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Piotr Tryjanowski
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Piotr Tryjanowski , Ph.D.
Professor
E-mail: ptasiek@amu.edu.pl
Phone: +48 61 8295705
Collegium Biologicum, Room 2.49
Research interest
Evolutionary ecology, ecology of communities, biology and ecology of shrikes Lannidae, habitat selection in birds, long-term changes of life history traits, statistics in ecology
Current Projects
1. Habitat selection in shrikes (Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor and Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) in farmland landscape. In cooperation with M. Antczak, M. Hromada, L. Kuczynski and S. Kuzniak.
2. Modelling of changes in phenology traits in population of White Stork Ciconia ciconia. In cooperation with J. Kosicki.
3. Long-term changes of species composition, age and sex structure, and morphology of birds migrating through Eilat (Izrael); with R. Yosef.
4. Climate change effects on vertebrates; with T. Sparks.
Journals for which I have acted as a referee
Acta Oecologica, Acta Ornithologica, Amphibia-Reptilia, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Ardea, Ardeola, Avian Ecology & Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology, Biologia, Biological Bulletin of Poznaρ, Biological Conservation, Biological Journal of Linnean Society, Biota, Bird Study, Central European Journal of Biology, Climate Research, Conservation Biology, Diversity & Distribution, Ecography, Ecology Letters, Ecological Modelling, Ecology Research, European Journal of Wildlife Research, Folia malacologica, Folia Zoologica, Global Change Biology, Ibis, International Journal of Biometeorology, International Study on Sparrows, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Ethology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Journal of Ornithology, Journal of Raptor Research, Notatki Ornitologiczne, Oecologia, Oikos, Ornis Fennica, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Przeglad Przyrodniczy, Wilson Bulletin.
Teaching
Lectures in: Statistical methods in ecology, Population ecology, Bioastatistics
Short CV
Titular professorship in biology - 2007, Habilitation in biology - 2003; Ph.D. in biology - 1998; M.Sc. in biology- 1995,
Membership/Awards
Member of editorial boards of Journal of Ornithology, Acta Ornithologica, Biota and Przeglad Przyrodniczy.
Foundation for the Polish Science Award for the Young Scientists (1997), Foreign Scholarship of the Foundation for the Polish Science (2003), "Polityka" - Stay with Us Scholarship (2004).
I am invited author to BALTEX.
Recent publications
Tryjanowski P., Sparks T.H., Profus P. 2008. Severe flooding causes a crash in production of white stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks across Central and Eastern Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology in press.
Majlathova V., Majlath, I., Hromada M., Tryjanowski P., Bona M., Antczak M., Vichova, B., Dzimko S., Mihalca A., Petko, B. 2008. The role of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 298 (SUPPL. 1): 161-167.
Ekner A., Majlath I. , Majlathova V. , Hromada M., Bona M. , Antczak M., Bogaczyk M., Tryjanowski P. 2008. Densities and morphology of two co-existing Lizard species (Lacerta agilis and Zootoca vivipard) in extensively used farmland in Poland. Folia Biologica 56: 165-171.
Sather B.-E., Engen S., Grotan V., Bregnballe T., Both C., Tryjanowski P., Leivits A., Wright J., Moller A.P., Visser M.E., Winkel W. 2008. Forms of density regulation and (quasi-) stationary distributions of population sizes in birds . Oikos 117: 1197-1208.
Sparks T.H, Huber K., Tryjanowski P. 2008. Something for the weekend? Examining the bias in avian phenological recording . International Journal of Biometeorology 52: 505-510.
Ekner A., Tryjanowski P. 2008. Do small hole nesting passerines detect cues left by a predator? A test on winter roosting sites. Acta Ornithologica 43: 107-111.
Hubalek Z., Wegner E., Halouzka J., Tryjanowski P., Jerzak L., Sikutova S., Rudolf I., Kruszewicz A.G., Jaworski Z., Wlodarczyk R. 2008. Viral Immunology. 21: 247-254. doi:10.1089/vim.2007.0111.
Tryjanowski P., Sparks, T.H. 2008. The relationships between phenological traits and brood size of the white stork. Acta Oecologica 33: 203-206.
Kosicki J.Z., Sparks T.H., Tryjanowski P. 2007. House Sparrows benefit from the conservation of White Storks. Naturwissenschaften 94: 412-415.
Mysterud A., Tryjanowski P., Panek M., Pettorelli N., Stenseth N.C. 2007. Inter-specific synchrony of two contrasting ungulates: wild boar (Sus scrofa) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Oecologia 151: 232-239.
Tryjanowski P., Antczak M., Hromada M. 2007. More secluded places for extra-pair copulations in the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor. Behaviour 144: 23-31.
Sparks T., Tryjanowski P., Cooke A., Crick H., Kuniak S. (2007) Vertebrate phenology at similar latitudes: temperature responses differ between Poland and the United Kingdom. Climate Research 34: 93-98.
Sparks T., Tryjanowski P. (2007) Patterns of spring arrival dates differ in two hirundines. Climate Research 35: 159-164.
Tryjanowski P, Szywilewska Szczykutowicz A, Adamski Z (2007) Size variation in chewing lice Docophorulus coarctatus: how host size and lice population density play together? Evolutionary Ecology 21: 739-749.
Sparks T.H., Huber K., Bland R.L., Crick H.Q.P., Croxton P.J., Flood J., Loxton R.G., Mason C.F., Newnham J.A., Tryjanowski P. (2007) How consistent are trends in arrival (and departure) dates of migrant birds in the UK? Journal of Ornithology 148: 503-511.
Osiejuk T.S., Grzybek J. & Tryjanowski P. (2007) Song structure and repertoire sharing of the Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris in Poland. Acta Ornithologica 42: 157-165.
Tryjanowski P., Adamski Z. (2007) Sex differences in fluctuating asymmetry of body traits in chewing lice Docophorulus coarctatus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera). Parasitology Research 101: 1289-1294. Askeyev O.V., Sparks T.H., Askeyev I.V., Tryjanowski P. (2007) Is earlier spring migration of Tatarstan warblers expected under climate warming? International Journal of Biometeorology 51: 459-463. Tryjanowski P., Go³awski A., Kuniak S., Mokwa T., Antczak M. (2007) Disperse or stay? Exceptionally high breeding-site infidelity in the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio. Ardea 95: 316-320.
Tryjanowski, P., Sparks, T.H., Crick, H.Q.P. 2006. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) nest performance in a declining British population: a comparison with a stable population in Poland. Ornis Fennica 83: 181-186.
Tryjanowski, P., Flux, J.E.C. & Sparks, T.H. 2006. Date of breeding of the starling Sturnus vulgaris in New Zealand is related to El Nino Southern Oscillation. Austral Ecology 31: 634-637.
Chernetsov, N., Chromik, W., Dolata, P.T., Profus, P. & Tryjanowski, P. 2006. Sex-related natal dispersal of white storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Poland: how far and where to? Auk 123: 1103-1109.
Mysterud, A. Tryjanowski, P., Panek, M. 2006. Selectivity of harvesting differs between local and foreign roe deer hunters: trophy stalkers have the first shot at the right place. Biol. Lett. 2: 632-635.
Yosef, R. Markovets, M., Mitchell, L., Tryjanowski, P. 2006. Body condition as a determinant for stopover in bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) on spring migration in the Arava Valley, southern Israel. J. Arid. Environ. 64: 401-411.
Tryjanowski, P., Panek, Sparks, T. 2006. Phenological response of plants to temperature varies at the same latitude: case study of dog violet and horse chestnut in England and Poland. Climate Research 32: 89-93.
Saether B-E., Grotan, V., Tryjanowski, P. Barbraud, C., Engen, S., Fulin, M. 2006. Climate and spatio-temporal variation in the population dynamics of a long distance migrant, the white stork. J. Anim. Ecology 75 80-90. (and for general public)
Tryjanowski P., Sparks, T., Rybacki, M., Berger, L. 2006. Is body size of the water frog Rana esculenta complex responding to climate change. Naturwissenschaften 93: 110-113. (and for general public)
Antczak, M, Hromada, M., Tryjanowski P. 2005. Frogs and toads in the food of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor): larders and skinning as two ways to consume dangerous prey. Anim. Biol. 55: 227-233. (and for general public)
Tryjanowski P, Sparks T, Profus P. 2005. Uphill shifts in the distribution of thewhite stork Ciconia ciconia in southern Poland: the importance of nest quality. Diversity and Distribution 11: 219-223.
Surmacki A., Goldyn B., Tryjanowski P. 2005. Location and habitat characteristic of the breeding nests of the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus ) in the reed beds of an intensively used farmland. Mammalia 69: 5-9.
Antczak M., Hromada M., Tryjanowski P. 2005. Research activity induces change in nest position of the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor. Ornis Fennica 82: 20-25.
Mitrus C, Sparks T., Tryjanowski P., 2005. First evidence of phenological change in a transcontinental migrant overwintering in the Indian sub-continent: the Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva . Ornis Fennica 82: 13-19.
Sparks T.H., Tryjanowski P. 2005. The detection of climate impacts: some methodological considerations. Int. J. Climatol. 25: 271-277.
Tryjanowski P., Hromada M. 2005. Do males of the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor , trade food for extrapair copulations? Animal Behav. 69: 529-533.
Yosef R., Zduniak P. & Tryjanowski P. 2004. Age, sex and season related biometrics of Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus . Ardeola 51: 297-302.
Baraniak E., Walczak U., Tryjanowski P. Zduniak P. 2004. Effect of distance between host trees and leaf litter removal on population density of Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), the pest of chestnut (Aesculus sp.) trees. Pol. J. Ecol. 52: 569-574.
Andrzejewska I., Dolata P.T., Jerzak L., Ptaszyk J., Tryjanowski P., Zduniak P. 2004. Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies against Listeria monocytogenes in chicks of the white storks (Ciconia ciconia Linnaeus, 1758) in Poland. Eur. J. Wild. Res. 50: 218-220.
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.
Kanuscak P, Hromada M, Sparks TH, Tryjanowski P 2004. Does climate at different scales influence the phenology and phenotype of the River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis ? Oecologia 141: 158-163.
Kosicki J, Sparks T, Tryjanowski P. 2004. Does arrival date influence autumn departure of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia . Ornis Fennica 81: 91-95.
Tryjanowski P., Golawski A. 2004. Sex differences in nest defence by the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio: effects of offspring age, brood size, and stage of breeding season. J. Ethol. 22: 13-16.
Tryjanowski P., Sparks T.H., Kuczynski L., Kuzniak S. 2004. Should avian egg increase as a result of global warming? A case study using the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio). J. Ornithol. 145: 264-268.
Andrzejewska I, Tryjanowski P, Zduniak P, Dolata PT, Ptaszyk J, Cwiertnia P. 2004. Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the white stork Ciconia ciconia . Berl. Mόnch. Tierδrztl. Wschr. 117: 274-275.
Antczak M., Hromada M., Grzybek J., Tryjanowski P. 2004. Breeding biology of the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor in W Poland. Acta Ornithol. 39: 9-14.
Votypka J., Simek J., Tryjanowski P. 2003. Blood parasites, reproduction and sexual selection in the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio). Ann. Zool. Fennici 40: 431-439.
Tryjanowski P. , Rybacki M., Sparks T. 2003. Changes in the first spawning dates of common frogs and common toads in western Poland in 1978-2002. Ann. Zool. Fennici 40: 459-464.