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Andrzej Zalewski is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their research focuses primarily on Ecology, with significant work related to Small Animals, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Zalewski has published research in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Biological Invasions
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Journal of Zoology

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "Complicated hospitalization due to influenza: results from the Global Hospital Influenza Network for the 2017-2018 season" (2020) published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • "Dietary flexibility promotes range expansion: The case of golden jackals in Eurasia" (2022) published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "Wolf risk fails to inspire fear in two mesocarnivores suggesting facilitation prevails" (2022) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Host-parasite interactions in non-native invasive species are dependent on the levels of standing genetic variation at the immune locus" (2020) published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • "Aleutian mink disease: Spatio-temporal variation of prevalence and influence on the feral American mink" (2020) published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

The scientist has worked with frequent coauthors including Marcin Brzeziński, Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Anna Wereszczuk, Tom A. Diserens, and Marcin Popiołek.

Best Publications

  • Ecology of the raccoon ( Procyon lotor) from western Poland

    Magdalena Bartoszewicz;Henryk Okarma;Andrzej Zalewski;Justyna Szczęsna

  • Spatial organisation and dynamics of the pine marten Martes martes population in Białowieza Forest (E Poland) compared with other European woodlands

    Andrzej Zalewski;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski

  • Annual and circadian activity patterns of badgers (Meles meles) in Białowieża Primeval Forest (eastern Poland) compared with other Palaearctic populations

    Rafał Kowalczyk;Bogumiła Jȩdrzejewska;Andrzej Zalewski

  • Biogeographical variation in the diet of Holarctic martens (genus Martes, Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae): adaptive foraging in generalists

    You-Bing Zhou;You-Bing Zhou;Chris Newman;Wen-Ting Xu;Christina D. Buesching

  • Foraging by pine marten Martes martes in relation to food resources in Bialowieza National Park, Poland

    Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Andrzej Zalewski;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

  • American mink, Mustela vison diet and predation on waterfowl in the Słońsk Reserve, western Poland.

    Magdalena Bartoszewicz;Andrzej Zalewski

  • Spatial organization and demography of badgers (Meles meles) in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland, and the influence of earthworms on badger densities in Europe

    Rafal Kowalczyk;Andrzej Zalewski;Bogumila Jedrzejewska;Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski

  • Landscape barriers reduce gene flow in an invasive carnivore: geographical and local genetic structure of American mink in Scotland

    Andrzej Zalewski;Stuart Brannon Piertney;Hanna Zalewska;Xavier Lambin

  • Winter severity limits red fox populations in Eurasia

    Kamil A. Bartoń;Andrzej Zalewski

  • Multiple introductions determine the genetic structure of an invasive species population: American mink Neovison vison in Poland

    Andrzej Zalewski;Aleksandra Michalska-Parda;Magdalena Bartoszewicz;Michał Kozakiewicz;Michał Kozakiewicz

  • Feeding habits and trophic niche overlap in a Carnivora community of Hungary

    József Lanszki;Sándor Körmendi;Csaba Hancz;Andrzej Zalewski

  • PINE MARTEN HOME RANGES, NUMBERS AND PREDATION ON VERTEBRATES IN A DECIDUOUS FOREST (BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK, POLAND)

    A. Zalewski;W. Jedrzejewski;B. Jedrzejewska

  • Comparison of Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes and Pine Marten Martes Martes Food Habits in a Deciduous Forest in Hungary

    József Lanszki;Andrzej Zalewski;Győző Horváth

  • Spatial Niche Segregation of Sympatric Stone Marten and Pine Marten--Avoidance of Competition or Selection of Optimal Habitat?

    Anna Wereszczuk;Andrzej Zalewski

  • Mobility and home range use by pine martens (Martes martes) in a Polish primeval forest

    Andrzej Zalewski;Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski;Bogumila Jedrzejewski

  • Geographical and Seasonal Variation in Food Habits and Prey Size of European Pine Martens

    Andrzej Zalewski

  • Does size dimorphism reduce competition between sexes? The diet of male and female pine martens at local and wider geographical scales

    Andrzej Zalewski

  • Seasonal and spatial pattern of shelter use by badgers Meles meles in Białowieza Primeval Forest (Poland)

    Rafał Kowalczyk;Andrzej Zalewski;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

  • Helminth parasites of an introduced invasive carnivore species, the raccoon ( Procyon lotor L.), from the Warta Mouth National Park (Poland).

    M. Popiołek;J. Szczęsna-Staśkiewicz;M. Bartoszewicz;Henryk Okarma

  • Facilitative interactions between the Eurasian badger (Meles meles), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and the invasive raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.

    R. Kowalczyk;B. Jędrzejewska;A. Zalewski;W. Jędrzejewski

  • Factors affecting the duration of activity by pine martens (Martes martes) in the Białowieża National Park, Poland

    Andrzej Zalewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafał Kowalczyk
Rafał Kowalczyk Polish Academy of Sciences
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska Mammal Research Institute
Henryk Okarma
Henryk Okarma Polish Academy of Sciences
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Ettore Randi
Ettore Randi Aalborg University
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Emilio Virgós
Emilio Virgós King Juan Carlos University
Zongqiang Xie
Zongqiang Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences

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