Main research interests
- Behavioral ecology of insects.
- Animal psychology.
- Stress ecology.
Current research tasks
- Cognitive abilities of sedentary predators, on an example of larval antlions.
- Thermal biology and systematics of Myrmeleontidae and Vermileonidae.
- Social behaviour of ants (Formicidae).
Publication list
Antoł W. , Surmacz B. , Ostap-Chec M., Stec D. , Miler K.
Do Shifts in Honeybee Crop Microbiota Enable Ethanol Accumulation? A Comparative Analysis of Caged and Foraging Bees.
Arct A., Martyka R., Miler K. , Skorb K., Gustafsson L., Drobniak S.M.
The impact of weather conditions on avian breeding performance: insights from a long-term study.
Ostap-Chec M. , Antoł W. , Bajorek D., Berbeć E., Moroń D. , Rapacz M., Miler K.
Meta-analysis and experimental evidence reveal no impact of Nosema ceranae infection on honeybee carbohydrate consumption.
Ostap-Chęć M., Antoł W. , Bajorek D., Stec D. , Miler K.
Honeybees show an increased preference for dietary alcohol when parasitized.
Ostap-Chęć M., Bajorek D., Antoł W. , Stec D. , Miler K.
Honey bees are resilient to the long-term presence of alcohol in their diet.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Budzik K., Matsko Y., Miler K.
Distribution of tardigrade cryptobiotic abilities across a fine-scale habitat gradient.
Turza F., Stec D. , Fontaneto D., Miler K.
Life expectancy in ants explains variation in helpfulness regardless of phylogenetic relatedness.
Ostap-Chec M., Bajorek D., Antoł W. , Stec D. , Miler K.
Occasional and constant exposure to dietary ethanol shortens the lifespan of worker honey bees.
Ostap-Chec M., Cait J., Scott R.W., Arct A. , Moroń D. , Rapacz M., Miler K.
Nosemosis negatively affects honeybee survival: experimental and meta-analytic evidence.
Miler K. , Scharf I.
Behavioral differences between pit-building antlions and wormlions suggest limits to convergent evolution.
Turza F., Miler K.
Injury shortens life expectancy in ants and affects some risk-related decisions of workers.
Miler K. , Czarnoleski M.
Heat stress during development makes antlion larvae more responsive to vibrational cues.
Miler K. , Scharf I.
Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioral ecology of unrelated trap-building predators.
Miler K. , Scharf I.
Operant conditioning in antlion larvae and its impairment following exposure to elevated temperatures.
Miler K. , Scharf I.
Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit-building predator.
Miler K. , Stec D., Pardyak L., Kamińska A., Kuszewska K.
No increase in alcohol dehydrogenase levels following repeated ethanol exposure in young honeybee workers.
Turza F., Miler K.
Comparative analysis of experimental testing procedures for the elicitation of rescue actions in ants.
Miler K. , Czarnoleski M.
Past thermal conditions affect hunting behaviour in larval antlions.
Miler K. , Opalek M., Ostap-Chec M., Stec D.
Diel rhythmicity of alcohol-induced intoxication in the honeybee workers.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Kamińska A., Pardyak L., Kuszewska K.
Alcohol intoxication resistance and alcohol dehydrogenase levels differ between the honeybee castes.
Miler K. , Turza F.
“O Sister, Where Art Thou?”—A Review on Rescue of Imperiled Individuals in Ants.
Ostap-Chec M., Opalek M., Stec D. , Miler K.
Discontinued alcohol consumption elicits withdrawal symptoms in honeybees.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Czarnoleski M.
Heat wave effects on the behavior and life history traits of sedentary antlions.
Turza F., Zuber G., Bzoma M., Prus M., Filipiak M., Miler K.
Ants co-occurring with predatory antlions show unsuccessful rescue behavior towards captured nestmates.
Kuszewska K., Miler K. , Woyciechowski M.
Rebel honeybee workers preferentially respond to high concentrations of sucrose.
Miler K. , Gurgul A., Peryga M., Czarnoleski M.
Larger leeches attack from higher ground: size-dependent preferences for ambush sites in the Bornean terrestrial leech Haemadipsa picta.
Miler K. , Yahya B.E., Czarnoleski M.
Substrate moisture, particle size and temperature preferences of trap-building larvae of sympatric antlions and wormlions from the rainforest of Borneo.
Antoł A., Rojek W., Miler K. , Czarnoleski M.
Thermal dependence of trap building in predatory antlion larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae).
Kuszewska K., Miler K. , Rojek W., Ostap-Chęć M., Woyciechowski M.
Rebel honeybee workers have a tendency to become intraspecific reproductive parasites.
Kuszewska K., Miler K. , Woyciechowski M.
Honeybee rebel workers invest less in risky foraging than normal workers.
Miler K. , Kuszewska K., Privalova V., Woyciechowski M.
Honeybees show adaptive reactions to ethanol exposure.
Miler K. , Kuszewska K., Zuber G., Woyciechowski M.
Larval antlions show a cognitive ability/hunting efficiency trade-off connected with the level of behavioural asymmetry.
Miler K. , Yahya B.E., Czarnoleski M.
Different predation efficiencies of trap-building larvae of sympatric antlions and wormlions from the rainforest of Borneo.
Kuszewska K., Miler K. , Rojek W., Woyciechowski M.
Honeybee workers with higher reproductive potential live longer lives.
Miler K. , Kuszewska K.
Secretions of mandibular glands are not involved in the elicitation of rescue behaviour in Formica cinerea ant.
Miler K. , Kuszewska K., Woyciechowski M.
Larval antlions with more pronounced behavioural asymmetry show enhanced cognitive skills.
Miler K. , Symonowicz B., Godzińska E.J.
Increased risk proneness or social withdrawal? The effects of shortened life expectancy on the expression of rescue behavior in workers of the ant Formica cinerea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Miler K. , Yahya B.E., Czarnoleski M.
Pro-social behaviour of ants depends on their ecological niche – rescue actions in species from tropical and temperate regions.
Kuszewska K., Miler K. , Filipiak M., Woyciechowski M.
Sedentary antlion larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) use vibrational cues to modify their foraging strategies.
Miler K. , Yahya B.E., Czarnoleski M.
Reduced damage and epiphyll cover of leaves of Korthalsia rattans that host Camponotus ants in the rain forest of Malaysian Borneo.
Plesnar-Bielak A., Skrzynecka A.M., Miler K. , Radwan J.
Selection for alternative male reproductive tactics alters intralocus sexual conflict.