dr Monika Bukacińska

dr Monika Bukacińska

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Instytut Ekologii i Bioetyki UKSW
Wydział Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej
ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warszawa (budynek nr 23)
e- mail: m.bukacinska@uksw.edu.pl

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Expert in the field of population, behavioral and evolution ecology, of water birds and wetland birds, their protection and prevalence.

Academic research conducted

  • Breeding behaviour and mating strategies in a colony of Common Gull at Vistula River using DNA-fingerprinting;
  • Short- and longterm consequences of increased parental investments at the stage of laying and brooding eggs in common gull (Laruscanus;
  • Proximate and ultimate causes of extra-pair fertilization in Common Gulls (Laruscanus): DNA-fingerprinting analyses;
  • Proximate and ultimate causes of extra-pair fertilization in Common Gulls (Laruscanus): DNA-fingerprinting analyses – continuation;
  • Family sex ratio and reproductive strategies in Common Gulls in an unstable environment: a role of parental condition and food availability;
  • Direct and evolutionary causes of chick adoption in the colonies of common gull (Laruscanus): behavioral observations, experiments and genetic analyses;
  • Protection of avifauna of the islands of Middle Vistula;
  • The determinants of proportions of sexes in the nestlings of Lari gulls: the significance of size dimorphism lined to sex, living environment and condition of parents.

Cooperation

  • University of Bonn, Germany;
  • Association for Study Animal Behaviour;
  • International Society for Behavioural Ecology;
  • British Ornitological Society;
  • Cooper Ornithological Society;
  • American Ornithologists Union.

Offer for entrepreneurs

Research on the incidence, reproductive behavior, development and protection of water and wetland birds (gulls and terns).

Organizations

  • member of Association for Study Animal Behaviour;
  • member of International Society for Behavioural Ecology;
  • member of British Ornitological Society;
  • member of American Ornithologists Union;
  • member of Cooper Ornithological Society.