Main scientific interests

Demography of avian populations
Avian migrations and stopover
Natural hybridization and reproductive barriers (study species - large white headed gulls)
Behavioural ecology
Monitoring of avian populations - theory and application

Current research projects

Stay or depart? Factors affecting individual choice at stopover site during autumn migration, based on the example of Dunlin (Calidris alpina).

 

Past research projects

 

Hybridization in gulls of the Larus argentatus-cachinnans-fuscus group: a case study in mixed populations in European Russia. International project of Polish Ministry of Science, in cooperation with Pedagogical State University in Ivanovo, Russia [ 2009-2011 ]

 

The role of extra-pair paternity in shaping reproductive isolation in a hybrid zone - a case study of herring and caspian gulls [ 2008-2010 ]

Selected publications 

• Neubauer G., Nowicki P., Zagalska-Neubauer M. 2014. Haldane's rule revisited: do hybrid females have a shorter lifespan? Survival of hybrids in a recent contact zone between two large gull species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27:1248-1255
• Ledwoń M., Betleja J., Stawarczyk T., Neubauer G. 2014. The Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida expansion in Poland: the role of immigration. Journal of Ornithology 155:459-470
• Neubauer G., Sikora A. 2013. Detection probability of the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis during quick, multiple surveys: a case study in an isolated population in northern Poland. Ornis Fennica 90:211-221
• Ledwoń M., Neubauer G., Betleja J. 2013. Adult and pre-breeding survival estimates of the Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida breeding in southern Poland. Journal of Ornithology 154:633-643
• Zagalska-Neubauer M., Neubauer G. 2012. Reproductive performance and changes in relative species abundance in a mixed colony of Herring and Caspian Gulls, Larus argentatus and L.  cachinnans. Acta Ornithologica 47:185-194
• Neubauer G., Zieliński P., Wojciechowski Z., Buszkiewicz E., Siekiera J., Siekiera A. 2012. Leaving on migration: estimating departure dates of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica from summer roosts using a capture-mark-recapture approach. Bird Study 59:144-154
• Gibbins C.M., Neubauer G., Small B. 2011. Identification of Caspian Gull. Part 2: phenotypic variability and the field characteristics of hybrids. British Birds 104:702-742 
• Gwiazda R., Bukaciński D., Neubauer G., Faber M., Betleja J., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Bukacińska M., Chylarecki P. 2011. Diet composition of the Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) in inland Poland: effects of breeding area, breeding stage and sympatric breeding with the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Ornis Fennica 88:80-89
• Lenda M., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Neubauer G., Skórka P. 2010. Do invasive species undergo metapopulation dynamics? A case study of the invasive Caspian Gull, Larus cachinnans, in Poland. Journal of Biogeography 37:1824-1834
• Neubauer G., Faber M., Zagalska-Neubauer M. 2010. Yellow-legged Gull in Poland: status and separation from yellow-legged Herring Gull and hybrids. Dutch Birding 32:163-170
• Neubauer G.,  Zagalska-Neubauer M. M., Pons J.-M., Crochet P.-A., Chylarecki P., Przystalski A., Gay L. 2009. Assortative mating without complete reproductive isolation in a zone of recent secondary contact between Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Caspian Gulls (L. cachinnans). Auk 126:409-419
• Gay L., Neubauer G., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Pons J.-M., Bell D. A., Crochet P.-A. 2009. Speciation with gene flow in the large white-headed gulls: does selection counterbalance introgression? Heredity 102:133-146
• Sikora A., Neubauer G. 2008. Scandinavian and central European subspecies of White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus interbreed in an isolated population in northern Poland. Ornis Fennica 85:73-81
• Sikora A., Rohde Z., Gromadzki M., Neubauer G., Chylarecki P. 2007. The Atlas of breeding birds in Poland 1985-2004. Bogucki Wyd. Nauk, Poznań. [in Polish]
• Neubauer G., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Betleja J. 2007. Origin of Caspian Gulls Larus cachinnans breeding in Poland. British Birds 100:554-557
• Gay L., Neubauer G., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Pons J.-M., David P. & Crochet P.-A. 2007. Molecular and morphological patterns of introgression between two white-headed gull species in a zone of recent secondary contact. Molecular Ecology 16:3215-3227
• Neubauer G., Zagalska-Neubauer M., Gwiazda R., Faber M., Bukaciński D., Betleja J., Chylarecki P. 2006. Breeding large gulls in Poland: distribution, numbers, trends and hybridisation. Vogelwelt 127:11-22

 

(most available as pdfs from GN upon request: grechuta (at) miiz.waw.pl)

 

Main research interests

- helmithology, with a special emphasis on taxonomy and ecology of helminth fauna of birds;

- evolutionary ecology of parasitism.

 

Current research projects

- taxonomy and ecology of helminth fauna of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo from north-eastern Poland;

- effects of helminth parasites on survival, growth rate and condition of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo chicks;

- helminth fauna of mallard, Anas platyrhynchos from Vistula Lagoon.

 

Selected publications

 G. Kanarek, J. Sitko, L. Rolbiecki, J. Rokicki. 2003. Digenean fauna of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798) in the brackisch waters of the Vistula Lagoon and the Gulf of Gdańsk. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 49; 293-299.

 G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, M. Misztal. 2005. Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864) – a pentastomid (Pentastomida) species new for the fauna of Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 48; 101-106.

 G. Kanarek, J. Rokicki. 2005. The status of studies of the helminth fauna of the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in northern Poland. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 51; 165.

 G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, 2006. Syncuaria sqamata (Linstow, 1883) (Nematoda; Acuariidae) in the Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)] in northern Poland. Helminthologia 43; 33-36.

 G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, 2006. Third-stage larvae of Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) in the Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)] from the Vistula Lagoon, Poland. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 35; 23-28.

 L. Rolbiecki, G. Kanarek, M. Stachnik. 2007. Parvatrema affinis (Jameson et Nicoll, 1913) James, 1964 in the Baltic clam Macoma balthica (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 53; 25-27.

 G, Kanarek. 2009. The occurrence of Cyathostoma (Cyathostoma) microspiculum (Skrjabin, 1915) (Nematoda: Syngamidae) in the great cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo (L., 1798)] in north-eastern Poland. Journal of Helminthology.

 

adubiec(at)miiz.waw.pl

Research interests My research interests focus on questions within the field of evolutionary ecology with a special emphasis on development and functioning of immune system and patterns and fitness consequences of infection with haemoparasites. I address these issues in natural populations of birds both experimentally and observationally using the array of physiological tests and molecular approach. My other research interests include reproductive strategies in birds, especially the occurrence of extra-pair paternity and sex allocation patterns.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna_Dubiec

 

Recent publications:

Dubiec A., Da Silva A., Celej M. Low prevalence of haemosporidian and trypanosome infections in the Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Journal of Ornithology, in press.

Vriend S. J. G., Grøtan V., Gamelon M., et al. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology, in press.

Bailey L. D., van de Pol M., Adriaensen F. et al. 2022. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation. Nature Communications 13: 2112.

Arct A., Drobniak S. M., Dubiec A., Martyka R., Sudyka J., Gustafsson L. Cichoń M. 2022. The interactive effect of ambient temperature and brood size manipulation on nestling body mass in blue tits: an exploratory analysis of a long-term study. Frontiers in Zoology 19:9.

Arct A., Martyka R., Drobniak S. M., Oleś W., Dubiec A., Gustafsson L. 2022. Effects of elevated nest box temperature on incubation behaviour and offspring fitness-related traits in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis. Journal of Ornithology 163: 263–272.

Culina A., Adriaensen F., Bailey L. D., et al. 2021 Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2147–2160.

Corsini M, Schöll E. M., Di Lecce I., Chatelain M., Dubiec A., Szulkin M. 2021. Growing in the city: urban evolutionary ecology of avian growth rates. Evolutionary Applications 14: 69–84.

Maziarz M., Broughton R. K., Casacci L. P., Dubiec A., Maák I., Witek M.  2020. Thermal ecosystem engineering by songbirds promotes a symbiotic relationship with ants. Scientific Reports 10: 20330. 

Møller A. P., Balbontín J., Dhondt A. A., et al. 2020. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction. Oikos 129: 1807–1819.

Kubacka J., Podmokła E., Korb J., Dubiec A. 2020. Heterozygosity and fitness in a threatened songbird: blood parasite infection is explained by single-locus but not genome-wide effects. Journal of Ornithology 161: 803-817, doi: 10.1007/s10336-020-01753-0.

Norte A. C., Margos G., Becker N. S. et al. 2020. Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen. Molecular Ecology 29:485–501, doi: 10.1111/mec.15336.

Sudyka J., Podmokła E., Drobniak S., Dubiec A., Arct A., Gustafsson L., Cichoń M. 2019. Sex-specific effects of parasites on telomere dynamics in a short-lived passerine - the blue tit. The Science of Nature 106: 6, doi: 10.1007/s00114-019-1601-5.

Janas K., Podmokła E., Lutyk D., Dubiec A., Gustafsson L., Cichoń M., Drobniak S.M. 2018. Influence of haemosporidian infection status on structural and carotenoid-based colouration in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Journal of Avian Biology 2018: e01840, doi: 10.1111/jav.01840.

Dubiec A., Podmokła E., Harnist I., Mazgajski T. D. 2018. Haemoparasites of the pied flycatcher: inter-population variation in the prevalence and community composition. Parasitology 145: 912–919. 

Dubiec A., Podmokła E., Gustafsson L. 2017. Intra-individual changes in haemosporidian infections over the nesting period in great tit females. Parasitology Research 116: 2385–2392. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5540-9

Podmokła E., Dubiec A., Drobniak S. M., Sudyka J., Krupski A., Arct A., Gustafsson L., Cichoń M. 2017. Effect of haemosporidian infections on host survival and recapture rate in the blue tit. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 796–803. doi: 10.1111/jav.01108