Ignacy Stadnicki

@article{Stadnicki2024,

title = {Application of criminology in urban ecology and evolution: Routine Activity Theory and field equipment disappearance dynamics},

author = {Ignacy Stadnicki and Michela Corsini and Marta Szulkin},

doi = {10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112095},

issn = {1470-160X},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-08-01},

urldate = {2024-08-00},

journal = {Ecological Indicators},

volume = {165},

pages = {112095},

publisher = {Elsevier BV},

abstract = {Research in urban ecology and evolution relies on the use of deployable scientific equipment. If left unattended in the field, scientific equipment may be prone to vandalism and theft, especially in the urban space. Here, we empirically applied a theory derived from the field of criminology, specifically the Routine Activity Theory (RAT) framework, to predict disappearance rates of scientific equipment in an ongoing urban ecology research project. First, we tested a routinely applied method of equipment protection – labelling – and investigated whether equipment disappearance varied with label information content and message tone. Second, we examined whether equipment attributes (price, mass, volume, colour, and type of installation) and environmental variables (human presence, tree cover, distance to paths and distance to roads) covaried with the disappearance of two types of field equipment, and whether patterns of disappearance changed over time spent in the urban space (novelty effect). The disappearance of 474 nestboxes and 141 frassboxes was followed over four years and two field seasons, respectively. By using the RAT framework, we predicted that nestboxes would be less likely to disappear than frassboxes. In contrast to an earlier reporting, we did not find any association between label type and disappearance rates. Instead, environmental variables covaried with equipment disappearance: for both types of scientific equipment, there was an interaction between human presence and tree cover. Thus, in highly-frequented places with dense tree cover, people were more likely to remove scientific equipment, possibly because they felt less visible. We also detected an interaction between distance to roads and paths for frassboxes but not for nestboxes, revealing that equipment properties may interact with the environmental setting. Importantly, frassbox disappearance decreased over time in both study seasons, indicating the important role of novelty for scientific equipment disappearance rates. We encourage other researchers, site-managers and stakeholders working in cities and other frequently visited areas to apply the RAT framework, as it is a potentially universal, easily applicable and inexpensive method to gain insight into patterns of equipment disappearance in the public space, thereby enhancing the capacity for informed project planning and as a result, safer, and more effective studies.},

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@article{Savage2024,

title = {Online toolkits for collaborative and inclusive global research in urban evolutionary ecology},

author = {Amy M. Savage and Meredith J. Willmott and Pablo Moreno‐García and Zuzanna Jagiello and Daijiang Li and Anna Malesis and Lindsay S. Miles and Cristian Román‐Palacios and David Salazar‐Valenzuela and Brian C. Verrelli and Kristin M. Winchell and Marina Alberti and Santiago Bonilla‐Bedoya and Elizabeth Carlen and Cleo Falvey and Lauren Johnson and Ella Martin and Hanna Kuzyo and John Marzluff and Jason Munshi‐South and Megan Phifer‐Rixey and Ignacy Stadnicki and Marta Szulkin and Yuyu Zhou and Kiyoko M. Gotanda},

doi = {10.1002/ece3.11633},

issn = {2045-7758},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-06-03},

urldate = {2024-06-00},

journal = {Ecology and Evolution},

volume = {14},

number = {6},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Urban evolutionary ecology is inherently interdisciplinary. Moreover, it is a field with global significance. However, bringing researchers and resources together across fields and countries is challenging. Therefore, an online collaborative research hub, where common methods and best practices are shared among scientists from diverse geographic, ethnic, and career backgrounds would make research focused on urban evolutionary ecology more inclusive. Here, we describe a freely available online research hub for toolkits that facilitate global research in urban evolutionary ecology. We provide rationales and descriptions of toolkits for: (1) decolonizing urban evolutionary ecology; (2) identifying and fostering international collaborative partnerships; (3) common methods and freely‐available datasets for trait mapping across cities; (4) common methods and freely‐available datasets for cross‐city evolutionary ecology experiments; and (5) best practices and freely available resources for public outreach and communication of research findings in urban evolutionary ecology. We outline how the toolkits can be accessed, archived, and modified over time in order to sustain long‐term global research that will advance our understanding of urban evolutionary ecology.</jats:p>},

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@article{StadnickiSzulkin_2021,

title = {Breeding in the pandemic: Short-term lockdown restrictions do not alter reproductive decisions and avian life-history traits in a European capital city},

author = {Michela Corsini and Zuzanna Jagiello and Michal Walesiak and Michal Redlisiak and Ignacy Stadnicki and Ewa Mierzejewska and Marta Szulkin },

doi = {10.1007/s11252-022-01309-5 },

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

urldate = {2021-12-01},

journal = {Urban Ecosystems},

volume = {26},

pages = {65–675},

abstract = {Humans are transforming natural habitats into managed urban green areas and impervious surfaces with unprecedented pace. Yet the effects of human presence per se on animal life-history traits are rarely tested. This is particularly true in cities, where human presence is often indissociable from urbanisation itself. The onset of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, along with the resulting lockdown restrictions, offered a unique, “natural experiment” context to investigate wildlife responses to a sudden reduction of human activities. We analysed four years of avian breeding data collected in a European capital city to test whether lockdown measures altered nestbox occupancy and life-history traits in two urban adapters: great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Lockdown measures, which modulated human presence, did not influence any of the life-history traits inferred. In contrast, tree cover, a distinct ecological attribute of the urban space, positively influenced clutch size, a key avian life-history and reproductive trait. This highlights the importance of habitat and food webs over human activity on animal reproduction in cities.  We discuss our results in the light of other urban wildlife studies carried out during the pandemic, inviting the scientific community to carefully interpret all lockdown - associated shifts in biological traits.},

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@article{Stadnicki_2017,

title = {Wyznaczanie składu pierwiastkowego ceramiki — porównanie archeometrycznego potencjału LA ICP MS i XRF},

author = {Barbara Wagner and Luiza Kępa and Ignacy Stadnicki and Olga Agnieszka Syta},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-12-01},

journal = {Analityka : nauka i praktyka},

volume = {4},

abstract = {Główną zaletą metody XRF jest jej całkowicie nieniszczący i nieinwazyjny charakter, szczególnie chętnie podkreślany w przypadku badań obiektów zabytkowych. Natomiast jedną z największych zalet metody LA ICP MS są niskie granice wykrywalności.},

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