Articles in journals (67) Back to top
  1. Boratyński JS, Iwińska K, Wirowska M, Borowski Z, Zub K. 2024. Predation can shape the cascade interplay between heterothermy, exploration and maintenance metabolism under high food availability. Ecology and Evolution 14 (6) (e11579) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11579
  2. Hofmeester TR, Mos J, Zub K. 2024. Comparing direct (live-trapping) and indirect (camera-trapping) approaches for estimating the abundance of weasels (Mustela nivalis). Mammalian Biology 104 : 141-148. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00394-z
  3. Jachowski DS, Bergeson SM, Cotey SR, Croose E, Hofmeester TR, MacPherson J, Wright P, Calderón-Acevedo CA, Carter SP, Dürst AC, Egloff GB, Hamed MK, Hapeman P, Harris SN, Hassler K, Humbert Y, Karp D, Kays R, Mausbach J, Morin DJ, Mos J, Allué SS, Smith L, Twining JP, Williamson CP, Zub K. 2024. Non-invasive methods for monitoring weasels: Emerging technologies and priorities for future research. Mammal Review. 54(3) : 243-260. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12344
  4. Boratyński JS, Iwińska K, Zub K. 2024. Heterothermy use in winter is associated with reduced litter size during subsequent summer breeding. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12 (1365549) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1365549 Link
  5. Strijker BN, Iwińska K, van der Zalm B, Zub K, Boratyński JS. 2023. Is personality and its association with energetics sex-specific in yellow-necked mice Apodemus flavicollis?. Ecology and Evolution 13 (e10233) DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10233 Link
  6. Zbyryt A, Zub K, Mitrus C. 2022. The development of the Rook's (Corvus frugilegus) colony in the face of shifting spring phenology. Avian Research 13 (100029) DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100029
  7. Taylor JRE, Muturi M, Lázaro J, Zub K, Dechmann DKN. 2022. Fifty years of data show the effects of climate on overall skull size and the extent of seasonal reversible skull size changes (Dehnel's phenomenon) in the common shrew. Ecology and Evolution 12(10) (e9447) DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9447
  8. Chibowski P, Brzeziński M, Suska-Malawska M, Zub K. 2022. Diet/hair and diet/faeces trophic discrimination factors for stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and hair regrowth in the yellow-necked mouse and bank vole. Annales Zoologici Fennici 59 (1) : 171-185. DOI: 10.5735/086.059.0115
  9. Zub K, Garcia-Diaz P, Sankey S, Eisler R, Lambin X. 2021. Using a modelling approach to inform progress towards stoat eradication from the Orkney Islands. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2 (780102) Link
  10. Borowski Z, Zub K, Sulwiński M, Suska-Malawska M, Konarzewski M. 2021. Plant–herbivore interactions: Combined effect of groundwater level, root vole grazing, and sedge silicification. Ecology and Evolution 11 (22) : 16047-16054. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8275
  11. Miranda I, Giska I, Farelo L, Pimenta J, Zimova M, Bryk J, Dalén L, Mills LS, Zub K, Melo-Ferreira J. 2021. Museomics Dissects the Genetic Basis for Adaptive Seasonal Coloration in the Least Weasel. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (10) : 4388-4402. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab177
  12. Lázaro J, Nováková L, Hertel M, Taylor JRE, Muturi M, Zub K, Dechmann DKN. 2021. Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews. Ecology and Evolution 11 (6) : 2431-2448. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7238
  13. Cerezo LM, Kucka M, Zub K, Chan YF, Bryk J. 2020. Population structure of Apodemus flavicollis and comparison to Apodemus sylvaticus in northern Poland based on RAD-seq. BMC Genomics 21 (241) DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6603-3
  14. Czeszczewik D, Czortek P, Jaroszewicz B, Zub K, Rowiński P, Walankiewicz W. 2020. Climate change has cascading effects on tree masting and the breeding performance of a forest songbird in a primeval forest. Science of The Total Environment 747 (142084) DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142084
  15. Borowski Z, Zub K, Jacob J. 2019. Applied research for optimized vertebrate management: 11th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference. Pest Management Science 75 (4) : 885-886. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5302
  16. Matysek M, Zub K, Gwiazda R, Zięba F, Klimecki M, Mateja R, Krzan P. 2019. Predation on artificial ground nests in relation to abundance of rodents in two types of forest habitats in the Tatra Mountains (southern Poland). Wildlife Research 46 (3) : 205-211. DOI: 10.1071/WR17134
  17. Orłowski G, Karg J, Jerzak L, Bocheński M, Profus P, Książkiewicz-Parulska Z, Zub K, Ekner-Grzyb A, Czarnecka J. 2019. Linking land cover satellite data with dietary variation and reproductive output in an opportunistic forager: Arable land use can boost an ontogenetic trophic bottleneck in the White Stork Ciconia ciconia. Science of The Total Environment 646 : 491-502. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.297
  18. Orłowski G, Karg J, Jerzak L, Bocheński M, Profus P, Książkiewicz-Parulska Z, Zub K, Ekner-Grzyb A, Czarnecka J. 2018. Data exploration on diet, and composition, energy value and functional division of prey items ingested by White Storks Ciconia ciconia in south-western Poland: Dietary variation due to land cover, reproductive output and colonial breeding. Data in Brief 21 : 1186-1203. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.064
  19. Borowski J, Gutowski JM, Sławski M, Sućko K, Zub K. 2018. Stephanopachys linearis (Kugelann, 1792) (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) in Poland. Nature Conservation 27 : 75-84. DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.27.24977
  20. Atmeh K, Andruszkiewicz A, Zub K. 2018. Climate change is affecting mortality of weasels due to camouflage mismatch. Scientific Reports 8 (7648) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26057-5
  21. Zub K, Kozieł M, Siłuch M, Bednarczyk P, Zalewski A. 2018. The NATURA 2000 database as a tool in the analysis of habitat selection at large scales: factors affecting the occurrence of pine and stone martens in Southern Europe. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64 (10) DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1168-z
  22. Zub K. 2017. Rozmieszczenie i liczebność małych ssaków na obszarze Parku Narodowego "Bory Tucholskie". Parki Narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody 36 : 85-97. PDF
  23. Książek A, Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Wieczorek M, Konarzewski M. 2017. The nexus of hair corticosterone level, immunocompetence, metabolic rates and overwinter survival in the root vole, Microtus oeconomus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 250 : 46-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.05.021
  24. Zub K, Czeszczewik D, Ruczyński I, Kapusta A, Walankiewicz W. 2017. Silence is not golden: the hissing calls of tits affect the behaviour of a nest predator. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (79) DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2313-5
  25. Dechmann DKN, LaPoint S, Dullin Ch, Hertel M, Taylor JRE, Zub K, Wikelski M. 2017. Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories. Scientific Reports 7 (42443) DOI: 10.1038/srep42443
  26. LaPoint S, Keicher L, Wikelski M, Zub K, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Growth overshoot and seasonal size changes in the skulls of two weasel species. Royal Society Open Science 4 (160947) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160947
  27. Zbyryt A, Kapowicz E, Kapowicz R, Zub K. 2016. Liczebność, zagęszczenie i sukces lęgowy orlika krzykliwego Clanga pomarina w Puszczy Knyszyńskiej w latach 1999–2015. Ornis Polonica 57 : 237-247.
  28. Orłowski G, Książkiewicz-Parulska Z, Karg J, Bocheński M, Jerzak L, Zub K. 2016. Using soil from pellets of White Storks Ciconia ciconia to assess the number of earthworms (Lumbricidae) consumed as primary and secondary prey. IBIS : 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12375
  29. Calandra I, Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Zalewski A, Merceron G, . 2016. Silicon-based plant defences, tooth wear and voles. Journal of Experimental Biology 219 : 501-507. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.134890
  30. Czeszczewik D, Zub K, Stanski T, Sahel M, Kapusta A, Walankiewicz W. 2015. Effects of forest management on bird assemblages in the Bialowieza Forest, Poland. iForest 8 : 377-385. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor1212-007
  31. Wieczorek M, Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Książek A, Konarzewski M. 2015. Plant-herbivore interactions: silicon concentration in tussock sedges and population dynamics of root voles. Functional Ecology 29 : 187-194. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12327
  32. Książek A, Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Wieczorek M, Konarzewski M. 2014. Immunocompetence and high metabolic rates enhance overwinter survival in the Root vole, Microtus oeconomus. Biology Letters 10 : 20140684. DOI:  10.1098/rsbl.2014.0684
  33. Gutowski JM, Sućko K, Zub K, Bohdan A. 2014. Habitat preferences of Boros schneideri (Coleoptera: Boridae) in the natural tree stands of the Białowieża Forest. Journal of Insect Science 14 : 276. DOI:  10.1093/jisesa/ieu138
  34. Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Wieczorek M, Książek A, Speakman JR, Konarzewski M. 2014. Shaving increases daily energy expenditure in free-living root voles. The Journal of Experimental Biology 217 : 3964-3967. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103754
  35. Zub K, Borowski Z, Szafrańska PA, Wieczorek M, Konarzewski M. 2014. Lower body mass and higher metabolic rate enhance winter survival in root voles, Microtus oeconomus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 : 297-309. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12306
  36. Dlugosz EM, Chappell MA, Meek TH, Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Konarzewski M, Jones JH, Bicudo JEPW, Nespolo RF, Careau V, Garland Jr. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis of mammalian maximal oxygen consumption during exercise. Journal of Experimental Biology 216 : 4712-4721. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.088914
  37. Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Konarzewski M. 2013. Seasonal variation of resting metabolic rate and body mass in free-living weasels Mustela nivalis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86 (6) : 791-798. DOI:  10.1086/673286
  38. Zub K, Fletcher QE, Szafrańska PA, Konarzewski M. 2013. Male weasels decrease activity and energy expenditure in response to high ambient temperatures. Plos One 8(8) (e72646) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072646
  39. 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
  40. Cornulier T, Yoccoz NG, Bretagnolle V, Brommer JE, Butet A, Ecke F, Elston DA, Framstad E, Henttonen H, Hörnfeldt B, Huitu O, Imholt Ch, Ims RA, Jacob J, Jędrzejewska B, Millon A, Petty SJ, Pietiäinen H, Tkadlec E, Zub K, Lambin X. 2013. Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores. Science 340 (6128) : 63-66. DOI: 10.1126/science.1228992
  41. Chappell MA, Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Konarzewski M. 2013. The energy cost of voluntary running in the weasel Mustela nivalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 216 : 578-586. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079186
  42. McDevitt AD, Piertney SB, Olivier MK, Szafrańska PA, Konarzewski M, Zub K. 2013. Individual variation in dispersal associated with phenotype influences fine-scale genetic structure in weasels. Conservation Genetics 14 : 499-509. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0376-4
  43. Zub K, Jędrzejewska B, Jędrzejewski W, Bartoń KA. 2012. Cyclic voles and shrews and non-cyclic mice in a marginal grassland within European temperate forest. Acta Theriologica 57 : 205-216. DOI:  10.1007/s13364-012-0072-2
  44. Zub K, Piertney S, Szafrańska PA, Konarzewski M. 2012. Environmental and genetic influences on body mass and resting metabolic rates (RMR) in a natural population of weasel Mustela nivalis. Molecular Ecology 21 : 1283-1293. DOI:  10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05436.x
  45. McDevitt AD, Zub K, Kawałko A, Olivier MK, Herman JS, Wójcik JM. 2012. Climate and refugial origin influence mitochondrial lineage distribution of weasels (Mustela nivalis) in a phylogeographic suture zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106 : 57-69. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01840.x
  46. Lantová P, Zub K, Šíchová K, Koskela E, Borowski Z. 2011. Is there a linkage between metabolism and personality in small mammals? The root vole (Microtus oeconomus) example. Physiology and Behavior 104 : 378-383. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.017
  47. Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Konarzewski M, Speakman JR. 2011. Effect of energetic constraints on distribution and winter survival of weasel males. Journal of Animal Ecology 80 : 259-269. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01762.x
  48. Kujawa A, Zub K, Szczepkowski A. 2010. Nowe stanowiska rzadkich i chronionych gatunków grzybów w Puszczy Białowieskiej. Przegląd Przyrodniczy 2 (4) : 48-52.
  49. Gutowski JM, Kubisz D, Sućko K, Zub K. 2010. Sukcesja saproksylicznych chrząszczy (Coleoptera) na powierzchniach pohuraganowych w drzewostanach sosnowych Puszczy Piskiej. Leśne Prace Badawcze 71(3) : 279-298. DOI: 10.2478/v10111-010-0024-z
  50. Zub K, Pugacewicz E, Jędrzejewska B, Jędrzejewski W. 2010. Factors affecting habitat selection by breeding Lesser Spotted Eagles Aquila pomarina in northeastern Poland. Acta Ornithologica 45 : 105-114. DOI: 10.3161/000164510X516155
  51. Czajkowska M, Borkowska A, Wieczorek M, Zub K. 2010. Application of microsatellite markers developed for arvicoline species in a population genetic study of the root vole Microtus oeconomus. Acta Theriologica 55 : 123-128. DOI: 10.4098/j.at.0001-7051.086.2009
  52. Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Konarzewski M, Redman P, Speakman JR. 2009. Trade-offs between activity and thermoregulation in a small carnivore, the least weasel Mustela nivalis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B – Biological Sciences 276 : 1921-1927. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1936
  53. Zub K, Sönnichsen L, Szafrańska PA. 2008. Habitat requirements of weasels Mustela nivalis constrain their impact on prey populations in complex ecosystems of the temperate zone. Oecologia 157 : 571-582. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1109-8
  54. Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Konarzewski M. 2007. Long-term repeatability of body mass and resting metabolic rate in free-leaving weasels, Mustela nivalis. Functional Ecology 21 : 731-737. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01273.x
  55. Szafrańska PA, Zub K, Konarzewski M. 2006. Być albo nie być… małym. Kosmos 55(1) : 75-82.
  56. Balčiauskiene L, Skuja S, Zub K. 2005. Avian predator pellet analysis in biodiversity and distribution investigations. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 5 (1) : 67-73.
  57. Jędrzejewski W, Schmidt K, Jędrzejewska B, Theuerkauf J, Kowalczyk R, Zub K. 2004. The process of a wolf pack splitting in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. Acta Theriologica 49 : 275-280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192527 PDF
  58. Zub K, Theuerkauf J, Jędrzejewski W, Jędrzejewska B, Schmidt K, Kowalczyk R. 2003. Wolf pack territory marking in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (Poland). Behaviour 140 : 635-648. PDF
  59. Sachanowicz K, Zub K. 2002. Numbers of hibernating Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and thermal conditions in military bunkers. Mammalian Biology 2 : 179-184.
  60. Jędrzejewski W, Schmidt K, Theuerkauf J, Jędrzejewska B, Selva N, Zub K, Szymura L. 2002. Kill rates and predation by wolves on ungulate populations in Białowieża Primeval Forest (Poland). Ecology 83 : 1341-1356. PDF
  61. Zub K, Wajrak A. 2001. Obserwacje wędrujących larw muchówek z rodziny Sciaridae (Diptera) w Polsce. Wiadomości Entomologiczne 19 : 171-178.
  62. Stój M, Ćwikowski C, Zub K. 2000. Pokarm orła przedniego Aquila chrysaetos w polskiej części Karpat. Notatki Ornitologiczne 41 : 187-200.
  63. Jędrzejewski W, Jędrzejewska B, Zub K, Nowakowski WK. 2000. Activity patterns of radio-tracked weasels Mustela nivalis in Białowieża National park (E Poland). Annales Zoologici Fennici 37 : 161-168.
  64. Jędrzejewski W, Jędrzejewska B, Okarma H, Schmidt K, Zub K, Musiani M. 2000. Prey selection and predation by wolves in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. Journal of Mammalogy 81 : 197-212. PDF
  65. Pugacewicz E, Zub K. 1999. Liczebność, rozród oraz pokarm sowy błotnej Asio flammeus w Kotlinie Biebrzańskiej. Notatki Ornitologiczne 40 : 69-77.
  66. Jędrzejewski W, Jędrzejewska B, Szymura A, Zub K. 1996. Tawny owl Strix aluco predation in a pristine deciduous forest (Białowieża National Park, Poland). Journal of Animal Ecology 65 : 105-120.
  67. Jędrzejewski W, Jędrzejewska B, Zub K, Ruprecht AL, Bystrowski C. 1994. Resource use by Tawny owls Strix aluco in relation to rodent fluctuations in Białowieża National Park, Poland. Journal of Avian Biology 25 : 308-318.
Books (4) Back to top
  1. Adamowski W, Kupryjanowicz J, Micun K, Wołkowycki D (red.), ZUB K. 2014. Przyroda okolic wsi Haćki na Równinie Bielskiej. Fundacja „Zielone Płuca Polski”, Białystok
  2. Bobiec A, Gutowski JM, Zub K, Pawlaczyk P, Laudenslayer W F. 2005. The afterlife of a tree. WWF Polska, Warszawa – Hajnówka
  3. Gutowski JM, Bobiec A, Pawlaczyk P, Zub K. 2004. Drugie życie drzewa. WWF, Warszawa-Hajnówka
  4. Gutowski JM, Bobiec A, Pawlaczyk P, Zub K. 2002. Po co nam martwe drzewa?. Wydawnictwo Lubuskiego Klubu Przyrodników, Świebodzin
Book chapters (7) Back to top
  1. Zub K, Lubińska K, Chybowska M. 2020. Przyroda ożywiona Parku Narodowego „Bory Tucholskie”. Część I – zwierzęta kręgowe. In: Ssaki. Eds. Winiecki A, Lubińska K. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań : 143-182.
  2. Krzyściak-Kosińska R, ZUB K. 2014. Białowieski Park Narodowy. In: Ssaki polskich parków narodowych. Eds. Jamrozy G. (red). Magurski Park Narodowy, Kraków - Krempna : 136-149.
  3. Konarzewski M, Zub K, Szafrańska PA, Wieczorek M, Książek A. 2013. Być albo nie być (dużym). Mikroewolucja rozmiarów ciała nornika zwyczajnego. In: Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzętach i roślinach. Eds. red. nauk. J. R. E. Taylor. Białystok, Trans Humana : 65-71.
  4. Zub K. 2009. Ssaki. In: Białowieski Park Narodowy, poznać, zrozumieć, zachować. Eds. Okołów C, Karaś M, Bołbot A. Białowieski Park Narodowy, Białowieża : 127-142.
  5. Zub K. 2009. Mammals. In: Białowieża National Park, know it, understand it, protect it. Eds. Okołów C, Karaś M, Bołbot A. Białowieski Park Narodowy, Białowieża : 127-142.
  6. Zub K. 2004. Łasica - niełatwo być małym. In: Eseje o ssakach Puszczy Białowieskiej. Eds. Jędrzejewska B, Wójcik JM. Zakład Badania Ssaków PAN, Białowieża : 111-120.
  7. Zub K. 2004. Weasel - hard life of small predator. In: Essays on mammals of Białowieża Forest. Eds. Jędrzejewska B, Wójcik JM. Mammal Research Institute PAS, Białowieża : 111-120.
Other publications (2) Back to top
  1. Zub K, Szafrańska P, Konarzewski M, Redman P, Speakman JR, . 2010. When physiology meets ecology: Energy trade-off in the least weasel Mustela nivalis.
  2. Zub K. 2006. Czynniki wpływające na zróżnicowanie rozmiarów ciała łasic Mustela nivalis. Praca doktorska. Zakład Badania Ssaków PAN, Białowieża