Jakub Z. Kosicki

Main Interests

• species richness and species distribution modeling,
• machine learning technique in ecology,
• habitat selection of animals.

Projects

• niche modeling
• species distribution modeling
• Negev Desert - Red See ecosystem 

Research themes:

2021 - 2024: (VEGA 1/0876/21): From local host-parasite networks to metacommunities. (co-investigator)

2017 - 2021: (APVV-16-0411): Drivers of species richness in ectoparasites. (co-investigator)

2015 - 2016: New approach in species distributin modelling. National Scientist Programe of the Slovak Republic. (PI) 

2011 - 2016: (NN 305 076140): Czynniki warunkujące sukces lęgowy wrony Corvus cornix na zalewowych obszarach specjalnej ochrony ptaków na przykładzie Parku Narodowego „Ujście Warty” (co-investigator).

2009 - 2012: (NN 304 025936): Makro-wybiórczość środowiskowa występowania wybranych gatunków ptaków krajobrazu rolniczego w oparciu o metody predykcji bezpośredniej (PI).

Scholarships

• post-doc fellowship in Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic.
• post-doc fellowship in Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences University of Prešov, Slovakia.
• Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia.
• Ben Gurion University of the Negev - Eilat Campus, Eilat, Israel.
• Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

CV

• 2023: 3nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for teaching achievements in 2022.
• 2023: 3nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for organizational activity in 2022.
• 2023: 3nd class Individual Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for scientific achievements in 2022.
• 23.01.2023 promoted to full professor by President RP.
• 2022 - 2024: Beneficjent konkursu 074 IDUB "Premie okresowe" 
• 2022: AMU Rector's Scholarship.
• 2022: 3nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for organizational activity in 2021. 
• 2022: 3nd class Individual Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for scientific achievements in 2021. 
• 2021: 3nd class Individual Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for scientific achievements in 2020.
• 2020 - to date: member of Editorial Board of MDPI Birds Journal.
• 2020 - to date: Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology AMU for Research and International Cooperation.
• 2020 - to date: member of the Senate AMU.
• 2017 - to date: Head of Department of Avian Biology & Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
• 2017: associate professor.
• 2015 - to date: Managing Editor of European Journal of Ecology 
• 2014: Habilitation in Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University.
• 2014: 3nd class Individual Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for scientific achievements in 2013.
• 2008 - 2017: assistant professor in Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University.
• 2004 - 2008: Ph.D. student, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. Ph.D. thesis (cum laude): Population ecology of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in Wielkopolska Region.
• 1999 - 2004: study, environmental biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. MSc thesis: Modeling of the arrival of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in Wielkopolka Region (west part of Poland).

PhD Students

• Weronika Erdman (in progress) Grant PRELUDIUM: 2016/21/N/NZ8/01023: Identyfikacja mikro- i makroczynników siedliskowych determinujących pionowe rozmieszczenie niesporczaków w lasach strefy umiarkowanej
• Rafał Sandecki (in progress)

Publications

2024

• Sandecki R., Kosicki J.Z. 2024. Nest survival of Crested Lark Galerida cristata in intensively used habitats in Central Poland. Journal of Ornithology (in press). 
• Hadad E., Balaban A., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2024. Reproductive ecology of free-ranging Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena in central Israel. Ecological Research (in press). 
• Skoracki M., Unsoeld M., Kosicki J.Z., Melzer R.R., Friedrich S., Sikora B. 2024. Enigmatic host-mite relationships: unraveling the distribution of quill mites on Birds-of-Paradise. International Journal for Parasithology (in press). 
• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z. Yosef R. 2024. breeding phenology and sibling competition drive nestling growth Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo). Ardeola (in press). 
• Kwieciński Z., Podkowa P., Kosicki J.Z. 2024. The reuse of Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) nests by the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) in an intensive agricultural landscape. A coincidence or a new solution? European Zoological Journal (in press). 
• Hadad E., Balaban A., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2024. Neo-taphonomy of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel. Journal of Arid Environment (in press).
• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2024. Habitat factors driving Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) opulation growth abd productivity in the Judea region. Journal of Raptor Research (in press). 

2023

• Szczuka E., Wesołowska M., Krawiec A., Kosicki J.Z. 2023. Staphylococcal species composition in the skin microbiota of domestic pigeons (Columbia liva domestica). PLoSONE (in press)
• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2023. Spatial modeling of road collisions of Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel. Ecological research (in press). 
• Yosef R., Curtis N., Kosicki J.Z. 2023. Laterality affects coloration in Red Sea Ghost Crabs (Ocypode saratan). Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution (in press). 
• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2023. Population trends of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel for the past five decades. Scientific Reports (in press). 
• Yosef R., Kadosh T., Kosicki J.Z. 2023. Laterality of shell formation differs in two sympatric gastropod species: mulberry shell (Tenguella granulata), and strawberry topshell (Clanculus pharaonius). Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution (in press). 
• Marciniak-Musiał N., Skoracki M., Kosicki J.Z., Unsold M., Sikora B. 2023. Host-parasite relationships of Quill Mites (Syringophilidae) and Parrots (Psittaciformes). Diversity 13: 1. 

2022

• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2022. Mortality of an apex predator, the Eagle Owl Bubo bubo, in Israel 2007-2021. Journal for Nature Conservation (in press). 
• Hadad E., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. 2022. Fostering orphan Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) as a seccessful conservation technique: A first for the species. Journal for Nature Conservation 70: 126270.
• Yosef R, Kumbhojkar S, Gurjar B, Kosicki JZ 2022. Magnetic alignment in free-ranging Indian Leopard Panthera pardus fusca. PLoSONE 17(7): e0266129.
• Kosicki J.Z. 2022. Niche segregation on the landscape scale of two co-existing related congeners in the sympatric zone - modelling approach. Ecological Modelling (in press). 
• Kubicka A.M., Balzeau A., Kosicki J., Nowaczewska W., Haduch E., Spinek A., Piontek J. 2022. Variation of cross-sectional indicator of femoral robusticity in Homo Sapiens and Neandertalis. Scientific Report (in press).
• Yosef R., Spivak V., Edelman S., Kosicki J.Z. 2022. Antropogenic beach-activities influence the enigmatic Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan). Marine Policy (in press).

2021

• Yosef R., Korkos M., Kosicki J.Z. 2021. Does size matter ? The case of the Courtship pyramids in Red Sea Ghost Crabs (Ocypode sartan). Animals (in press).
• Skoracki M., Kosicki J.Z., Sikora B., Töpfer T., Hušek J., Unsöld M., Hromada M. 2021. The Occurrence of Quill Mites (Arachnida: Acariformes: Syringophilidae) on Bee-Eaters (Aves: Coraciiformes: Meropidae: Merops) of Two Sister Clades. Animals 11, 3500.
• Węgiel A., Grzywiński W., Kosicki J.Z., Tryjanowski P., Nowak J., Węgiel L. 2021. Long-term population trends of Rhinolophus hipposideros and Myotis myotis in Poland. The European Zoological Journal 88: 1189-1200.
• Kaszewska-Gilas K., Kosicki J.Z., Hromada M., Skoracki M. 2021. Global Studies of the Host-Parasite Relationships between Ectoparasitic Mites of the Family Syringophilidae and Birds of the Order Columbiformes. Animals 11, 3392.
• Roszkowska M., Gołdyn B., Wojciechowska D., Kosicki J.Z., Fiałkowska E., Kmita H., Kaczmarek Ł. 2021. Tolerance to Anhydrobiotic Conditions Among Two Coexisting Tardigrade Species Differing in Life Strategies. Zoological Studies (in press)
• Kosicki J.Z. 2021. The impact of feral domestic cats on native bird populations. Predictive modelling approach on a country scale. Ecological Complexity 48: 100964.
• Yosef R., Daraby M., Simionovikh A., Kosicki J.Z. 2021. Individual laterality in Gost Crabs (Ocypode sartan) influences burrowing behavior. Symmetry 13: 1512.
• Erdmann W., Kmita H., Kosicki J.Z., Kaczmarek Ł. 2021. How the geomagnetic field influences life on Earth – an integrated approach to geomagnetobiology. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 51: 231–257.
• Iezekiel S., Yosef R., Themistokleus C., Bakaloudis E.D., Vlachos, Ch.G., Antoniou A., Iezekiel E., Papakosta M.A., Kosicki J.Z. 2021. Endemic Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius readily breeds in artificial nest boxes. Animals 11: 1775.  
• Grobys D., Karachitos A., Roszkowska M., Rzeźniczak W., Sobkowiak R., Kaczarek Ł., Kosicki J., Kmita H. 2021. Mitochondrial alternative oxidase contributes to successful tardigrade anhydrobiosis. Frontiers in Zoology 18:15.   
• Kosicki J. 2021. The impact of Artificial Light at Night on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic bird species communities in a large geographical range: A modelling approach. Science of the Total Environment 780: 146434. 
• Skoracki M., Kosicki J.Z., Kwieciński Z. 2021. Distribution of the parasitic mite Bubophilus aegolius sp. n. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) on the Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus (L) (Strigiformes: Strigidae) shows low effectiveness of the infestation. European Zoological Journal 88: 352-362.
• Erdmann W., Idzikowski B., Kowalski W., Kosicki J.Z., Kaczmarek Ł. 2021. Tolerance of two anhydrobiotic tardigrades Echiniscus testudo and Milnesium inceptum to hypomagnetic conditions, PeerJ 9:e10630. 
• Skoracki M., Kosicki J.Z., Hromada M. 2021. Unusual parasite from an enigmatic host – a new group of mites infesting feather quills of the hoatzin. European Zoological Journal 80: 9–17.

2020

• Kaszewska K., Skoracki M., Kosicki J.Z., Hromada M. 2020. New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes). Zootaxa 4878: 349–361. 
• Kosicki J.Z. 2020. Generalised Additive Models and Random Forest Approach as effective methods for predictive species density and functional species richness. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 27: 273-292. 
• Bakaloudis D.E., Papakosta M.A., Guy-Yosef M., Kosicki J.Z., Goutner V., Vlachos Ch.G., Yosef R. 2020. Sibling competition affect body condition and allostatic load in the colonial nestling Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 69: 19058. 
• Kosicki J.Z. Anthropogenic activity expresed as 'artificial light at night' improves predictive density distribution in bird population. Ecological Complexity 41: 100809. 
• Kumbhojkar S., Yosef R., Kosicki J.Z., Kwiatkowska P.K., Tryjanowski P. 2020. Dietary habits of Leopard Panthera Pardus Fusca enables sharing space with people in western India. Oryx 1-7 doi:10.1017/S0030605319001145. 
• Yosef R., Michal R., Ben-Baruch N., Shmueli L., Kosicki J.Z., Fratczak M., Tryjanowski P. 2020. Directional preferences of dogs’ changes in the presence of a bar magnet: educational experiments in Israel. Journal of Veterinary Behavior 35: 34-37. 
• Tryjanowski P., Kosicki J.Z., Hromada M., Mikula P. 2020. The emergence of tolerance of human disturbance in Neotropical birds. Journal of Tropical Ecology 36: 1-5. 

2019

• Sachanowicz K., Ciechanowski M., Tryjanowski P., Kosicki J.Z. 2019. Wintering range of Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera) in Central Europe: Has the species extended to the north-east using urban heat islands. Mammalia 8: 260-271.
• Golawski, A., Polakowski M., Filimowski P., Stępniewski K., Stępniewska K., Kiljan G., Kilon D., Pietkiewicz M., Sztwiertnia H., Cichocka A., Kosicki J.Z. 2019. Does the sex and age of birds and the size of human settlements affect recapturing of the Great Tit (Parus major) at bird feeders? Behavioural Processes 162:162-166.
• Kaczmarek Ł., Roszkowska M., Fontaneto D., Jezierska M., Pietrzak B., Wieczorek R., Poprawa I., Kosicki J.Z., Karachitos A., Kmita, H. 2019. Staying young and fit? Ontogenetic and phylogenetic consequences of animal anhydrobiosis. Journal of Zoology 309: 1-11. 
• Maciorowski G., Kosicki J., Polakowski M., Urbańska M., Zduniak P., Tryjanowski P. 2019. Autumn migration of immature Red Kites Milvus milvus from a central European population. Acta Ornithol. 54: 45–50.
• Bernard R., Jaros R., Samoląg J., Kosicki J.Z. 2019. Long term monitoring of winter bat assemblage revealed large fluctuations and trends in species abundance. European Journal of Ecology 5: 72-78. 

2018

• Kosicki J.Z., Hromada M. 2018. Cuckoo density as a predictor of functional and phylogenetic species richness in the predictive modelling approach: Extension of Tryjanowski and Morelli (2015) paradigm in the analytical context. Ecological Indicators 88: 384-392.
• Kosicki J.Z. 2018. Are landscape configuration metrics worth including when predicting specialist and generalist bird species density ? A case of the Generalised Additive Model approach. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 23: 193-202.
• Kaczmarek Ł., Kosicki J., Roszkowska M. 2018. Tardigrada of Bory Tucholskie National Park, Zaborski Landscape Park and their surroundings (Pomerania Province, Poland). Turkish Journal of Zoology 42: 6-17.

2017

• Indykiewicz P., Podlaszczuk P., Surmacki A., Kudelska K., Kosicki J., Kamiński M., Minias P. 2017. Scale-of-choice effect in the assortative mating by multiple ornamental and non-ornamental characters in the black-headed gull. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 183.
• Erdmann W., Idzikowski B., Kowalski W., Szymański B., Kosicki J.Z., Kaczmarek Ł. 2017. Can the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini survive in the absence of the geomagnetic field? PLoS ONE 12(9): e0183380. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183380.
• Tworek S., Goławski A., Jobda M., Kosicki J.Z. 2017. The varying impact of agri-environment schemes on avifauna in two regions of Poland. Ornis Fennica 94: 101-112.
• Kosicki J.Z. 2017. Should topographic metrics be considered when predicting species density of birds on a large geographical scale? A case of Random Forest approach. Ecological Modelling 349: 76–85.

2016

• Wilk T., Bobrek R., Pępkowska-Król A., Neubauer G., Kosicki J.Z. (red.) 2016. Ptaki polskich Karpat – stan, zagrożenia, ochrona. OTOP, Marki.
• Zawierucha K., Vonnahme T.R., Devetter M., Kolicka M., Ostrowska M., Chmielewski S., Kosicki J.Z. (2016): Area, depth and elevation of cryoconite holes in the Arctic do not influence Tardigrada densities. Polish Polar Research 37: 325–334.
• Kosicki J.Z., Zduniak P., Ostrowska M., Hromada M. (2016): Are predators negative or positive predictors of farmland bird species community on a large geographical scale ? Ecological Indicators 62: 259–270.
• Zduniak P., Kosicki J.Z., Yosef R. Sexual aggression by intruders in Hooded Crow Corvus cornix. Acta Ethologica 19: 91–94..

2015

• Zawierucha K., Cytan J., Smykla J., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Kaczarek Ł., Kosicki J.Z., Michalczyk Ł. (2015): Seabird guano boosts body size water bears (Tardigrada) inhibiting the Arctic tundra. Polar Biology 38: 579-582.
• Kosicki J.Z., Stachura K., Ostrowska M., Rybska E. (2015): Complex species distribution models of Goldcrests and Firecrests densities in Poland: Are remote sensing-based predictors sufficient ? Ecological Research 30: 525-638.

2014

• Juras A., Dabert M., Kushniarevich A., Malmstrom H., Raghavan R., Kosicki J.Z., Metspalu E., Willerslev E., Piontek J. (2014): Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal continuity in present-day Poland over the last two millennia. PLoS One 9(10): e110839. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110839
• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. Zduniak P. (2014): Factors affecting Common Quails Coturnix coturnix occurence in farmland of Poland: Is agriculture intensity important ? Ecologcial Research 29: 21-32.
• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. (2014): The Hooded Crow Corvus cornix density as a predictor of wetland bird species richness on large geographical scale in Poland. Ecological Indicators 38: 50-60.

2013

• Gordo O., Tryjanowski O., Kosicki J., Fulin M. (2013): Complex phenological changes and their consequences in the breeding success of migratory bird, the white stork Ciconia ciconia. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 1072-1086.
• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. (2013): Predictive mapping of Meadow Pipit density using integrated remote sensing data with Atlas of Vascular Plants dataset. Bird Study 60: 500-508.

2012

• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. (2012): Effect of climate, topography and habitat on species-richness of breeding birds in Poland. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 475-483.
• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. (2012): Habitat selection of the Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana in Poland: Predictions from large-scale habitat elements. Ecological Research 27: 347-355.
• Kosicki J.Z., Chylarecki P. (2012): Erratum to: Habitat selection of the Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana in Poland: Predictions from large-scale habitat elements. Ecological Research 27: 357.
• Kosicki J.Z. (2012): Effect of weather conditions on nestling survival in the White Stork Ciconia ciconia population. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 24: 140-148.

2011

• Kosicki J.Z., Indykiewicz P. (2011): Effects of breeding date and weather on nestling development in White Storks Ciconia ciconia. Bird Study, 58: 178-185.

2010

• Kosicki J.Z. (2010): Reproductive succcess of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia population in intensively cultivated farmlands in western Poland. Ardeola, 57: 243-255.

2009

• Tryjanowski P., Kosicki J.Z., Kuzniak S., Sparks T.H. (2009): Long-term changes in, and breeding success in relation to, nesting structures used by the white stork Ciconia ciconia. Annales Zoologici Fennici 46: 34 - 38.
• Surmacki A., Kosicki J.Z. (2009): Condition-dependent leg colour of nestling White Storks Ciconia ciconia. Ibis 151: 762 - 765.

2008

• Zduniak P., Kosicki J.Z., Gołdyn B. (2008): Un-paint it black Avian prey as a component of the diet of nestling Hooded Crows. Belg. J. Zool. 138: 85-89.
• Goździk J., Cofta S., Piorunek T., Batura-Gabryel H., Kosicki J. (2008): Relationship between nutritional status and pilmonary function in Adult cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 59: 253-260.
• Jerzak L., Knast M., Kolasińska M., Bocheński M., Czechowski P., Kosicki j.Z. (2008): Number, breeding density and nest sites of Magpie Pica pica in Zielona Góra in W-Poland in 2007 and 2008. [W:] Indykiewicz P., Jerzak L., Barczak y. (red.) Fauna Miast. Ochronić różnorodność biotyczną w miastach. pp. 440-447. Bydgoszcz.

2007

• Kosicki J.Z., Sparks T.H., Tryjanowski P. (2007): House sparrows benefit from the conservation of white storks. Naturwissenschaften 5: 412-415.
• Kosińska M., Kosicki J.Z. (2007): Applying the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) in Human Breeding Ecology. Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine: 67-72.

2006

• Tryjanowski P., Sparks T.H., Kosicki J.Z. (2006): The relationship between means and variances in avian reproductive success between local populations of white stork (Ciconia ciconia): reply to Moreno and Polo. Population Ecology 48: 174.
• Kosicki J.Z., Profus P., Dolata P.T., Tobółka M. (2006): Food Composition and Energy Demand of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia. Literature Survey and Preliminary Results from Poland. [W:] The White Stork in Poland: studies in biology, ecology and conservation pp. 169 - 183.
• Kosicki J.Z., Kuźniak S. (2006): Long-term Population Size and Productivity Dynamics of a Local White Stork Ciconia ciconia Population in Wielkopolska. [W:] The White Stork in Poland: studies in biology, ecology and conservation pp. 23-33.

2005

• Tryjanowski P., Sparks T.H., Jakubiec Z., Jerzak L., Kosicki J.Z., Kuźniak S., Profus P., Ptaszyk J., Wuczyński A. (2005): The relationship between population means and variances of reproductive success differs between local population of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). Popul. Ecol. 47: 119-125.
• Kuźniak S., Lorek G., Maćkowiak S., Kosicki J.Z. (2005): Gawron Corvus frugilegus na Ziemi Leszczyńskiej. [W:] Ptaki krukowate Polski. Wyd. nauk Bogucki pp. 641-654.
• Pinowska B., Pinowski J., Kosicki J.Z. (2005): Zmiany liczebności gawronów Corvus frugilegus i wrony Corvus cornix pod wpływem urbanizacji w strefie podmiejskiej. [W:]Ptaki krukowate Polski. Wyd. nauk. Bogucki pp. 473-480.

2004

• Kosicki J., Sparks T., Tryjanowski P. (2004): Does arrival date influence autumn departure of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia? Ornis Fenn. 81: 91-95.
• Tryjanowski P., Sparks T.H., Ptaszyk J., Kosicki J. (2004): Do White Storks Ciconia ciconia always profit from an early return to their breeding grounds? Bird Study 51: 222-227.
• Olborska P., Kosicki J.Z. (2004): Breeding biology of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor): an analysis of nest record cards. Biological lett 41: 147-154.

2003

• Ptaszyk J., Kosicki J., Sparks T.H, Tryjanowski P. (2003): Changes in the timing and pattern of arrival of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in western Poland. J. Ornithol. 144: 323-329.

Lectures

• Ecology and conservation biology

Classes

• Ecology and conservation biology
• Statistics method
• Programing in R
• Modeling in ecology

MSc students

• Marzena Wysocka (2013): Liczebność i wybrane elementy ekologii wrony siwej Corvus cornix w Poznaniu
• Weronika Kraczkowska (2014): Liczebność i wybrane elementy ekologii kwiczoła Turdus pilaris w Poznaniu
• Michał Kowalewski (2015): Modelowanie bogactwa gatunkowego ptaków w Polsce w oparciu o dane atlasowe z lat 1975 - 1980