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Overview

Mariusz Cichoń is affiliated with Jagiellonian University in Poland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Virology.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of topics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Mariusz Cichoń has published in multiple journals, with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Current Microbiology

Their recent publications include:

  • "Reporting statistical methods and outcome of statistical analyses in research articles," 2020, Pharmacological Reports
  • "Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub," 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Habitat shapes diversity of gut microbiomes in a wild population of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus," 2021, Journal of Avian Biology
  • "Cloacal Gram-Negative Microbiota in Free-Living Grass Snake Natrix natrix from Poland," 2020, Current Microbiology
  • "The great tit HapMap project: A continental-scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird," 2024, Molecular Ecology Resources

Their collaborative work involves frequent partnerships with several co-authors, including:

  • Lars Gustafsson
  • Szymon M. Drobniak
  • Katarzyna Janas
  • Aneta Arct
  • Joanna Sudyka

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome

    Veronika N. Laine;Toni I. Gossmann;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Colin J. Garroway

  • Evolution of longevity through optimal resource allocation

    Mariusz Cichoń

  • 454 sequencing reveals extreme complexity of the class II Major Histocompatibility Complex in the collared flycatcher

    Magdalena Zagalska-Neubauer;Wiesław Babik;Michał Stuglik;Lars Gustafsson

  • Age-related decline in humoral immune function in Collared Flycatchers.

    Mariusz Cichoń;Joanna Sendecka;Lars Gustafsson

  • Negative effects of elevated testosterone on female fecundity in zebra finches.

    Joanna Rutkowska;Mariusz Cichoń;Marisa Puerta;Diego Gil

  • MHC diversity, malaria and lifetime reproductive success in collared flycatchers

    Jacek Radwan;Magdalena Zagalska-Neubauer;Mariusz Cichoń;Joanna Sendecka

  • Genetic similarity between mates predicts extrapair paternity—a meta-analysis of bird studies

    Aneta Arct;Szymon M. Drobniak;Mariusz Cichoń

  • Maternal testosterone affects the primary sex ratio and offspring survival in zebra finches

    Joanna Rutkowska;Mariusz Cichoń

  • Cell-mediated immunity predicts the probability of local recruitment in nestling blue tits.

    Cichoń M;Dubiec A

  • Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

    Evi Van den Steen;Rianne Pinxten;Veerle L.B. Jaspers;Adrian Covaci

  • Maternal investment during egg laying and offspring sex: an experimental study of zebra finches

    Joanna Rutkowska;Mariusz Cichoń

  • Sex-specific development of cell-mediated immunity under experimentally altered rearing conditions in blue tit nestlings

    Anna Dubiec;Mariusz Cichoń;Kinga Deptuch

  • Experimentally increased reproductive effort alters telomere length in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

    J. Sudyka;A. Arct;S. Drobniak;A. Dubiec

  • Costs of incubation and immunocompetence in the collared flycatcher.

    M. Cichoń;M. Cichoń

  • Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects

    Szöllosi E;Cichoń M;Eens M;Hasselquist D

  • The effect of elevated reproductive effort onhumoral immune function in collared flycatcher females

    Mariusz Cichoń;Anna Dubiec;Magdalena Chadzińska

  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies : The SPI-Birds data hub

    Antica Culina;Frank Adriaensen;Liam D. Bailey;Malcolm D. Burgess;Malcolm D. Burgess

  • Egg size, offspring sex and hatching asynchrony in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

    Joanna Rutkowska;Mariusz Cichon

  • Does prior breeding experience improve reproductive success in collared flycatcher females

    Mariusz Cichoñ

  • Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: Methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities

    Simon C. Griffith;Ondi L. Crino;Samuel C. Andrew;Fumiaki Y. Nomano

  • Ageing and typical survivorship curves result from optimal resource allocation

    Mariusz Cichoń;Jan Kozłowski

  • Diversity of age-specific reproductive rates may result from ageing and optimal resource allocation.

    M. Cichoń

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Gustafsson
Lars Gustafsson Uppsala University
Blandine Doligez
Blandine Doligez Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Frank Adriaensen
Frank Adriaensen University of Antwerp
János Török
János Török Eötvös Loránd University
Raivo Mänd
Raivo Mänd University of Tartu
Tore Slagsvold
Tore Slagsvold University of Oslo
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Markku Orell
Markku Orell University of Oulu
Heinz Richner
Heinz Richner University of Bern

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