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Pattern of urban colonization and benefits of urban nesting in the Common Coot Fulica atra

2012/05/N/NZ8/00889

Keywords:

Common Coot genetic divergence microsatellites physical condition predation pressure urban colonization

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_9: Population genetics

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

woj. łódzkie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Piotr Minias 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 3 - announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded: 145 090 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-03-22

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-03-21

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Termocykler (30 000 PLN)
  2. System elektroforezy poziomej wraz z zasilaczem (7 000 PLN)
  3. Transiluminator UV (5 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. How birds colonize cities: genetic evidence from a common waterbird, the Eurasian coot
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias, Radosław Włodarczyk, Alina Minias, Jarosław Dziadek
    Academic press:
    Journal of Avian Biology (rok: 2017, tom: 48, strony: 1095-1103), Wydawca: Wiley-Blackwell / Nordic Society Oikos
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jav.01334 - link to the publication
  2. Reproduction and survival in the city: which fitness components drive urban colonization in a reed-nesting waterbird?
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Current Zoology (rok: 2016, tom: 62, strony: 79-87), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/cz/zow034 - link to the publication
  3. Territory selection in the city: can birds reliably judge territory quality in a novel urban environment?
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias, Tomasz Janiszewski
    Academic press:
    Journal of Zoology (rok: 2016, tom: 299, strony: 120-126), Wydawca: Wiley-Blackwell
    Status:
    Published
  4. Sex determination of adult Eurasian Coots (Fulica atra) by morphometric measurements
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Waterbirds (rok: 2015, tom: 38, strony: 191-194), Wydawca: The Waterbird Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1675/063.038.0208 - link to the publication
  5. Successful colonization of a novel urban environment is associated with an urban behavioural syndrome in a reed-nesting waterbird
    Authors:
    Piotr Minias
    Academic press:
    Ethology (rok: 2015, tom: 121, strony: 1178-1190), Wydawca: Wiley-Blackwell
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/eth.12433 - link to the publication