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, BulgariaEmployment:
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
History
- Member for
- 10 years 37 weeks