Barbara Seget
Research Assistant
Research interests
- Plant-animal interactions.
- Ecology of Sorbus aucuparia.
- Plants adaptations to stress conditions.
Higher education and employment history
- MSc degree at the Jagiellonian University.
- Engineer's degree at the Cracow University of Technology.
- Research assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (since 2014).
International experience
- Republic of South Africa (2015) – 1-month stay at the Materials Research Department, iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, National Research Foundation, Somerset West.
- Switzerland (2016) – 7-week stay at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf.
- Switzerland (2017) – several-day training: "Practical course in advanced microscopy" within the 11th Microscopy Winter School 2017; Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich; Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy, ETH Zurich.
- Switzerland (2017) – 3-week stay at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf.
- Switzerland (2018) – 8-week stay at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf.
- Switzerland (2018) – several-day stay at the Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich.
Research projects
- Effects of zinc and cadmium hyperaccumulator – Arabidopsis halleri on biological and chemical soil properties – pilot studies (2014); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
- Field reciprocal transplant experiment of metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Arabidopsis halleri – experimental design (2015); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
- Field reciprocal transplant experiment of metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Arabidopsis halleri – measurements of the first season (2016); grant "Young Scientists"; W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS – project leader.
- METALink: Linking environmental, genomic, and phenotypic information to study the adaptation of Arabidopsis halleri to metal-polluted soils (2016–2017); Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL – contractor.
- Adaptation of Arabidopsis halleri to metal-polluted soils: linking environmental, genomic, and phenotypic information (2016–2018); Fundation for Polish Science – contractor (PhD stypendist).
- Linking individual plants masting behavior with their reproductive success. Is mast seeding under genetic control? (2020–2023); grant no. 2019/33/B/NZ8/01345; National Science Centre (NCN) – contractor.
Recent publications (selected)
Bogdziewicz M., Acuña M.-C.A., Andrus R., Ascoli D., Bergeron Y., Brveiller D., Boivin T., Bonal R., Caignard T., Cailleret M., Calama R., Calderon S.D., Camarero J.J., Chang-Yang C.-H., Chave J., Chianucci F., Cleavitt N.L., Courbaud B., Cutini A., Curt T., Das A.J., Davi H., Delpierre N., Delzon S., Dietze M., Dormont L., Farfan-Rios W., Gehring C.A., Gilbert G.S., Gratzer G., Greenberg C.H., Guignabert A., Guo Q., Hacket-Pain A., Hampe A., Han Q., Hoshizaki K., Ibanez I., Johnstone J.F., Journé V., Kitzberger T., Knops J.M.H., Kunstler G., Kobe R., Lageard J.G.A., LaMontagne J.M., Ledwon M., Leininger T., Limousin J.-M., Lutz J.A., Macias D., Marell A., McIntire E.J.B., Moran E., Motta R., Myers J.A., Nagel T.A., Naoe S., Noguchi M., Oguro M., Kurokawa H., Ourcival J.-M., Parmenter R., Perez-Ramos I.M., Piechnik L., Podgórski T., Poulsen J., Qiu T., Redmond M.D., Reid C.D., Rodman K.C., Šamonil P., Holik J., Scher C.L., Van Marle H.S., Seget B., Shibata M., Sharma S., Silman M., Steele M.A., Straub J.N., Sun I.-F., Sutton S., Swenson J.J., Thomas P.A., Uriarte M., Vacchiano G., Veblen T.T., Wright B., Wright S.J., Whitham T.G., Zhu K., Zimmerman J.K., Zywiec M., Clark J.S. 2023. Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 683–694. DOI
Qiu T., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., Bergeron Y., Bogdziewicz M., Boivin T., Bonal R., Caignard T., Cailleret M., Calama R., Calderon S.D., Camarero J.J., Chang-Yang C.-H., Chave J., Chianucci F., Courbaud B., Cutini A., Das A.J., Delpierre N., Delzon S., Dietze M., Dormont L., Espelta J.M., Fahey T.J., Farfan-Rios W., Franklin J.F., Gehring C.A., Gilbert G.S., Gratzer G., Greenberg C.H., Guignabert A., Guo Q., Hacket-Pain A., Hampe A., Han Q., Holik J., Hoshizaki K., Ibanez I., Johnstone J.F., Journé V., Kitzberger T., Knops J.M.H., Kunstler G., Kurokawa H., Lageard J.G.A., LaMontagne J.M., Lefevre F., Leininger T., Limousin J.-M., Lutz J.A., Macias D., Marell A., McIntire E.J.B., Moore C.M., Moran E., Motta R., Myers J.A., Nagel T.A., Naoe S., Noguchi M., Oguro M., Parmenter R., Pearse I.S., Perez-Ramos I.M., Piechnik L., Podgorski T., Poulsen J., Redmond M.D., Reid C.D., Rodman K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez F., Samonil P., Sanguinetti J.D., Scher C.L., Seget B., Sharma S., Shibata M., Silman M., Steele M.A., Stephenson N.L., Straub J.N., Sutton S., Swenson J.J., Swift M., Thomas P.A., Uriarte M., Vacchiano G., Whipple A.V., Whitham T.G., Wion A.P., Wright S.J., Zhu K., Zimmerman J.K., Zywiec M., Clark J.S. 2023. Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature Plants 9: 1044–1056. DOI
Hacket-Pain A., Foest J.J., Pearse I.S., LaMontagne J.M., Koenig W.D., Vacchiano G., Bogdziewicz M., Caignard T., Celebias P., van Dormolen J., Fernández-Martínez M., Moris J.V., Palaghianu C., Pesendorfer M., Satake A., Schermer E., Tanentzap A.J., Thomas P.A., Vecchio D., Wion A.P., Wohlgemuth T., Xue T., Abernethy K., Aravena Acuña M.-C., Daniel Barrera M., Barton J.H., Boutin S., Bush E.R., Donoso Calderón S., Carevic F.S., de Castilho C.V., Manuel Cellini J., Chapman C.A., Chapman H., Chianucci F., da Costa P., Croisé L., Cutini A., Dantzer B., Justin DeRose R., Dikangadissi J.-T., Dimoto E., da Fonseca F.L., Gallo L., Gratzer G., Greene D.F., Hadad M.A., Herrera A.H., Jeffery K.J., Johnstone J.F., Kalbitzer U., Kantorowicz W., Klimas C.A., Lageard J.G.A., Lane J., Lapin K., Ledwoń M., Leeper A.C., Vanessa Lencinas M., Lira-Guedes A.C., Lordon M.C., Marchelli P., Marino S., Schmidt Van Marle H., McAdam A.G., Momont L.R.W., Nicolas M., de Oliveira Wadt L.H., Panahi P., Martínez Pastur G., Patterson T., Luis Peri P., Piechnik Ł., Pourhashemi M., Espinoza Quezada C., Roig F.A., Peña Rojas K., Micaela Rosas Y., Schueler S., Seget B., Soler R., Steele M.A., Toro-Manríquez M., Tutin C.E.G., Ukizintambara T., White L., Yadok B., Willis J.L., Zolles A., Żywiec M., Ascoli D. 2022. MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology 28: 3066–3082. DOI
Journé V., Andrus R., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., Berretti R., Berveiller D., Bogdziewicz M., Boivin T., Bonal R., Caignard T., Calama R., Camarero J.J., Chang-Yang C.-H., Courbaud B., Courbet F., Curt T., Das A.J., Daskalakou E., Davi H., Delpierre N., Delzon S., Dietze M., Donoso Calderon S., Dormont L., Maria Espelta J., Fahey T.J., Farfan-Rios W., Gehring C.A., Gilbert G.S., Gratzer G., Greenberg C.H., Guo Q., Hacket-Pain A., Hampe A., Han Q., Lambers J.H.R., Hoshizaki K., Ibanez I., Johnstone J.F., Kabeya D., Kays R., Kitzberger T., Knops J.M.H., Kobe R.K., Kunstler G., Lageard J.G.A., LaMontagne J.M., Leininger T., Limousin J.-M., Lutz J.A., Macias D., McIntire E.J.B., Moore C.M., Moran E., Motta R., Myers J.A., Nagel T.A., Noguchi K., Ourcival J.-M., Parmenter R., Pearse I.S., Perez-Ramos I.M., Piechnik L., Poulsen J., Poulton-Kamakura R., Qiu T., Redmond M.D., Reid C.D., Rodman K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez F., Sanguinetti J.D., Scher C.L., Marle H.S.V., Seget B., Sharma S., Silman M., Steele M.A., Stephenson N.L., Straub J.N., Swenson J.J., Swift M., Thomas P.A., Uriarte M., Vacchiano G., Veblen T.T., Whipple A.V., Whitham T.G., Wright B., Wright S.J., Zhu K., Zimmerman J.K., Zlotin R., Zywiec M., Clark J.S. 2022. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters 25: 1471–1482. DOI
Kurek P., Piechnik Ł., Wiatrowska B., Ważna A., Nowakowski K., Pardavila X., Cichocki J., Seget B. 2022. Badger Meles meles as ecosystem engineer and its legal status in Europe. Animals 12: 898. DOI
Qiu T., Andrus R., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., Bergeron Y., Berretti R., Berveiller D., Bogdziewicz M., Boivin T., Bonal R., Bragg D.C., Caignard T., Calama R., Camarero J.J., Chang-Yang C.-H., Cleavitt N.L., Courbaud B., Courbet F., Curt T., Das A.J., Daskalakou E., Davi H., Delpierre N., Delzon S., Dietze M., Calderon S.D., Dormont L., Espelta J., Fahey T.J., Farfan-Rios W., Gehring C.A., Gilbert G.S., Gratzer G., Greenberg C.H., Guo Q., Hacket-Pain A., Hampe A., Han Q., Hille Ris Lambers J., Hoshizaki K., Ibanez I., Johnstone J.F., Journé V., Kabeya D., Kilner C.L., Kitzberger T., Knops J.M.H., Kobe R.K., Kunstler G., Lageard J.G.A., LaMontagne J.M., Ledwon M., Lefevre F., Leininger T., Limousin J.-M., Lutz J.A., Macias D., McIntire E.J.B., Moore C.M., Moran E., Motta R., Myers J.A., Nagel T.A., Noguchi K., Ourcival J.-M., Parmenter R., Pearse I.S., Perez-Ramos I.M., Piechnik L., Poulsen J., Poulton-Kamakura R., Redmond M.D., Reid C.D., Rodman K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez F., Sanguinetti J.D., Scher C.L., Schlesinger W.H., Schmidt Van Marle H., Seget B., Sharma S., Silman M., Steele M.A., Stephenson N.L., Straub J.N., Sun I.-F., Sutton S., Swenson J.J., Swift M., Thomas P.A., Uriarte M., Vacchiano G., Veblen T.T., Whipple A.V., Whitham T.G., Wion A.P., Wright B., Wright S.J., Zhu K., Zimmerman J.K., Zlotin R., Zywiec M., Clark J.S. 2022. Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications 13: 2381. DOI
Seget B., Bogdziewicz M., Holeksa J., Ledwoń M., Milne-Rostkowska F., Piechnik Ł., Rzepczak A., Żywiec M. 2022. Costs and benefits of masting: economies of scale are not reduced by negative density-dependence in seedling survival in Sorbus aucuparia. New Phytologist 233: 1931–1938. DOI
Seget B., Bogdziewicz M., Holeksa J., Ledwoń M., Piechnik Ł., Milne-Rostowska F., Kondrat K., Żywiec M. 2022. Masting increases seedling recruitment near and far: Predator satiation and improved dispersal in a fleshy-fruited tree. Journal of Ecology 110: 2321–2331. DOI
Bogdziewicz M., Szymkowiak J., Tanentzap A.J., Calama R., Marino S., Steele M.A., Seget B., Piechnik Ł., Żywiec M. 2021. Seed predation selects for reproductive variability and synchrony in perennial plants. New Phytologist 229: 2357–2364. DOI
Holeksa J., Żywiec M., Bogdziewicz M., Kurek P., Milne-Rostkowska F., Piechnik Ł., Seget B. 2021. Microsite-specific 25-year mortality of Norway spruce saplings. Forest Ecology and Management 498: 119572. DOI
Qiu T., Aravena M.-C., Andrus R., Ascoli D., Bergeron Y., Berretti R., Bogdziewicz M., Boivin T., Bonal R., Caignard T., Calama R., Camarero J.J., Clark C.J., Courbaud B., Delzon S., Calderon S.D., Farfan-Rios W., Gehring C.A., Gilbert G.S., Greenberg C.H., Guo Q., Lambers J.H.R., Hoshizaki K., Ibanez I., Journé V., Kilner C.L., Kobe R.K., Koenig W.D., Kunstler G., LaMontagne J.M., Ledwon M., Lutz J.A., Motta R., Myers J.A., Nagel T.A., Nuñez C.L., Pearse I.S., Piechnik Ł., Poulsen J.R., Poulton-Kamakura R., Redmond M.D., Reid C.D., Rodman K.C., Scher C.L., Van Marle H.S., Seget B., Sharma S., Silman M., Swenson J.J., Swift M., Uriarte M., Vacchiano G., Veblen T.T., Whipple A.V., Whitham T.G., Wion A.P., Wright S.J., Zhu K., Zimmerman J.K., Żywiec M., Clark J.S. 2021. Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence. PNAS 118: e2106130118. DOI
Skórka P., Banach A., Banasiak M., Bokalska-Rajba J., Bonk M., Czachura P., García-Rodríguez A., Gaspar G., Hordyńska N., Kaczmarczyk A., Kapłoniak K., Kociński M., Łopata B., Mazur E., Mirzaei M., Misiewicz A., Parres A., Przystałkowska A., Pustkowiak S., Raczyński M., Sadura I., Splitt A., Stanek M., Sternalski J., Wierzbicka A., Wiorek M., Zduńczyk P. 2021. Congruence between the prioritisation of conservation problems at the local and national scale: an evaluation by environmental scientists in Poland. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28: 35317–35326. DOI
Milne-Rostkowska F., Holeksa J., Bogdziewicz M., Piechnik Ł., Seget B., Kurek P., Buda J., Żywiec M. 2020. Where can palatable young trees escape herbivore pressure in a protected forest? Forest Ecology and Management 47: 118221. DOI
Piszczek M.A., Izworska K., Kapusta P., Kurek P., Piechnik Ł., Seget B., Szarek-Łukaszewska G., Zielonka T., Holeksa J. 2020. Cięcia przygodne i pielęgnacyjne a ilość martwego drewna na terenie obszaru Natura 2000 "Puszcza Niepołomicka". Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 27: 155–167. DOI
Żywiec M., Ledwoń M., Holeksa J., Seget P., Łopata B., Fedriani J.M. 2018. Rare events of massive plant reproductive investment lead to long‐term density‐dependent reproductive success. Journal of Ecology 106: 1307–1318. DOI