Department of Avian Biology and Ecology | Zakład Biologii i Ekologii Ptaków

Paweł Podkowa

2021 - 2023 The importance of daylight intensity in vocal and visual signaling of great tit (Parus major) nestlings. National Science Center Grant Preludium 2020/37/N/NZ8/01345
2019 - 2020 The influence of light on breeding biology and ecology of hole-nesting birds (doctoral project). National Science Center Grant Preludium 2019/32/T/NZ8/00256

2022 - Visiting Researcher at Auburn University (Auburn, AL, USA) The Hill Lab
2015 - 2022 PhD student– “The influence of light on breeding biology and ecology of hole-nesting birds”, Department of Avian Biology & Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
2015 - MSc in biology – „The impact of eavesdropping on rivals on the corncrake (Crex crex) males' behavior”, Department of Behavioural Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
2013 - BSc in environmental biology – „Repertoire sharing and variability of song type parameters in the Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)”, Department of Behavioural Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Malinowska, K., Szala, K., Podkowa, P., & Surmacki, A. (2023). Effect of light intensity in the nest site on eggshell pigmentation in a hole-nesting passerine. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36658-4
Budka, M., Piasecka, M., Białas, J. T., Kokociński, P., Podkowa, P., Surmacki, A., Szymański, P., Sobczyńska, U., & Osiejuk, T. S. (2023). Frequent duets, rare choruses, and extremely rare solos: year-round singing behavior in Chubb’s Cisticola. Journal of Ornithology, 164(3), 547–559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02052-0
Podkowa, P., & Surmacki, A. (2023). The effect of daylight exposure on the immune response and body condition of Great Tit nestlings. Journal of Ornithology, 164(1), 203–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-02017-9

Surmacki, A., & Podkowa, P. (2022). An extreme type of brood overlapping in wild- living birds. The European Zoological Journal, 89(1), 527–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2058100
Surmacki, A., & Podkowa, P. (2022). The use of trail cameras to monitor species inhabiting artificial nest boxes. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8550

Rozwalak, P., Podkowa, P., Buda, J., Niedzielski, P., Kawecki, S., Ambrosini, R., Azzoni, R. S., Baccolo, G., Ceballos, J. L., Cook, J., Di Mauro, B., Ficetola, G. F., Franzetti, A., Ignatiuk, D., Klimaszyk, P., Łokas, E., Ono, M., Parnikoza, I., Pietryka, M., Pittino, F., Poniecka, E., Porazinska, D. L., Richter, D., Schmidt, S. K., Sommers, P., Souza-Kasprzyk, J., Stibal, M., Szczuciński, W., Uetake, J., Wejnerowski, Ł., Yde, J., Takeuchi, N. and Zawierucha, K. 2021. Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier’s surfaces. - Sci. Total Environ. 807: 150874.

Podkowa, P., Malinowska, K., Surmacki, A. 2019 Light affects parental provisioning behaviour in a cavity-nesting Passerine. Journal of Avian Biology, 2019:e02254

Zawierucha, K., Podkowa, P., Marciniak, M., Gąsiorek, P., Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, K., Janko, K. and Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2018. Temperature (latitude) and nutrient (seabird guano) effects on limno-terrestrial Tardigrada (Testechiniscus spitsbergensis and Pilatobius recamieri) body size. Polar Research 37: 1492297.
Wojas, L. E., Podkowa, P. W. and Osiejuk, T. S. 2018. A nocturnal rail with a simple territorial call eavesdrops on interactions between rivals. PLoS One 13: 1–17.

Kudelska, K., Podkowa, P., Karaśkiewicz, K., Surmacki, A. 2017. Znaczenie skrzynek lęgowych dla ptaków obszarów leśnych na przykładzie Wielkopolskiego Parku Narodowego [Importance of nest boxes for breeding birds in forest areas - the Wielkopolski National Park case study]. SYLWAN 161, 949-957
Podkowa, P., Surmacki, A. 2017. The importance of illumination in nest site choice and nest characteristics of cavity nesting birds. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 1329

Surmacki, A., Ragan, A., Kosiński, Z., Tobółka, M., Podkowa, P. 2016. How to reduce the costs of ornaments without reducing their effectiveness? An example of a mechanism from carotenoid-based plumage. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 70:695-700