Position: PhD Student
Research Interests
- ecology of farmland birds
- farmland raptors habitat selection
- influence of agricultural transformations on farmland bird community
- active nest protection of farmland raptors – problems and effectiveness
- parental investment
- antipredator strategies, social mechanisms leading to coordinated defense
Current Projects
- Factors influencing numbers and distribution of the Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus in Poland (PhD project)
Current Projects
- Implementation of the National Action Plan for Conservation of Montagu’s harrier – phase I (funding: the European Union through the 5th priority axis of the Operational Programme ‘Infrastructure and Environment’, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management and the Wildlife Protection Society “Stork”) POIS.02.04.00-00-0018/16 (participation in the project in the years 2016 – 2017)
- Protection of the Montagu’s Harrier in Poland (funding: the European Union through the 5th priority axis of the Operational Programme ‘Infrastructure and Environment’, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management and the Wildlife Protection Society “Stork”) POIS.05.01.00-00-381/12 (participation in the project in the years 2015 – 2016)
- Behavioral mechanisms of habitat selection processes in small songbirds: the wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) as a case study (funding: National Science Centre) grant no. 2012/07/N/NZ8/00129 (participation in the project in the years 2013 – 2014)
- Habitat preferences, size and distribution of the little auk (Alle alle) breeding colonies in western Spitsbergen in the context of heterogeneity of oceanographic, climatic and environmental conditions in the Arctic (funding: National Science Centre) grant no. 2011/03/N/NZ8/02849 (participation in the project in 2013)
CV
- 2014 – to date: PhD candidate in ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
- 2013: MSc in biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
- 2011: BSc in biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
Employment
- 2018 – to date: ornithologist and educator in AMU Botanical Garden
- 2014 – 2015: zoologist and field worker in EMPEKO S.A. wildlife research & environmental consulting
Other
- 2019: the member of organizing committee and the participant of the international conference „Botanical garden: A green world for everyone! Educational activities for visitors with special needs in green spaces”, 9-12 June 2019, Poznań – the conference was the result of the international project „Botanical Garden: COME IN! VSTUPTE! KOM IN! WEJDŹ! GYERE BE!”
- COURSES:
- 2019: Agile Training
- 2016 – 2017: Publishing in top journals
Honors & awards
- Polish-American Freedom Foundation “PhDo” scholarship awarded in 2016
- Dean of Faculty of Biology UAM award for outstanding academic achievement and special activity at Student Scientific Society of Naturalists (KNP UAM) in 2013
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship awarded in 2011
2019
Hałas N. 2019. Konsekwencje przemian gospodarki rolnej i transformacji krajobrazu rolniczego dla ptaków szponiastych. Kosmos, 68: 75-87, https://doi.org/10.36921/kos.2019_2484 [in Polish]
2018
Królikowska N., Krupiński D., Kuczyński L. 2018. Combining data from multiple sources to design a raptor census – the first national survey of the Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus in Poland. Bird Conservation International, 28(3): 350-362, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270917000235
2017
Królikowska N. 2017. Current status and population trends of selected bird species breeding in the Warta Valley in the Rogaliński Landscape Park. Ornis Polonica, 58: 12-25.
2016
Królikowska N., Szymkowiak J., Laidlaw R.A., Kuczyński L. 2016. Threat-sensitive anti-predator defence in precocial wader, the Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus. acta ethologica, 19 (3): 163-171, doi: 10.1007/s10211-016-0236-1
2014
Szymkowiak J., Królikowska N. 2014. Mechanisms of clustering breeding territories by songbirds. Kosmos 63: 45-53, www
2012
Królikowska N., Szymkowiak J. 2012. Brać nogi za pas, czy zgrywać bohatera? O dystansie ucieczki u ptaków. Ptaki Polski 3/2012 (27). [in Polish]
Memberships
- 2015 – to date: the member of the management of the Hollow of Nature Initiatives Foundation
Educational publications
Author’s educational books for children with my drawings and poems.
- Hałas N., Duer N. 2017. Płaz w sam raz. The Hollow of Nature Initiatives Foundation [in Polish]
- Hałas N., Duer N. 2018. Robal nieopodal. The Hollow of Nature Initiatives Foundation [in Polish]
Popular science projects
Within the activity in the Foundation I participated in many popular science projects dedicated mainly to children. These projects included campaigns aimed at educating how to segregate garbage, projects educating about neighbouring wildlife and environmental protection projects.
Past Classes
- Wildlife monitoring
