Nedko Nedyalkov

(Associate Professor, Dr, curator)

phone: (+359 87) 8546886, e-mail:

Born 7 September 1982, Chirpan.
Education: MSc in Ecology — Plovdiv University ‘Paisii Hilendarski’ (2006); PhD in Zoology — National Museum of Natural History (Sofia) (2014).

Research interests

Ecology, conservation, taxonomy and evolution of small mammals; feeding biology of birds of prey and owls.

Field experience

Bulgaria, Mongolia (2008), Kazakhstan (2009), Romania (2009), Turkey (2009—2014), Morocco (2013).

Most recent publications

Toshkova, N., Todorov, V., Deleva, S., Acosta-Pankov, I., Bekchiev, R., Langourov, M., Simov, N., Spasova, V., Nedyalkov, N., 2026. Beyond bats: hidden mammalian biodiversity in Bulgarian caves. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 48 (7): 165—177. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.071

Bekchiev, R., Nedyalkov, N., Kostova, R., Simov, N., Langourov, M., Acosta-Pankov, I., 2026. Sometimes they come back — Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869 (Leiodidae, Coleoptera) new genus and species for the fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 48 (4): 93—95. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.48.043

Tolchkov, V., Hodzhev, Y., Tsafarova, B., Nenova, R., Mikov, O., Simov, N., Slavov, G., Nedyalkov, N., Langurov, M., Bekchiev, R., Stoev, P., Nikolova M., Panaiotov, S., 2024. Human pathogens among bats. — Problems of Infectious Parasitic Diseases, 52 (2): 32—38. https://doi.org/10.58395/51hccc30

Boev, Z., Nedyalkov, N., Georgiev, D., Spassov, N., 2024. Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (Central Stara Planina Mts — Central North Bulgaria). — Geologica Balcanica, 53 (1) : 105—115. [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D. A., Dobrev, D. D., Delchev, A. G., Angelov, I. D., Terziev, N. G., Iliev, M. D., Georgiev, G. S., Boev, Z. N., Nedyalkov, N. P., Arkumarev, V. S., 2023. Distribution, population status, habitats, and conservation of Lesser Spotted Eagle in Bulgaria. — Proceedings of Conferences Raptors Conservation 2023, Suppl. 2: 32—34. https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-32-34 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D. A., Dobrev, D. D., Boev, Z. N., Nedyalkov, N. P., Delchev, A. G., Stoychev, S. A., Petrov, T. H., 2023. Grassland alterations do not affect breeding success, but lead to dietary shifts of Eastern Imperial Eagle, a top predator: a case of successful adaptation. — Proceedings of Conferences Raptors Conservation 2023, Suppl. 2: 290—294. https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-290-294 [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. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e77746 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D., Boev, Z., Dobrev, D., Nedyalkov, N., Petrov, T., 2022. Does Temporal and Spatial Diet Alteration Lead to Successful Adaptation of a Top Predator. — Diversity 2022, 14, 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14111000 [PDF]

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

Kryštufek, B., Hoffmann, I., Nedyalkov, N., Pozdnyakov, A., Vohralík, V., 2020. Cricetus cricetus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). — Mammalian Species, 52 (988): 10—26. https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/seaa001

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