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PhD
Andrzej Bobiec -
Agroecology and Landscape Architecture Rzeszów
University
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Andrzej
has been studying the influence of natural and cultural factors that have shaped
today's old-growth stands of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest, with a particular
interest in historical and contemporary processes responsible for oak
regeneration. In 1995-2005 a chair of the Society for the Protection of the
Bialowieza Primeval Forest (TOPB), in 2005-2010 a head of research of the
European Forest Task Force, BirdLife International. Studying dendroecology of
beech-fir foothill and mountain forests and teaching classes in forest
conservation and landscape ecological functions. |
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PhD
Dorota Czeszczewik - Siedlce
University of Natural Sciences and Humanities |
Dorota
main research fields include ecology and conservation of cavity nesting birds,
especially Ficedula flycatchers and woodpeckers (breeding biology, predation,
foraging strategy), breeding bird communities, and tree stands
dynamic. |
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PhD
Bogdan Jaroszewicz - Head
of Bialowieza Geobotanical Station Faculty of Biology Warsaw
University
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Bogdan is a
lecturer at the University of Warsaw and research ecologist with an interest in
understanding plant–animal interactions and how they impact the diversity and
functioning of forest ecosystems. His whole professional life has been devoted
to conservation of Bialowieza Forest (in the administration of the Bialowieza
National Park) and more recently to studying of forest ecology in the Białowieża
Geobotanical Station of the University of Warsaw. |
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PhD
Rafał Kowalczyk
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Rafał is a mammal ecologist at Mammal Research
Institute in Bialowieza. He is conducting studies on population biology,
behavioural ecology and foraging strategies of large (lynx, wolves) and
medium-sized carnivores (badger, raccoon dog, red fox) and large ungulates
(European bison, moose). Rafał is the author of over 40 scientific papers, book
chapters and articles. Current study focuses on foraging ecology and
conservation management of European bison and
moose. |
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MsC
Martijn van de Loo
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Martijn studied Wildlife Management at Hogeschool Van Hall
Larenstein in the Netherlands. Martijn has been guiding many wildlife trips to
France, Hungary, Germany, Portugal and Spain.His main expertise is herpetology
and general ecology. He has great knowledge of Bialowieza and surroundings.
During his study he lived in
bialowieza for six months monitoring amphibians and writing a management plan.
One of his daily jobs is advising on biodiversity in urban
area’s. |
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MSc
Ruslan Novitsky - Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus |
Ruslan
is head of wild-life conservation department. The State scientific and
production amalgamation "The sciencific and practical center for bioresources".
Research interests: development of ecological network; ecological impact
assessment; development of national legislation and protection measures of
nature; monitoring and bio-indication; ecology, morphology and protection of
amphibians. |
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PhD
Czesław Okołów
- retired Director of Bialowieza National Park |
Czesław
was employed in the Bialowieza National Park (from 1960 to 2003). Through the
years he was managing the park's museum, he became a director of
research-scientific lab, the Bialowieza National Park director deputy and since
1993 the director of the Park. He was conducting scientific research, making
exhibitions and museum exhibits. He is a member of the Polish Entomological
Association and World Commission on Protected Areas IUCN/ WCU. In
1998, he was awarded with the Alfred Toepfer Medal. |
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PhD
Ireneusz Ruczyński
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Mammal
Research Institute Polish Academy of Science |
Irek is working in Mammal
Research Institute PAS in Bialowieza. The main research of Irek includes
ecology and conservation of forest dwelling bats but also sensory ecology of
roost selection and information transfers in bats. He conducts studies on space
use, roosting and mating behavior of bats in Bialowieza Forest. In his work,
Irek combines field (radiotelemetry and ultrasound detection) and laboratory
methods (playback experiments in flight room). |
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PhD
Tomasz Samojlik - Mammal
Research Institute Polish Academy of Science |
Tomasz
is environmental historian employed at the Mammal Research Institute, Polish
Academy of Sciences in Bialowieza. His research aims at answering the question
how past human presence has shaped the environment of Bialowieza Primeval
Forest. |
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PhD
Nuria Selva
- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Science
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Nuria’s
research interests cover a wide range of topics within animal ecology and
conservation biology, with a special focus on large predators. She has conducted
studies on the role of wolf and lynx kills and other carrion resources in
Bialowieza forest, as well as on other scavenger communities. Currently she
leads several research projects on brown bear ecology. She has been
rehabilitating wild animals in Bialowieza and loves just walking in the
forest. |
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Arkadiusz
Szymura, MSc forestry -
Nature Tours "PYGMY OWL" Bialowieza |
Arek
is over 30 years of experience in birdwatching, supporting researches and
exploring Bialowieza Primaeval Forest, he is an expert in the field of nature.
For many years he was a teacher at the Forestry College in Białowieża where he
taught botany. He is one of the four who in 1985 established Polish Society for
Bird Protection (former name North Podlasian Society
for Bird Protecion). One of his interests is music and once you are in
Bialowieza’s church you can listen to him playing organs. |
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Mateusz
Szymura, MSc forestry -Bialowieza
National Park |
Mateusz
is employee of Bialowieza National Park where he is the head of the Nature
Conservation Department. Apart from 10 years of forestry education Arek gave him
priceless lessons of Nature. In his career he guided thousands of people
including prince Charles. Since 2009 he has been carrying out researches
concentrated on birds. |
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MSc
Wouter de Vries
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Wouter is a naturalist with a
specialization in amphibians, conservation and education. Nature has always been
the mayor line in his live. Since 2008 he is active in the Spanish educative and
research association AMBOR and organizes research, survey and monitoring on
amphibian and other fauna in Sierra Norte Natural Park in southern
Spain. |
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Prof.
Wiesław Walankiewicz
- Siedlce
University of Natural Sciences and Humanities
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Wiesław’s interests in forest
ecology centres mainly around understanding how predators (mustelids, rodents,
woodpeckers) limit density of cavity-nesting collared flycachers breeding in
natural cavities. His work in conservation ecology focuses mainly the issue how
the forest management is determining the density and distribution of some
woodpecker species (e. g. three-toed woodpecker and white-backed woodpecker). He
researches also dynamics of primeval tree stands of the Bialowieza National
Park. |
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Ewa
Zin, Msc Forestry
- Forest Research Institute European Centre for Natural Forests |
Ewa
is researcher at the Forest Research Institute (IBL), European Centre for
Natural Forests, Bialowieza. Exploring fire history in Bialowieza Forest
(Poland, Belarus). Specialized in dendroecology, dendrochronology, fire ecology
and forest dynamics. Studied in Poland, Germany and Sweden. Tourist guide,
focused on flora and fungi. Interested in local customs, traditional
architecture and handicraft. Born in Hajnówka. Local but
friendly. |
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PhD
Karol Zub -
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Science |
Karol
is scientist working in Mammal Research Institute on ecology, physiology and
genetics of mammals. He is also involved in projects concerning the role of dead
wood in the forest ecosystems, with special focus on fungi and insects. For many
years he guided birdwatchers in the Bialowieza Forest and Biebrza Marshes. Karol
Zub is also enthusiastic photographer and naturalist, always keen to share his
knowledge and experiences. |
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