Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski

Dr. Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski is the Scientific Deputy Director of the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Studies by Dr. Jedrzejewski are typically focused on animal ecology (predator-prey relationships and population regulation aspects), forest ecology and conservation biology. Dr. Jedrzejewski is the author of three scientific books and over 120 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He has several-years experience in radio-telemetry ecological projects on large carnivores (wolves, Eurasian lynx) and ungulates. Current projects include: (1) the limiting role of large predators on ungulate numbers; (2) the impact of large herbivores (mainly red deer) on forest regeneration; and (3) the factors shaping the fluctuations of small rodents in the European temperate zone. He has been active in national campaigns for nature conservation. Dr. Jedrzejewski also worked on international ecological projects in the Russian Far East, and in Canada (Univ. New Brunswick and the Canadian Wildlife Service). He delivered lectures as a visiting scholar at the Universities of Lund (Sweden), of Helsinki and of Jyvaskyla (Finland), and of Siena (Italy). In 1999, Dr. Jedrzejewski was given the Award of the Prime Minister of Poland "For an Outstanding Scientific Achievement”. Such award specifically mentioned the book he authored titled "Predation in Vertebrate Communities – the Bialowieza Primeval Forest as a case study”, Springer Verlag 1998, Berlin - New York.