Vladimir Todorov

Personal information

Contacts

vladimirtodorov.r@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9974-842X
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir-Todorov-5?ev=hdr_xprf

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth:
5 June 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria

Employment:

2021— now chief assistant at Theriology RG, Division of Biodiversity, Population Biology and Resources of Vertebrates IBER - BAS

2018—2019: Assistant at IBER-BAS

2020—2021: Biologist at IBER-BAS

Education:

2015 - 2021 PhD in Division of Biodiversity, Population Biology and Resources of Vertebrates, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Thesis topic: "Individual territories, activity and degree of synanthropoization of brown bear (Ursus arctos) on the territory of Stara Planina mountain" with supervisor Prof. Petar Genov

Research interests

Zoology, Conservation biology, Ecology, Species conservation and management, Evolutionary biology

Publications

Todorov, V. R., Zlatanova, D. P., Valchinkova, K. V.. Home range, mobility and hibernation of brown bears (Ursus arctos, ursidae) in areas with supplementary feeding. Nature Conservation Research, 5, 4, 2020, ISSN:2500-008X, DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2020.050

Todorov, V. R., Zlatanova, D. P., Valchinkova, K. V.. Brown bear behavioural response to capture: lessons learned from a small sample. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 73, 3, 2021, ISSN:0324-0770, 371-384

Dyugmedzhiev, A., Andonov, K., Todorov, V., Martínez del Mármol, G., Stanchev, N. A possible case of syntopy between Bitis arietans and Daboia mauritanica based on new reptile localities in southwestern Morocco. Herpetology Notes, 15, 2022, 33-46.

Todorov, V. R., Valchinkova, K., Kanchev, K.. Growth in a young male brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) (Mammalia: Carnivora) captured and tagged with GPS-GSM collar. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 44, 2, 2022, DOI:https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.021, 9-13

Todorov V. R., Spasova V. V., Simeonovska-Nikolova D., Ihtimanski I. S., Zareva-Simeonova K. T., Dolapchiev N., Ganchev R.. Characteristics of Dens of Brown Bear Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 (Carnivora: Ursidae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 75, 3, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER – BAS), 2023, ISSN:0324-0770, 331-341

Todorov, V., Dyugmedzhiev, A.. First described case of self-inflicted injury in a brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) following capture with an Aldrich snare. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 45, 11, 2023, ISSN:0205-3640, DOI:10.48027/hnb.45.111, 275-278

Bobeva. A, Nikova, P, Borisov, S, Koshev, Y, Todorov, V, Dimitrova, B, Ignatov, M, Rolečková, B, Uhlíková, J, Kachamakova, M. Recolonisation or invasion? First insights into the origin of the newly established beaver populations in Bulgaria using eDNA. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 74, 2025, DOI:10.25225/jvb.24119

Dyugmedzhiev, A.V., Andonov, K.I., Todorov, V.R., Stanchev, N.M.. A noteworthy observation of Corallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758) within the Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860) range in the Central Brazilian Amazonia. Herpetology Notes, 18, 2025, 715-719

Nikola Ganchev, Maria Kachamakova, Georgi Georgiev, Joost de Jong, Aleksandar Dutsov, Vladimir Todorov. Socio-demographic and environmental factors shape the distribution of bear-caused damages in a depopulating mountain region. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2025, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-02010-6

Katerina Zareva-Simeonova, Venislava Spasova, Daniela Simeonovska-Nikolova, Krastio Dimitrov, Vladimir Todorov, Kalina Valchinkova. Welfare Assessment of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) in Bulgarian Zoos and Rehabilitation Centres. 6, 2025, DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg6030045

Affiliation

Department

Animal Diversity and Resources

Division

Biodiversity, Population Biology and Resources of Vertebrates

Research group

Theriology

Хронология

Член от

10 години 37 седмици