Research Team

Bogdan Jaroszewicz

Job position :
Professor
Email:
b.jaroszewicz@uw.edu.pl
Phone number:
668198862
Academic degrees

Professor of exact and natural sciences: 2019
Habilitation: 2013, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
Doctorate: 2000, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Master of forestry: 1992, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow

Scientific interests

My research interests include various aspects of ecology (e.g. functional ecology, ecology of plant-animal interactions, ecology of forest ecosystems, ecology of soil seed banks) and biological conservation. My research focuses on understanding the factors and processes that shape forest ecosystems, their biodiversity and dynamics. As a consequence of such scientific interests, the constant elements taken into account in my research are climate and its changes and the use of forest ecosystems by man.

Projects
  • 2020-2026, 856506, LIFEPLAN – A Planetary Inventory of Life, Horyzont 2020 (ERC Grant), project executor;
  • 2020-2023, 2019/31/Z/NZ8/04032, Dr. FOREST – Diversity of FORESTs affecting human health, Polish National Science Centre (as part of BioDivERsA), project leader;
  • 2014-2017, Pol-Nor/196829/87/2013, KlimaVeg: The impact of climate change on species ranges and composition of plant communities in temperate, boreal and alpine regions, Norway Financial Mechanism; project coordinator
  • 2011-2014, 265171, Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe (FunDivEUROPE), 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission, leader of the Polish part of the project;
  • 2011-2014, W 7PR 81/265171, Financing the costs of participation in an international project „Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe” FunDivEUROPE (contract no. 265171), Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, project leader;
  • 2009-2012, N N304 021737, The role of ungulates in the endozoochoric spread of plants in forest ecosystems, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, project leader;
Latest publications
  • Broughton R.K., Cholewa M., Czeszczewik D., Fuller R.J., Jaroszewicz B., Kuijper D.P.J., Maziarz M., Mikusiński G., Neubauer G. 2025. The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world. Biological Conservation 304: 111045. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111045
  • Gillerot L., Landuyt D., Bourdin A., Rozario K., Shaw T., Steinparzer M., Stojek K., Vanroy T., Cuentas Romero A.G., Müller S., Oh R., Proß T., Bonal D., Bonn A., Bruelheide H., Godbold D., Haluza D., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Kilpi K., Marselle M., Ponette Q., Scherer-Lorenzen M., De Frenne P., Muys B., Verheyen K. 2025. Forest biodiversity and structure modulate human health benefits and risks. Nature Sustainability  8: 485–497. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01547-3
  • Hordijk I., Poorter L., Liang J., Reich P.B., de-Miguel S., Nabuurs G.J., Gamarra J.G.P., Chen H.Y.H., Zhou M., Wiser S.K., Pretzsch H., Paquette A., Picard N., Hérault B., Bastin J.-F., Alberti G., Abegg M., Adou Yao Y.C., Almeyda Zambrano A.M., Alvarado B.V., Alvarez-Davila E., Alvarez-Loayza P., Alves L.F., Amaral I., Ammer C., Antón-Fernández C., Araujo-Murakami A., Arroyo L., Avitabile V., Aymard G.A., Baker T., Banki O., Barroso J., Bastian M.L., Birigazzi L., Birnbaum P., Bitariho R., Boeckx P., Bongers F., Bouriaud O., Brancalion P.H.S., Brandl S., Brearley F.Q., Brienen R., Broadbent E.N., Bruelheide H., Bussotti F., Cazzolla Gatti R., Cesar R.G., Cesljar G., Chazdon R., Chisholm C., Cienciala E., Clark C.J., Clark D.B., Colletta G., Coomes D., Cornejo Valverde F., Corral-Rivas J.J., Crim P., Cumming J., Dayanandan S., de Gasper A.L., Decuyper M., Derroire G., DeVries B., Djordjevic I., Dourdain A., Dolezal J., Engone Obiang N.L., Enquist B., Eyre T., Fandohan A.B., Fayle T.M., Ferreira L.V., Feldpausch T.R., Finér L., Fischer M., Fletcher C., Frizzera L., Gianelle D., Glick H.B., Harris D., Hector A., Hemp A., Herbohn J., Hillers A., Honorio Coronado E.N., Hui C., Cho H., Ibanez T., Jung I., Imai N., Jagodzinski A.M., Jaroszewicz B., Johannsen V., Joly C.A., Jucker T., Karminov V., Kartawinata K., Kearsley E., Kenfack D., Kennard D., Kepfer-Rojas S., Keppel G., Khan M.L., Killeen T., Kim H.S., Kitayama K., Köhl M., Korjus H., Kraxner F., Laarmann D., Lang M., Lewis S., Lu H., Lukina N., Maitner B., Malhi Y., Marcon E., Schwantes Marimon B., Marimon-Junior B.H., Marshall A.R., Martin E., Martynenko O., Meave J.A., Melo-Cruz O., Mendoza C., Merow C., Miscicki S., Monteagudo Mendoza A., Moreno V., Mukul S.A., Mundhenk P., Nava-Miranda M.G., Neill D., Neldner V., Nevenic R., Ngugi M., Niklaus P.A., Oleksyn J., Ontikov P., Ortiz-Malavasi E., Pan Y., Parada-Gutierrez A., Parfenova E., Park M., Parren M., Parthasarathy N., Peri P.L., Pfautsch S., Phillips O.L., Piedade M.T., Piotto D., Pitman N.C.A., Pollastrini M., Polo I., Poulsen A.D., Poulsen J.R., Ramirez Arevalo F., Restrepo-Correa Z., Rodeghiero M., Rolim S., Roopsind A., Rovero F., Rutishauser E., Saikia P., Salas-Eljatib C., Schall P., Schepaschenko D., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Schmid B., Schöngart J., Searle E.B., Seben V., Selvi F., Serra-Diaz J.M., Sheil D., Shvidenko A., Silva-Espejo J., Silveira M., Singh J., Sist P., Slik F., Sonké B., Souza A.F., ter Steege H., Stereńczak K., Svenning J.-C., Svoboda M., Swanepoel B., Targhetta N., Tchebakova N., Thomas R., Tikhonova E., Umunay P., Usoltsev V., Valencia R., Valladares F., van der Plas F., Do T.V., Van Nuland M.E., Vasquez Martinez R., Verbeeck H., Viana H., Vibrans A.C., Vieira S., von Gadow K., Wang H.-F., WatsonJ., Werner G.D.A., Wittmann F., Wortel V., Zagt R., Zawila-Niedzwiecki T., Zhang C., Zhao X., Zhu Z.-X., Zo-Bi I.C., Maynard D.S., Crowther T.W.  2025. Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests. Nature Communications, 16(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59754-7
  • Konczal A.A., De Konning J.H.C., Larsen J.B., Felton A., Lawrence A., Ammer Ch., Angelstam P., Martinez De Arano I., Bjӓrstig T., Blondet M., Calviño-Cancela M., De Vreese R., Dolriis C., Jaroszewicz B., Johansson J., Lexer M.J., Nichiforel L., Niedziałkowski K., Paillet Y., Rozylowicz L., Sotirov M., Stokes V., Jellesmark Thorsen B., Vandekerkhove K., Wallin I., Weiss G., Schulz T., Wohlgemuth T., Zlatanov T., Winkel G. 2025. Integrating nature and people in European forest management: what is the state of nature conservation and role of participation? International Forestry Review 27(3): 402-430. DOI: 10.1505/146554825840319564
  • Nowak K., Olszańska A., Pietrzyk-Kaszyńska A., Giergiczny M., Niedziałkowski K., Simonienko K., Jaroszewicz B. 2025. Border militarization affects people’s interactions with nature in Białowieża Forest. Ambio 54: 175–183. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02113-5
  • Nowak K., Richards S.A., Żmihorski M., Selva N., Wiktoruk A., Gutiérrez-Zapata S., Jaroszewicz B. 2025. Footprint of State Border Infrastructure Extends Beyond the Border: Tree Damage and Roadkill Along a Road in Białowieża Forest. Biological Conservation 310: 111348 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025111348
  • Rozario K., Shaw T., Marselle M., Oh R.R.Y., Schröger E., Giraldo Botero M., Frey J., Ștefan V., Müller S., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Jaroszewicz B., Verheyen K., Bonn A. 2024. Perceived biodiversity: is what we measure also what we see and hear? People and Nature 7(8): 2019–2037. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.70087
  • Stojek K., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Frączek J., Piotrowski M., Krośniak M., Jaroszewicz B. 2025. Protein content and amino acid profile of wild mushrooms depend on environmental conditions. Fungal Biology 129, 6, 101620. DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2025.101620
  • Wei L., Delombaerde E., Vanneste T., Sanczuk P., Baeten L., Lenoir J., De Pauw K., Verheyen K., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Becker-Scarpitta A., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Diekmann M., Durak T., Hédl R., Heinken T., Horchler P., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Nagel T., Orczewska A., Petrik P., Reczyńska K., Schei F., Schmidt W., Šebesta J., Stachurska-Swakoń A., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Van Calster H., Vild O., Waller D., Wulf M., De Frenne P. 2025. Small net local temporal changes in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic biodiversity across European temperate forests. New Phytologist 248(4): 2128-2142. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70502
  • Zimny M., Jaroszewicz B. 2025. Following the spores: insights from mosses, pollen traps, and dung into coprophilous fungal spore deposition. The Holocene 35(12): 1296-1310. DOI: 10.1177/09596836251366202

All publications

Plenary lectures at international conferences and congresses
  • “Białowieża Forest: yesterday, today, tomorrow ….”, XVIII Congress of European Mycologists, Warszawa-Białowieża, 16-21.09.2019
  • “Science in Białowieża Forest, Białowieża Forest in science”, The 32nd Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Warszawa, 23-25.05.2019
  • “Conservation of forest ecosystems in a changing world – the Białowieża Forest case”, “Ecology in a Changing World”, Warszawa, 23-25.03.2019
  • “Threats to Białowieża Forest”, The 8th International Woodpecker Conference, Białowieża, 16-20.03.2019
  • “Białowieża Forest – a relic of naturalness”, “Forests at risk: Białowieża and Beyond”, Białowieża-Warszawa, 12-15.02.2019
Courses at the University of Warsaw
  • Nature protection (lecture)
  • Ecology of Natural Forest (lecture/class)
  • Functioning of Nature and Ecosystem Services (lecture)
Membership, awards, distinctions

Membership in associations, committees:

  • The Polish Botanical Society
  • World Commission on Protected Areas IUCN
  • Warsaw Scientific Society
  • The Committee of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology PAS

Awards:

  • 2020, 2019, 2018, Team award (Jaroszewicz B., Czortek P.) award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements;
  • 2017, Team award (Jaroszewicz B., Kwiecień K.) award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements;
  • 2013, 2009, Individual award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements;
  • 2002, Award of the Minister of the Environment for outstanding scientific achievement: co-authorship and co-editing of the Catalogue of the fauna of Białowieża Primeval Forest (Gutowski J.M. and Jaroszewicz B.)
Participation in editorial boards
Outreach activities

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