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

Insects Important Economically

Animals and Climate Change

CV

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

From 2023 – POLONEZ BIS „Pollinators et al.”  (UMO-2022/47/P/NZ8/01208)

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

from 2016

Zajdel B., Dylweski Ł., Jojczyk A., Banaszak-Cibicka W., Kucharska K., Borański M. 2024. Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies, and hoverflies? Ecological Entomology

Dylewski Ł., Kaźmierczak S., Giejdasz K., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2024. Osmia3DNest – novel designed 3D printed artificial nest for solitary cavity-nesting bees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(8).

Dylewski Ł., Woźna J., Szymysł A., Banaszak-Cibicka W. 2024. Pollinator assemblages in grasslands along river valleys depend on the urban matrix and local habitat scale variables. Ecological Indicators, 159, 111687.

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, 30(40) 92390-92403. 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

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.