1) ecology and conservation of insects in anthropogenic landscapes
- importance of non-crop habitats for insects in temperate agroecosystems
- research of species and functional diversity of insect assemblages inhabiting post-industrial sites
- biodiversity research and practical conservation in urban environments
2) methodological research
- testing efficiencies of various sampling techniques applied in field entomology
- verification of data representativeness for commonly employed sampling techniques
- effects of functional traits on species detectability
3) biological invasions research
- comparison of species traits between native and invasive insects
- effects of invasive plants presence on insect assemblages
- evolutionary interactions between invasive species and their natural enemies
4) climate change research
- local adaptations of insects along geographical gradients
- effects of winter temperature on insect’s overwintering success
- distributions of insect species along elevational gradients
5) insect physiology research
- insect perception of electromagnetic waves (light colouration)
- sexual dimorphism in stress tolerance in insects
- sex differences in insect lifespan
- drivers of variation in individual stress tolerance within insect species
6) research on insect trophic interactions
- effects of fishes on fresh water insect assemblages
- interactions between insect hosts and parasitoids
- effects of plant traits on interactions with insect herbivores
- effects of vegetation structure on insect trophic interactions
7) evolutionary research of insect body size
- geographical gradients in body size within insect species
- mechanisms generating sexual size dimorphism
- sex specific selection pressure affecting insect body size