Department of Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology
Department of Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology
Functional ecology, evolutionary ecology and eco-physiology of vertebrates. In particular:
Evolution of physiological constraints on energy budgets and body size
Evolution of endothermy (A. Gębczyński, M. Konarzewski, J. Sadowska)
Relationship between body size, genome size, cell size, metabolic rate and growth rate (M. Konarzewski, J. Taylor, A. Hermaniuk)
Background and consequences of intra- and inter-specific variation of basal and maximum metabolic rates (P. Brzęk, A. Gębczyński, M. Konarzewski, J. Taylor)
Quantitative and molecular genetics of metabolic rates (M. Konarzewski, P. Brzęk, A. Gębczyński, J. Sadowska)
Obesity and metabolic syndrome risk factors (J. Sadowska, M. Konarzewski, A. Gębczyński)
Physiological and evolutionary ecology of ageing (P. Brzęk, M. Konarzewski)
Oxidative stress as a potential proximate cost of the reproduction (J. Taylor, Ł. Ołdakowski, P. Brzęk, M. Konarzewski)
Ecophysiology of digestive system (P. Brzęk, M. Konarzewski)
Phenotypic plasticity of avian post-embryonic development (P. Brzęk, M. Konarzewski)
Energy expenditure and adaptations in the smallest mammals – the shrews (J. Taylor)
Geographic variation of body size and Bergmann's rule (J. Taylor, Ł. Ołdakowski).
P. Brzęk, D. Roussel, M. Konarzewski, Mice selected for a high basal metabolic rate evolved larger guts but not more efficient mitochondria, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2022, 289: 20220719, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0719
A. Goncerzewicz, T. Górkiewicz, J.M. Dzik, J. Jędrzejewska-Szmek, E. Knapska, M. Konarzewski, Brain size, gut size and cognitive abilities: the energy trade-offs tested in artificial selection experiment, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2022, 289: 20212747, DOI: 0.1098/rspb.2021.2747
A. Zbyryt, Ł. Jankowiak, L. Jerzak, P. Tryjanowski, Head and body orientation of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia during incubation: effect of wind, apex predators and power lines, Journal of Ornithology 2022, 163:181-189, DOI: 10.1007/s10336-021-01920-x
P. Brzęk, A. Gębczyński, P. Selewestruk, A. Książek, J. Sadowska, M. Konarzewski, Significance of variation in basal metabolic rate in laboratory mice for translational experiments, Journal of Comparative Physiology B 2022, 192:161-169, DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01410-9
J. Höglund, L. Bolender, M. Cortazar‑Chinarro, S. Meurling, A. Laurila, A. Hermaniuk, C. Dufresnes, Low neutral and immunogenetic diversity in northern fringe populations of the green toad Bufotes viridis: implications for conservation, Conservation Genetics 2022, 23:139-149, DOI: 10.1007/s10592-021-01407-5 [PDF]
N. Linek, P. Brzęk, P. Gienapp, M. T. O’Mara, I. Pokrovsky, A. Schmidt, J. R. Shipley, J.R.E. Taylor, J. Tiainen, T. Volkmer, M. Wikelski, J. Partecke, A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing, Movement Ecology 2021, 9:63, DOI: 10.1186/s40462-021-00298-y
I.L.E. van de Pol, A. Hermaniuk, W.C.E.P. Verberk, Interacting effects of cell size and temperature on gene expression, growth, development and swimming performance in larval zebrafish, Frontiers in Physiology 2021, 12, 738804, 1-12, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.738804
Z. Borowski, K. Zub, M. Sulwiński, M. Suska-Malawska, M. Konarzewski, Plant–herbivore interactions: Combined effect of groundwater level, root vole grazing, and sedge silicification, Ecology & Evolution 2021,11:16047–16054, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8275
A. Kiersztyn, K. Kiersztyn, P. Karczmarek, M. Kamiński, I. Kitowski, A. Zbyryt, R. Lopucki, G. Pitucha, W. Pedrycz, Classification of complex ecological objects with the use of information granules, IEEE CIS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) 11-14 czerwiec 2021, DOI: 10.1109/FUZZ45933.2021.9494466
J. Sadowska, A.K. Gębczyński, M. Konarzewski, Larger guts and faster growth in mice selected for high basal metabolic rate, Biology Letters 2021, 17(10): 20210244, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0244
P. Brzęk, Sex differences in nonshivering thermogenesis in the wild, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 2021, 536, 111402, DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111402
J.R. Speakman, Q. Chi, Ł. Ołdakowski, H. Fu, Q.E. Fletcher, C. Hambly, J. Togo, X. Liu, S.B. Piertney, X. Wang, L. Zhang, P. Redman, L. Wang, G. Wang, Y. Li, J. Cui, P.J. Thomson, Z. Wang, P. Glover, O.C. Robertson, Y. Zhang, D. Wang, Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter, PNAS 2021, 118, 30 e2100707118, 1-11, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100707118
M. Konarzewski, J. Kupryjanowicz, Ścieżkami Puszczy Knyszyńskiej (Along the paths of the Knyszyn Forest), Białystok 2021, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, ISBN: 978-83-7431-654-5, 352 strony
J. T. Bialas, Ł. Dylewski, A. Dylik, T. Janiszewski, I. Kaługa, T. Królak, R. Kruszyk, K. Pawlukojć, Z. Pestka, M. Polakowski, A. Zbyryt, M. Tobolka, Impact of land cover and landfills on the breeding effect and nest occupancy of the white stork in Poland, Scientific Reports 2021, 11:7279, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86529-z
A. Zbyryt, Ł. Dylewski, G. Neubauer, Mass of white stork nests predicted from their size: Online calculator and implications for conservation, Journal for Nature Conservation 2021, 60, 125967, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.125967
J. Lázaro, L. Nováková, M. Hertel, J.R.E. Taylor, M. Muturi, K. Zub, D.K.N. Dechmann, Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews, Ecology and Evolution 2021, 11: 2431–2448, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7238
J. Taylor, Nowoczesna technologia w służbie badań nad migracjami ptaków, PANorama 2021, 2(12), 7-9
A. Hermaniuk, I.L.E. van de Pol, W.C.E.P. Verberk, Are acute and acclimated thermal effects on metabolic rate modulated by cell size? A comparison between diploid and triploid zebrafish larvae, Journal of Experimental Biology 2021, 224, jeb227124, DOI: 10.1242/jeb.227124
A. Zbyryt, T.H. Sparks, P. Tryjanowski, Whitewashing improves relocated nest occupancy in the white stork: An experimental test of public information, Journal for Nature Conservation 2021, 59: 125929, DOI: 10.1016/j.nc.2020.125929
J. Kozłowski, M. Konarzewski, M. Czarnoleski, Coevolution of body size and metabolic rate in vertebrates: a life-history perspective, Biological Reviews 2020, 95, 1393–1417, DOI: 10.1111/brv.12615
M. Kalfayan, J.R.E. Taylor, Dragonfly assemblages in four Mediterranean wetlands of Samos Island, Greece (Odonata), Fragmenta Entomologica 2020, 52 (2): 377–385, DOI: 10.4081/fe.2020.470
M. Bartoszewicz,U. Czyżewska, M. Siemieniuk, S. Maciak, Ecotypes of Bacillus cereus sensu lato, [W]: Post-conference monograph of Current Environmental "Modern problems and solutions in environmental protection", J. Karpińska, M. Bartoszewicz, R. Sawczuk (eds.), Białystok 2019, Wydawnictwo UwB, ISBN: 978-83-7431-615-6, str. 115-125
E. Oleńska, V. Imperato, W. Małek, T. Włostowski, M. Wójcik, I. Swiecicka, J. Vangronsveld, S. Thijs, Trifolium repens-associated bacteria as a potential tool to facilitate phytostabilization of zinc and lead polluted waste heaps, Plants 2020, 9, 1002, 1-18, DOI: 10.3390/plants9081002
A. Hermaniuk, M. Czajkowska, A. Borkowska, J.R.E. Taylor, Body size variation in hybrids among populations of European water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) with different breeding systems, Amphibia-Reptilia 2020, 41: 361-371, DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10005
S. Maciak, D. Sawicka, A. Sadowska, S. Prokopiuk, S. Buczyńska, M. Bartoszewicz, G. Niklińska, M. Konarzewski, H. Car, Low basal metabolic rate as a risk factor for development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2020, 8: e001381, DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001381
M. Czajkowska, P. Brzęk, P. Dobrzyń, A novel polymorphism in the fatty acid desaturase 2 gene (Fads2): A possible role in basal metabolic rate, PLoS ONE 2019, 14(2): e0213138, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213138
A. Hermaniuk, M. Czajkowska, A. Borkowska, J.R.E. Taylor, Body size variation in hybrids among populations of European water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) with different breeding systems, Amphibia-Reptilia 2020, DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10005
A. Flack, P.J. Schaeffer, J.R.E. Taylor, I. Müller, M. Wikelski, W. Fiedler, Daily energy expenditure in white storks is lower after fledging than in the nest, Journal of Experimental Biology 2020, 223, jeb219337. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.219337
D. Sawicka, S. Maciak, H. Kozłowska, I. Kasacka, M. Kloza, A. Sadowska, E. Sokołowska, M. Konarzewski, H. Car, Functional and structural changes in aorta of mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate, Journal of Comparative Physiology B 2020,190: 101-112, DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01252-6
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A.K., Lewoc M., Konarzewski M. 2019. Not that hot after all: no limits to heat dissipation in lactating mice selected for high or low BMR. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb.204669 doi: 10.1242/jeb.204669
C. Gatica-Sosa, P. Brzęk, M. Magallanes, W.H. Karasov, E. Caviedes-Vidal, Intestinal α-glycosidase transcriptional responses during development and diet adjustment in altricial birds, Journal of Experimental Biology 2018, 221, jeb171827, DOI: 10.1242/jeb.171827
Ołdakowski Ł., Taylor J.R.E., Oxidative damage and antioxidant defense are assay and tissue-dependent both in captive and wild-caught bank voles (Myodes glareolus) before and after reproduction, Ecology and Evolution 2018, 1-10 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4187
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A., Konarzewski M., Long-term trait consistency in mice selected for swim-induced high aerobic capacity, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2018, 91(4), 000-000 DOI: 10.1086/698213
Bonda-Ostaszewska E., Włostowski T., Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko B., Tissue trace elements and lipid peroxidation in breeding female bank voles Myodes glareolus, Biological Trace Element Research 2019, 187: 137-141 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-018-1353-7 [PDF]
Maciak S., Laboratoria Instytutu Biologii, Laboratorium 2018, 1, 67-72
Wróblewska A., Taylor J.R.E., Zieliński P., Jekatierynczuk-Rudczyk E., Najbliżej natury - Instytut Biologii Wydziału Biologiczno-Chemicznego Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Analityka 2017, 2, 70-72
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A.K., Konarzewski M., Selection for high aerobic capacity has no protective affect against obesity in laboratory mice, Physiology & Behaviour 2017, 175, 130-136 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.03.034
Brzęk P., Chediack J.G., Cid F.D., Karasov W.H., Caviedes-Vidal E., Differential transcriptional responses underlie dietary induction of intestinal carbohydrase activities in house sparrow nestlings, Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 2016, 100, 236-242, DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12354 [PDF]
Hermaniuk A., Rybacki M., Taylor J.R.E., Metabolic rate of diploid and triploid edible frog Pelophylax esculentus correlates inversely with cell size in tadpoles but not in frogs, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2017, 90, 2, 230-239 DOI: 10.1086/689408
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A.K., Konarzewski M., Metabolic risk factors in mice divergently selected for BMR fed high fat and high carb diets, PLOS ONE 2017, 12(2), e0172892, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172892
Deoniziak K., Hermaniuk A., Wereszczuk A., Effects of wetland restoration on the amphibian community in the Narew River Valley (Northeast Poland), Salamandra 2017, 53, 1, 50-58 [PDF]
Dechmann D.K.N., LaPoint S., Dullin C., Moritz H., Taylor J.R.E., Zub K., Wikelski M. 2017. Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories. Scientific Reports 7:42443, DOI: 10.1038/srep42443.
Czarnoleski M., Labecka A.M., Starostová Z., Sikorska A., Bonda-Ostaszewska E., Woch K., Kubička L., Kratochvíl L., Kozlowski J., Not all cells are equal: effects of temperature and sex on the size of different cell types in the Madagascar ground gecko Paroedura picta, Biology Open 2017, 6, 1149-1154, DOI: 10.1242/bio.025817
Książek A., Konarzewski M. - Heat dissipation does not suppress an immune response in laboratory mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate (BMR), Journal of Experimental Biology 2016, 219, 1542-1551, DOI: 10.1242/jeb.129312
Brzęk P., Gębczyński A.K., Książek A., Konarzewski M. - Effect of calorie restriction on spontaneous physical activity and body mass in mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate (BMR), Physiology & Behavior 2016, 161, 116-122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.022
Hermaniuk A., Ołdakowski L. - Śmiertelność zwierząt kręgowych na Carskiej Drodze w Biebrzańskim Parku Narodowym, Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 2016, 72, 1, 42-48. [PDF]
Maciak S., Michalak K., Kale S.D., Michalak P., Nucleolar dominance and repression of 45S ribosomal RNA genes in hybrids between Xenopus borealis and X. muelleri (2n=36), Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2016, DOI: 10.1159/000450665
Włostowski T., Kozłowski P., Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko B., Oleńska E. - Cadmium accumulation and pathological alterations in the midgut gland of terrestrial snail Helix pomatia L. from a zinc smelter area: role of soil pH, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2016, 96, 484-489, DOI: 10.1007/s00128-016-1748-0 [PDF]
Konarzewski M. - Od Paleolitu do syntetycznego hamburgera: ewolucyjna historia zwyczajów żywieniowych człowieka, [W]: Ewolucja na talerzu, czyli wczoraj, dziś i jutro żywienia człowieka, Gawęcki J. (red.), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego, 2015 Poznań, ISBN: 978-83-7160-782-0, str. 9-23.
Hermaniuk A., Rybacki M., Taylor J.R.E. 2016. Low temperature and polyploidy result in larger cell and body size in ectothermic vertebrate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 89: 118–129. [PDF]
Ołdakowski Ł., Wasiluk A., Sadowska E.T., Koteja P., Taylor J.R.E. 2015. Reproduction is not costly in terms of oxidative stress. The Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 3901-3910. [PDF]
Wieczorek M., Szafrańska P.A., Labecka A.M., Lázaro J., Konarzewski M. 2015. Effect of the abrasive properties of sedges on the intestinal absorptive surface and resting metabolic rate of root voles. The Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 309-315.
Henel A., Taylor J.R.E., Krajewski Ł. 2015. Pierwsze stwierdzenia Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier,1840) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) w Kotlinie Biebrzańskiej, Wiadomości Entomologiczne 34, 2, 59-60
Konarzewski M. 2015. Na początku był głód. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy Warszawa, Wyd. 2 rozszerzone i uaktualnione.
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A.K., Konarzewski M. 2015. Effect of reproduction on the consistency of the between-line type divergence in laboratory mice selected on basal metabolic rate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88: 328-335, DOI: 10.1086/680167.
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A.K., Paszko K., Konarzewski M. 2015. Milk output and composition in mice divergently selected for basal metabolic rate. The Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 249-254.
Wieczorek M., Zub K., Szafrańska P. A., Książek A., Konarzewski M. 2015. Plant-herbivore interactions: silicon concentration in tussock sedges and population dynamics of root voles. Functional Ecology 29: 187-194.
Michalak K., Maciak S., Kim Y.B., Santopietro G., Oh J.H., Kang L., Garner H.R., Michalak P. - Nucleolar dominance and maternal control of 45S rDNA expression, Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 2015, 282, 1820, 20152201, http:/dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2201 [PDF]
Bonda-Ostaszewska E., Włostowski T. 2015. Apoptosis, proliferation, and cell size in seasonal changes of body and organ weight in male bank voles Myodes glareolus. Mammal Research, DOI: 10.1007/s13364-015-0224-2
Zub K., Borowski Z., Szafrańska P.A., Wieczorek M., Konarzewski M. 2014. Lower body mass and higher metabolic rate enhance winter survival in root voles, Microtus oeconomus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 297-309.
Szafrańska P., Zub K., Wieczorek M., Książek A., Speakman J. R., Konarzewski M. 2014. Shaving increases daily energy expenditure in free-living root voles. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 3964-3967.
Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D., Kulaszewicz I., Kidawa D., Taylor J. R. E. 2014. Influence of primary reproductive investments on blood biochemistry, leukocyte profile, and body mass in a small Arctic seabird. The Auk Ornithological Advances 131: 743-755.
Książek A., Zub K., Szafrańska P.A., Wieczorek M., Konarzewski M. 2014. Immunocompetence and high metabolic rates enhance overwinter survival in the root vole, Microtus oeconomus. Biology Letters 10, 20140684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0684.
Brzęk P., Konarzewski M. 2014. Vocal begging and locomotor activity are modulated independently in Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) nestlings. The Auk Ornithological Advances 131: 215-223. [PDF]
Brzęk P., Książek A., Ołdakowski Ł., Konarzewski M. 2014. High basal metabolic rate does not elevate oxidative stress during reproduction in laboratory mice. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1504-1509. [PDF]
Maciak S., Michalak P. 2014. Cell size and cancer: a new solution to Peto’s paradox? Evolutionary Applications, doi:10.1111/eva.12228. [PDF]
Bonda-Ostaszewska E. 2014. Pomiar biokoncentracji zanieczyszczeń w ocenie skażenia środowiska, narażenia organizmów oraz prognozowaniu ekologicznych efektów zanieczyszczeń. Ekonomia i Środowisko 2(49): 288-297.
Włostowski T., Kozłowski P., Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko B., Oleńska E., Aleksandrowicz O. 2014. Accumulation of cadmium in and its effect on the midgut gland of terrestrial snail Helix pomatia L. from urban areas in Poland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and and Toxicology 93: 526-531. [PDF]
Maciak. S., Bonda-Ostaszewska E., Czarnołęski M., Konarzewski M., Kozłowski J. 2014. Mice divergently selected for high and low basal metabolic rates evolved different cell size and organ mass. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi: 10.1111/jeb.12306. [PDF]
Borowski Z., Malinowska A., Książek A. 2014. Relationships between dominance, testosterone level and scent marking of males in a free-living root vole (Microtus oeconomus) population. Physiology & Behavior 128: 26-31.
Frąckiel K., Henel A., Taylor J.R.E. 2013. Występowanie i wybiórczość siedliskowa iglicy małej Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) w dolinie Biebrzy. Odonatrix 9: 55–64.
Brzęk P., Kohl K.D., Caviedes-Vidal E., Karasov W. H. 2013. Activity of intestinal carbohydrases responds to multiple dietary signals in nestling house sparrows. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 3981-3987. [PDF]
Dlugosz E.M., Chappell M.M., Meek T.H., Szafrańska P.A., Zub K., Konarzewski M., Jones J.H., Eduardo J., Bicudo P.W., Nespolo R.F., Careau V., Garland T. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis of mammalian maximal oxygen consumption during exercise. Journal of Experimental Biology 21: 4712-4721. [PDF]
Taylor J.R.E. 2013. Dolina Biebrzy, teren przyrodniczo niezwykły. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 9-21.
Taylor J.R.E. 2013. Ryjówki - życie na wysokich obrotach. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 80-88.
Taylor J.R.E. 2013. Jak samce batalionów zdobywają względy samic. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 107-115.
Taylor J.R.E. 2013. Aktywność naukowa pracowników Instytutu Biologii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku w dolinie Biebrzy. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 220-228.
Hermaniuk A. 2013. Żaba wodna - krótka historia zakazanej miłości. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 123-130. [PDF]
Konarzewski M., Zub K., Szafrańska P. A., Wieczorek M., Książek A. 2013. Być albo nie być (dużym). Mikroewolucja rozmiarów ciała norników północnych. W: J.R.E. Taylor (red.), Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzątach i roślinach, Trans Humana: 65-71.
P. A. Szafrańska, K. Zub, M. Konarzewski. 2013. Seasonal variation of resting metabolic rate and body mass in free-living weasels Mustela nivalis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86(6):791–798. [PDF]
Taylor J.R.E. (Ed.). 2013. Tajemnice doliny Biebrzy. Eseje naukowe o zwierzętach i roślinach. Trans Humana, Białystok. 243 str.
Zub K., Fletcher Q.E., Szafrańska P.A., Konarzewski M. 2013. Male weasels decrease activity and energy expenditure in response to high ambient temperatures. PLOS ONE 8(8), e72646. [PDF]
Brzosko E., Wróblewska A., Jermakowicz E., Hermaniuk A. 2013. High level of genetic variation within clonal orchid Goodyera repens. Plant. Syst. Evol., DOI 10.1007/s00606-013-0817-7. [PDF]
Starostova Z., Konarzewski M., Kozłowski J., Kratochvil L. 2013. Ontogeny of metabolic rate and red blood cell size in eyelid geckos: species follow different paths. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64715, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064715. [PDF]
Hermaniuk A., Pruvost N.B.M., Kierzkowski P., Ogielska M. 2013. Genetic and cytogenetic characteristics of pentaploidy in water frogs. Herpetologica 69(1): 36-45.
Konarzewski M., Książek A. 2013. Determinants of intra-specific variation in basal metabolic rate. J. Comp. Physiol. B 183: 27-41. [PDF]
Chappell M.A., Szafrańska P.A., Zub K., Konarzewski M. 2013. The energy cost of voluntary running in the weasel Mustela nivalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 578-586. [PDF]
Brzęk P., Ciminari M.E., Kohl K.D., Lessner K., Karasov W.H., Caviedesi-Vidal E. 2013. Effect of age and diet composition on activity of pancrestic enzymes in birds. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0731-2. [PDF]
Sadowska J., Gębczyński A. K, Konarzewski M. 2013. Basal metabolic rate is positively correlated with parental investment in laboratory mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2576. [PDF]
Taylor J.R.E., Rychlik L., Churchfield S. 2013. Winter reduction in body mass in a very small, nonhibernating mammal: consequences for heat loss and metabolic rates. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 9-18. [PDF].
Salińska A., Włostowski T., Oleńska E. 2013. Differential susceptibility to cadmium-induced liver and kidney injury in wild and laboratory-bred bank voles Myodes glareolus. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 65: 324-331. [PDF]
Bonda-Ostaszewska E., Włostowski T., Krasowska A., Kozłowski P. 2012. Seasonal and photoperiodic effects on lipid droplet size and lipid peroxidation in the brown adipose tissue of bank voles (Myodes glareolus). Acta Theriologica 57: 289-294 [PDF]
Salińska A., Włostowski T., Maciak S., Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko B., Kozłowski P. 2012. Combined Effect of Dietary Cadmium and Benzo(a)pyrene on Metallothionein Induction and Apoptosis in the Liver and Kidneys of Bank Voles. Biological Trace Element Research 147, 189-194. [PDF]
Rychlik L., Churchfield S., Taylor J.R.E., Kardynia P., Ołdakowski Ł. 2012. Live-trapping small mammals under snow: a protocol for maximising captures and minimising mortality. Polish Journal of Ecology 60: 621-628. [PDF].
Kloch A., Baran K., Buczek M., Konarzewski M., Radwan J. 2012. MHC influences infection with parasites and winter survival in the root vole Microtus oeconomus. Evolutionary Ecology, doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9611-1. [PDF]
Brzęk P., Książek A., Dobrzyń A., Konarzewski M. 2012. Effect of dietary restriction on metabolic, anatomic and molecular traits in mice depends on the initial level of basal metabolic rate. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 3191-3199. [PDF]
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Książek A., Konarzewski M., Łapo I.B. 2004. Anatomic and Energetic Correlates of Divergent Selection for Basal Metabolic Rate in Laboratory Mice. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(6): 890-899. [PDF]
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Krasowska A., Włostowski T., Bonda E. 2004.Zinc protection from fluoride-induced testicular injury in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus). Toxicology Letters 147: 229-235.
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