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The history of Bison in Europe after the last glaciation

2013/11/B/NZ8/00914

Keywords:

Bison ancient DNA stable isotopes NGS evolutionary history

Descriptors:

  • NZ2_1: Molecular genetics
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Instytut Biologii Ssaków PAN

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Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Rafał Kowalczyk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 627 349 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-10

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-07-09

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer Intel.
  2. Laptop (7 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (2)
  1. Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison
    Authors:
    Soubrier J., Gower G., Chen K., Richards S.M., Llamas B., Mitchell K.J., Ho S.Y.W., Kosintsev P., Lee M.S.Y., Baryshnikov G., Bollongino R., Bover P., Burger J., Chivall D., Crégut-Bonnoure E., Decker J.E., Doronichev V.B., Douka K., Fordham D.A., Fontana F., Fritz C., Glimmerveen J., Golovanova L.V., Groves C., Guerreschi A., Haak V., Higham T., Hofman-Kamińska E., Krause J., Larson G., Immel A., Scheu A., Schnabel R.D., Taylor J.F., Tokarska M., Tosello G., Van Der Plicht J., Van Loenen A., Vigne J.-D., Wooley O., Orlando L., Kowalczyk R., Shapiro B., Cooper A.
    Academic press:
    Nature Communications (rok: 2016, tom: 7, strony: 13158), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/ncomms13158 - link to the publication
  2. Widespread male sex bias in mammal fossil and museum collections.
    Authors:
    Gower G, Fenderson LE, Salis AT, Helgen KM, van Loenen AL, Heiniger H, Hofman-Kamińska E, Kowalczyk R, Mitchell KJ, Llamas B, Cooper A.
    Academic press:
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (rok: 2019, tom: 116, strony: 19019-19024), Wydawca: National Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1073/pnas.1903275116 - link to the publication
  3. Adapt or die—Response of large herbivores to environmental changes in Europe during the Holocene.
    Authors:
    Hofman-Kamińska E, Bocherens H, Drucker DG, Fyfe RM, Gumiński W, Makowiecki D, Pacher M, Piličiauskienė G, Samojlik T, Woodbridge J, Kowalczyk R.
    Academic press:
    Global Change Biology (rok: 2019, tom: 25, strony: 2915-2930), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/gcb.14733 - link to the publication
  1. Why is the European bison the sole survivor of the Paleartic megafauna?
    Authors:
    Rafał Kowalczyk
    Conference:
    12th International Mammalogical Congress, Perth, Australia (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: Perth University
    Data:
    konferencja 9-14.07.2017
    Status:
    Published
  2. Why has the European bison survived, while the other large beasts have gone
    Authors:
    Kowalczyk R., Hofman_Kamińska E., Samojlik T., Makowiecki D., Merceron G., Bocherens H
    Conference:
    7th European Congress of mammalogy (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Stockholm University
    Data:
    konferencja 17-21.08.2015
    Status:
    Published