Grzegorz Mikusiński

Research
Research interest
• Conservation and management of forest biodiversity
• Forest birds
• Environmental sustainability
• Forest fires
• Ecology of woodpeckers and their conservation
Selected publications
2017-2022
Mikusiński, G., Orlikowska, E.H., Bubnicki, J.W., Jonsson, B.G. & Svensson, J. 2021. Strengthening the network of high conservation value forests in boreal landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 595730. Link
Mikusiński, G. & Niedziałkowski, K. 2020. Perceived importance of ecosystem services in Białowieża Forest for local communities – does proximity matter? Land Use Policy 97, 104667. Link
Svensson, J., Bubnicki, J.W., Jonsson, B-G., Andersson, J. & Mikusiński, G. 2020. Conservation significance of intact forest landscapes in the Scandinavian mountains green belt. Landscape Ecology 35: 2113–2131. Link
Blicharska, M., Angelstam, P., Giessen L., Hilszczański, J., Hermanowicz, E., Holeksa, J., Jacobsen, J.B., Jaroszewicz, B., Konczal, A., Konieczny, A., Mikusiński, G. et al. 2020. Between biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management – a multidisciplinary assessment of the emblematic Białowieża Forest case. Biological Conservation 248, 108614. Link
Angelstam, P., Manton, M., Green, M., Jonsson, B.G., Mikusiński, G., Svensson, J. & Sabatini, F. 2020. Sweden does not meet agreed national and international forest biodiversity targets: a call for adaptive landscape planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 202, 103838. Link
Versluijs, M., Eggers, S., Mikusiński, G., Roberge, J-M. & Hjältén, J. 2020. Foraging ecology of Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) in burned and unburned boreal forest. Avian Ecology and Conservation 15, 6. Link
Basile, M., Asbeck, T., Jonker, M., Knuff, A.K., Bauhus, J., Braunisch, V., Mikusiński, G. & Storch, I. 2020. The relationship between tree-related microhabitats and biodiversity in managed forest. Journal of Environmental Management 264, art. number 110401. Link
Garrido, P., Edenius, L., Mikusiński, G., Skarin, A., Jansson, A. & Thulin, C-G. 2020. Experimental rewilding with horses may mitigate wood-pasture abandonment if policy allows. AMBIO 49, 1320. Link
Blicharska, M., Smithers, R., Mikusiński, G., Rönnbäck,P., Harrison, P., Nilsson, M., Sutherland, W. 2019. Biodiversity’s contributions to sustainable development. Nature Sustainability 2: 1083–1093. Link
Svensson, J., Andersson, J., Sandström, P., Mikusiński, G., Jonsson, B-G. 2019. Landscape trajectory of natural forest loss - what's left to build a functional boreal green infrastructure? Conservation Biology 33:152-163. Link
Gustafsson, L., Berglind, M., Granström, A., Grelle, A., Isacsson, G., Kjellander, P., Larsson, S., Lindh, M., Pettersson, L.B., Strengbom, J., Stridh, B., Sävström, T., Thor, G., Wikars, L-O. & Mikusiński, G. 2019. Rapid ecological response and intensified knowledge accumulation following a north European mega-fire. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 34: 234-253. Link
Basile, M., Mikusiński, G. & Storch, I. 2019. Bird guilds show different responses to retention levels: a meta-analysis. Global Ecology and Conservation 18. Article e00615. Link
Żmihorski M, Hebda G, Eggers S, Månsson J, Abrahamsson T, Czeszczewik D, Walankiewicz W, Mikusiński G. 2019. Early post-fire bird community in European boreal forest: comparing salvage-logged with non-intervention areas. Global Ecology and Conservation 18. Article e00636. Link
Augustynczik, A.L.D., Asbeck, T., Basile, M., Bauhus, J., Storch, I., Mikusiński, G., Yousefpour, R., Hanewinkel, M. 2019. Diversification of forest management regimes secures tree microhabitats and bird abundance under climate change. Science of The Total Environment 650: 2717-2730. Link
Mikusiński, G., Bubnicki, J.W., Churski, M., Czeszczewik, D., Walankiewicz, W. & Kuijper, D. 2018. Is the impact of loggings in the last primeval lowland forest in Europe underestimated? The conservation issues of Białowieża Forest. Biological Conservation 227: 266-274. Link
Blicharska, M., Smithers, R.J., Kuchler, M., Agrawal, G.K., Gutiérrez, J.M., Hassanali, A., Huq, S., Koller, S.H., Marjit, S., Mshinda, H.M., Masjuki, H.H., Solomons, N.W., Van Staden, J. & Mikusiński, G. 2017. Steps to overcome the North-South divide in research relevant to climate-change policy and practice. Nature Climate Change 7: 21-27. Link