We invite you to listen to Prof. Marian Giertych’s lecture entitled “Life on an oak tree - a local biodiversity hotspot”.

A hotspot is a place characterized by high biodiversity. Such a name can be given to our oak trees - Quercus. The oak, as a long-lived tree, is a host plant for a whole range of other organisms to which it provides food. It is inhabited by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of species of insects, many mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi, oak mistletoe parasitize on the shoots, and acorns provide food for many species of mammals and birds.