Sonya Tsoneva

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Sonya P. Tsoneva
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS
Block 23, Acad. G. Bonchev Street
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Sonya.Tsoneva@iber.bas.bg
telephone: +359 2 9793759

Curriculum vitae

Born 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Education
1981: MSc, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Employment:
- 1983-2010: biologist at the Institute of Botany, BAS
- 2010-present: biologist at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS

Participation in projects (selected):
1997 - 1999: expert plant biodiversity for NP “Rila” and NP “Central Balkan” of the GEF Project for Biodiversity Conservation in Bulgaria.
2001: expert plant biodiversity for the project of USAID for Rapid Ecological Assessment of Rila Monastery Nature Park.
2002 - 2004: database expert for the Bulgarian National Node database of biological collections for the BioCASE project of the 5th Framework Programme of the EC.
2002 - 2004: field expert for mapping of the grassland plant communities for the PIN/MATRA National Grassland Inventory Project - Bulgaria.
2003 - 2005: expert for the Red Lists of plants and fungi of Bulgaria project.
2005 - 2007: expert plant biodiversity for the project Elaboration of organizational project for medical plants and wild fruits allowed for gathering for economic purposes in National Park Central Balkan.
2005 - 2008: field expert for the project Development of an electronic database of aquatic macrophytes in Bulgaria.
2006 - 2008: an expert for the project Identifying of Important Plant Areas in Bulgaria.
2007 - 2008: an expert for the project Improvement of the protected zones network NATURA 2000 in Bulgaria.
2009: an expert for the project Determination of reference conditions and maximal ecological potential for the ground water types (rivers and lakes) on the territory of Bulgaria.
2009 - 2011: an expert for the project Biological diversity of water ecosystems in wetlands on the Lower Danube floodplain and optimization of the ecosystem functions in conditions of climatic changes.
2010: an expert for the project Development of the protected zones network NATURA 2000 in Bulgaria, stage 2009.
2009 - 2011: an expert for the project Ecological state of the ecosystems on the Bulgarian Black sea coast and its connection to the state of macroalgae and seagrass communities (genus Cystoseira and genus Zostera).
2011 - 2013: a field expert for the project Mapping and determination of the conservation status of nature habitats and species.

Research interests

Biodiversity of higher plants; aquatic plants research; rare and threatened plants research; monitoring of higher plants.

Publications

Selected papers:
Пеев, Д., Анчев, М., Иванова, Д., Кожухаров, С., Петрова, А. & Цонева, С. 1993. Биологично разнообразие на висшите растения в България. В: Национална стратегия за опазване на биологичното разнообразие, Основни доклади, том I, 73-124.

Peev, D., Artinjan, A., Nicolova, E., Tzoneva, S. & Valjovska, N. 1997. Phytomonitoring in Rila Mountain - 1996. I. Heavy metals, statistics and karyology of the control populations, In: Carbonnel, J., J. Stamenov (Eds.), Observatoire de montagne de Moussala, 6, Sofia, 95-105.

Peev, D., Tzoneva, S. & Valjovska, N. 1997. The role of karyology, stomata, pollen and statistical analysis in the biomonitoring system of Bulgaria - In: Peev, D., Ammann, K. & Artinian, A. (Eds.) Ecomonitoring in Rozhen and Srednogorie, Bulgaria, Enigma Press Ltd. Sofia, 8-12.

Peev, D., Artinjan, A., Nicolova, E., Tzoneva, S. & Valjovska, N. 1998. Dynamics of the bioindications in phytomonitors from Rila mountain, In: Carbonnel, J., J. Stamenov (Eds.), Observatoire de montagne de Moussala, 7, Sofia, 199- 208.

Peev, D., Pramatarova, M., Tsoneva, S., Valyovska, N. & Vasileva, I. 2000. Biodiversity of Vascular plants in the Rila national park. In: Sakalian, M. (ed.) Biological diversity of the Rila national park, Pensoft, 7-78.

Пеев, Д. & Цонева, С. 2003. Растително многообразие в ППРМ - състояние, консервационна значимост и място сред други защитени територии в България. В: Пеев, Д. (ред.) Бърза екологична оценка на Природен парк "Рилски манастир", 99-108.

Цонева, С. & Пеев, Д. 2003. Висши растения - разнообразие и консервационна значимост на територията на ПП “Рилски манастир”. В: Пеев, Д. (ред.) Бърза екологична оценка на Природен парк "Рилски манастир", 16-43.

Bancheva, S., Delcheva, M., Nacheva, R. & Tzoneva, S. 2003. In: Randzelocic, V. (Ed.). Taxa with high conservation value in the region of Batashka planina, Western Rhodopi Mountains - location, state of the populations, problems with their conservation. 7th Simposium of the flora of Southeastern Serbia and neighbourhood regions, Dimitrovgrad, 2002.

Peev, D., Tzoneva, S. & Valjovska, N. 2003. The high mountain ecosystems in Bulgaria: phytogenefund, conservation value, management. In: Stamenov, J. & Vachev, B. (Eds.), Observatoire de montagne de Moussala, 9, Sofia, 219-225.

Vladimirov, V. & Tsoneva, S. 2006. Tragopogon floccosus recently discovered in Bulgaria. Phytologia Balcanica 12 (1): 67–70.

Valchev V., Georgiev V., Ivanova D., Tsoneva S. & Janauer G. 2006. Conservationally important macrophytes in the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube river and the near water bodies. In: Proc. 36th Intern.Conf. of IAD, Austrian Committee DanubeResearch / IAD, Vienna, ISBN 13: 978-3-9500723-2-7, 122-126, (2006).

Delcheva, M., Bancheva, S. & Tzoneva, S. 2007. Floristic diversity and conservation values in the Tchelkov rid area (Western Rhodopes Mountains), Bulgaria. – Bocconea 21: 175-182.

Peev, D. & Tsoneva, S. 2009. In: Petrova, A. & Vladimirov, V. (Eds). Red List of Bulgarian vascular plants. – Phytologia Balcanica 15(1): 63–94 (2009). ISSN 1310-7771.

Georgiev, V. & Tsoneva, S. 2012. Tetralika, Code: BGIPA110. In: Peev, D., Petrova, A., Apostolova, I. & Assyov, B. (Eds). Important plant areas in Bulgaria, Pp. 409–411. ISBN 978-954-642-650-5.

Tsoneva, S. & Georgiev, V. 2012. Lalikoto, Code: BGIPA063. In: Peev, D., Petrova, A., Apostolova, I. & Assyov, B. (Eds). Important plant areas in Bulgaria, Pp. 255–256. ISBN 978-954-642-650-5.

Bozukov, V., Tsenov, B., Valchev, V., Georgiev, V. & Tsoneva, S. 2012. Genus Ceratophyllum L. in the Bulgarian Neogene flora. Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci. 65(7): 985-989.

Valchev, V., Tsonev, R., Georgiev, V. & Tsoneva, S. 2012. Aquatic macrophytes: species composition and syntaxonomy. In: Uzunov, Y., Georgiev, B.B, Varadinova, E., Ivanova, N., Pehlivanov, L. & Vasilev, V. (Eds.) Ecosystems of the Biospher Reserve Srebarna Lake. Sofia, Professor Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House. Pp. 69-76.

Books:
Гусев, Ч., Димитрова, Д. & Цонева, С. 2005. Натура 2000 на Витоша - Пътеводител на природните местообитания от значение за Европейската Общност. ЕкоАрк, София. ISBN 954-91790-1-X.

Димитрова, Д., Цонева, С., & Гусев, Ч. 2005. Разходка из природните местообитания на Витоша. ЕкоАрк, Книжка за деца. София. ISBN 954-91790-2-8.

Димитрова, Д., Цонева, С. & Игнатов, А. 2008. Пътеводител на природолюбителя. Геософт, 224 с. ISBN 978-954-91790-3-3.

Гусев, Ч., Димитрова, Д., Цонева, С., & Гюрова, Д. 2010. Лечебните растения на Витоша. София, Геософт, 179 с.

Tsoneva, S., Georgiev, V., Valchev, V. & Ganeva, A. 2012. Atlas of aquatic and wetland plants in Bulgaria. IBER, BAS, GeoSoft Ltd., Sofia. ISBN 978-954-9746-28-0.

Affiliation

Department

Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Division

Applied Botany

Research group

Plant diversity and local development

History

Member for

10 years 15 weeks