Dissemination of knowledge at conferences and seminars:

Oral presentations:

Jaroszewicz B. KlimaVeg – The impact of climate change on species ranges and composition of plant communities in temperate, boreal and alpine regions. Project Kick-Off Conference Polish-Norwegian Research Programme. 23.04.2014 Warszawa, Poland.

Schei F.H., Sætersdal M., Heegaard E., Grytnes J.-A. Assessing changes in broad-leaved deciduous forests in Western Norway by the use of total inventory lists of vascular plants. 57th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). 01-05.09.2014 Perth, Australia.

Jaroszewicz B., Grytnes J.-A. KlimaVeg The impact of climate change on species ranges and composition of plant communities in temperate, boreal and alpine regions. Climate & Environment Polish and Norwegian research on climate and environment. Strategies and actions – polar research – climate change – technology. 19-20.11.2015 Sopot, Poland.

Kapfer J., Grytnes J.-A. Vegetation dynamics or stability in the High Arctic? 59th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science: “Understanding broad-scale vegetation changes”. 19-24.07.2015, Brno, Czech Republic.

Schei F.H., Sætersdal M., Grytnes J.-A. What is going on in our broadleaved woodlands? 2nd Conference of the Norwegian Ecological Society. 12-13.03.2015 Bergen, Norway.

Schei F.H., Sætersdal M., Grytnes J.-A. What is going on in our broadleaved woodlands? Jubileumsarrangement for MiS 15 år. 10.11.2015 Lysaker, Norway.

Wesołowski T., Wierzcholska S. Bryophytes as construction material in tits’ nests. Nest construction and function conference. 9-11.09.2015 Lincoln, Great Britain.

Czortek, P., Eycott, A.E., Grytnes, J.-A., Kapfer, J., Delimat, A., Jaroszewicz, B. Climate change drives plant species composition shift in the flora of the Tatry Mts. summits over past 100 years.International conference “Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones”. 26-27.10.2016 Warsaw, Poland.

Jaroszewicz B. KlimaVeg: The impact of climate change on species ranges and composition of plant communities in temperate, boreal and alpine regions. International conference “Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones”. 26-27.10.2016 Warsaw, Poland.

Łubek A., Kukwa M. Grzyby naporostowe w zbiorowiskach leśnych Białowieskiego Parku Narodowego. 57 Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego – Botanika – tradycja i nowoczesność. 27.06-02.07.2016, Lublin, Poland.

Wierzcholska S., Dyderski M.K., Jagodziński A.M. Modelling the climate and habitat, driven distribution of the bryophytes in different spatial scales. International conference “Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones”. 26-27.10.2016 Warsaw, Poland.

Czortek, P., Kapfer, J., Ratyńska, H., Eycott, A., Delimat, A., Zięba, A., Orczewska, A., Grytnes, J.-A., Jaroszewicz, B. Long-term plant species composition shifts in Rybi Potok Valley and Morskie Oko Lake Region (High Tatra Mts.) as a response to changes in environment. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Eycott, A.E., Haugum, S.V., Abaz, A.H., Bagge, M.-L.,Hauso, M. Can poop help plants cope with climate change? Norwegian Ecological Society Meeting. 11-12.01.2017 Oslo, Norway.

Eycott A.E., Jaroszewicz B., Wierzcholska S., Łubek A., Kukwa M., Adamowski W. Species richness increase in Białowieża Forest: habitat change, climate change or observer effect? International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Grytnes J.-A. Plant distribution shifts in a warmer world. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Haugum S.V., Kapfer J., Eycott A.E., Grytnes J.-A. The effects of grazing and hiking on the elevational range shift of vascular plant species in the Scands during recent decades. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Schei F.H., Sætersdal M., Heegaard E., Jaroszewicz B., Grytnes J.-A. Changes in Norwegian woodlands: related to climate change or legacies of the past? International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Telford R., Jaroszewicz B. Phenological response of the Białowieża Forest understorey to climated change. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Wesołowski T., Wierzcholska S. Tits as bryologists: patterns of moss use in nests by three species co-habiting primeval forest. Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union. 18-22.08.2017 Turku, Finland

Posters:

Wierzcholska S., Pielech R., Żarnowiec J. Predicting moss species richness at landscape scale. IAVS European Vegetation Survey “Biogeographical patterns and processes in plant communities”. 8-12.05.2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Czortek, P., Grytnes, J.-A., Delimat, A., Jaroszewicz, B. Impact of tourism and cessation of grazing on changes in the flora of summits in the Tatra Mts. 59th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science: “Understanding broad-scale vegetation changes”. 19-24.07.2015 Brno, Czech Republic.

Fossheim, K., Kapfer, J., Klanderud, K., Odland, A., Grytnes, J.-A. Can changes in snow cover explain the observed shifts in alpine vegetation range limits? Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth. 04.-08.10.2015 Perth, Scotland.

Haugum, S., Kapfer, J., Klanderud, K., Grytnes, J.-A. Does the activity of hikers and grazing animals enhance a range shift of vegetation towards summits? Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth. 04.-08.10.2015 Perth, Scotland.

Mitrus C., Drężek A., Wierzcholska S. Bryophytes, nest composition and nest-site characteristics in the Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedulaparva). Nest construction and function conference. 9-11.09.2015 Lincoln, Great Britain.

Wierzcholska S., Jaroszewicz B., Kukwa M., Łubek A. Ash dieback may influence biodiversity of epiphytic and epixylic cryptogams in European close-to-natural forest. Congress of Conservation Biology. 02-06.08.2015 Montpellier, France.

Eycott, A.E., Czortek, P., Grytnes, J.-A., Zięba, A, Delimat, A., Kapfer, J., Jaroszewicz, B. Grazing abandonment drives community compositional shift in the Tatra Mts. over the past 90 years. NordicOikos Conference. 02-04.02.2016 Turku, Finland.

Łubek A., Jaroszewicz B., Kukwa M. Sterile crustose lichens, an important component of lichen biota in forests – a case study of Białowieża Forest (NE Poland). The 8th International Association for Lichenology Symposium „Lichens in Deep Time”. 01-05.08.2016 Helsinki, Finland.

Wierzcholska S., Dyderski M.K., Jagodziński A.M. Modelling the distribution of the bryophytes in different spatial scales. European R users meeting (ERUM). 12-14.09.2016 Poznań, Poland.

Czortek P., Delimat A., Dyderski M.K., Zięba A., Jaroszewicz B. Response of the high-alpine sedge Carex lachenalii Schkuhr to recent tourism and climate change. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Czortek P., Delimat A., Dyderski M.K., Zięba A., Jagodziński A.M., Jaroszewicz B. Competition and tourism drive trade-off between vegetative and generative reproduction of rare mountain species Carex lachenalii Schkuhr. Why R? 2017 conference. 27-29.09.2017 Warszawa, Polska.

Czortek P. Eycott A.E., Grytnes J.-A., Kapfer J., Delimat A., Jaroszewicz B. Climate change and historical sheep grazing drive shifts in plant species composition of the Tatra Mts. summits over the past 100 years. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Kukwa M., Łubek A. Lichens new to science and new to Poland discovered in Białowieża National Park. International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Łubek A., Kukwa M. Does Fraxinus excelsior dieback in Circaeo-Alnetumforest affect the lichen biota?International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.

Wierzcholska S., Dyderski M.K., Jagodziński A.M. Modelling the climate and habitat driven distribution of bryophytes at different spatial scales.International conference „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”. 24-26.01.2017 Chęciny, Poland.