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Maria Lazarova

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Assoc. Prof. Maria Lazarova, PhD

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
1113 Sofia, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., bl. 23

Place of birth - Sofia

phone +3592 979 37 68,

e-mail: mal@bio.bas.bg; malazarovam@abv.bg

Curriculum vitae

2004 - on, Assoc. Prof.

1994 – Ph.D. Pollen-analytical investigation of Holocene sedimentation from Lake Srebarna and Garvan Mire near the river Danube (NE Bulgaria)

1974 – MS in Botany, University of Sofia "St. K. Ohridski", Faculty of Biology

Research interests

Palynology, Botany, Palaeobotany, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology, Biostratigraphy, Melissopalynology

Membership in Scientific:

European Pollen Database
Bulgarian Botanical Society

Publications

Selected publications:

Brewer, S., Cheddadi, R., de Beaulieu, J. L., Reille, M., …..Lazarova, M…… 2002. The spread of deciduous Quercus throughout Europe since the last glacial period. - Forest Ecology and Management, 156: 27-48. (IF - 0.906).

Davis, B., Brewer, S., Stevenson, A., Guiot, J., …….,Lazarova, M. 2003. The temperature of Europe during the Holocene reconstructed from pollen data. – Quaternary Science Reviews 22:1701-1716. (IF - 3.181).

Lazarova, M. 2003. Late Holocene vegetation history of the Central Rhodopes Mountains, Southern Bulgaria.-In: Aspects of Palynology and Palaeoecology (S. Tonkov ed.), Pensoft Publ., Sofia-Moskow, 245-255.

Filipovitch, L. & Lazarova, M. 2003. Palynological research in the Shiroka Polyana locality (Western Rhodopes).- Phytologia Balcanica 9 (2): 265-273.

Lazarova, M. & Filipovitch, L. 2004. Palynological research into the peat bogs in the region of Chairski Lakes on the Trigrad Plateau (Central Rhodopes) - Phytologia Balcanica, 10(2-3): 157-166.

Lazarova, M. 2005. Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen an Material aus dan archäologischen Ausgrabungen im Kastell Iatrus-Krivina. – “Iatrus-Krivina. Band VI: Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 1992-2000”, Archäobotanische Funde aus Krivina, VI: 156-167.

Stefanova, I., Lazarova, M. & Wright, H.E. 2006. Elevational gradients during the Late-Glacial/Holocene vegetational transition in southern Bulgaria. – Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 15/4: 333-343.ISSN:0939-6314 (IF-1.462)

Lazarova, M., Tonkov, S., Snowball, I., Marinova-Wolf, E. 2009. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN POLLEN DATABASE - Peat-bog Begbunar (Osogovo Mts., sout-west Bulgaria): Four millennia of vegetation history – Grana, 48: 1-3. (IF-0.554)

Atanassova, J., M. Lazarova. 2010. Pollen analysis of bee pollen loads from the region if town Shumen (NE Bulgaria). – Comptes rendus de l`Académie bulgare des Sciences. Tome 63, N3: 369-374. (IF-0.204)

Lazarova, M., J. Atanassova, L. Yurukova. 2010. Botanical origin and inorganic content of bee honey in northeast Bulgaria (Shumen region). ).- Phytologia Balcanica, 16 (1): 131-135.

Lazarova, M., Tonkov, Marinova-Wolf, E., Ivanov, D. and Bozilova, E. 2011. Contribution to the European Pollen Database. 12 Western Phodopes Mountains (Bulgaria): peat bog Belya Kanton. – Grana, 50: 162-164. ISSN:0017-3134 (IF-0.842)

Božilova E., Lazarova, M. & Tonkov, S. 2011. The postglacial vegetation history of the Western Rhodopes Mountains. In: P. Beron (ed.), Biodiversity of Bulgaria 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II (p. 11-19). Sofia: Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist.

Lazarova, M., A. Koutsios, & N. Kontopoulos. 2012. Holocene vegetation history of the Kotihi lagoon (NW Peloponnesus, Greece) – Quaternary International 261; 138-145. ISSN:1040-6182(IF- 1.87)

Avramidis, P., Geraga, M., Lazarova, M., Kontopoulos N. 2013. Holocene record of environmental changes and palaeoclimatic implications in Alykes Lagoon, Zakynthos Island western Greece, Mediterranean Sea.– Quaternary International (2012), doi: 10.1016/j. quaint.2012.04.026, 1-12. (IF-1.874)

Atanassova, J., Yurukova, L., Lazarova, M. Pollen and inorganic characteristics of Bulgarian unifloral honeys. – Agricultural Journals Vol. 30 (2012)., No 6:520-526, Czech J. Food Sci. (IF-0.522) ISSN 1816-9155 (print); ISSN 1994-4616 (online)

Lazarova, M., Ivanov, D. Contribution to the European Pollen Database. Lake Skakavitsa (Bulgaria): Late Holocene vegetation dynamics in north-western Rila Mts. – Grana, (2012),51:4, 318-320, (IF-0.554-2011) ISSN 9917-3134 ((print);ISSN 1651-2049 (online)

Tonkov, S., Lazarova, M., Bozilova, E., Ivanov, D., Snowball, I. 2013. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN POLLEN DATABASE. Mire Kupena, Western Rhodopes Mountains (South Bulgaria). Grana, 52 (3), 238-240. ISSN: 0017-3134. (2012 IF = 0,771)

Affiliation

Department
Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources
Division
Paleobotany and Palynology

History

Member for
10 years 14 weeks