Participation in Congresses
Trigos-Peral G., Csata E., d’Ettorre P., Malewski T, Ślipiński P., Mika F.: Feeding for the heat: nutritional modulation of thermal resistance in ants. 8th Central European IUSSI Meeting, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, 27–30.08.2025.
Venn S., Trigos-Peral G., Sienkiewicz P., Konwerski S., Desiderato A. 2024. Functional traits determine species composition under different levels of disturbance in the urban green infrastructure of Warsaw, Poland. Oral presentation. XXI European Carabidologists Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 3-5 June 2024.
Csata E., Cordonnier M., Trigos-Peral G., Heinze J., Csősz S., Witek M., Markó B. 2024. Ant colonies buffer the negative effects caused by a fungal ectoparasite. Oral presentation. European IUSSI congress 2024, Laussane, Switzerland, 7-11 July 2024.
Trigos-Peral G., Kochanowski M., Ślipiński P., Witek M., Csata E. 2024 Abundance and specificity of Aegeritella (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) fungal infection in Red Wood Ants. Oral presentation. 9th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Sibiu, Romania. 8-11 September 2024.
Trigos-Peral G., Kochanowski M., Ślipiński P., Witek M., Csata E. 2024 Abundance and specificity of Aegeritella (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) fungal infection in Red Wood Ants. Oral presentation. 9th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Sibiu, Romania. 8-11 September 2024.
Castro-Cardoso M., Trigos-Peral G., Chiara V., Cordero-Rivera A., Sanmartín-Villar I.: Interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in eucalyptus plantations. Poster. XII European Conference of Entomology, Heraklion, Greece, 16–20 October 2023.
Trigos-Peral G., Witek M., Chudzik P., Lőrincz A., Sánchez-García D., Maák I.E., Heinze J. 2023. Development of ant colonies in an urban-rural gradient. Oral presentation. 6th Polish Congress of Genetics, Cracow, Poland, 27–30 June 2023.
Trigos Peral G., Maák I., Magdalena Witek, Daniel Sánchez García and Luca P. Casacci. 2022. Effect of urbanization on life history traits of the common garden ant Lasius niger. Book of abstracts, 8th Polish Evolutionary Conferences, Toruń, Poland, 19–21 September 2022.
Ślipiński P., Trigos-Peral G., Maák I. E., Wojciechowska I., Witek M. (2021): A dolgozók kora és a lárvák fejlődése során mért hőmérséklet hatása a dolgozók hőmérséklethez köthető táplálékkeresési kockázatvállalására a Formica cinerea hangyafaj esetében. XII. Magyar Ökológus Kongresszus (XII. Congress of Hungarian Ecologists), Vác, Hungary, 24-26 August 2021.
Chudzik P., Schmid S., Maák I. E., Witek M., Casacci L.P. , Czaczkes T., Sánchez García D., Kochanowski M., Heinze J., Trigos-Peral G. Urban heat island effect on Lasius niger foraging activity [El efecto de la isla de calor sobre la actividad de forrageo de Lasius niger]. Oral presentation. XVI Congreso Internacional de Mirmecología Taxomara 2021 - Virtual, on-line, 11–12 December 2021.
Trigos-Peral G., Juhász Orsolya, Máak Istvan. 2020. Wood ants, as important components of forest "immunity system". Oral presentation. 1er Simposio Iberoamericano de Mirmecología, 27–28 Noviembre and 4–5 December 2020, online, Grupo de Estudio de Hormigas Neotropicales (GEHN), Popayán, Colombia.
Maák I., Camera J., Casacci L. P., Barbero F., Trigos‐Peral G., Ślipiński P., Bonelli S., Zaccagno M., Witek M. How colony traits influence the collective behavior of Myrmica scabrinodis ants? Oral presentation. 8th CEWM, Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Regensburg, Germany, 27–29 September 2019.
Trigos‐Peral G., Maák I., Ślipiński P., Witek M. Influence of the individual personality on the task specialization in Camponotus vagus ants. Oral presentation. 8th CEWM, Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Regensburg, Germany, 27–29 September 2019.
Trigos-Peral G., Abril S., Angulo E. Linepithema humile vs Lasius neglectus: dos invasoras compitiendo por un territorio [Linepithema humile vs Lasius neglectus: two invasive species competing for a territory]. Oral presentation. XIV Congreso Ibérico de Mirmecología – Taxomara 2019, Chefchaouen, Moroccoo, 18–20 July 2019.
Ślipiński P., Trigos-Peral G., Maák I., Wojciechowska I., Witek M. The effect of worker’s development temperature on the personality variation among workers within ant colony? Poster. Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI 2019, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 19–21 March 2019.
Casacci L. P., Witek M., Trigos-Peral G., Ślipiński P., Czechowski W. Factors influencing the evolution of vibroacoustic signals in Myrmicinae ants. Oral presentation. Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI 2019, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 19–21 March 2019.
Trigos-Peral G., Abril S., Angulo E. 2019. Facing an invasion competing with an outstanding competitor: Lasius neglectus vs Linepithema humile. Poster. Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI 2019, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 19–21 March 2019.
Maák I.E., Ślipiński P., Trigos-Peral G., Witek M. 2018. The effects of habitat type and colony personality traits on the production of Myrmica ants. Oral presentation. XX Magyar Etológiai Társaság (XX. Conference of the Hungarian Ethological Society), Cluj Napoca, Romania, 23-25 November 2018.
Trigos Peral G., Abril S., Angulo E. 2018. Lasius neglectus vs Linepithema humile: two invasive species from different continents and similar strategy of colonization meeting in invaded areas. Poster. 6th Polish Evolutionary Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 26–28 September 2018.
Casacci L.P., Witek M., Trigos-Peral G., Ślipiński P., Czechowski W.: Evolution of vibroacoustic signals in myrmicinae ants. Oral presentation. 2nd International Symposium on Biotremology, Riva del Garda, Italy, 4–6 September 2018.
Maák I. E., Ślipiński P., Trigos-Peral G., Witek M. 2018. Habitat type and colony personality traits affect production in Myrmica ants”. Oral presentation. XVIII Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Guarujá, Brasil, 5–10 August 2018.
Trigos-Peral G., Maák I. E., Ślipiński P., Witek M. 2018. Personality traits and task performance in Camponotus vagus ants. Poster. XVIIIth Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Guarujá, Brasil, 5–10 August 2018.
Sánchez-García D., Cuesta-Segura A. D., Aleix Herraiz J., Trigos-Peral G., García García F., Catarineu C., Arcos González J., Fernández Martínez J. A. 2017. Listado actualizado de las hormigas de la península ibérica e islas baleares (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Poster. Congreso Ibérico de Mirmecología Taxomara 2016, Madrid, Spain, 21–24 July 2017.
Witek M., Ślipiński P., Trigos-Peral G., Maák I. 2017. The effect of habitat quality on ant colony personality. Oral presentation. 7th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Cracow, Poland, 21–24 April 2017.
Trigos-Peral G., Witek M., Ślipiński P., Babik H., CzechowskiW. 2017. Influence of management on the myrmecofauna of urban green areas of Warsaw. Oral presentation. 7th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Cracow, Poland, 21–24 April 2017.
Trigos-Peral G., Reyes-López J.L. 2016. Las hormigas como bioindicadores para la gestión de zonas verdes urbanas en el sur de la península ibérica. Propuesta de grupos funcionales. Poster. XI Congreso Ibérico de Mirmecología Taxomara 2016, Murcia, Spain, 13–15 July 2016.
Trigos-Peral G., Witek M., Ślipiński P., Babik H., Czechowski W. 2015. Urban parks in Warsaw: more managed, more suitable for ants?. Oral presentation. XI Congreso Ibérico de Mirmecología Taxomara 2016, Murcia, Spain, 13–15 July 2016.
Trigos-Peral G., Ślipiński P., Babik H., Witek M. 2015. Arms race between Myrmica ants and their social parasites. Oral presentation. III Polish Evolutionary Conference, Poznan, Poland, 24–26 September 2015.
Trigos-Peral G., Reyes-López J.L. 2015. Ants in urban green: Their relationship with the environment in a 10-year study in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Oral presentation. 6th CEWM. Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, Debrecen, Hungary, 24–27 July 2015.
Trigos-Peral G., Reyes-López J.L., Witek M. 2015. First list of ants of Natural Park of Sierra Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama (Andalusia, Spain): A new environment to discover. Poster. IV Central European Meeting of IUSSI, Lichtenfels, Germany, 26–29 April 2015.
Trigos-Peral G., Babik H., Grzés I.M., Morón D., Casacci L.P., Walter B., Ślipiński P., Witek M. 2015. Influence of goldenrod invasion on ant species diversity and colony life history traits. Oral presentation. IV Central European Meeting of IUSSI, Lichtenfels, Germany, 26–29 April 2015.
Congress - Organization & Member of committee
2019 - Member of the organizing and scientific committees of the XIV International Congress of Myrmecology - Taxomara 2019 Chefchaouen. Chefchaouen, Morocco, 18-20 July 2019. This congress counted with a total of 33 participants from three countries (Spain, Morocco and Poland).
2020 - Member of the organizing committee of the XV International Congress of Myrmecology - Taxomara 2020 Virtual. Online, 20-1 and 27-28 June 2020, celebrated during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This congress counted with a total of 104 participants from 5 countries (Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Poland and Germany).
2021 - Main organizer of the XVI Intenational Congress of Myrmecology - Taxomara Virtual 2021. Online, 11-12 December 2021. The congress counted with 103 participants from 15 countries in Europe, Africa and America. Link
2024 - Member of the scientific committee of the XVIII International Congress of Myrmecology - Taxomara 2024. Malaga, 17 - 19 July 2024.
2025 - Member of the scientific committee of the XIX International Congress of Myrmecology - Taxomara 2025. Girona, 9 - 11 July 2025.
Seminars
2019 – “Ecology of ants and their role as bioindicator” and “Invasive species”. Faculty of Sciences, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
2020 – “Talking about anthropization: pests, invasions, urban ecology and, of course, ants”. Biological Station of Doñana – CSIC, Seville, Spain.
2021 – “Ants, an amazing „tool” in urban ecology”. Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
2021 – “Diversity of ant studies”. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
2021 – Ants as bioindicators. Invited talk for the International day of women and girls in science at Instituto de Educación Secundaria Alfoz de Lara, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, Spain.
2023 – “Influence of urbanization on the ant foraging activity, individual development and food preferences”. Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
2024 – “Decoding Ants: Unravelling arthropod reactions to human activity”. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland.
2024 – “Urban challenges for ants”. Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
2025 – “Urban pressures on ant communities”. Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris, France.
2025 – “Urban pressures on ant communities”. Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.