DBE - 'no alarms and no surprises'

Jakub Kosicki, Ph.D.
Currently, waiting for appointment at Dept. Avian Biology & Ecology

Ph.D. student (2004-08) supervisor prof. P. Tryjanowski

E-mail: kubako@amu.edu.pl

Phone: +48 61 829 5570

Collegium Biologicum, Room 0.11

Research interest

Timing of breeding and its influence upon the number, quality offspring and survival. The study in the White Stork included: modeling in phenology, habitat selection, breeding biology and ecology, long-term changes in animal populations. Evolutionary ecology, population ecology , statistics in ecology.

Short CV

M.Sc. in biology - April 2004, Adam Mickiewicz University, Dept. Avian Biology & Ecology (thesis: Modelling of dynamic time of arrival and departure day in the White stork Ciconia ciconia in western Poland; supervisor: Ph. D Piotr Tryjanowski)

B.Sc. in biology - May 2002, Adam Mickiewicz University, Dept. Avian Biology & Ecology (thesis: Changes time of arrival in the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in western Poland; supervisor: Ph.D Piotr Tryjanowski)

Recent publications

• Zduniak P, Kosicki J, Z, Goldyn B. (2008) Un-paint it black: Avian prey as a component of the diet of nestling Hooded Crows. Belg. J. Zool. 138: 85-89

• Kosinska M, Kosicki J, Z (2007): Applying the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) in Human Breeding Ecology. Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine (in press)

• Kosicki J, Z, Sparks, T, H, Tryjanowski, P (2007): House sparrows benefit from the conservation of white storks. Naturwissenschaften 94: 412-415.

• Kosicki J, Z, Profus P, Dolata P, T, Tobolka M (2006): Food Composition and Energy Demand of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia Breeding Population. Literature Survey and Preliminary Results from Poland. W: The White Stork in Poland: studies in biology, eceology and conservation pp. 169 - 183

• Kosicki J, Z, Kuzniak S (2006): Long-term Population Size and Productivity Dynamics of a Local White Stork Ciconia ciconia Population in Wielkopolska. W: The White Stork in Poland: studies in biology, eceology and conservation pp. 23-33

• Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T.H., Kosicki, J. Z. (2006): The relationship between means and variances in avian reproductive success between local populations of white stork (Ciconia ciconia): reply to Moreno and Polo. Popul. Ecol. 48: 174

• Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T.H., Jakubiec, Z., Jerzak, L., Kosicki, J. Z., Kuzniak, S., Profus, P., Ptaszyk, J., Wuczynski, A. (2005): The relationship between population means and variances of reproductive success differs between local population of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). Popul. Ecol. 47: 119-125

• Pinowska, B., Pinowski, J., Kosicki J. Z. (2005): Zmiany liczebnosci gawronów Corvus frugilegus i wrony Corvus cornix pod wplywem urbanizacji w strefie podmiejskiej. [W:] Ptaki krukowate Polski. Wyd. nauk. Bogucki pp. 473-480

• Kuzniak, S., Lorek, G., Mackowiak, S., Kosicki, J. Z . (2005): Gawron Corvus frugilegus na Ziemi Leszczynskiej. [W:] Ptaki krukowate Polski. Wyd. nauk. Bogucki pp. 641-654.

• Olborska, P., Kosicki, J. Z . (2004): Breeding biology of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor): an analysis of nest record cards. Biological Lett 41: 147-154

• Kosicki, J ., Sparks , T., Tryjanowski, P. (2004): Does arrival date influence autumn departure of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia ? Ornis Fenn 81: 91-95

• Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T. H., Ptaszyk, J. & Kosicki, J . (2004): Do White Storks Ciconia ciconia always profit from an early return to their breeding grounds? Bird Study 51: 222-227

• Ptaszyk, J., Kosicki, J. , Sparks, T .H. & Tryjanowski, P. (2003): Changes in the timing and pattern of arrival of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in western Poland. J. Ornithol. 144: 323-329