.
  2. Bobiec A, Buchholz L, Churski M, Chylarecki P, Fałtynowicz W, Gutowski JM, Jaroszewicz B., Kuijper DPJ, Kujawa A, Mikusek R, Mysłajek RW, Nowak S, Pawlaczyk P, Podgórski T, Walankiewicz W, Wesołowski T, Zub K. 2016. Dlaczego martwe świerki są potrzebne w Puszczy Białowieskiej?. Las Polski 7 : 14.
  3. Churski M, Bubnicki JW. 2016. Metody analizy danych [W: Wielcy uczeni z małych miasteczek. Podlascy uczniowie, naukowcy i leśnicy na tropach zwierząt]. : 31-38.
  4. Churski M, Bubnicki JW. 2016. Obszar i metodyka badań terenowych [W: Wielcy uczeni z małych miasteczek. Podlascy uczniowie, naukowcy i leśnicy na tropach zwierząt]. : 21-30.
  5. Churski M. 2010. Modern management of ungulates in Europe. Book review. Acta Theriologica 55 : 381.
Other publications (1) Back to top
  1. Churski M. 2014. Wpływ ocieniania na odpornosć podokapowego odnowienia drzew na zgryzania przez ssaki kopytne w lasach naturalnych Białowieskiego Parku Narodowego. Rozprawa doktorska.