DBE - 'no alarms and no surprises'

Michal A. Skierczynski, M.Sc.
Ph.D. student (2005-...) supervisor prof. T.S. Osiejuk

E-mail: michskie [at] amu.edu.pl

Phone: +48 61 829 5570

Collegium Biologicum, Room 0.12

Research interest
Bioacoustics - especially animal communication networks,ecology of riparian mustelids, GIS tools in ecology

Current Projects
Territoriality in songbirds – vocal interactions between ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) males as an example (microphone array study and playback experiments)

Teaching
Classes in statistics and ecological research methods

Short CV
M.Sc. in environmental biology - July 2004, University of Bialystok , Dept. of Animal Ecology, supervisor prof. J.R.E. Taylor.

Employment overview
Biologist (August 2004 - February 2005). Mammal Research Institute in Bialowieza, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Membership/Awards

Recent publications

Skierczynski, M., Wisniewska, A., Stachura-Skierczynska, K. 2008. Feeding habits of American mink from Biebrza Wetlands affected by varied winter conditions. Mammalia 72, DOI 10.1515/MAMM.2008.016 in press.

Polakowski, M., Broniszewska, M., Skierczynski, M. 2008, Sex and age composition during autumn migration of Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum in Central Sweden in 2005. Ornis Svecica 18, in press.

Skierczynski, M., Czarnecka, K.M., Osiejuk, T.S. 2007. Neighbour-stranger song discrimination in territorial ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana). J. Avian Biol. 38: 415-420.

Links
Jennes Enterprises
Spatial Ecology
MatLab
The New Rundom Site

Male of American mink (Neovison vison) called Jackie caught in Biebrza Valley with assistance of Andrzej Zalewski from MRI PAS (http://www.zbs.bialowieza.pl/).

Male of the weasel (Mustela nivalis) caught in Barycz Valley.