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Główne zainteresowania naukowe 

 

Mrówki: ekologia behawioralna, konkurencja międzygatunkowa, pasożytnictwo społeczne, faunistyka

 

 

Bieżące projekty naukowe 

 

Mrówki Polski na tle myrmekofauny europejskiej – opracowanie monograficzne

 

Wybrane publikacje

 

2010

Korczynska J., Gajewska M., Pilot M., Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2010. Genetic polymorphism in “mixed” colonies of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Finland and its possible origin. Eur. J. Entoml. 107: 157–167.


2009

Czechowski W., Markó B., Godzińska E. 2009. Corpse carrying in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): behavioural side effect of aggressive arousal or competitive signalling? Polish Journal of Ecology 57 (in press).

Czechowski W., Vepsäläinen K. 2009. Territory size of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a search for limits of existence of Formica polyctena Först., an inherently polygynic and polycalic species. Annales Zoologici, 59 (in press).


2008

Czechowski W., Radchenko A., Ślipiński P. 2008. An unusual worker morph of Myrmica rugulosa Nyl. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology 4: 42-49.

Czechowski W. 2008. Around-nest ‘cemeteries’ of Myrmica schencki Em. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): their origin and a possible significance. Polish Journal of Ecology 56: 359-363.

Czechowski W., Ślipiński P. 2008. No Lasius platythorax Seifert (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the urban greenery of Warsaw? Polish Journal of Ecology 56: 541-544.

Suchocka H., Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2008. Second report on the occurrence of Camponotus truncatus (Spinola) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland, with a key to the Polish species of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Fragmenta Faunistica 51: 9-13.

Czechowski W., Markó B., Radchenko A. 2008. Rubbish dumps reveal the diet of ant colonies: Myrmica schencki Em. and Myrmica rubra (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as facultative pollen-eaters. Polish Journal of Ecology 56: 737-741.

 


2007

Czechowski W. 2007. Behavioural and socially parasitic relations between Polyergus rufescens (Latr.) and Formica polyctena Först. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Fennica 18: 54-64.

Czechowski W. 2007. Do Polyergus rufescens (Latr.) and Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) share resources of slave species with each other? Polish Journal of Ecology 55: 169-173.

Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2007. Do dependent foundresses of Formica pratensis Retz. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) need a ‘pass’ to be adopted by a host colony? Annales Zoologici 57: 319-324.

Czechowski W., Radchenko A., Czechowska W. 2007. Mermithid infestation strikingly alters the morphology of Myrmica rubra (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers: possible taxonomic involvements. Annales Zoologici 57: 325-330.

Czechowski W., Czechowska W. Radchenko A. 2007. Strikingly malformed host morphology: Myrmica rugulosa Nyl. and Myrmica sabuleti Mein. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) parasitised by mermithid nematodes. Fragmenta Faunistica, 50: 139-148.
 
2006

Czechowski W. 2006. The route of Formica polyctena Först. as a factor promoting emancipation of Formica fusca L. slaves from colonies of Polyergus rufescens (Latr.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Polish Journal of Ecology 54: 159-162.

Czechowski W., Markó B. 2006. Uncomfortable protection: Formica polyctena Först. shelters Formica fusca L. from Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici 56: 539-548.

Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2006. Do permanently mixed colonies of wood ant (Hymenoptera; Formicide) really exist? Annales Zoologici 56 (4): 667-673.

Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2006. Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant species new to Finland, with notes on its biology and the description of males. Myrmecologishe Nachrichten 8: 257-262.
Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 2006. Succession of Lasius s. str. ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in moist pine forests – reassessment after taxonomic revisions of the subgenus. Fragmenta Faunistica 49: 91-97.
 
2005

Czechowski W. 2005. Integration raids in the Amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 52: 103-104.

Czechowski W., Czechowska W., Vepsäläinen K. 2005. Structure and succession of Lasius s. str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in a Finnish sand dune area – reassessment after taxonomic revisions of the subgenus. Entomologica Fennica 16: 2-8.
Czechowski W. 2005. Nest competition between Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) and Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Białowieża Forest (Poland). Myrmecologische Nachrichen 7: 43-45.

Czechowski W., Markó B. 2005. Competition between Formica cinerea and co-occurring ant species, with special reference to Formica rufa L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): direct and indirect interferences. Polish Journal of Ecology 53: 467-489.

Radchenko A., Czechowska W., Czechowski W., Antonova V., Stankiewicz A. 2005. Myrmica lacustris Ruzsky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species for Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 48: 167-174.
Stankiewicz A. M., Sielezniew M., Borowiec M. L., Czechowski W. 2005. Formica uralensis Ruzsky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 48: 175-180.
 
2004
CzechowskaW., Antonova V., Czechowski W. 2004. Further record of Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 47: 51-53.
Czechowska W., Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2004. Myrmica vandeli Bondr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Pieniny Mountains – the second record of this species for Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 47: 111-114.

Markó B., Czechowski W. 2004. Lasius psammophilus Seifert and Formica cinerea Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on sand dunes: conflicts and coexistence. Annales Zoologici, 54: 365-378.

Czechowski W. 2004. Scarcity of sites suitable for nesting promotes plesiobiosis in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Fennica, 15: 211-218.

Radchenko A., Czechowska W., Czechowski W. 2004. Mrówki – Formicidae. Klucze do Oznaczania Owadów Polski, 24 (63). Polskie Towarzystwo Entomologiczne, Toruń, 138 pp.
 
2003
Czechowska W., Czechowski W. 2003. Further record of Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma et Andrasfalvy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Warsaw, with a key to the Polish species of the subgenus Lasius s. str. Fragmenta Faunistica, 46: 195-202.
Radchenko A., Elmes G. W., Czechowska W., Stankiewicz A., Czechowski W., Sielezniew M. 2003. First records of Myrmica vandeli Bondroit and M. tulinae Elmes, Radchenko et Actaç (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Poland, with a key for the scabrinodis- and sabuleti-complexes. Fragmenta Faunistica, 46: 47-57.
 
2002
Czechowski W., Radchenko A., Czechowska W. 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. MIZ PAN, Warszawa, 200 + 1 pp.
Czechowski W., Godzińska J. A., Kozłowski M. 2002. Rescue behaviour shown by workers of Formica sanguinea Latr., F. fusca L. and F. cinerea Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in response to their nestmates caught by an ant lion larva. Annales Zoologici, 52 : 423-431.
 
2001
Czechowski W., Vepsäläinen K. 2001. Formica rufa L. indirectly protects F. fusca L. against F. sanguinea Latr. raids (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 51: 113-119.
Czechowski W. 2001. Mixed colony of Formica pratensis Retz. + Formica cinerea Mayr + Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its presumed origin. Annales Zoologici, 51: 205-209.
 
2000
Czechowski W. 2000. Interference of territorial ant species in the course of raids of Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 50: 35-38.
Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 2000. Epimyrma ravouxi (André, 1896) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Pieniny Mts – notes on its occurrence and biology. Fragmenta Faunistica, 43: 29-33.
Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 2000. Formica cinerea fuscocinerea For. in the Pieniny Mts – its untypical habitat and plesiobiosis with Lasius flavus (F.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragmenta Faunistica, 43: 131-133.
 Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2000. Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) w Polsce. Fragmenta Faunistica, 43: 127-129.

1999
Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 1999. New sites in Poland and notes on the biology of socially parasitic ants Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nyl.) and Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nyl.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragmenta Faunistica, 42: 1-6.
Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 1999. New data on the occurrence of ants of the subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 42: 7-10.
Czechowski W. 1999. Lasius fuliginosus (Latr.) on a sandy dune – its living conditions and interference during raids of Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 49: 117-123.
Czechowski W., Vepsäläinen K. 1999. Plesiobiosis between Formica fusca L. and Formica aquilonia Yarr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 49: 125-127.
Radchenko A., Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 1999. The tribe Formicoxenini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Poland – a taxonomic review and keys for identification. Annales Zoologici, 49: 129-150.
Radchenko A., Czechowska W., Czechowski W., Siedlar E. 1999. Lasius niger (L.) and Lasius platythorax Seifert (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – a revolution in Polish myrmecological faunistics and zoocoenology? Fragmenta Faunistica, 42: 103-113.
Radchenko A., Czechowska W., Czechowski W., Siedlar E. 1999. Four ant species, new to Poland, of the genus Lasius F. and new data on the occurrence of species recorded earlier (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragmenta Faunistica, 42: 115-121.
Czechowski W., Woyciechowski M., Czechowska W. 1999. Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – an inquiline ant species new to Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 42: 123-126.

1998
Radchenko A., Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 1998. The genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Poland – a survey of species and a key for their identification. Annales Zoologici, 48: 107-118.
Czechowska W., Radchenko A., Czechowski W. 1998. Ecological and taxonomic notes on Leptothorax nadigi Kutter, 1925 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – an ant species new to Poland. Annales Zoologici, 48: 119-123.
Czechowski W., Yamauchi K. 1998. Plesiobiosis of Formica japonica Motsch. and Tetramorium sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, 8/9: 99-101.
Czechowski W., Radchenko A., Czechowska W. 1998. Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – an ant species new to Poland. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, 8/9: 103-106.
Czechowski W. 1998. Raids of Formica sanguinea Latr. as a factor conducive to colony founding by Formica truncorum Fabr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, 8/9: 153-157.

1997
Radchenko A., Czechowski W. 1997. Doronomyrmex kutteri (Buschinger, 1965) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – a representative of a genus new to Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 40: 47-51.
Czechowski W., Rotkiewicz W. 1997. Common activities of female sexuals of Lasius umbratus (Nyl.) and Formica sanguinea Latr. or Polyergus rufescens (Latr.) on nests of the dulotic species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 47: 465-467.
Czechowski W., Rotkiewicz W. 1997. Relations between Formica sanguinea Latr. and Formica cinerea cinerea Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) – an unusual form of dulosis. Annales Zoologici, 47: 469-478.
Radchenko A., Czechowski W., Czechowska W. 1997. The genus Myrmica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Poland – a survey of species and a key for their identification. Annales Zoologici, 47: 481-500.

1996
Czechowski W., Douwes P. 1996. Morphometric characteristics of Formica polyctena Foerst. and Formica rufa L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Gorce Mts; interspecific and intraspecific variations. Annales Zoologici, 46: 125-141.
Czechowski W. 1996. Mechanisms of emancipation of atypical slaves in nests of Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). II. Queen replacement. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology, 7/8: 59-80.
Czechowski W. 1996. Colonies of hybrids and mixed colonies; interspecific nest takeover in wood ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica, 50: 1-116 + 20 pp.

1995
Czechowski W., Pisarski B., Yamauchi K. 1995. Succession of ant communities (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in moist pine forests. Fragmenta Faunistica, 38: 447-488.

1994
Czechowski W., Yamauchi K. 1994. Intraspecific relations in Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr) (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Memorabilia Zoologica, 48: 39-54.
Pisarski B., Czechowski W. 1994. Ways to reproductive success of wood ant queens. Memorabilia Zoologica, 48: 181-186.
Yamauchi K., Czechowski W., Pisarski B. 1994. Multiple mating and queen adoption in the wood ant, Formica polyctena Foerst. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica, 48: 267-278. 
Czechowski W. 1994. Emancipation of slaves in Formica sanguinea Latr. colonies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 45: 15-26.
Czechowski W. 1994. Queen recruitment in an orphaned colony of Formica polyctena Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 45: 47-49. 
Czechowski W. 1994. Impact of atypical slaves on intraspecific relations in Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Classe Biologie, 42: 345-350.
Czechowski W. 1994. Mechanisms of emancipation of atypical slaves in nests of Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). I. Elimination of the social parasite brood. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology, 5: 25-34.

1993
Czechowski W. 1993. Replacement of species in red wood ant colonies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 44: 17-26.
Czechowski W. 1993. Mixed colonies of red wood ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 44: 27-41.
Czechowski W. 1993. Hybrids in red wood ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 44: 43-54.

1992
Czechowski W., Pisarski B. 1992. Laboratory methods for rearing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Memorabilia Zoologica, 45: 1-32 pp.

1991
Pisarski B., Czechowski W. 1991. Ant communities (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea) of moist and wet deciduous forests of Central Europe. Fragmenta Faunistica, 35: 167-172.
Czechowski W. 1991. Comparison of the myrmecofaunas (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea) of tree stands and lawns in Warsaw parks. Fragmenta Faunistica, 35: 179-184.

1990
Czechowski W., Pisarski B. 1990. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea) of the Vistula escarpment in Warsaw. Fragmenta Faunistica, 33: 109-128.
Czechowski W., Czechowska W., Palmowska A. 1990. Arboreal myrmecofauna of Warsaw parks. Fragmenta Faunistica, 34: 37-45.
Czechowski W, Pisarski B., Czechowska W. 1990. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea) of moist meadows on the Mazovian Lowland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 34: 47-60.
Czechowski W., Pisarski B. 1990. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea) of linden-oak-hornbeam forests and thermophilous oak forests of the Mazovian Lowland. 1. Nest density. Fragmenta Faunistica, 34: 133-141.
Pisarski B., Czechowski W. 1990. Modalites de colonisation des fourmis du grouppe Formica rufa au Parc National de Gorce (Pologne). Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux, 6: 237-242.
Pisarski B., Czechowski W. 1990. The course of artificial colonization of red wood ants in the Gorce National Park. Memorabilia Zoologica, 44: 37-46.
Czechowski W. 1990. Autonomization of slaves from mixed colonies of Formica sanguinea Latr. & F. polyctena Foerst. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica, 44: 55-63.
Czechowski W. 1990. A raid of Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on a conspecific colony. Memorabilia Zoologica, 44: 65-69.
Czechowski W. 1990. Intraspecific conflict in Formica exsecta Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica, 44: 71-81.
Czechowski W. 1990. Aggression of Formica aquilonia Yarr. to Camponotus ligniperdus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) under the conditions of artificial colonization. Memorabilia Zoologica, 44: 83-91.

1989
Czechowski W. 1989. Functioning of a mixed colony of Formica sanguinea Latr. + F. polyctena Foerst. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a surplus of slaves. Annales Zoologici, 43: 103-126.

1988
Czechowski W., Pisarski B. 1988. Inter- and intraspecific competitive relations in Camponotus ligniperdus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 41: 355-381.

1985
Czechowski W. 1985. Competition between Myrmica laevinodis Nyl. and Lasius niger (L.) (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Annales Zoologici, 39: 153-173.

1984
Czechowski W. 1984. Tournaments and raids in Lasius niger (L.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 38: 81-91.
Czechowski W. 1984. Colony fission and intraspecific contests in Myrmica laevinodis Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Annales Zoologici, 38: 99-109.

1979
Czechowski W. 1979. Competition between Lasius niger (L.) and Myrmica rugulosa Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 34: 437-451.

1978
Pisarski B., Czechowski W. 1978. Influence de la pression urbaine sur la myrmecofaune. Memorabilia Zoologica, 29: 109-128.

1977
Czechowski W. 1977. Recruitment signals and raids in slave-maker ants. Annales Zoologici, 34: 1-26.

1976
Czechowski W. 1976. Competition between Formica exsecta Nyl. and Formica pressilabris Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 33: 273-285.

1975
Czechowski W. 1975. Mixed polycalic colony of Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr and Polyergus rufescens Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 33: 67-76.
Czechowski W. 1975. Bionomics of Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici, 33: 103-125.



Główne zainteresowania naukowe

Zachowanie i ekologia ssaków, szczególnie nietoperzy (Chiroptera). Zajmuje się trójwymiarową morfometrią geometryczną, jak również genetyką populacyjną.

Bieżące projekty naukowe

Porównanie budowy czaszki Pipistrellus pipistrellus i P. pygmaeus z zastosowaniem metod trójwymiarowej morfometrii geometrycznej. W projekcie tym wykonano bardzo szczegółowe pomiary budowy czaszek kryptycznych gatunków (szczególnie szczęki i żuchwy — aż 64 punkty pomiarowe), a różnice między gatunkami odniesione zostały do różnic w ich diecie.
Sztencel A., Jones G., Bogdanowicz W. Skull morphology of cryptic bat species Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus―the 3D geometric morphometrics approach (w przygot.)

Analiza zróżnicowania genetycznego populacji P. pipistrellus i P. pygmaeus w Polsce.

Wybrane publikacje:

  1. Bogdanowicz W. 1990. Geographic variation and taxonomy of Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentoni, in Europe. Mammal., 71, 205–218.

  2. Bogdanowicz W. 1992. Phenetic relationships among bats of the family Rhinolophidae. Acta Theriol., 37: 213-240.

  3. Bogdanowicz W. 1992. Sexual dimorphism in size of the sklull in European Myotis daubentoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Prague Studies in Mammalogy. Charles Univ. Press, Praha, str. 17–25.

  4. Bogdanowicz W., Owen, R. D. Phylogenetic analyses of the bat family Rhinolophidae . Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch.. 30: 142–160.

  5. Bogdanowicz W. 1994. Myotis daubentonii. Mammalian Species, 475: 1-9.

  6. Bogdanowicz W., Owen, R. D. 1996. Landmark-based size and shape analysis in systematics of the plecotine bats. In: Advances in morphometrics (L. F. Marcus et al, eds.) (NATO ASI Series, A: Life Sciences, Vol. 284). Plenum Publishing, New York, pp. 489-501.

  7. Bogdanowicz W., Csada R.D., Fenton M.B. 1997. Structure of noseleaf, echolocation, and foraging behavior in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera). Mammal., 78: 942–953.

  8. Rydell , Bogdanowicz W. 1997. Barbastella barbastellus. Mammalian Species, 557: 1–8.

  9. Bogdanowicz, W. & Owen, R. D. 1998. In the Minotaur’s labyrinth: phylogeny of the bat family Hipposideridae. In Bat biology and conservation (T. H. Kunz & P. A. Racey, eds.). Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 27–42.

  10. Bogdanowicz W., Kasper S., Owen R.D. 1998. Phylogeny of plecotine bats: reevaluation of morphological and chromosomal data. Mammal., 79: 78-90.

  11. Mitchell-Jones, A. M., Amori, G., Bogdanowicz, W. et al. The atlas of European Mammals. Academic Press, London, 484 pp.

  12. Bogdanowicz, W., Fenton, M. B. & Daleszczyk, K. 1999. The relationships between echolocation calls, morphology and diet in insectivorous bats. J. Zool. (London), 247: 381–393.

  13. Gannon, W. L. & W. Bogdanowicz (eds.) 2000. Contributions to the study of bats: field use of bat detectors. Acta Chiropterologica, 2: ii + 127–244.

  14. Wójcik J.M., Bogdanowicz W., Pucek Z., et al. Morphometric variation of the common shrew Sorex araneus in Poland, in relation to karyotype. Acta Theriol., 45: 161–172 (Suppl. 1).

  15. Fenton, M. B., Bogdanowicz, W. 2002. Relationships between external morphology and foraging behaviour: bats in the genus Myotis. Can. J. Zool., 80: 1004–1013.

  16. Seamark, E. C. J. & Bogdanowicz, W. 2002. Feeding ecology of the common slit-faced bat (Nycteris thebaica) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Acta chiropterol., 4: 49–54.

  17. Bogdanowicz, W. Pipistrellus kuhlii. In Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Band 4: Fledertiere. Teil II: Chiroptera II. Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Nycteridae (F. Krapp, red.). AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, str. 875–908.

  18. Gebhard, J., Bogdanowicz, W. Nyctalus noctula. In Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Band 4: Fledertiere. (F. Krapp, red.). AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, pp. 607–694.

  19. Horáček, I., Bogdanowicz, , Dulić, B., 2004: Plecotus austriacus. In Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Band 4: Fledertiere. Teil II: Chiroptera II. Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Nycteridae (F. Krapp, red.). AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, pp. 1001–1049.

  20. Ibáñez, C., Guillén, A., Bogdanowicz, W. Nyctalus lasiopterus. In Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Band 4: Fledertiere. Teil II: Chiroptera II. Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Nycteridae (F. Krapp, red.). AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, pp. 717–756.

  21. Bogdanowicz, W. et al. (eds.). Fauna of Poland: characteristics and checklist of species. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warszawa, Volume 1: 509 pp.

  22. Bogdanowicz, W., Juste, J., Owen, R.D., Sztencel, A. 2005. Geometric morphometrics and cladistics: testing evolutionary relationships in mega- and microbats. Acta chiropterol., 7: 39-49 2005

  23. Ruczyński, I., Bogdanowicz, W. Roost cavity selection by Nyctalus noctula and N. leisleri (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, eastern Poland. J. Mammal., 86: 921-930.

  24. Gajewska, M., Bogdanowicz, W. Fossil DNA i.e. lessen from the past. Kosmos, 55(1): 117–128.

  25. Bogdanowicz, W. et al. (eds.). Fauna of Poland: characteristics and checklist of species. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warszawa, Volume 2: 505 pp.

  26. Niermann N., Biedermann M., Bogdanowicz W., et al. Biogeography of the recently described Myotis alcathoe von Helversen and Heller, 2001. Acta Chiropterol. 9: 361–378.

  27. Van Den Bussche R., Bogdanowicz W., Gajewska M., et al. Ancient DNA sheds light on the history of mouse-eared bats (Myotis) in Europe. J. Vertebr. Paleontol., 27 (3): 161A–161A Suppl.

  28. Fontaine, P., …, Bogdanowicz, W., et al. 2007. The European Union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus. Conserv. 139: 167–185.

  29. Bogdanowicz, W. et al. (eds.). Fauna of Poland: characteristics and checklist of species. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warszawa, Volume 3: 603 pp.

  30. Lamb J. M, Ralph T. M. C., Goodman S. M., Bogdanowicz W., et al. 2008. Phylogeography and predicted distribution of African-Arabian and Malagasy populations of giant mastiff bats, Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Acta Chiropterol., 10: 21–40.

  31. Ruczyński, I., Bogdanowicz W. 2008. Summer roost selection by tree-dwelling bats Nyctalus noctula and N. leisleri: a multi-scale analysis. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 942-951.

  32. Bogdanowicz W. Analysis of bat morphology. 409–435, in Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats, 2nd edition (T. H. Kunz and S. Parsons, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 901 pp.

  33. Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Bogdanowicz W. 2012. Population genetics study of common (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) and soprano (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) pipistrelle bats from central Europe suggests interspecific hybridization. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 1251–1260. DOI:10.1139/Z2012-092

  34. Theuerkauf J, Perez J, Taugamoa A, Niutoua I, Labrousse D, Gula R, Bogdanowicz W, Jourdan H, Goarant C. 2013. Leptospirosis risk increases with changes in species composition of rat populations. The Science of Nature [=Naturwissenschaften] 100(4): 385-388. DOI:10.1007/s00114-013-1033-6

  35. Furman A, Coraman E, Nagy ZL, Postawa T, Bilgin R, Gajewska M, Bogdanowicz W. 2013. Phylogeography of the large Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe, Asia Minor, and Transcaucasia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108: 189–209.

  36. Bogdanowicz W, Lesiński G, Sadkowska-Todys M, Gajewska M,  Rutkowski R. 2013. Population Genetics and Bat Rabies: A Case Study of Eptesicus serotinus in Poland. Acta Chiropterologica 15: 35–56. DOI:10.3161/150811013X667849

  37. Bogdanowicz W, Pilot M, Gajewska M, Suchecka E, Golachowski M. 2013. Genetic diversity in a moulting colony of southern elephant seals in comparison with breeding colonies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 478: 287-300.

  38. Pilot M, Dąbrowski MJ, Hayrapetyan V, Yavruyan EG, Kopaliani N, Tsingarska E, Bujalska B, Kamiński S, Bogdanowicz W. 2014. Genetic Variability of the Grey Wolf Canis lupus in the Caucasus in Comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or Intermediary Population? PLoS ONE 9(4):e93828. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0093828

  39. Pilot M, Malewski T, Moura AE, Grzybowski T, Oleński K, Ruść A, Kamiński S, Fadel F, Mills D, Alagaili AA, Mohammed OB, Kłys G, Okhlopkov I, Suchecka E, Bogdanowicz W. On the origin of mongrels: Evolutionary history of free-breeding dogs in Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20152189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2189
  40. Rutkowski R, Krofel M, Giannatos G, Ćirović D, Männil P, Volokh AM, Lanszki J, Heltai M, Szabó L, Banea OC, Yavruyan E, Hayrapetyan V, Kopaliani N, Miliou A, Tryfonopoulos GA, Lymberakis P, Penezić A, Pakeltytė G, Suchecka E, Bogdanowicz W. 2015. A European Concern? Genetic Structure and Expansion of Golden Jackals (Canis aureus) in Europe and the Caucasus. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141236. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141236

  41. Duleba A,  Skonieczna K, Bogdanowicz W, Malyarchuk B, Grzybowski T. 2015. Complete mitochondrial genome database and standardized classification system for Canis lupus familiaris. Forensic Science International: Genetics 19:123-129. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.06.014

  42. Malewski T, Bogdanowicz W, Durska E, Łoś M, Kamiński M, Kowalewska K. 2015. Expression Profiling of Heat Shock Genes in a Scuttle Fly Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 323A:704–713.

  43. Bogdanowicz W, Hulva P, Černá Bolfíková B, Buś MM, Rychlicka E, Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Cistrone L, Russo D. 2015. Cryptic diversity of Italian bats and the role of the Apennine refugium in the phylogeography of the western Palaearctic. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174: 635-648. DOI:10.1111/zoj.12248.

  44. Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Mazgajski T, Bury S, Najbar B, Rybacki M, Bogdanowicz W, Mazgajska J. 2015. Phylogeography of the smooth snake Coronella austriaca (Serpentes: Colubridae): Evidence for a reduced gene pool and a genetic discontinuity in Central Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115:195–210, doi:10.1111/bij.1249.

  45. Theuerkauf J., Kuehn R., Gula R., Sztencel-Jabłonka A., Jourdan H., Taugamoa A., Labrousse D. & Bogdanowicz W. 2015. Invasion history affects genetic structure in island rat populations. Journal of Zoology 295: 197–205

  46. de Jong Y., Kouwenberg J., Boumans L., Hussey Ch., Hyam R., Nicolson N., Kirk P., Paton A., Michel E., Guiry MD., Boegh PS., Pedersen H A., Enghoff H., von Raab-Straube E., Guntsch A., Geoffroy M., Muller A., Kohlbecker A., Berendsohn W., Appeltans W., Arvanitidis Ch., Vanhoorne B., Declerck J., Vandepitte L., Hernandez F., Nash R., Costello MJ., Ouvrard D., Bezard-Falgas P., Bourgoin T., Wetzel FT., Glockler F., Korb G., Hagedorn G., Hauser Ch., Aktac N., Asan A., Ardelean A., Borges PAV., Dhora D., Khachatryan H., Malicky M., Ibrahimov S., Tuzikov A., De Wever A., Moncheva S., Spassov N., Chobot K., Popov A., Borsic I., Sfenthourakis S., Koljalg U., Uotila P., Olivier G., Dauvin J-C., Tarkhnishvili D., Chaladze G., Tuerkay M., Legakis A., Peregovits L., Gudmundsson G., Olafsson E., Lysaght L., Galil BS., Raimondo FM., Domina G., Stoch F., Minelli A., Spungis V., Budrys E., Olenin S., Turpel A., Walisch T., Krpach V., Gambin MT., Ungureanu L., Karaman G., Kleukers RMJ., Stur E., Aagaard K., Valland N., Moen TL., Bogdanowicz W., Tykarski P., Weslawski JM., Kedra M., de Frias MA., Abreu AD., Silva R., Medvedev S., Ryss A., Simic S., Marhold K., Stloukal E., Tome D., Ramos MA., Valdes B., Pina F., Kullander S., Telenius A., Gonseth Y., Tschudin P., Sergeyeva O., Vladymyrov V., Rizun VB., Raper Ch., Lear D., Stoev P., Penev L., Rubio AC., Backeljau T., Saarenmaa H., Ulenberg S. 2015. PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5848.

  47. Bogdanowicz W., Grzybowski T., Buś M. Genetic Analysis of Selected Graves from the Cemetery. In: Bodzia: A Late Viking-Age Elite Cemetery In Central Poland. Book Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages 450–1450. Volume 27,  Pages: 463-476.

  48. Pilot M, Malewski T, Moura AE, Grzybowski T, Oleński K, Kamiński S, Fadel F, Alagaili AA, Mohammed OB, Bogdanowicz W. 2016. Diversifying selection between pure-breed and free-breeding dogs inferred from genome-wide SNP analysis. G3 (Bethesda): 6(8):2285-2298.

  49. Rutkowski R, Jagolkowska P, Zawadzka D, Bogdanowicz W. 2016. Impacts of forest fragmentation and post-glacial colonization on the distribution of genetic diversity in the Polish population of the hazel grouse Terastes bonasia. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 62:  293-306.

  50. Rydell J, Bogdanowicz W, Boonman A, Pettersson S, Suchecka E, Pomorski JJ.  2016. Bats may eat diurnal flies that rest on wind turbines. Mammalian Biology, 81: 331-339.

  51. Soisook P, Karapan S, Srikrachang M, Dejtaradol A, Nualcharoen K, Bumrungsri S, Oo SSL, Aung MM, Bates PJJ, Harutyunyan M, Bus MM, Bogdanowicz W. 2016. Hill forest dweller: a new cryptic species of Rhinolophus in the 'pusillus group' (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand and Lao PDR. Acta Chiropterologica, 18: 117-139.