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Simov, N., Langourov, M., Sakalian, V., Bozukov, V., 2021. First fossil jewel beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Middle Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 31—34. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.052

Simov, N., Langourov, M., Pavlova, A., Hubenov, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. First record of fossil Diptera (Insecta) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences 74 (2): 233—240. doi:10.7546/CRABS.2021.02.10 [PDF]

Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., Beshkov, S., Kucherenko, E. E., Efetov, K. A., 2021. Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) rediscovered in the Republic of North Macedonia by using sex attractant traps (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). — SHILAP Revta. lepid., 49 (193): 161—170. [PDF]

Koynova, T. V., Valkova, S. I., Simov, N. P., Langourov, M. S., Natchev, N. D., 2021. Data on the Stomach Content Analysis and Fat-body Morphology in the Agile Frog (Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838) during the Mating Season in Bulgaria. — Ecologia Balkanica, 13 (1): 27—33. [PDF]

Dembicz, I., Velev, N., Boch, S., Janišová, M., Palpurina, S., Pedashenko, H., Vassilev, K., Dengler, J., 2021. Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional-taxonomic groups. — Journal of Vegetation Science, 32: e12935. doi:10.1111/jvs.12935

Deák, B., Kovács, B., Rádai, Z., Apostolova, I., Kelemen, A., Kiss, R., Lukács, K., Palpurina, S., Sopotlieva, D., Báthori, F., Valkó, O., 2021. Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes. — Science of The Total Environment, 763: 144199. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144199

Boev, Z., Popgeorgiev, G., 2021. Animal remains of the medieval settlement (9th—10th century A. D.) near Nedan village (Veliko Tarnovo Region, CN Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 170: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. Satovcha (Blagoevgrad Distict, SW Bulgaria), a new Middle Miocene avian locality. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 74 (3): 406—411. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) (Lep. Cossidae) re-discovered in Bulgaria with notes of some other surprising findings in the Dragoman Natura 2000 Protected Area. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var., 133: 22—30. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Lepidoptera II (Lepidoptera: Macrolepidoptera). — Ecologica Montenegrina, 42: 1—44. doi:10.37828/em.2021.42.1 [PDF]

Albu, V., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Contribution to the identities and distribution patterns of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Romania. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 25—30. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.051

Abadjiev, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. Type specimens of Zygaenidae in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 9—13. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.031

Боев, З., 2021. Кафявата мечка — хищник с интересна история в България. — Природа — БАН, 1: 106—112. [PDF]

Zlatkov, B., Stefanov, S., Gashtarov, V., Vergilov, V., 2020. New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 99—101. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.41.12003

Ziv, G., Beckmann, M., Bullock, J., Cord, A., Delzeit, R., Domingo, C., Dreßler, G., Hagemann, N., Masó, J., Müller, B., Neteler, M., Sapundzhieva, A., Stoev, P., Stenning, J., Trajković, M., Václavík, T., 2020. BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy. — Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6: e52052. doi:10.3897/rio.6.e52052

Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Garevska, B., Hristova, L., Spassov, N., 2020. Sedimentary study of the Upper Miocene fossiliferous deposits in the Tikvesh Basin, Republic of North Macedonia. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 73 (4): 516—520. doi:10.7546/CRABS.2020.04.10

Vahtera, V., Stoev, P., Akkari, N., 2020. Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania. — ZooKeys, 1004: 1—26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537

Vacheva, E. D., Naumov, B. Y., Tzankov, N. D., 2020. Diversity and Habitat Preferences in Lizard Assemblages (Reptilia: Sauria) from Model Territories in Western Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 [accepted paper].

Tyufekchieva, V., Vidinova, Y., Evtimova, V., 2020. Chapter: Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts. — In: Georgiev, D., Bechev, D., Yancheva, V. (eds) Fauna of Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts., Part 1, ZooNotes: 60—65.

Troya, P., Gómez, F., 2020. Rastreadores colaboran en una reserva india de Nuevo México. — Quercus, 412: 46—47.

Tomaskinova, J., Dicks, L., Collier, M., Geneletti, D., Grace, M., Longato, D., Sadula, R., Stoev, P., Sapundzhieva, A., Balzan, M. V., 2020. Capacity-building and networking events for nature-based solutions and re-naturing in Malta. — Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6: e60893. doi:10.3897/rio.6.e60893

Todorov, M., Trichkova, T., Hubenov, Z., Jurajda, P., 2020. Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), a New Invasive Alien Species of European Union Concern in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 (1): 113—121. [PDF]

Todorov, M., Kenderov, M., Botev, I., Hubenov, Z., Trichkova, T., 2020. First Records of Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy, 1851) (Bryozoa: Plumatellida: Pectinatellidae) in the Bulgarian Shoreline Zone of the Danube River. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 (4): 611—617. [PDF]

Stuke, J. H., Beuk, P. L. T., Fahldieck, M., Flügel, H. J., Heiss, Rr., Kehlmaier, C., Kuhlisch, C., Mengual, X., Pavlova, A., Pont, A. C., Reimann, A., Rulik, B., Ssymank, A., Streese, N., von Tschirnhaus, M,. Werner, D., Ziegler, J., 2020. Funde von Zweiflüglern (Insecta: Diptera) während des 35. Treffens des Arbeitskreises Diptera in Hitzacker, Niedersachsen (Deutschland). — Studia dipterologica, 23 (2) 2016: 267—297. [PDF]

Stoianova, D., Simov, N., Vu, M. Q., Nguyen, D. M., Grozeva, S., 2020. New data on karyotype, spermatogenesis and ovarian trophocyte ploidy in three aquatic bug species of the families Naucoridae, Notonectidae, and Belostomatidae (Nepomorpha, Heteroptera). — Comparative Cytogenetics, 14 (1): 139—156. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.V14i1.48709

Šmiga, L., Fedorčák, J., Faltýnková, A., Stefanov, T., Bystrianska, J., Halačka, K., Koščová, L., Koščo, J., 2020. Endohelminth Parasites in Loaches Cobitis spp. (Actinopterygii: Cobitidae), with the First Record of Allocreadium transversale (Rudolphi, 1802) (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica.

Shurulinkov, P., Daskalova, G., Popov, K, Dalakchieva, S.,Tsonev, R., Dimchev, I., Ralev, A., 2020. Recent changes in the presence status and numbers of ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the Eastern Balkans. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 41—49. doi:10.48027/hnb.41.06001

Prieß-Buchheit, J., Aro, A. R., Demirova, I., Lanzerath, D., Stoev, P., Wilder, N., 2020. Rotatory role-playing and role-models to enhance the research integrity culture. — Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6: e53921. doi:10.3897/rio.6.e53921

Plant, C. W., Beshkov, S., Nahirnić, A., 2020. A new species of Elegia (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) from the Balkan Peninsula. — Nota Lepidopterologica, 43: 311—318. doi:10.3897/nl.43.54508 [PDF]

Pilotto, F., Kühn, I., Adrian, R., Alber, R., Alignier, A., Andrews, C., Bäck, J., Barbaro, L., Beaumont, D., Beenaerts, N., Benham, S., Boukal, D. S., Bretagnolle, V., Camatti, E., Canullo, R., Cardoso, P. G., Ens, B. J., Everaert, G., Evtimova, V. et al., 2020. Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe. — Nature Communications, 11: 3486.

Pavlova, A., Stojanova, A., 2020. Interesting Features Of The Winter Activity Of Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Мycetophilidae) In Critically Endangered Мediterranean Habitats In Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Suppl. 15: 129—140. [PDF]

Pavlova, A., 2020. New and rare fungus gnats for the fauna of Bulgaria (Diptera: Nematocera: Mycetophilidae) — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 27—31. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.41.04001

Pavlova, A., 2020. First study of fungus gnats (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaroidea) in Tisata Reserve (SW Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 154: 1—4. [PDF]

Oláh, J., Vinçon, G., Andersen, T., Beshkov, S., Ciubuc, C., Coppa, G., Hendrich, L., Johanson, K. A., Salokannel, J., Szczesny, B., 2020. Revision of the European Rhyacophila fasciata species complex by fine phenomics of the paramere (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). — Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 51 (1): 21—54. [PDF]

Nikolov, V., Yaneva, M., Dochev, D., Konyovska, R., Sergeeva, I., Hristova, L., 2020. Bone histology reveals the first record of titanosaur (Dinosauria; Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bulgaria. — Palaeontologia Electronica, 23 (1): a10. doi:10.26879/879

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Pavlishina, P., Brusatte, S., Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Vergilov, V., Simov, N., Spassov, N., Hristova, L., 2020. Welcome to “Cretaceous Park”: Three years of research at the Late Cretaceous tetrapod fossil site near the town of Tran, Western Srednogorie. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 81 (3): 141—143.

Nemitz-Kliemchen, M., Andres, C., Hofmann, S., Ramírez, A. M. P., Stoev, P., Tzankov, N., Schaffer, S., Bernhard, D., Henle, K., Schlegel, M., 2020. Spatial and genetic structure of a Lacerta viridis metapopulation in a fragmented landscape in Bulgaria. — Global Ecology and Conservation, 23: e01104. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01104

Naumov, B., Lukanov, S., Vacheva, E., 2020. Social media in service of biodiversity conservation: providing new locality for Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), a glacial relict in Bulgaria. — Herpetology notes, 13: 181—183.

Nagler, M., Praeg, N., …, Kenderov, L., …, Evtimova, V., …, Bodmer, P., 2020. Abundance and biogeography of methanogenic and methanotrophic microorganisms across European streams. — Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.14052

Meyburg, B., Angelov, I., Azar, S., 2020. A corridor of soaring bird migration in Lebanon on the Eastern Mediterranean flyway. — Sandgrouse, 42: 46—58. [PDF]