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The keystone structure concept: multilevel significance of bird nests as the proof of the existence of critical ecosystem components

2021/41/B/NZ8/03456

Keywords:

keystone species keystone structures umbrella species nest webs biodiversity ecosystem structure ecosystem functioning ecological cascading effect ecological networks soil ecology ecological complexity ecosystem engineer ecological engineer

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_004:
  • NZ9_006:
  • NZ8_002:

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Wydział Leśny

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Michał Adam Ciach 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 13

Call: OPUS 21 - announced on 2021-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 994 076 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-01-12

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-01-11

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

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (1)
  1. The role of chemical properties of the material deposited in nests of white stork in shaping enzymatic activity and fungal diversity
    Authors:
    Ewa Błońska, Robert Jankowiak, Jarosław Lasota, Natalia Krzemińska, Adam Zbyryt, Michał Ciach
    Academic press:
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research (rok: 2023, tom: 31, strony: 2583–2594), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11356-023-31383-x - link to the publication