A5033148882- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Design Education and Practice
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
University of Agriculture in Krakow
2015-2024
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
2023-2024
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
2021
Polytechnic Institute of Porto
2021
There is increasing awareness of the ecosystem engineering services provided by recovering populations Eurasian beaver. By modifying aquatic environments, this species has a significant, positive influence on biodiversity. Beaver activity affects not only ecosystems but also terrestrial habitats and organisms. Our study compares evaluates richness mammals in winter at beaver ponds (N = 65) randomly-selected reference sites along nearby watercourses unmodified beavers Poland (central Europe)....
Understanding the role of epiphytic vegetation and other microhabitats created by plants (hereafter lianas) developing on surrounding ones is crucial for understanding functioning forest communities. Despite observed increase in biomass lianas, factors connected with plant communities determining their occurrence have not been investigated a temperate zone. This research concerns determinants vertical form common ivy Hedera helix L. highland forests Central Europe. We established 69 pairs...
Abstract The influence of ecosystem engineers on habitats and communities is commonly acknowledged in a site-bounded context, i.e. places directly affected by the presence focal species. However, spatial extent effects such engineering poorly understood, raising question as to what impact they have ecosystems situated beyond species’ direct influence. Beavers Castor spp., iconic engineers, are capable significantly transforming aquatic ecosystems. Their boosts biodiversity near-water...
Abstract Lianas, which are considered to form tree-related microhabitats, known as important elements of tropical forests; however, their ecological function and relationships with host trees (phorophytes) in temperate forests poorly known. This gap knowledge stems from a low species diversity abundance lianas forests. An exception is common ivy (Hedera helix), widely distributed currently increasing its In this study, we examined the between vines features phorophytes, using Central...
The European Project Semester (EPS) is a multicultural, multidisciplinary teamwork and project-based learning framework offered to engineering, business product design undergraduates by network of Higher Education institutions, including the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP). In spring 2021, five [email protected] students from distinct countries fields study joined efforts address smart sustainable food production issue. This paper reports their research development Wormify,...
Animals face numerous difficulties during winter due to food deficiencies and adverse weather conditions. They are likely especially important in landscapes affected by humans like managed forests, which often have simplified structures that result a deficiency of arboreal microhabitats crucial for many species. We examined the effects ivy vines’ presence Central European upland deciduous forests on bird diversity winter. found forest patches with dense vines trees strongly attracted...