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Tzvetkov, P., Dedov, I., Beshkov, S., Shurulinkov, P., 2022. Environmental Dimensions. — In: Pickard, D. (eds) Urban Agriculture for Improving the Quality of Life. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham., pp. 111—134. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94743-9_6

Langourov, M., 2022. Butterflies of Bulgaria. Photographic field guide. — National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 355 pp. [PDF]

Hubenov, Z., 2022. Review of the Families of the Suborder Nematocera (Insecta: Diptera) of Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 74 (1): 9—26. [PDF]

Georgiev, G., Hubenov, Z., Mirchev, P., Georgieva, M., Matova, M., 2022. New tachinid parasitoids on pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Bulgaria. — Silva Balcanica, 23 (1): 5—10. doi:10.3897/silvabalcanica.23.e81890 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D., Dobrev, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Stoychev, S., 2022. Landscape alteration affects the demography of an endangered avian predator by reducing the habitat quality. — Avian Research, 13, Article 100030. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100030 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D., Boev, Z., Dobrev, D., Terziev, N., Nedyalkov, N., Stoychev, S., Petrov, T., 2022. Diet of Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) in Bulgaria: composition, distribution and variation. — Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e77746. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e77746 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D., 2022. Breeding parameters and factors infuencing the reproduction of an expanding Longlegged Buzzard (Buteo rufnus) population under high breeding density conditions. — Journal of Ornithology, 163: 405—415. doi:10.1007/s10336-022-01967-4 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. History of the Bulgarian ornithology (A review of the research fields and achievements for 277 years with complete bibliography). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, Supplement 3: 1—55. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. First record of the Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1823)) (Scolopacidae — Aves) in Bulgaria. — ZooNotes, 194: 1—3. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Avian remains from the Palace Center and the Citadel of the medieval capital Pliska of Bulgaria (10th century AD). — ZooNotes, 195: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Animal remains of the Late Antique fortified site (4th—6th century AD) near Shipot village (Vidin Region, NW Bulgaria). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7: 5—11. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Alpine ibex (Capra ibex Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria — fossil record, distribution and disappearance. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7: 13—20. [PDF]

Beshkov, S., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2022. Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) (Cossidae) and Lignyoptera fumidaria (Hübner, 1825) (Geometridae) — two Lepidoptera genera new for Serbia with a review of the distribution of these two Habitats Directive species in the Balkan Peninsula. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 51: 65—80. doi:10.37828/em.2022.51.8 [PDF]

Боев, З., 2022. Националният природонаучен музей при БАН под ръководството на д-р Нено Атанасов (1947—1962 г.) — 15 следвоенни години на траен подем. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7, [PDF]

Боев, З., 2022. Изкопаеми птици с името на България. — Природа — БАН, 1: 46—51. [PDF]

Zlatkov, B., Beshkov, S., Huemer, P., 2021. New Noctuoidea taxa from the Silver Coast of Bulgaria (Insecta: Lepidoptera). — Ecologica Montenegrina, 46: 98—119. doi:10.37828/em.2021.46.8 [PDF]

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N., 2021. Giant pelobatid fossil larva from the middle Miocene of Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (3): 29—42. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.43.031

Vergilov, V., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Georgieva, S., Slavchev, M., 2021. A case of Emys orbicularis (L.) feeding on newts from Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (2): 25—27. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.43.021

Soininen, E. M., Barrio, I., Bjørkås, R., Björnsdóttir, K., Ehrich, D., Hopping, K., Kaarlejärvi, E., Kolstad, A., Sokovina, S., Björk, R., Bueno, G., Eischeid, I., Finger, R., Forbey, J., Gignac, C., Gilg, O., den Herder, M., Hoset, K., Hwang, B., Jepsen, J. U., Kamenova, S., Kater, I., Koltz, A., Kristensen, J., Little, C., Macek, P., Mathisen, K. M., Metcalfe, D., Mosbacher, J., Mörsdorf, M., Park, T., Propster, J., Roberts, A., Sainnemekh, S., Serrano, E., Spiegel, M., Søndergaard, H., Tamayo, M., Tuomi, M., Verma, M., Vuorinen, K., Väisänen, M., van der Wal, R., Wilcots, M., Yoccoz, N., Speed, J. D. M., 2021. The effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map of the evidence. — Environmental Evidence, 7: 23.

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]

Shurulinkov, P., Bergkamp, P., Aleksandrov, N., Simeonov, P., Ralev, A., Tsvetkov, P., Popov, K., Daskalova, G., Dimitrova, K., Hristov, K., Hristov, I., Gradinarov, J., Tonev, I., Hotinov, B., Dimitrov, D. A., Ottensman, M., Rinaud, T., Chakarov, N., 2021. Vagrant species of birds captured at Durankulak ringing camp, NE Bulgaria, 2019—2020. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 89—94. doi:10.48027/hnb.42.121

Plant, C. W., Beshkov, S., Jakšić, P., King, A., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., 2021. First report of Acasis appensata (Eversmann, 1842) in Serbia with an examination of the genus Acasis Duponchel, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) on the Balkan Peninsula. — Acta Entomologica Serbica, 26 (1): 31—40. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5008943 [PDF]

Nedyakov, N., Vergilov, V., Zlatkov, B., 2021. Penis morphology of two European mole species (Soricomorpha, Talpidae). — Biologia. doi:10.1007/s11756-021-00738-5

Neby, M., Kamenova, S., Devineau, O., Ims, R. A., Soininen, E. M., 2021. Issues of under-representation in quantitative DNA metabarcoding weaken the inference about diet of the tundra vole Microtus oeconomus. — PeerJ, 9: e11936.

Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., Toshova, T. B., Beshkov, S., 2021. New Data for the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Sakar Mountain, Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. [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]

Langourov, M., Simov, N., Abadjiev, S., 2021. Three species of butterflies new for the North Aegean Island of Lemnos (Greece). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 42: 79—86. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.42.101

Langourov, M., 2021. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Vitosha Mt (Bulgaria) — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (1): 1—24. [PDF] doi:10.48027/hnb.43.011

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]

Korompai, T., Tóth, B., Beshkov, S., Szederjesi, T., 2021. Species Action Plan for Anker moth (Erannis ankeraria). — Bioaqua Pro Ltd, Debrecen et Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. [PDF (In Albanian); PDF (In Macedonian); PDF (In Montenegrin); PDF (In Serbian)]

Koren, T., Podnar, M., Mrnjavčić Vojvoda, A., Beshkov, S., Mihoci, I., Kučinić, M., 2021. Genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Croatia with some notes on the other Balkan countries: DNA barcoding, distribution and new records. — Ecologica Montenegrina, 48: 86—108. doi:10.37828/em.2021.48.12 [PDF]

Jablonski, D., Sillero, N., Oskyrko, O., Bellati, A., Čeirāns, A., Cheylan, M., Cogălniceanu, D., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Crochet, P.-A., Crottini, A., Doronin, I., Džukić, G., Geniez, P., Ilgaz, Ç., Iosif, R., Jandzik, D., Jelić, D., Litvinchuk, S., Ljubisavljević, K., Lymberakis, P., Mikulíček, P., Mizsei, E., Moravec, J., Najbar, B., Pabijan, M., Pupins, M., Sourrouille, P., Strachinis, I., Szabolcs, M., Thanou, E., Tzoras, E., Vergilov, V., Vörös, J., Gvoždík, V., 2021. The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones. — Amphibia-Reptilia. doi:10.1163/15685381-bja10069

Hubenov, Z., 2021. Species composition and distribution of the dipterans (Insecta: Diptera) in Bulgaria. — Pensoft and National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, 276 pp. doi:10.3897/ab.e68616 [PDF]

Gogaladze, A., Son, M. O., Lattuada, M., Anistratenko, V. V., Syomin, V. L., Pavel, A. B., Popa, O. P., Popa, L. O., ter Poorten, J.-J., Biesmeijer, J. C., Raes, N., Wilke, T., Trichkova, T., Hubenov, Z. K., Vinarski, M. V., Anistratenko, O. Yu., Alexenko, T. L., Wesselingh, F. P., 2021. Decline of unique Pontocaspian biodiversity in the Black Sea Basin: A review. — Ecology and Evolution 2021, 00: 1—25. doi:10.1002/ece3.8022 [PDF]

Gerdzhikov, G., Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Avramov, S., Demerdzhiev, D., Daskalova, G., Shurulinkov, P., 2021. White-backed (Lilford’s) Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi Sharpe & Dresser, 1871: Distribution and Population Density in Bulgaria. — North-Western Journal of Zoology (in press).

Dobrev, D., Tsiakiris, R., Skartsi, T., Dobrev, V., Arkumarev, V., Stara, K., Stamenov, A., Probonas, N., Kominos, T., Galanaki, A., Kret, E., Hallmann, B., Grubač, B., Sušić, G., Marinković, S., Hribšek, I., Skorić, S., Jerrentrup, H., Lucić, V., Kapelj, S., Stoyanov, G., Zakkak, S., Hristov, H., Stoychev, S., Sidiropoulos, L., Bino, T., Demerdzhiev, D., 2021. Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: A review. — Bird Conservation International, 1—16. doi:10.1017/S0959270921000198 [PDF]

Dobrev, D., Dobrev, V., Demerdzhiev, D., 2021. Human activities can hinder the breeding of a top avian predator: preliminary results. — Ornis Hungarica, 29 (2): 71—80. doi:10.2478/ orhu-2021-0020 [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