1991 – Nation-wide provenance trial of the silver fir
1991-1995 – Variation of Scots pine and silvicultural value of its provenances
1991-1995 – Research on the growth and form of larch and the incremental feautures of various origins
1991-1995 – Comparative research on the morphology and increment of Norway spruce from different origins
1994-1995 – Tree density, growth and development of natural pine regeneration in the first years after sowing under the canopy, with different methods of soil preparation in the conditions of the Augustów Forest
1994-1995 – Rules for introducing shade-tolerating species to larch stands
1995 – Research on the variability of beech (Fagus sylvatica)
1996-2001 – Comparative research on the morphology, growth and development of Norway spruce of various origins
1996-2000 – Variation of Scots pine and silvicultural value of its provenance
1997-1999 – Variation of European beech in Poland
1997-2000 – Rules for introducing shade-tolerating species to larch stands and plantations
1997 – Analysis of the phenomena of spontaneous renaturalization in selected research objects located in the Garwolin Forest District
1997-1999 – Optimization of natural Scots pine regeneration in central and south-eastern Poland
1999-2001 – The use of sowing seeds as a semi-natural method of tree stand regeneration and afforestation
1999-2001 – Natural and silvicultural conditions for the formation of two- and multi-generation Scots pine stands
2000-2002 – Silvicultural and protection guidelines of the higher aged (second-generation) Scots pine management
2002 – Comparative study of population and ancestral variability of breeding traits of selected origins of Scots pine, European larch, Norway spruce and English oak
2004-2008 – Main directions of rationalization of young stand management in with particular emphasis on economic and ecological aspects
2005-2007 – Optimization of silvicultural and protection treatments used in natural Scots pine regeneration aimed at reducing damage from rash Lophodermium ssp.
2005-2007 – The structure of the biotope and environmental preferences of the capercaillie in the Augustów Forest
2006-2008 – Development of a multimedia guide to tree felling system recommended for use in forests
2006-2009 – Assessment of the effects of the use of patch clear-cutting felling system in forests, with particular emphasis on the impact of the shape and size of patch on the development of regeneration
2008-2012 – Assessment of the growth, quality and risk by fungi and insects of crops on the post-hurricane plots of the Przedbórz Forest District under different conditions of surface and soil preparation, methods of regeneration and species composition
2009-2010 – Assessment of the dynamics of forest ecosystems of the Białowieża National Park
2010-2014 – Silvicultural planning in irregular group shelterwood method
2011-2015 – Long-term dynamics of species composition and structure of stands as well as reconstruction of the history of selected stands using dendrochronological methods on permanent experimental plots in natural forests of the Białowieża Primeval Forest
2011-2015 – Program for testing the progeny of selected stands (WDN), mother trees (DD), seed populations (PN) and seed plantations (PUN) under the “Program for the conservation of forest genetic resources and selective breeding of forest trees for 2011-2035
2011-2015 – Inspection of the condition of experimental plots with beech, Scots pine, Norway spruce and European larch, assessment of survival rate and necessary care and protection treatments
2013 – Measurement of incremental traits and evaluation of quality traits on selected ancestral and provenance plots with Scots pine, European larch and English oak in the areas of Regional Directorates of State Forests in Łódź and Radom
2014-2018 – Assessment of the production potential of seed plantations and optimization of their use in silvicultural planning
2015-2017 – Assessment and use of the existing research areas as a selection base for the selection of elite trees and the implementation of special forest tree selection breeding programs
2016-2020 – Recognition of breeding value of the basic forest material used in forestry by testing offspring, carried out on experimental plots in the Regional Directorates of State Forests in Lublin, Radom, Olsztyn, Toruń and Białystok

2005-2007 – Zooindication of forest ecosystems in the Swietokrzyskie Mountains

2005-2007 – Biotic causes and their ecological determinants in the process of dying out of the black alder (Alnus glutinosa) stands

2006-2009 – Studies on improvement of forest management in the Promotional Forest Complex Mazurian Forests

2010-2013 – Valuation of forest ecosystems in the Promotional Forest Complex “Spalsko-Rogowskie Forests” by zooindication method

2012-2014 – Expectations and proposals of different groups of society in the field of nature conservation and tourism on State Forests until 2030 – Segment B

2012-2014 – Elaboration of the biota of macrofungi of Kampinoski National Park

2012-2015 – Expectations and proposals of different groups of society in the field of nature conservation and tourism on the National Forests areas until 2030

2013-2015 – Assessment of the impact of insecticides used in agro-aircraft treatments on non-target insects

2013-2018 – Zooindication monitoring of post-hurricane stand regeneration in the Piska Forest

2015-2020 – Diprionidae – biology, ecological behavior, economic importance, and methods for predicting species occurrence

2016-2018 – Diversity of macrofungi with special emphasis on pyrophilous species

2016-2018 – Assessment of macroscopic fungi colonizing weakened American cherry trees

2018-2020 – Survey of polypoid fungi from the groups: agaricoid, Ascomycota, boletoid, gasteroid, hydnoid, clavarioid, corticoid, polypoid

2019 – Biodiversity and conservation in forested areas

2020 – Biodiversity of Ilawa – for the purposes of the City’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan, as part of a team established by the Institute of Environmental Protection PIB

2019-2021 – Zooindication monitoring of post-hurricane stand regeneration in the Pisz Forest” – continuation

2014-2016 – Planning a network of forest roads and depots and optimization of forest road density indicators for various areas of Poland, participation in a research team
2015-2016 – Analysis of the functionality of connections between forest roads and public roads
2015-2017 – Comprehensive protection of non-forest natural habitats in military areas in the NATURA 2000 area, coordination of a separate research task
2017 – Dendrometric repository, modeling of the bark thickness of long timber and formulas for calculating the volume of log and medium-sized timber (bark)
2018-2019 – The beginnings of the Bronze Age in Warmia and Mazury in the light of specialist analyzes carried out by the Museum of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, coordination of a separate research task
2019-2021 – Assessment of the demand for tourist and recreational forest functions on the example of RDSF Radom, consortium agreement with the University of Agriculture in Poznań and DGLP
2020 – Knowledge and Technologies for Effective Wood Procurement (TECH4EFFECT)

Department of Forest Economics

• Optimization of the harvest and volume of stands from the point of view of the profitable function of wood production and carbon accumulation

• The use of biomass for energy purposes and regional development

• Valuation of the benefits of non-market forest functions on the example of the Promotional Forest Complex “Lasy Janowskie”

• Verification of the procedures for determining the diameter classes of large-size timber in the ACER program

• Updating the PROGNOZA program and database and making it available to users of various management levels

• Economic and natural aspects of selecting stands for cutting in long-term forecasting of wood sales and financial situation in the State Forests

• Economic consequences of the Natura 2000

• Organizational and functional forms and results of activities of state forest holdings in selected European countries

• Optimizing the allocation of investment outlays for road construction in the State Forests

• The value of the forest in national accounts, profit and loss account and the balance of the State Forests

• Formation of the competencies of the employes in the State Forests

• Analysis of the scope of duties and the structure of working time for selected positions in the Forest Service in the context of individual forest management sectors.

• Forecasting the possibility of timber assortments harvesting and formation the rules of its sale, conditioned by changes on the timber market

Department of Forest Management

• A series of training courses “Care and protection of forest crops” carried out by the consortium of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers and Warsaw University of Life Sciences, under the 5th edition of the FAPA competition for the measure “Vocational training for persons employed in agriculture and forestry” covered by the Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013. Over 10,000 people were trained. Years of implementation 2013-2014

• Development of a concept of regulation of the size of use in a multifunctional forest management in order to increase the sustainability of forest ecosystems, evenness of use of wood resources and increase of forest biodiversity in Poland for the Directorate General of State Forests in 2016.

• Expert opinion on spruce stands on former farmland of the Krynki Forest District designated for reconstruction by BULiGL Branch in Białystok in the framework of the study “Silvicultural objectives and directions of management of spruce stands on former farmland of the Krynki Forest District “in 2014.

• Analysis of “Influence of changes in hydrological conditions on forest ecosystems on the example of the Augustów Primeval Forest”. Topic commissioned by the General Directorate of State Forests completed in 2014.

• Consultation of phytosociological and habitat works within the framework of phytosociological studies for Natura 2000 areas commissioned by the Bureau of Forest Management and Geodesy Division in Radom and in Warsaw,

• Scientific consultation on habitat works in Białowieża, Browsk and Hajnówka Forest Districts, commissioned by the Bureau of Forest Management and Geodesy Białystok branch in 2019 and 2020.

• Scientific consultation on inventory and planning works carried out by Taxus.ul

Department of Forest Dendrometry and Productivity

• Ekologiczne, gospodarcze i urządzeniowe konsekwencje występowania wybranych gatunków drzew obcych w Polsce

• Dendrometric repository, modelling of the bark thickness of long timber and formulas for calculating the volume of log and medium-sized timber

• Teledetekcyjne określanie biomasy drzewnej i zasobów węgla w lasach (REMBIOFOR)

• Ocena stanu zdrowotnego i sanitarnego lasów pod kątem głównych czynników wpływających na zachowanie trwałości ekosystemów leśnych oraz ocena populacji dzika, w tym jego rozmieszczenia, w celu zoptymalizowania prowadzonego odłowu

• Prognoza zmian biomasy, ilości pochłoniętego węgla i jednostek pochłaniania CO2 w okresie 40 lat dla obszarów zalesionych

• Techniques and Technologies for Effective Wood Procurement – TECH4EFFECT

• FORest management strategies to enhance the MITigation potential of European forests – FORMIT

We conduct or have carried out research as part of projects supported by the National Science Center, the National Center for Research and Development, as well as in cooperation with other institutions, such as the Municipal Forests of Warsaw, the Regional Ecological Center in Warsaw, Forest Inspectorates and Regional Directorates of State Forests, National Parks and others. In the last 10 years, these were, inter alia, the following projects:

Characterization of the structure, functioning and kinetics of wheat spikelets in order to identify features favoring pollination. Task under the project “Integrated strategy for the reactivation of Polish heterotic wheat farming”.

Influence of forest stand and soil conditions on the differentiation of Scots-pine forest communities in the early stages of succession Cladonia-Scots pine forest Cladonio-Pinetum is rapidly declining in Poland. Cladonia-Scots pine forest Cladonio-Pinetum is rapidly declining in Poland. The aim of the study was to find out the factors determining the formation and durability of Cladonia-Scots pine forests. The research was conducted within 100 study plots in 19 research areas within Zielona Puszcza Kurpiowska forest complex. It was found that stand and soil parameters significantly influence presence of Cladonia-Scots pine forests.

• Changes in the structure and properties of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood on post-agricultural lands as a response to environmental stress. The course of xylogenesis in trees and the properties of the tissue formed are important issues in the cognitive and practical aspect, especially for forest management. The obtained results indicate that, in terms of physical and mechanical properties, the wood of pines from artificial plantings on land with an agricultural history of use is a full-value wood material. However, it is not synonymous with the statement that these conditions do not modify the course of xylogenesis and the parameters of the formed wood. In particular, it should be taken into account that the research was carried out in commercial stands, i.e. on the population of trees selected by breeding treatments carried out as part of forest management.

Structural and functional modifications of secondary wood of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.). The process of ash dieback has been observed in Polish forests since 1992. It is assumed that it is a manifestation of a complex disease resulting from the influence of many unfavorable environmental factors. It has been shown that in dying ash trees, vessels with a smaller diameter are formed, which results in a diminishment in water transport efficiency. Thus, unfavorable changes in the hydraulically important structural parameters of wood, such as the diameter of conductive elements, may be a factor that intensifies the symptoms of ash dieback.

The concept of shaping forest avenues and ecotonic zones of selected objects of the Municipal Forests – Warsaw in relation to current vegetation, taking into account the presence of invasive plants. Forests within the urban agglomeration, play an important ecological role and significantly affect the living conditions and health of the inhabitants. They are at the same time subject to considerable pressure and deformation. Recognition of potential and current real vegetation of 8 forest objects along with phytosociological documentation and inventory of invasive alien species was the basis for the selection of native herbaceous and woody species to be planted in ecotonic zones and recommendations for the control of invasive alien species in those zones and in vicinity of small infrastructure facilities.

Alien invasive species of plants in the Municipal Forests – Warsaw and a proposal to limit their impact on forest phytocoenoses. Invasions of alien plant species have been one of the greatest threats to nature in recent decades. They are especially intense in the urban environment, the nature of which is of key importance to the health of its inhabitants. The carried studies have shown that: the degree of colonization of Warsaw’s forests by invasive alien species depends mainly on the neighboring land use forms, the distance from the center of Warsaw and the forest interior area. The most abundant of woody plants are: wild black cherry, red oak, black locust and ash-leaved maple, and of herbaceous plants are: American goldenrods and small balsam. Methods that can reduce the scale of the phenomenon are: elimination of existing seed shedding plants, creation barriers to the supply of seeds, monitoring and early removal of new sites, and shaping the appropriate behavior of the forests visitors, local residents and the city’s greenery services.

1996-1998 – Optimization of the width and species composition of protective belts in ecotone zones.
1996-1998 – Principles of selection and distribution of biogroups in felling stands in order to preserve their diversity.
2000-2001 – Geographic Information System for the Dojlidy Forest District – testing the Standard of Forest Numerical Map for the forest district level.
2001-2003 – Optimization of the functioning of forest ecosystems on post-agricultural land in the aspect of large-scale afforestation.
2006-2009 – Research on the improvement of logging management in the “Masurian Forests” promotional forest complex.
2008-2010 – Nature-forest regionalization and designation of forest functional complexes.
2012-2013 – Economic and natural aspects of selecting stands for cuts in long-term forecasting of wood sales and financial situation in the State Forests.
2015 – Updating the PROGNOZA (en. FORECAST) software and database and making it available to users of various levels of management in the State Forests.
2017 – A comprehensive project of adapting forests and forestry to climate change – small retention and counteracting water erosion in lowlands.
2017-2018 – Remote sensing determination of wood biomass and carbon stocks in forests – REMBIOFOR project.
2017-2023 – Improving the methods of assessing the threat to pine stands by the main species of foliophages – stellate Acantholyda posticalis (Mats.).

2019-2022 Landscape of sound – influence of social public information on the landscape connectivity and occurrence of selected amphibian species in habitat patches, NCN grant PRELUDIUM15 (2018/29/N/NZ8/01717) (Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, principal investigator: Michał Bełcik); Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member

2018-2022 Role of the dead wood in shaping species diversity, population parameters and space use of assemblages of forest small mammals Micromammalia, NCN grant PRELUDIUM13 (2017/25/N/NZ9/02944); Emilia Zegadło, principal investigator

2018-2021 The snake specific alarm calls in Paridae and their phylogeographic evolutionary history (Seoul National University); Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member

2018-2020 Feeding strategies of red squirrels in Royal Łazienki Park, NCN Miniatura2 grant (ID 415732); Dagny Krauze-Gryz, principal investigator

2017-2021 Factors shaping breeding success of the European robin Erithacus rubecula in the primeval forest of the Białowieża National Park, NCN grant PRELUDIUM12 (2016/23/N/NZ8/03374); Oliwia Karpińska, principal investigator

2015-2018 Species diversity of small mammals in open habitats of the northern part of the Białowieża National Park (Forest Faculty, WULS); Elżbieta Jancewicz, principal investigator

2008-2011 Population connectivity and geographical range persistence of Microtus oeconomus: identification of environmental barriers for dispersal and factors affecting gene flow between populations, MNiSW grant N N304 232035; Elżbieta Jancewicz, principal investigator

2008 Morphological adaptations to early return to breeding range in the long-distance migratory species, MNiSW grant 2PO4F 070 30 (Center for Ecological Research PAS, Dziekanów Leśny, 2008); Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member

2007-2008 Environmental factors affecting space use by domestic cats, MNiSW grant for PhD students N304 042 32/1972; supervisor: prof. Jacek Goszczyński; Dagny Krauze, investigator

2006-2009 Influence of genetical and environmental factors on life history parameters of individuals in a local population of vole Microtus oeconomus, MNiSW grant 2 P04F 03930 (Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, principal investigator: prof. Joanna Gliwicz); Elżbieta Jancewicz, research team member

2006-2008 Diversity of rodents in inter-forest meadows under various management in the area of the Hwoźna Protective Unit; (Forest Faculty, WULS); Elżbieta Jancewicz, principal investigator

2004-2007 Social and genetic paternity of Blue Tits Parus caeruleus broods in primaeval conditions, KBN grant 2 PO4C 075 27; Patryk Rowiński, principal investigator

2002-2005 Effects of predation and competition on species diversity: the case of Białowieża rodents, KBN grant 3 P04F 043 22; principal investigator: prof. Jonna Gliwicz; Elżbieta Jancewicz, research team member

1998 Cyclic vole population: demographics, spatial relationships, and relationship with weasel, KBN grant 6 P04F 036 15; principal investigator: prof. Jonna Gliwicz; Elżbieta Jancewicz, research team member

Applied research projects

2020-2022 Monitoring of Great Gray Owl in the Monitoring of Birds of Poland; commissioned by GIOŚ, Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS); conducted by: Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS; Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member (KZL 1/INL/SGGW/2020, KZL 1/INL/SGGW/2021)

2020-2021 Protection of osprey Pandion haliaetus in selected SPA areas of Natura 2000 in Poland, project LIFEPandionPL no LIFE15NATPL00081 (principal investigator: Łukasz Porębski, GDSF); Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member (CIiTT/40/2020)

2017-2021 Implementation of model of moose (Alces alces) sustainable management in Poland; commissioned by GDLP; conducted by: Polska Fundacja Ochrony Dzikich Zwierząt (principal investigator: prof. Bogusław Bobek, PFODZ); Paweł Nasiadka, research team member

2015 Assessment of presence of medium-sized carnivores in Warsaw – within the project Population of small carnivorous game from Mammalia class inhabiting Warsaw capital city; commissioned by Municipal Forests Warsaw; principal investigator: Joanna Werka; Dagny Krauze-Gryz, Karolina Jasińska, Piotr Kowal, research team members

2012 Conservation of natural resources of Kampinos Forest – Natura 2000 site, through renaturization of purchased land (ActiveKPN), LIFE10 NAT/PL/655 (KE, NFOŚiGW, Kampinos NP); Bartłomiej Woźniak, research team member

2011-2014 Comparing of the effectiveness of different methods of grey partridge (Perdix perdix) reintroduction with an indication of the merits of partridges’ adaptation to natural conditions in the adaptive aviary “Perdix” in Forest District Łochów; commissioned by GDSF; conducted by: Forest Faculty, WULS; Paweł Nasiadka, principal investigator

2010-2012 Monitory of the effectiveness of wildlife warning devices UOZ-1; commissioned by PKP PLK S.A.; principal investigator: Joanna Werka; Dagny Krauze-Gryz, research team member; Karolina Jasińska, research team member

2009-2012 Food composition of wild boar inhabiting commercial Nadpilickie Forest, Central Poland commissioned by WFOŚin Łódź, GDSF; conducted by: Forest Faculty, WULS; Paweł Nasiadka, principal investigator

2008-2017 Assessment of red-, roe-, fallow-deer and wild boar populations density, population dynamics and management of ungulates in RDSF Szczecin during the multi-year hunting plan for 2008-2017; commissioned by GDSF; conducted by: Forest Faculty, PULS (principal investigator: Maciej Skorupski, PhD, PULS); Paweł Nasiadka, research team member

2008-2011 Monitory of effectiveness of wildlife warning reflectors on the 19.8 to 23.6 km railway stretch (Warszawa Wschodnia-Legionowo), commissioned by PKP PLK S.A.; principal investigator: Joanna Werka; Dagny Krauze-Gryz, research team member; Karolina Jasińska, research team member

2007-2009 Monitory of wildlife warning devices UOZ-1, commissioned by PKP PLK S.A.; Joanna Werka, Michał Wasilewski

Internal WULS project for young scientists

2018 The influence of railway track on place of foraging and presence of heavy metals in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) body; (SGGW); Karolina Jasińska

2018 Intra- and interspecific interactions in the community of diurnal and nocturnal bird predators, black stork Ciconia nigra and Common raven Corvus corax in the Sobibór Forest – continuation; (SGGW); Bartłomiej Woźniak

2017 Intra- and interspecific interactions in the community of diurnal and nocturnal bird predators, black stork Ciconia nigra and Common raven Corvus corax in the Sobibór Forest; (SGGW); Bartłomiej Woźniak

2016 The participation in the 5th IENE International Conference on Ecology and Transportation; (SGGW); Karolina Jasińska

2015 Verification of efficiency of assessment of food habits of common buzzard – continuation; (SGGW); Bartłomiej Woźniak

2013 The locations of most often recorded wild animals-train collisions in Poland; (SGGW); Karolina Jasińska

2013 Presentation of research conducted by Department of Forest Zoology and Wildlife Management on the international birds of prey conference – 21-24 October 2013, Bariloche, Argentina; (SGGW); Bartłomiej Woźniak

2013 Use of nest boxes as breeding and resting sites by the red squirrel in areas under different level of anthropopression; (SGGW); Dagny Krauze-Gryz

2012 The change of barrier effect on animals depending on height of railway embankment (SGGW); Karolina Jasińska

2012 Verification of efficiency of assessment of food habits of common buzzard Buteo buteo; (SGGW); Bartłomiej Woźniak

2012 Ecology of red squirrel in forest habitat (SGGW); Dagny Krauze-Gryz

2011 Comparison of distribution of mammals in the vicinity of railway tracks and control sites (SGGW); Karolina Jasińska

2011 Ecology of red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in green areas of Warsaw under different anthropopression level; (SGGW); Dagny Krauze-Gryz