We surveyed the Mesostigmatid mite fauna of nests of the black stork Ciconia nigra, to
determine the role of these mites in the biology of their hosts. We present preliminary results …

The aim of our study was to assess the small scale distribution (up to several m2) of
hibernating forest-dwelling snails in relation to small-scale environmental factors, like litter …

New localities of Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, V. moulinsiana (Dupuy) and V. angustior Jeffreys
were found in 2011–2014, in three provinces in Poland: Wielkopolskie, Lubuskie and …

The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene is the main mitochondrial molecular marker
playing a pivotal role in phylogenetic research and is a crucial barcode sequence. Folmer’s “…

This study tested the hypothesis that small birds at their nest sites avoid areas around dens
of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes, Linneaus 1758) in an intensively used farmland. Birds were …

Anhydrobiosis is a desiccation tolerance that denotes the ability to survive almost complete
dehydration without sustaining damage. The knowledge on the survival capacity of various …

The contents of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) were analysed in the bottom sediments
of 30 small, astatic ponds located in the agricultural landscape of Western Poland. The …

Over 700 moss, lichen and hepatic samples were collected from territory of Costa Rica.
Tardigrades were present in nearly half of the samples. Overall, more than 7000 tardigrades …

Studies on Antarctic tardigrades started at the beginning of the twentieth century and have
progressed very slowly and ca. 75 tardigrade species are known from this region. …

Thirty kettle hole ponds located in agricultural landscape of western Poland were studied
with respect to physico-chemical (temperature and pH) and chemical (SC, dissolved oxygen, …