Scientific interests

Biology and ecology of bees (Apoidea)

Biodiversity and conservation of pollinators

Impact of human pressure on wild bees assemblages
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Teaching

Entomology

Rearing of Beneficial Insects

Animal-Plant Interactions

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Habilitation degree in the field of natural sciences in the discipline of biological sciences

PhD, Biology – Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
MSc, Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
BSc, Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Experience and employment

Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences

The Pollinator 101 Training course (UK, Reading 2014)

Awards

Rector’s Award for the original scientific achievements (3rd degree team award) (2022)

Rector’s Award for projects that resulted in a significant improvement in teaching conditions and educational results (1st degree team award) (2022)

Rector’s Award for the original scientific achievements (2nd degree team award) (2020)

Rector’s Award for the original scientific achievements (2nd degree team award) (2019)

Award for distinctive PhD thesis from City of Poznań

Award for distinctive PhD thesis, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Projects

12.2021-12.2022 – Vertical distribution of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) in an urbanized environment. MINIATURA 5 – Grant founded by National Science Center; Grant holder

02.2017-02.2019 – Closed railways as an important habitat for birds and pollinators in the agricultural landscape.

05.2014-01.2017 – Linking farmland Biodiversity to Ecosystem seRvices for effective ecofunctional intensification (LIBERATION) – 7th Framework Programme, European Union research and development funding programme.

07.2012-12.2014 – Urbanization impact on the quality of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes): size variability and body asymmetry in an urbanization gradient – Poznań University of Life Sciences.

Publications

Dylewski Ł., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Maćkowiak Ł., & Dyderski M. K. 2023. How do urbanization and alien species affect the plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in different types of urban green areas? Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1- 14. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-28808-y

Kęsy M., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Dylewski Ł., & Fliszkiewicz M. 2023. Effect of Osmia bicornis supplemental pollination on seed yield of forest seed orchards. Apidologie, 54(3), 32. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-023-01013-z

Takacs, V., Łangowska, A., Banaszak-Cibicka, W., Sienkiewicz, P., Kloskowski, J., Świtek, S., … & Tryjanowski, P. 2023. Rozdział 9 Ekologiczne wartości usług ekosystemowych. W: Stępniewska M., Mizgajski A. (red.) Usługi ekosystemowe w zarządzaniu układami przyrodniczymi, 175-196, Bogucki Wyd. Nauk., Poznań.

Dylewski Ł., Tobolka M., Maćkowiak Ł., Białas J.T., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2022. Unused railway lines for conservation of pollinators in the intensively managed agricultural landscape. Journal of Environmental Management, 304, 114186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114186

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Dylewski Ł. 2021. Species and functional diversity – a better understanding of the impact of urbanization on bee communities, Science of the Total Environment, 774, 145729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145729

Twerd L., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Sobieraj-Betlińska A., Waldon-Rudzionek B., Hoffmann R. 2021. Contributions of phenological groups of wild bees as an indicator of food availability in urban wastelands. Ecological Indicators, 126, 107616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107616

Kęsy M., Fliszkiewicz M., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2021. Problematyka uprawy lipy drobnolistnej Tilia cordata Mill. na wybranych plantacjach nasiennych. Leśne Prace Badawcze, 82(1): 30–36.

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Żmihorski M. 2020. Are cities hot spots for bees? Local and regional diversity patterns lead to different conclusions. Urban Ecosystems,  23,4: 713-722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00972-w

Dylewski Ł., Maćkowiak Ł., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2020. Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126795

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Żmihorski M. 2020. Are cities hot spots for bees? Local and regional diversity patterns lead to different conclusions. Urban Ecosystems,  23,4: 713-722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00972-w

Dylewski Ł., Maćkowiak Ł., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2020. Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126795

Dylewski  Ł., Maćkowiak Ł., Banaszak‐Cibicka W. 2019. Are all urban green spaces a favourable habitat for pollinator communities? Bees, butterflies and hoverflies in different urban green areas. Ecological Entomology 44,5: 678-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12744

Twerd L., Banaszak‐Cibicka W. 2019. Wastelands: their attractiveness and importance for preserving the diversity of wild bees in urban areas. Journal of Insect Conservation 23,3: 573–588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00148-8

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Takacs V., Kesy M., Langowska A., Blecharczyk A., Sawinska Z., Sparks T.H., Tryjanowski P. 2019. Manure application improves both bumblebee flower visitation and crop yield in intensive farmland. Basic and Applied Ecology 36, 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2019.03.005

Twerd L., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Sandurska E. 2019. What features of sand quarries affect their attractiveness for bees? Acta Oecologica 96: 56-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2019.03.005

Banaszak J., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Twerd L. 2019. Possible expansion of the range of Xylocopa violacea L. (Hymenoptera, Apiformes, Apidae) in Europe. Turkish Journal of Zoology 43. doi:10.3906/zoo-1812-6

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Twerd L., Fliszkiewicz M., Giejdasz K., Langowska A. 2018. City parks vs natural areas – is it possible to preserve a natural level of bee richness and abundance in a city park? Urban Ecosystems 21,4: 599–613. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0756-8

Pustkowiak S., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Mielczarek Ł. E., Tryjanowski P., Skórka P. 2018. The association of windmills with conservation of pollinating insects and wild plants in homogeneous farmland of western Poland. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(7): 6273–6284 DOI: 0.1007/s11356-017-0864-7

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Fliszkiewicz M., Langowska A., Żmihorski M. 2018. Body size and wing asymmetry in bees along an urbanization gradient. Apidologie 49,3: 297–306. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0554-y

Banaszak J., Twerd L., Ratyńska H., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Zyś T. 2018. Andrena florea (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes): a rare bee species in Poland, related to the expansion of the alien plant Bryonia dioica (Cucurbitaceae), Polish Journal of Entomology 87,3: 199-215. https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen–2018-0015

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Ratyńska H., Dylewski Ł. 2016. Features of urban green space favourable for large and diverse bee populations (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 20C: 448-452. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.10.015)

Banaszak J., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Szefer P. 2014. Guidelines on sampling intensity of bees (Hymnoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes), J. Insect Conserv., 18:651–656 (DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9671-3)Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2014. Are urban areas suitable for thermophilic and xerothermic bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)? Apidologie, 45:145–155. (DOI 10.1007/s13592-013-0232-7)

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Żmihorski M. 2012. Wild bees along an urban gradient: winners & losers. J. Insect Conserv., 16: 331–343.

Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2012. Environmental islands in agricultural landscape and pollinating insects. [w:] Rola zbiorników wodnych w krajobrazie rolniczym. R. Gołdyn, N. Kuczyńska-Kippen (red.), Poznań, 122-130. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W., Banaszak J., 2011. Pollinating insects of cities (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Part II. Fauna of cities in comparison with bees in natural habitats. [in:] Urban fauna. Studies of animal biology, ecology and conservation in European cities P. Indykiewicz, L. Jerzak, J. Böhner, B. Kavanagh (eds.), 237-250.

Rosin Z.M., Takacs V., Báldi A., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Dajdok Z., Dolata P.T., Kwieciński Z., Łangowska A., Moroń D., Skórka P., Tobółka M., Tryjanowski P., Wuczyński A. 2011. Ecosystem services as an efficient tool of nature conservation: a view from the Polish farm land. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą, 67(1):3-21. [in Polish]

Tryjanowski P., Pawlikowski T., Pawlikowski K., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Sparks T.H. 2010. Does climate influence phenological trends in social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Poland?. Eur. J. Entomol., 107(2): 203–208.

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A. 2008. Introductory studies of the bee fauna in Poznań (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). [w:] Fauna miast. Ochronić różnorodność biotyczną w miastach, P. Indykiewicz, L. Jerzak, T. Barczak (red.), Bydgoszcz, s: 260-26. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A. 2008. Anthophora plagiata (Illiger, 1806), threaten species in Poland – history of research. [w:] Krajobraz i bioróżnorodność, S. Kaczmarek (red.), Bydgoszcz, s: 276-283. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A. 2007. Breeding technology of bumblebees. Poradnik Gospodarski, Poznań, 4: 50-51. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A. 2007. Breeding technology of wild bees. Poradnik Gospodarski, Poznań, 7-8: 58-59. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A., Wilkaniec Z. 2006. Is the solitary bee Anthophora plagiata (Illiger, 1806) endangered species in Poland? Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą, Kraków, 62 (4): 3-10. [in Polish]

Banaszak-Cibicka W.A. 2006. Threat and protection of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Wiadomości Entomologiczne, Poznań, 25 (2): 17-20. [in Polish]

Banaszak W.A. 2005. What has caused the decline of the solitary bee Anthophora plagiata (Illiger, 1806) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in the Wielkopolska-Kujawy Lowland in west Poland? Pol. Pismo Ent., Bydgoszcz, 74: 157-185.

Banaszak J., Ratyńska H., Banaszak W.A. 2004. Proposed “Folusz” Nature Reserve near Szubin (in Poland) as a refuge of thermophilous plant cover and the fauna of the superfamilies Apoidea and Scolioidea (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bad. Fizjogr. Pol. Zach., C, 50: 101-132. [in Polish]

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Banaszak W.A. 2003. Distribution and assessment of the degree of threat of Anthophora plagiata (Illiger, 1806) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Poland. Nowy Pam. Fizjogr., Warszawa, 2 (1-2): 53-68.