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Wojciech Adamowski

Wojciech Adamowski

Job position :
Senior scientific technical specialist
Email:
w.adamowski@uw.edu.pl
Academic degrees
  • Doctorate: 1996, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, “Apophytism of selected species of orchids (Orchidaceae) and its ecological conditions”
  • Master’s degree: 1986, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, “Grasslands and scrub communities on the edge of the Supraśl valley near Białystok”
Scientific interests

My research interests are focused on synanthropization of plant cover (biological invasions, apophytism, especially among orchids), dynamics of vegetation (secondary succession), nature conservation (regression and prevention of xerothermic grasslands), and in recent years also taxonomy, biology and distribution of the genus Impatiens. If you are interested, I invite you to visit my project on the ResearchGate website, called Balsaminaceae Information Center.

Projects
  • 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
  • 2015-present, The impact of a water reservoir on forest communities, project executor
  • 1990-present, Regression of xerothermic grasslands, project executor
  • 1989-2012, Expansion of native orchid species, project leader
  • 1988-present, Initiation and course of secondary succession on an abandoned field and meadow, project executor, and since 2005 together with dr Anna Bomanowska (University of Łódź)
Latest publications
  • Gyeltshen P., Phuntsho T., Adamowski W., Thinley K. 2023. Impatiens darachuensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Bhutan. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 80: 1939. DOI: 10.24823/EJB.2023.1939
  • Rewicz A., Myśliwy M., Rewicz T., Adamowski W., Kolanowska M. 2022. Contradictory effect of climate change on American and European populations of Impatiens capensis Meerb. – is this herb a global threat? Science of The Total Environment 850(2):157959. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157959
  • Singh H., Sharma A., Adamowski W. 2022. Impatiens glauca Hook. f. et Thomson—A little known Himalayan species with augmented description and a new spurless variety. Phytotaxa 539(3): 280–286. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.7
  • Gogoi R., Adamowski W., Sherpa N., Sharma A., Borah S. 2021. Misinterpretations and plagiarism in a publication about Himalayan Impatiens: polemics with the paper of Singh R.K. et al. 2021. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 63: 1-30. DOI: 10.2478/biorc-2021-0005
  • Rewicz A., Adamowski W., Kolanowska M. 2021. Why is Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz so widespread? In: Djordjević V. (ed.) Orchidaceae: Characteristics, Distribution and Taxonomy. Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA. pp. 237-267.
  • Cholewińska O., Adamowski W., Jaroszewicz B. 2020. Homogenization of Temperate Mixed Deciduous Forests in Białowieża Forest: Similar Communities Are Becoming More Similar. Forests 11: 545. DOI: 10.3390/f11050545
  • Rewicz A., Adamowski W., Borah S., Gogoi B. 2020. New Data on Seed Coat Micromorphology of Several Impatiens spp. from Northeast India. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 89,3 89312 DOI: 10.5586/asbp.89312
  • Rewicz A., Myśliwy M., Adamowski W., Podlasiński M., Bomanowska A. 2020. Seed morphology and sculpture of invasive Impatiens capensis Meerb. from different habitats. PeerJ 8:e10156 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10156
  • Bomanowska A., Adamowski W., Kirpluk I., Otręba A., Rewicz A. 2019. Invasive alien plants in Polish national parks — threats to species diversity. PeerJ 7: e8034. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8034
  • Bomanowska A., Adamowski W., Kwiecień K., Rewicz A. 2019. The effects of different mowing regimes on diversity of grasses in lowland meadows. Turkish Journal of Botany 43: 80-89. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1807-33
  • Pliszko A., Adamowski W., Pagitz K. 2019. New distribution records of Solidago ×niederederi (Asteraceae) in Austria, Italy, and Poland. Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales 68: 195-199. DOI: 10.2478/cszma-2019-0020

All publications

Participation in conferences, symposia and scientific seminars
  • Sharma A., Adamowski W. “Species diversity of Impatiens in Himachal Pradesh”. International Symposium on Plant Taxonomy and Ethnobotany, Kolkata, Indie, 13-14.02.2020. Oral presentation
  • Adamowski W. „Efekty zwalczania Impatiens parviflora w rejonie Polany Białowieskiej”. 58. Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego, Kraków, 01-07.07.2019. Poster
  • Adamowski W., Bomanowska A. „Wzloty i upadki roślin w sukcesji wtórnej”. 58. Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego, Kraków, 01-07.07.2019. Poster
  • Cholewińska O., Adamowski W., Smerczyński I., Jaroszewicz B. “Long-term changes in species composition of understorey in oak-lime-hornbeam forest in the strict reserve of the Białowieża National Park”. The International Conference Forests at Risk: Białowieża and Beyond, 12-15.02.2019, Warszawa-Białowieża. Poster
  • Eycott A.E., Wierzcholska S., Łubek A., Kukwa M., Adamowski W., Schei F.H., Jaroszewicz B. „Death might not be such a bad thing: effects of forest change in Białowieża National Park”. The International Conference Forests at Risk: Białowieża and Beyond, 12-15.02.2019, Warszawa-Białowieża. Oral presentation
  • Adamowski W. „Strzeż się niecierpków”. II Seminarium Sekcji Taksonomii Roślin Naczyniowych PTB, Koryciny, 10–12.07.2018. Oral presentation
  • Adamowski W., Gogoi R., Borah S. “New balsams from Northeast India”. II Seminarium Sekcji Taksonomii Roślin Naczyniowych PTB, Koryciny, 10–12.07.2018. Poster
  • Adamowski W., Myśliwy M. “Thirty years of expansion of Impatiens capensis Meerb. in NW Poland”. Flora et Funga Pomeranica, the Third Symposium on Flora, Fungi, Vegetation and Landscape of Pomerania, Szczecin, 13–15.09.2017. Poster
  • Eycott A.E., Jaroszewicz B., Wierzcholska S., Łubek A., Kukwa M., Adamowski W. „Species richness increase in Białowieża Forest: Habitat change, climate change or observer effect?” The international conference Impact of Climate Change on the Ranges of Species and Species Composition of Plant Communities, Chęciny, 24-26.01.2017. Oral presentation
  • Adamowski W. „Niecierpki XXI wieku”. 57 Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego, Lublin, 27.06-03.07.2016. Poster
  • Adamowski W., Bomanowska A. „Zielne gatunki leśne w sukcesji wtórnej serii grądowej w Puszczy Białowieskiej”. 57 Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego, Lublin, 27.06-03.07.2016. Poster
Membership, awards, distinctions

Awards:

  • 2003, Team award of the Rector of University of Warsaw for „Atlas of alien woody species of the Białowieża Primaeval Forest”
  • 1997, Individual award of the Rector of University of Warsaw for the doctoral dissertation “Apophytism of selected species of orchids (Orchidaceae) and its ecological conditions”
Outreach activities