Patryk Czortek
- Job position :
- Assistant Professor
- Email:
- p.czortek@uw.edu.pl
- Phone number:
- 795617635
- Doctorate: 2018, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, “Changes in vegetation of the Tatry Mountains related to climate change and change in land use”
- Master’s degree: 2012, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, “The diversity of the Wda Valley flora in terms of habitat conditions and forms of anthropopressure”
- Bachelor’s degree: 2010, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, “Characteristics of the Wda River valley flora near Świecie”
My research interests include the ecology of vascular plants in various types of ecosystems, with particular emphasis on natural (e.g. alpine and forest) as well as anthropogenically transformed (e.g. urban, ruderal and segetal) ecosystems. In my research work, I attempt to assess the impact of biotic and abiotic environmental factors on changes in the taxonomic and functional diversity of ecosystems and to learn about the mechanisms shaping the coexistence of species in environmental gradients. Among the environmental factors whose impact on biodiversity is taken into account in my research, climate warming, urbanization, biological invasions, as well as changes in the type of land use in terms of time and space occupy take a special place.
- 2023-2024, 2023/07/X/NZ8/01324, MINIATURA 7: How Impatiens parviflora invasion shapes relationships between soil nutrients pools and soil biota diversity in the ecosystem of the Białowieża Primeval Forest?, National Science Centre; 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 executor
- Adamowicz M., Gortat T., Czortek P., Chiliński M. 2025. To understand the elusive: how to avoid the disappearance of the black grouse at the edge of its continuous range? Ecology and Evolution 15(4): e71231. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71231
- Zimny M., Czortek P., Jaroszewicz B. 2025. Environmental drivers of fungal non-pollen palynomorphs in European temperate forest. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 337: 105318. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105318
- Czortek P., Adamowski W., Kamionka-Kanclerska K., Karpińska O., Zalewski A., Dyderski M. 2024. Patterns of Prunus cerasifera early invasion stage into a temperate primeval forest. Biological Invasions 26: 633–647. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03188-z
- Karpińska O., Kamionka-Kanclerska K., Czortek P., Dyderski M.K., Czeszczewik D. 2024. Mechanisms shaping the functional diversity of birds’ composition in the primeval forest ecosystem of the Białowieża National Park. European Journal of Forest Research 143: 1015–1033. DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01675-z
- Karpińska O., Kamionka-Kanclerska K., Czortek P., Dyderski M.D., Czeszczewik D. 2024. Patterns of avian tree usage in the primeval temperate forests of Białowieża National Park. Ecology and Evolution 14(4): e11138. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11138
- Stojek K., Czortek P., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Krośniak M., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. Fungal species and element type modulate the effects of environmental factors on the concentration of potentially toxic elements in mushrooms. Environmental Pollution 353: 124-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124152
- Stojek K., Krośniak M., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Czortek P., Decock L., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verbeken A., Verheyen K., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. The concentrations of microelements in forest mushrooms are mainly influenced by soil properties and less by stand characteristics. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 86(2):127534. DOI:10.1016/j.jtemb.2024.127534
- Wierzcholska S., Czortek P., Eycott E., Hoistad-Schei F., Grytnes J. A., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. High tree host diversity buffers the effect of Fraxinus excelsior dieback on epiphytic bryophytes composition in the Białowieża Primeval Forest. Dendrobiology 92: 74–88. DOI: 10.12657/denbio.092.006
- Zimny M., Czortek P., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. Diversity and ecological significance of modern fungal non-pollen palynomorphs in a European lowland forest ecosystem. The Holocene, 34(9): 1355-1368. DOI: 10.1177/09596836241254476
- Czortek P. 2023. Landscape-driven effects on taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of vegetation developing on sand-gravel pits of early successional stages. Ecological Informatics 76: 102123. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102123
- Czortek P., Łubek A., Adamowski W., Dyderski M.K. “Invasive Prunus cerasifera is a specific tree host for epiphytic lichens in the initial stages of oak-hornbeam forest succession”. Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa “Białowieża Ecology Conference – Forests in the Anthropocene”, Białowieża, 15-21.09.2024. Oral presentation
- Czortek P., Kukwa M., Jaroszewicz B., Łubek A. “Lichen hosts or microhabitats – factors determining diversity of lichenicolous fungi in the Białowieża Primeval Forest”. Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa “Forests at risk: Białowieża and beyond”, Warszawa-Białowieża, 12-15.02.2019. Oral presentation
- Orczewska A., Czortek P., Jaroszewicz B., Kantor A. “Is salvage logging a proper tool for restoration of forest ecosystems effected by bark beetle outbreak?”. Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa „5th European Congress of Conservation Biology”, Jyväskylä, Finlandia, 12-15.06.2018. Oral presentation
- Czortek, P., Delimat, A., Dyderski, M.K., Zięba, A., Jagodziński, A.M., Jaroszewicz, B. „Competition and tourism drive trade-off between vegetative and generative reproduction of rare mountain species Carex lachenalii Schkuhr”. Ogólnopolska Konferencja Użytkowników R, Warszawa, 27-29.09.2017. Poster
- Orczewska A., Czortek P. “The impact of salvage logging after bark beetle outbreak on the herb layer composition and forest natural values. A Białowieża Forest case”. Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa „2nd International Conference on Forests: Temperate and Boreal Forest Conservation in a rapidly changing world – New scientific findings and implications for future management, Neuschönau, Niemcy, 26-29.04.2017. Oral presentation
- Czortek, P., Kapfer, J., Ratyńska, H., Eycott, A., Delimat, A., Zięba, A., Orczewska, A., Grytnes, J.-A., Jaroszewicz, B. „Long-term plant species composition shifts in Rybi Potok Valley and Morskie Oko Lake Region (High Tatra Mts) as a response to changes in environment”. Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa „Impact of climate change on the ranges of species and species composition of plant communities”, Chęciny, 24-26.01.2017. Oral presentation
- Czortek, P., Eycott, A.E., Grytnes, J.-A., Kapfer, J., Delimat, A., Jaroszewicz, B. “Climate change drives plant species composition shift in the flora of the Tatry Moutains summits over past 100 years”. Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa “Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones”, Warszawa 26-27.10.2016. Oral presentation
- Eycott, A.E., Czortek, P., Grytnes, J.-A., Zięba, A, Delimat, A., Kapfer, J., Jaroszewicz, B. “Grazing abandonment drives community compositional shift in the Tatras mountains over the past 90 years”. Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa “Nordic Oikos Conference”, Turku, Finlandia 02-04.02.2016. Poster
- Czortek, P., Grytnes, J.-A., Delimat, A., Jaroszewicz, B. “Impact of tourism and cessation of grazing on changes in the flora of summits in the Tatra Mountains”. Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa “IAVS – Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science: Understanding broad-scale vegetation changes”, Brno, Republika Czeska 19-24.07.2015. Poster
- Ecology and Environmental Protection (lecture)
- Field Ecology (class)
- Dendrology (class)
- Functioning of Nature and Ecosystem Services (class)
- Informatics (class)
2018-present Białowieża School of Statistics, co-organizer (with dr Marcin Dyderski, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
2019-present Polish-Swiss Summer School "Biodiversity Monitoring", co-organizer (with prof. Jürgen Dengler, Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw)
Nagrody:
- 2020, Individual award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements
- 2020, 2019, 2018, Team award (Jaroszewicz B., Czortek P.) award of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements
Wyróżnienia:
- 2017, Congratulatory diploma of the Rector of the University of Warsaw for scientific achievements
- 2017-present Licensed guide in the area of the Białowieża National Park