Environmental and climate challenges to agriculture in Poland in the context of objectives adopted in the European Green Deal strategy

K Prandecki, W Wrzaszcz, M Zieliński - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The European Green Deal strategy, prepared in 2019, involves a number of challenges for
European agriculture. These challenges are broadly linked to a need for agriculture to …

Effectiveness of using nest boxes as a form of bird protection after building modernization

B Dulisz, AM Stawicka, P Knozowski… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Modernization of urban buildings can decrease the availability of nesting sites in buildings,
leading to sudden decreases in the density of avifauna. In this study, we investigated the use …

Reduced biodiversity in modernized villages: A conflict between sustainable development goals

ZM Rosin, M Hiron, M Żmihorski… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite large conservation efforts to halt the loss of farmland biodiversity in Europe,
negative population trends are still observed, especially for common species. Old villages …

Large fire initially reduces bird diversity in Poland's largest wetland biodiversity hotspot

M Walesiak, G Mikusiński, Z Borowski… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Freshwater wetlands are widely recognized as biodiversity hotspots for many organisms,
including birds. Climate change and the projected increased risk of wetland fires may pose a …

[HTML][HTML] Cats kill millions of vertebrates in Polish farmland annually

D Krauze-Gryz, J Gryz, M Żmihorski - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
We estimated the predation rate by free ranging domestic cats on vertebrates in rural areas
of central Poland. We performed a door-to-door survey on the number of cats owned and …

Why Did Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Disappear from Some Areas in Central Poland?

J Gryz, D Krauze-Gryz - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brown hares originated in the open steppe grasslands of Eurasia and have adapted very
successfully to a mixed, arable agriculture environment. In the last decades of the 20th …

Social information modifies the associations between forest fragmentation and the abundance of a passerine bird

M Bełcik, ML Lenda, S Pustkowiak, B Woźniak… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Habitat loss and fragmentation are the main factors driving the occurrence and abundance
of species in the landscape. However, the local occurrence and abundance of species may …

Selection of Urbanized Areas by Magpie Pica pica in a Medium Size City in Poland

O Ciebiera, P Czechowski, F Morelli, R Piekarski… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The aim of this study was to estimate the Magpie population and to give a
detailed characterization of nest site selection in a medium size city in Poland (Gorzów …

The Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Population in a Changing Environment, Central Poland as a Case Study

J Gryz, D Krauze-Gryz - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Common buzzard is the most abundant bird of prey in Europe, and its population has
undergone serious changes. In this study, we focused on a population in Central Poland …

The use of artificial floating nest platforms as conservation measure for the common tern Sterna hirundo: a case study in the RAMSAR site Druzno Lake in Northern …

B Manikowska–Ślepowrońska… - The European …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial nesting sites with floating platforms may effectively support local breeding
populations of waterbirds (enhancing productivity and survival) when natural sites are …