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Publications 2015

Research Articles in Scientific Journals
 
Akesson, S., Odin, C., Hegedues, R., Ilieva, M., Sjoholm, C., Farkas, A., Horvath, G. (2015) Testing avian compass calibration: comparative experiments with diurnal and nocturnal passerine migrants in South Sweden. Biology Open, 4(1): 35-47. DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149837 (pdf)
 
Angelov, G.B. (2015) Systematic position of Melica nutans L. within genus Melica L. (Poaceae) as judged by isoenzyme profiling. Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68(3): 337-342.
 
Antonova, V., Mitov, P., Dedov, I., Zapryanov, L., Todorov, E., Biserkov, V. (2015) Inventory of Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830 and Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Natura 2000 Network in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67 (3): 365-374.
 
Asghar, M., Hasselquist, D., Hansson, B., Zehtindjiev, P., Westerdahl, H., Bensch, S. (2015) Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds. Science, 347 (6220): 436-438. DOI:10.1126/science.1261121 (link)
 
Atanasova, M., Yordanov, N., Dimitrov, I., Berkov, S., Doytchinova, I. (2015) Molecular docking study on galantamine derivatives as cholinesterase inhibitors. Molecular Informatics, 34(6-7, SI): 394-403. DOI: 10.1002/minf.201400145 (link)
 
Bain O., Mutafchiev Y., Junker K., Guerrero R., Martin C., Lefoulon E., Uni S. (2015) Review of the genus Mansonella Faust, 1929 sensu lato (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new subspecies. Zootaxa, 3918 (2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.2.1 (pdf)
 
Berov, D., Ballesteros, E., Sales, M., Verlaque, M. (2015) Reinstatement of species rank for Cystoseira bosphorica Sauvagea (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie, 36(1): 65-80. DOI: 10.7872/crya.v36.iss1.2015.65 (link)
 
Bobeva, A., Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Dimitrov, D., Mathis, A., Bensch, S. (2015) Host preferences of ornithophilic biting midges of the genus Culicoides in the Eastern Balkans. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 29(3): 290-296. DOI: 10.1111/mve.12108 (link)
 
Bozukov, V., Ivanova, R. (2015) New taxonomic data on the palaeoflora from the Satovcha graben (Southwestern Bulgaria). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (5): 623-630.
 
Bukauskaite, D., Ziegyte, R., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T.A., Dimitrov, D., Ilgunas, M., Bernotiene, R., Markovets, M.Yu., Valkiunas, G. (2015) Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny. Parasites & Vectors, 8: 303. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0910-6 (pdf)
 
Catsadorakis, G., Onmus, O., Bugariu, S., Gul, O., Hatzilacou, D., Hatzofe, O., Malakou, M., Michev, T., Naziridis, T., Nikolaou, H., Rudenko, A., Saveljic, D., Shumka, S., Siki, M., Crivelli, A.J. (2015) Current status of the Dalmatian pelican and the great white pelican populations of the Black Sea/Mediterranean flyway. Endangered Species Research, 27(2): 119-130. DOI 10.3354/esr00659. (pdf)
 
Chassovnikarova, T., Rovatsos, M., Atanasov, N., Koshev, Y. (2015) Sex chromosome variability of Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) in the Southeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. Mammalian Biology, 80(4): 365-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2014.10.002 (pdf)
 
Chobanov, D.P., Kaya, S., Ciplak, B. (2015) Contribution to the taxonomy of Poecilimon bosphoricus species group (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae): two new species from its core range. Zootaxa, 3964(1): 63-76. (link)
 
Cortes, N., Alvarez, R., Osorio, E.H., Alzate, F., Berkov, S., Osorio, E. (2015) Alkaloid metabolite profiles by GC/MS and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities with binding-mode predictions of five Amaryllidaceae plants. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 102: 222-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.09.022 (pdf)
 
Cortes, N., Posada-Duque, R.A., Alvarez, R., Alzate, F., Berkov, S., Cardona-Gomez, G.P., Osorio, E. (2015) Neuroprotective activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition of five Amaryllidaceae species: A comparative study. Life Sciences, 122: 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.12.011.
 
Crise, A., Kaberi, H., Ruiz, J.,..., Karamfilov, V., ... , Papathanassiouh, E. (2015) A MSFD complementary approach for the assessment of pressures, knowledge and data gaps in Southern European Seas: The PERSEUS experience. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 95(1): 28-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.024 (pdf)
 
Dedov, I. (2015) Contribution to the knowledge of the gastropods (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Ilinska and Plakinska Mountains (Republic of Macedonia). ZooNotes, 77: 1-3.
 
Dimitrov, D., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T.A., Bernotiene, R., Ilgunas, M., Bukauskaite, D., Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Shapoval, A.P., Bolshakov, C.V., Markovets, M.Yu., Bensch, S., Valkiunas, G. (2015) Plasmodium spp.: An experimental study on vertebrate host susceptibility to avian malaria. Experimental Parasitology, 148: 1-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.11.005 (pdf)
 
Dimitrov, H.A., Kunchev, A.I., Markov, G.G. (2015) Haematological profile of natural populations of striped mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) from slightly anthropogenic influenced ecosystem in North-Eastern Bulgaria. Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 4 (1): 57-61.
 
Dyulgerova, S., Gramatikov, M., Pedashenko, H., Vassilev, K., Kati, V., Nikolov, S.C. (2015) Farmland birds and agricultural land abandonment: evidences from Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(2): 223-234. (pdf)
 
Ellis, L.T., Asthana, A.K., Srivastava, A., ... , Natcheva, R., ..., Park, S.J. (2015) New national and regional bryophyte records, 43. Journal of Bryology, 37(2): 128-146. DOI: 10.1179/1743282015Y.0000000003 (link)
 
Elshishka, M., Lazarova, S., Radoslavov, G., Hristov, P., Peneva, V.K. (2015) New data on two remarkable Antarctic species Amblydorylaimus isokaryon (Loof, 1975) Andrassy, 1998 and Pararhyssocolpus paradoxus (Loof, 1975), gen. n., comb. n. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). Zookeys, 511: 25-68. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.511.9793.
 
Erwin, T., Stoev, P., Georgiev, T., Penev, L. (2015) ZooKeys 500: traditions and innovations hand-in-hand servicing our taxonomic community. Zookeys, 500: 1-8. DOI 10.3897/zookeys.500.9844. (link)
 
Evtimova, V., Pandourksi, I., Trichkova, T. (2015) Zooplankton and its contribution to the diet of European perch (Perca fluviatilis) in two lowland reservoirs in Northwestern Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(1): 85-96. (pdf)
 
Fisher, J.A.D., Casini, M., Frank, K.T., Moellmann, C., Leggett, W.C., Daskalov, G. (2015) The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 370(1659). DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 (link)
 
Gateva, S., Angelova, O., Chankova, S. (2015) Double-strand breaks detection in human lymphocytes by constant field gel electrophoresis. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (4): 469-474.
 
Gecheva, G., Yurukova, L., Cesa, M., Cheshmedjiev, S. (2015) Monitoring of aquatic mosses and sediments: a case study in contaminated rivers, Bulgaria. Plant Biosystems, 149 (3): 527-536. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.857736.
 
Georgiev, D., Gloeer, P., Dedov, I., Irikov, A. (2015) Review of the genus Grossuana Radoman, 1973 (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from Bulgaria, with a description of a new species. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(2): 159-166. (pdf)
 
Georgiev, G., Gjonov, I., Sakalian, V. (2015) New records of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Strandzha mountain. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 17: 73-88.
 
Georgieva, G., Uzunov, Y. (2015) Macrozoobenthos diversity of two Bulgarian reservoirs according to some environmental parameters. International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science, 5 (3): 293-298.
 
Georgieva, L., Ivanov, I., Marchev, A., Aneva, I., Denev, P., Georgiev, V., Pavlov, A. (2015) Protopine production by Fumaria cell suspension cultures: effect of light. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 176(1): 287-300. DOI 10.1007/s12010-015-1574-6 (link)
 
Godunko, R.J., Vidinova, Y., Soldan, T. (2015) Redescription of Ecdyonurus (Ecdyonurus) russevi Braasch & Soldan, 1985 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 551-568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.6. (pdf)
 
Golemansky, V. (2015) Checklist of gregarines (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida and Neogregarinorida) from Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(2): 149-157. (pdf)
 
Gomaa, F., Yang, J., Mitchell, E.A.D., Zhang, Wen-Jing, Yu, Z., Todorov, M., Lara, E. (2015) Morphological and molecular diversification of Asian endemic Difflugia tuberspinifera (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida): a case of fast morphological evolution in protists? Protist, 166(1): 122-130. DOI 10.1016/j.protis.2014.11.004. (pdf)
 
Gorgorov, R., Traykova, B., Stanilova, M. (2015) Ex situ conservation of Centaurea davidovii Urum.: an in vitro approach. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (10): 1265-1270.
 
Gultepe, M., Coskuncelebi, K., Makbul, S., Vladimirov, V. (2015) Chromosome counts of Tragopogon L. (Asteraceae) from Turkey. Caryologia, 68(3): 193-199. (link)
 
Guralnick, R.P., Cellinese, N., Deck, J., Pyle, R.L., Kunze, J., Penev, L., Walls, R., Hagedorn, G., Agosti, D., Wieczorek, J., Catapano, T., Page, R.D.M. (2015) Community next steps for making globally unique identifiers work for biocollections data. Zookeys, 494: 133-154. DOI 10.3897/zookeys.494.9352. (link)
 
Hellgren, O., Atkinson, C.T., Bensch, S., Albayrak, T., Dimitrov, D.,... , Marzal, A. (2015) Global phylogeography of the avian malaria pathogen Plasmodium relictum based on MSP1 allelic diversity. Ecography, 38(8): 842-850 DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01158 (link)
 
Hristov, P., Teofanova, D., Neov, B., Radoslavov, G. (2015) Haplotype diversity in autochthonous Balkan cattle breeds. Animal Genetics, 46(1): 92-94. DOI: 10.1111/age.12253 (link)
 
Hristov, P., Teofanova, D., Neov, B., Shivachev, B., Radoslavov, G. (2015) Mitochondrial diversity in autochthonous cattle breeds from the Balkan Peninsula. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 60 (7): 311-318. DOI: 10.17221/8277-CJAS.
 
Hristova, V., Ivanov, D., Bozukov, V. (2015) Palaeobotanical data for climate change during the late miocene - early pliocene in Western Bulgaria. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (7): 897-902.
 
Ivanov, D. (2015) Climate and vegetation change during the late Miocene in southwest Bulgaria based on pollen data from the Sandanski Basin. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 221: 128-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.05.011
 
Ivanova, K., Zehtindjiev, P., Mariaux, J., Georgiev, B.B. (2015) Genetic diversity of avian haemosporidians in Malaysia: cytochrome b lineages of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) from Selangor. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 31: 33-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.01.004 (pdf)
 
Ivanova, T., Dimitrova, D., Gussev, C., Bosseva, Y., Stoeva, T. (2015) Ex situ conservation of Ruscus aculeatus L. - ruscogenin biosynthesis, genome-size stability and propagation traits of tissue-cultured clones. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 29(1): 27-32. DOI 10.1080/13102818.2014.984976. (pdf)
 
Jemia, M.B., Senatore, F., Bruno, M., Bancheva, S. (2015) Components from the Essential oil of Centaurea aeolica Guss. and C-diluta Aiton from Sicily, Italy. Records of Natural Products, 9 (4): 580-585.
 
Junker, K., Mariaux, J., Measey, G.J., Mutafchiev, Y. (2015) Meteterakis saotomensis n. sp (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Schistometopum thomense (Bocage) (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) on So Tom, Island. Systematic Parasitology, 92(2): 131-139. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-015-9588-6 (pdf)
 
Kaya, S., Chobanov, D.P., Skejo, J., Heller, K-G., Ciplak, B. (2015) The Balkan Psorodonotus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): Testing the existing taxa confirmed presence of three distinct species. European Journal of Entomology, 112 (3): 525-541.
 
Kopf, A., Bicak, M., Kottmann, R., Schnetzer, J., ... Todorova, N., Karamfilov, V.,..., Gloeckner, F.O. (2015) The ocean sampling day consortium. Gigascience, 4: 27. DOI: 10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5.
 
Latrofa, M.S., Lia, R.P., Giannelli, A., Colella, V., Santoro, M., D'Alessio, N., Campbell, B.E., Parisi, A., Dantas-Torres, F., Mutafchiev, Y., Veneziano, V., Otranto, D. (2015) Crenosoma vulpis in wild and domestic carnivores from Italy: a morphological and molecular study. Parasitology Research, 114(10): 3611-3617. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4583-z (pdf)
 
Lazarova, M., Marinova, E., Tonkov, S., Snowball, I. (2015) A 5000-year pollen and plant macrofossil record from the Osogovo Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria: Vegetation history and human impact. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 223: 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.08.005
 
Lobo, J.M., Jimenez-Ruiz, Y., Chehlarov, E., Gueorguiev, B., Petrova, Y., Kral, D., Angel Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Verdu, J.R. (2015) The classification and phylogenetic status of Jekelius (Reitterius) punctulatus (Jekel, 1866) and Jekelius (Jekelius) brullei (Jekel, 1866 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) using molecular data. Zootaxa, 4040 (2): 187-203.
 
Marinova, M.H., Georgiev, B.B., Vasileva, G.P. (2015) Description of Diorchis thracica n. sp. (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae) from the ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas)(Anseriformes, Anatidae) in Bulgaria. Systematic Parasitology, 91: 261-271. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-015-9569-9 (link).
 
Markov, G.G., Kuznetsova, M.V., Danilkin, A.A., Kholodova, M.V., Sugar, L., Heltai, M. (2015) Genetic diversity of the Red Deer (Cervus elphus L.) in Hungary revealed by cytochrome b gene. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(1): 11-17. (pdf)
 
Michailova, P. (2015) Genomic changes in speciation of the family Chironomidae, Diptera. Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 4 (1): 1-8.
 

Michailova, P., Hirvenoja, M. (2015) Larval morphology and karyotype of chironomid larvae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the brackish water of Tvarminne area, Finland. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (6): 729-736.

Michailova, P., Petrova, N. (2015) Bioindicator potential of cytogenetic variability in polytene chromosomes of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) to assess environmental pollution. Cytology and Genetics, 49(4): 262-269. DOI: 10.3103/S0095452715040064 (pdf)
 
Michailova, P., Ilkova, J., Dean, A.P., White, K.N. (2015) Cytogenetic index and functional genome alterations in Chironomus piger Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the assessment of sediment pollution: A case study of Bulgarian and UK rivers. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 111: 220-227 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.10.018 (pdf)
 
Michailova, P., Ilkova, J., Maryanska-Nadachowska, A., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2015) Characterization of heterochromatin in the salivary gland chromosomes of Chironomus riparius Meigen and Chironomus piger Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae) by differential and fluorochrome staining. Folia Biologica, 63(2): 107-117. DOI 10.3409/fb63_2.107. (pdf)
 
Milotic, M., Mujezinovic, O., Dautbasic, M., Trestic, T., Pilarska, D., Diminic, D. (2015) First record of gypsy moth entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu & RS Soper in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sumarski List, 139 (1-2): 59-67. (pdf)
 
Mutafchiev Y., Mariaux J., Georgiev B.B. (2015) Stammerinema hyalinum n. comb. for Filaria hyalina von Linstow, 1890 and its recognition as a senior synonym of Stammerinema rhopalocephalum (Sołtys, 1952) (Spirurida: Acuariidae), a parasite of shrews. Systematic Parasitology, 90 (1): 105-111. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-014-9540-1 (link)
 
Panaiotov, S., Simeonovski, I., Levterova, V., Karamfilov, V.,..., Kantardjiev, T. (2015) Two-Year Monitoring of Water Samples from Dam of Iskar and the Black Sea, Bulgaria, by Molecular Analysis: Focus on Mycobacterium spp. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(7): 7430-7443. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120707430 (pdf)
 
Pedashenko, H., Apostolova, I., Oldeland, J. (2015) The effects of livestock numbers and land cover transformation processes on rangelands in the Balkan Mountains between 1947 and 2012. Tuexenia, 35: 417-432.
 
Pilarska, D.K., Radek, R., Huang, Wei-Fong, Takov, D.I., Linde, A., Solter, L.F. (2015) Review of the genus Endoreticulatus (Microsporidia, Encephalitozoonidae) with description of a new species isolated from the grasshopper Poecilimon thoracicus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) and transfer of Microsporidium itiiti Malone to the genus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 124: 23-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.09.007 (pdf)
 
Popov, V.V. (2015) Presence-only habitat suitability modelling using unclassified landsat ETM plus imagery: fine-resolution maps for common small mammal species in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(1): 51-66. (pdf)
 
Raynova, Y., Idakieva, K., Motyka, V., Dobrev, P., Markovska, Y., Todorova, M., Trendafilova, A., Evstatieva, L., Wolfram, E., Danova, K. (2015) Studies on secondary metabolites production and proteins and enzymes of in vitro cultivated Artemisia alba Turra and relations with some endogenous phytohormones. 29th Annual Symposium of the Protein-Society, JUL 22-25, 2015, Barcelona, SPAIN, Protein Science, 24 (S I): 301-302.
 
Redón, S., Berthelemy, N.J., Mutafchiev, Y., Amat, F., Georgiev, B.B., Vasileva, G.P. (2015) Helminth parasites of Artemia franciscana (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the Great Salt Lake, Utah: first data from the native range of this invader of European wetlands. Folia Parasitologica, 62:030 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2015.030 (pdf)
 
Redón, S., Green, A.J., Georgiev, B.B., Vasileva, G.P., Amat, F. (2015) Influence of developmental stage and sex on infection of the American brine shrimp Artemia franciscana Kellogg, 1906 by avian cestodes in Ebro Delta salterns, Spain. Aquatic Invasions, 10(4): 415–423. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2015.10.4.05 (pdf)
 
Stanachkova, M., Kozuharov, D., Zlatanova, D., Trichkova, T. (2015) Dynamics of Dreissena spp. veliger larvae in some Bulgarian reservoirs. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 29(SI): S27-S32. DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2015.1047180 (pdf)
 
Stanoeva, J.P., Stefova, M., Stefkov, G., Kulevanova, S., Alipieva, K., Bankova, V., Aneva, I., Evstatieva, L.N. (2015) Chemotaxonomic contribution to the Sideritis species dilemma on the Balkans. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 61: 477-487. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.07.008 (pdf)
 
Stoianova, D., Grozeva, S., Simov, N., Kuznetsova, V. (2015) Achiasmate male meiosis in two Cymatia species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Corixidae). Zookeys, 538 (SI): 95-104.
 
Stoyanov B., Neov B., Pankov P., Radoslavov G., Hristov P., Georgiev B.B. (2015) Redescription of Aphalloides coelomicola Dollfus, Chabaud & Golvan, 1957 (Digenea, Opisthorchioidea) based on specimens from Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg) (Actinopterygii, Gobionellidae) from a Black Sea lagoon, with comments on the systematic position of the genus. Systematic Parasitology, 91: 1–12. DOI 10.1007/s11230-015-9559-y (link)
 
Stoyanov, S., Vladimirov, V. (2015) Lepidium virginicum (Brassicaceae) - a new non-native species to the Bulgarian flora. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (6): 725-728.
 
Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Batary, P., Kormann, U., Baldi, A., Dicks, L.V., Herzon, I., Kleijn, D., Tryjanowski, P., Apostolova, I., ... (2015) Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland. Diversity and Distributions, 21(6): 722-730. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12288. (link)
 
Todorova, M., Trendafilova, A., Danova, K., Simmons, L., Wolfram, E., Meier, B., Riedl, R., Evstatieva, L. (2015) Highly oxygenated sesquiterpenes in Artemisia alba Turra. Phytochemistry, 110: 140-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.12.008 (pdf)
 
Todorova, T., Pesheva, M., Gregan, F., Chankova, S. (2015) Antioxidant, antimutagenic, and anticarcinogenic effects of Papaver rhoeas L. extract on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Medicinal Food, 18(4): 460-467. DOI 10.1089/jmf.2014.0050. (link)
 
Trendafilova, A., Jadranin, M., Gorgorov, R., Stanilova, M. (2015) Bioactive compounds in wild, in vitro obtained, ex vitro adapted, and acclimated plants of Centaurea davidovii (Asteraceae). Natural Product Communications, 10(6): 839-841
 
Vagalinski, B., Stoev, P., Enghoff, H. (2015) A review of the millipede genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with a description of three new species from Bulgaria and Greece. Zootaxa, 3999(3): 334-362 (link)

Valkiunas, G., Ziegyte, R., Palinauskas, V., Bernotiene, R., Bukauskaite, D., Ilgunas, M., Dimitrov, D., Iezhova, T.A. (2015) Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineage pGRW4) in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens, with implications on avian malaria epidemiology. Parasitology Research, 114(8): 3075-3085. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4510-3 (pdf)
 
Vladimirov, V., Coskuncelebi, K., Tan, K. (2015) A new diploid species of Pilosella (Asteraceae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany, 39 (1): 70-75. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1401-92 (pdf)
 
Yoneva, A., Scholz, T., Brunanska, M., Kuchta, R. (2015) Vitellogenesis of diphyllobothriidean cestodes (Platyhelminthes). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 338(3): 169-179. DOI 10.1016/j.crvi.2015.01.001. (pdf)
 
Yurukova-Grancharova, P., Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Baldjiev, G., Vladimirov, V. (2015) Reproductive characteristics of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Iva xanthiifolia - two invasive alien species in Bulgaria. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (7): 853-862.
 
Zhan, X., Dixon, A., Batbayar, N., Bragin, E., Ayas, Z., Deutschova, L., Chavko, J., Domashevsky, S., Dorosencu, A., Bagyura, J., Gombobaatar, S., Grlica, I., D. Levin, A., Milobog, Y., Ming, M., Prommer, M., Purev-Ochir, G., Ragyov, D., Tsurkanu, V., Vetrov, V., Zubkov, N., Bruford, M. W. (2015) Exonic versus intronic SNPs: contrasting roles in revealing the population genetic differentiation of a widespread bird species. Heredity, 114(1): 1-9. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.59 (pdf)
 
Zidarova, S. (2015) Is there sexual size dimorphism in shrews? A case study of six European species of the family Soricidae.  Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 67(1): 19-34. (pdf)
 
Zheleva-Dimitrova, D., Gevrenova, R., Nikolova, M. (2015) HPLC-UV phenolic profiles and radical scavenging potential of Aurinia uechtritziana, Centaurea arenaria and Lilium jankae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 68 (9): 1099-1106.
 
Conference papers
 
Chankova, S., Parvanova, P., Danova, K. (Eds.) 2015. Proceedings of the Seminar of Ecology - 2014, with international participation. Full text reports and short communications. Sofia: "Farago", 191 pp. ISBN: 979-853-476-132-4 (pdf)