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Dr Dimitar Plachiyski
Dr Dimitar Plachiyski

Dimitar Plachiyski

(Senior Assistant, Dr)
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Date of birth: 2 July 1979. Birthplace: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria.
Education
— PhD, National Museum of Natural History — Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 2020
— MSc, Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2007

Research interests


Ornithology, conservation ecology, herpetology, palaeontology.

Most recent publications


Gerdzhikov, G., Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Avramov, S., Demerdzhiev, D., Daskalova, G., Shurulinkov, P., 2022. White-backed (Lilford’s) Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi Sharpe & Dresser, 1871: Distribution and Population Density in Bulgaria. — North-Western Journal of Zoology 18 (1): 65—70. Article No.: e211601. [PDF]

Dobrev, D., Dobrev, V., Hristova, P., Popgeorgiev, G., Demerdzhiev, D., Plachyiski, D., 2022. Long-term changes in a Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus wintering population in Southern Bulgaria. — Acta Ornithol., 57: 143—154. doi:10.3161/00016454AO2022.57.2.003 [PDF]

Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Avramov, S., Kornilev, Y., 2020. Habitat selection of “Мad Cocks” of the Western Capercaillies Tetrao urogallus (Galliformes: Phasianidae) from the fringe of the range: A case study from Rila Mts. (Bulgaria). — Ecologia Balkanica, 12 (1): 155—169.

Naumov, B., Popgeorgiev, G., Kornilev, Y., Plachiyski, D., Stojanov, A., Tzankov, N., 2020. Distribution and Ecology of the Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti, 1768) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 72 (1): 83—102.

Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Avramov, S., Boev, Z., 2018. The Balkan Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus rudolfi Dombrowski, 1912 (Galliformes: Phasianidae): Distribution History and Current Status in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 70 (1): 101—111. [PDF]

Iankov, P., Petkov, N., Plachiyski, D., Ratarova, V., Vasilev, V., Popgeorgiev, G., 2018. Handbook for identification and conservation of the forest birds. — BSPB, Conservation Series, Book 35. BSPB, Sofia, 203 pp.

Gerdzhikov, G., Georgiev, K., Plachiyski, D., Zlatanov, Tz., Shurulinkov, P., 2018. Habitat Requirements of the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi (Sharpe & Dresser, 1871) (Piciformes: Picidae) in Strandzha Mountain, Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 70 (4): 527—534.

Плачийски, Д., Рътарова, В., Демерджиев, Д., Чешмеджиев, С., Фердинандова, В., Аркумарев, В., Баталов, Д., Василев, Н., 2018. План за действие за малкия креслив орел (Clanga pomarina) в България за периода 2019—2028 г. — БДЗП, ИАГ и МОСВ, София: 88 с.

Shurulinkov, P., Daskalova, G., Avramov, S., Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Gerdzhikov, G., Angelova, K., 2016. Action plan for the Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) in Bulgaria (2016—2025). — Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation, Sofia, 57 pp.

Shurulinkov, P., Daskalova, G., Avramov, S., Plachiyski, D., Popgeorgiev, G., Gerdzhikov, G., Angelova, K., 2015. Action plan for the White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) in Bulgaria (2016—2025). — Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation, Sofia, 73 pp.


More complete list of publications — section e-Natura | Staff publications