Science
State-Funded Research
Trend Research into the status of environmental quality, patterns and mechanisms of structure, functioning, sensitivity, vulnerability, genetic diversity, adaptations, microevolution of natural ecosystems, habitats, species, communities under global change and anthropogenic impact, development of theoretical fundamentals and prediction
Theme The status of terrestrial fauna species, populations and communities (diversity, abundance, habitats, distribution, genetic peculiarities), and its changes over the past decades under the impact of global climate change and anthropogenic pressure (supervised by Dr Habil. M. Žalakevičius)
- Task Investigations and prediction of changes in the status of some bird species (abundance, habitats, distribution) – Laboratory of Avian Ecology (supervised by Dr Habil. M. Žalakevičius)
- Task Investigations of spatial structures, dynamics and functional links of separate ecosystem elements using modern geoinformation methods – Group of Geoinformation Systems (supervised by Dr M. Dagys).
- Task Investigations into the activity of insects and pedobionts under the impact of global climate change during the period 2008–2012 – Laboratory of Entomology (supervised by P. Ivinskis).
- Task Assessment of the level of investigation of mammal species, development of the strategic guidelines for the management, use and protection of mammal populations – Laboratory of Mammalian Ecology (supervised by Ass. Prof. Dr L. Balčiauskas).
- Task Investigations of genetic diversity and factors influencing its formation in Galliformes, water and wetland bird species using molecular markers – Laboratory of Molecular Ecology (supervised by Dr D. Butkauskas)
Theme Regularities and mechanisms of adaptation and evolution processes in populations and communities of the aquatic fauna (supervised by Dr V. Kesminas)
- Task Investigations of regularities and mechanisms of adaptation processes of the aquatic fauna in different inland water bodies of Lithuania – Sector of Freshwater Ecology (supervised by Dr T. Virbickas)
- Task Experimental investigations of regularities and mechanisms of anthropogenic impact and its consequences on the functional systems of the aquatic fauna – Sector of Ecological Physiology and Toxicology (supervised by Dr N. Kazlauskienė)
- Task Investigations of functional and evolutionary ecology of aquatic organisms – Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts (supervised by Dr K. Arbačiauskas)
- Task Investigations of regularities of adaptation and evolutionary processes in hydrobiont populations and communities in the Baltic Sea coastal zone, Curonian Lagoon, Kaunas Water Reservoir and the lower reaches of the Nemunas River – Laboratory of Marine Ecology (supervised by Dr R. Repečka)
- Task Investigations of regularities of biological damages, adaptation processes and tolerance to ecological stress in different ecosystems and phylogenetic groups of aquatic organisms – Laboratory of Genotoxicology (supervised by Dr Habil. J. Baršienė)
Theme Intra- and interspecific relationships between organisms in communities: chemoecological and behavioural aspects (supervised by Dr Habil V. Būda)
- Task Investigations of intra- and interspecific interactions between organisms using infochemicals – Laboratory of Chemical Ecology and Behavioural Ecology (supervised by Dr V. Būda)
- Task Investigations of the behaviour and ecological features of insects and their impact on the relationships between species and individuals – Group of Evolutionary Ecology of Insects (supervised by Dr E. Budrys)
Theme Species diversity, pathogeny, specificity, distribution peculiarities and phylogeny of parasites under the impact of global climate change (supervised by Dr G. Valkiūnas)
- Task Investigations of morphological and genetic diversity, pathogeny, specificity, distribution peculiarities and phylogeography of parasites (coxidimorphic protists and helminths) under the impact of global climate change – P. B. Šivickis’ Laboratory of Parasitology (supervised by Dr G. Valkiūnas)