Paweł Ręk, PhD
E-mail: rek@amu.edu.pl
Phone/fax: +48 61 829 5705
RESEARCH INTEREST
My research focuses on understanding how information is coded in signals and later perceived and processed by the receiver, and what is the relationship between information content of the signal and signal evolution. I study communication and decision making in a wide range of biological systems, including birds (Rallidae) and insects (Orthoptera).
SHORT CV
2014-16 - postdoc in Rob Magrath Lab, Australian National University, Canberra2014 - Habilitation in biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; 2010 - Ph.D. in biology (zoology), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; 2003 - M.Sc. in biology (zoology), Wrocław University; 2001 - B.Sc. in biology, Wrocław University;
MEMBERSHIP/AWARDS
• 2012 - 2nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for the scientific achevements in 2011
• 2012 - Annual Award of Polish Academy of Sciences (for research on aggressive communication in corncrake)
• 2014 - 3nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for the scientific achievements in 2013
TEACHING & FACULTY SERVICE
Classes in: Biostatistics and Research methods in ecology
CURRENT PROJECTS
(1) Coding of information in the temporal patterns of calls in the Rallidae;(2) The adaptive significance of production of soft vocalization;(3) Function and information content of the courtship song in house crickets;(4) Heuristic decision making;These research projects are currently funded by:„Multimodality, Bayesian updating, and reliability in aggressive signalling of the corncrake (Crex crex)” - MNiSW (Ministry of Science and Higher Education - Poland) Iuventus Plus grant: 2012-13.„Vocal communication in rails - the use of syntactic signals to encode information during intra-sexual and inter-sexual interactions” - NCN (National Science Centre - Poland) SONATA grant: 2012-15.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Jedlikowski J, Polak M, Ręk P. (2022) Dear-enemy effect between two sympatric bird species. Animal Behaviour 185:19-26.
Jedlikowski J, Poplak M, Koperski P, Ręk P (2021) Response to heterospecific calls in non-passerine species: can two Rallidae species recognise each other based on their vocalisations? Ethology 127:710-719.
Jedlikowski, J., Polak, M., Brambilla, M., Ręk, P. (2021) Vocal and non-vocal behavior interact differently in territorial strategies of two sympatric Rallidae species. Journal of Ornithology 162:243-254.
Ręk, P., Magrath, R. (2020) Visual displays enhance vocal duet production and the perception of coordination despite spatial separation of partners. Animal Behaviour DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.002
Jedlikowski J., Polak M., Brambilla M., Ręk P. (2020) Vocal and non-vocal behavior interact differently in territorial strategies of two sympatric Rallidae species. Journal of Ornithology DOI: 10.1007/s10336-020-01808-2
Ręk, P., Magrath, R.D. (2017) Deceptive vocal duets and multimodal display in a songbird. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20171774.
Ręk, P., Magrath, R.D. (2016) Multimodal duetting in magpie-larks: how do vocal and visual components contribute to a cooperative signal's function? Animal Behaviour 117: 35-42.
Ręk, P., Kwiatkowska, K. (2016) Habitat complexity and the structure of vocalizations: a test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in three rail species (Rallidae). Ibis 158: 416-427.
Ręk, P. (2015) High functional complexity despite an extremely small repertoire of calls in the Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) Auk 132: 613-623. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-267.1
Ręk, P. (2014) Do aggressive signals evolve towards higher reliability or lower costs of assessment? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 2605-2613. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12512
Ręk, P. (2014) Acoustic location of conspecifics in a nocturnal bird: the Corncrake Crex crex. Acta Ethologica 17: 31-35. DOI: 10.1007/s10211-013-0155-3
Ręk, P. (2013) Soft calls and broadcast calls in the corncrake as adaptations to short and long range communication. Behavioural Processes 99: 121-129.
Ręk, P. (2013) Concrake males acquire new signal meanings during aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour 86: 451-457. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.042.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2013) Temporal patterns of broadcast calls in the corncrake encode information arbitrarily. Behavioral Ecology 24: 547-552.
Budka, M., Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S., Jurczak, K. (2012) Zagęszczenie samców derkacza Crex crex na wybranych powierzchniach w Polsce. Ornis Polonica 53: 165-174.
Ręk, P. (2012) Does mating experience of male house crickets affect their behavior to subsequent females and female choice? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1629-1637.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S., Budka, M. (2011) Functionally similar acoustic signals in the corncrake (Crex crex) transmit information about different states of the sender during aggressive interactions. Hormones and Behavior 60: 706-712.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2011) Non-passerine bird produces soft calls and pays retaliation cost. Behavioral Ecology 22: 657-662.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2011) No male identity information loss during call propagation through dense vegetation: The case of the corncrake. Behavioural Processes 86: 323-328.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2010) Sophistication and simplicity: conventional communication in a rudimentary system. Behavioral Ecology 21: 1203-1210.
Ręk, P. (2010) Testing the relationship between clutch size and brood size in the Coot (Fulica atra). Journal of Ornithology 151: 163-168.
Ręk, P. (2010) Komunikacja i sygnalizacja zwierząt. Kosmos 59: 459-466.
Ręk, P. (2009) Are changes in predatory species composition and breeding performance responsible for the decline of Coots Fulica atra in Milicz Ponds reserve (SW Poland)? Acta Ornithologica 44: 45-52.
E-mail: rek@amu.edu.pl
Phone/fax: +48 61 829 5705
RESEARCH INTEREST
My research focuses on understanding how information is coded in signals and later perceived and processed by the receiver, and what is the relationship between information content of the signal and signal evolution. I study communication and decision making in a wide range of biological systems, including birds (Rallidae) and insects (Orthoptera).
SHORT CV
2014-16 - postdoc in Rob Magrath Lab, Australian National University, Canberra2014 - Habilitation in biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; 2010 - Ph.D. in biology (zoology), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; 2003 - M.Sc. in biology (zoology), Wrocław University; 2001 - B.Sc. in biology, Wrocław University;
MEMBERSHIP/AWARDS
• 2012 - 2nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for the scientific achevements in 2011
• 2012 - Annual Award of Polish Academy of Sciences (for research on aggressive communication in corncrake)
• 2014 - 3nd class Team Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for the scientific achievements in 2013
TEACHING & FACULTY SERVICE
Classes in: Biostatistics and Research methods in ecology
CURRENT PROJECTS
(1) Coding of information in the temporal patterns of calls in the Rallidae;(2) The adaptive significance of production of soft vocalization;(3) Function and information content of the courtship song in house crickets;(4) Heuristic decision making;These research projects are currently funded by:„Multimodality, Bayesian updating, and reliability in aggressive signalling of the corncrake (Crex crex)” - MNiSW (Ministry of Science and Higher Education - Poland) Iuventus Plus grant: 2012-13.„Vocal communication in rails - the use of syntactic signals to encode information during intra-sexual and inter-sexual interactions” - NCN (National Science Centre - Poland) SONATA grant: 2012-15.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Jedlikowski J, Polak M, Ręk P. (2022) Dear-enemy effect between two sympatric bird species. Animal Behaviour 185:19-26.
Jedlikowski J, Poplak M, Koperski P, Ręk P (2021) Response to heterospecific calls in non-passerine species: can two Rallidae species recognise each other based on their vocalisations? Ethology 127:710-719.
Jedlikowski, J., Polak, M., Brambilla, M., Ręk, P. (2021) Vocal and non-vocal behavior interact differently in territorial strategies of two sympatric Rallidae species. Journal of Ornithology 162:243-254.
Ręk, P., Magrath, R. (2020) Visual displays enhance vocal duet production and the perception of coordination despite spatial separation of partners. Animal Behaviour DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.002
Jedlikowski J., Polak M., Brambilla M., Ręk P. (2020) Vocal and non-vocal behavior interact differently in territorial strategies of two sympatric Rallidae species. Journal of Ornithology DOI: 10.1007/s10336-020-01808-2
Ręk, P., Magrath, R.D. (2017) Deceptive vocal duets and multimodal display in a songbird. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20171774.
Ręk, P., Magrath, R.D. (2016) Multimodal duetting in magpie-larks: how do vocal and visual components contribute to a cooperative signal's function? Animal Behaviour 117: 35-42.
Ręk, P., Kwiatkowska, K. (2016) Habitat complexity and the structure of vocalizations: a test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in three rail species (Rallidae). Ibis 158: 416-427.
Ręk, P. (2015) High functional complexity despite an extremely small repertoire of calls in the Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) Auk 132: 613-623. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-267.1
Ręk, P. (2014) Do aggressive signals evolve towards higher reliability or lower costs of assessment? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 2605-2613. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12512
Ręk, P. (2014) Acoustic location of conspecifics in a nocturnal bird: the Corncrake Crex crex. Acta Ethologica 17: 31-35. DOI: 10.1007/s10211-013-0155-3
Ręk, P. (2013) Soft calls and broadcast calls in the corncrake as adaptations to short and long range communication. Behavioural Processes 99: 121-129.
Ręk, P. (2013) Concrake males acquire new signal meanings during aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour 86: 451-457. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.042.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2013) Temporal patterns of broadcast calls in the corncrake encode information arbitrarily. Behavioral Ecology 24: 547-552.
Budka, M., Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S., Jurczak, K. (2012) Zagęszczenie samców derkacza Crex crex na wybranych powierzchniach w Polsce. Ornis Polonica 53: 165-174.
Ręk, P. (2012) Does mating experience of male house crickets affect their behavior to subsequent females and female choice? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1629-1637.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S., Budka, M. (2011) Functionally similar acoustic signals in the corncrake (Crex crex) transmit information about different states of the sender during aggressive interactions. Hormones and Behavior 60: 706-712.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2011) Non-passerine bird produces soft calls and pays retaliation cost. Behavioral Ecology 22: 657-662.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2011) No male identity information loss during call propagation through dense vegetation: The case of the corncrake. Behavioural Processes 86: 323-328.
Ręk, P., Osiejuk, T.S. (2010) Sophistication and simplicity: conventional communication in a rudimentary system. Behavioral Ecology 21: 1203-1210.
Ręk, P. (2010) Testing the relationship between clutch size and brood size in the Coot (Fulica atra). Journal of Ornithology 151: 163-168.
Ręk, P. (2010) Komunikacja i sygnalizacja zwierząt. Kosmos 59: 459-466.
Ręk, P. (2009) Are changes in predatory species composition and breeding performance responsible for the decline of Coots Fulica atra in Milicz Ponds reserve (SW Poland)? Acta Ornithologica 44: 45-52.
