Anna Ganeva | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Member for

13 years 5 months

Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Flora and Vegetation

Flora and florogenesis

Assoc. Prof. Anna Ganeva, PhD

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
1113 Sofia, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., bl. 23
phone +3592 9793765,
mobile +359884606742
e-mail: annaganeva8@gmail.com

Date of birth: 25.01.1962

2003 - on, Ass. Prof.
1996 – Ph.D. in Phytoecology (Phytocoenotic and ecological role of
bryophytes from widespread plant communities in the Western Rhodopes)
1986 – MS in Botany, University of Sofia "St. K. Ohridski", Faculty of Biology

Teaching Experience:
1986 – on University of Sofia "St. K. Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, Course "Plant Anatomy and Morphology" – seminars and lectures

Memberships:
2002-2007 Member of OPTIMA Commission on Bryophytes
2000 – 2004 Secretary of the Editorial Board of “Phytologia Balcanica”
1996 – on Contact person for Bulgaria of the European Committee for
Conservation of Bryophytes
1994-1998 Member of International Association of Bryologists (IAB). Renew membership in 2004.
1994 – 1998 Member of Bulgarian Phytocoenological Society

Training Courses Attended:
2003 Field trip of Nordic Bryological Society in Estonia
2001 Methods in Bryophyte Ecology, a BRYOPLANET course; Lammi Field Station 21-26 April, Finland
2000 Scottish Training Course of the Darwin Initiative Peatland Biodiversity Programme

Bryophyte ecology: the role of bryophytes in plant communities - their cover, density, biomass, nutrient content, energy values. Studies on bryophytes as indicators of air pollution. Bulgarian bryoflora – chorology, threatened species, conservation of bryophytes and their habitats. Natura 2000 sites - studies and consevation

Selected publications:

Ganeva, A. 1998. Preliminary data on Bulgarian threatened bryophytes. - Lindbergia, 23: 33-37.

Ganeva, A., Düll, R. 1999. A contribution to the Bulgarian bryoflora. Checklist of Bulgarian bryophytes. – In: R. Düll, A. Ganeva, A. Martincic, Z. Pavletic: Contributions to the bryoflora of former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. 1 Auflage. IDH-Verlag Bad Münstereifel, 111-199.

Ganeva, A. 1999. Biodiversity of Bryophytes in Central Balkan National Park. – In: M. Sakalian (Managing Editor) Biological Diversity of the Central Balkan National Park, Part I. Plant Biodiversity of the Central Balkan National Park. Species and Coenotic Levels. USAID, 106-124.

Ganeva, A. 1999. Biodiversity of Bryophytes in Rila National Park. – In: M. Sakalian (Managing Editor) Biological Diversity of the Rila National Park, Part I. Plant Biodiversity of the Rila National Park. Species and Coenotic Levels. USAID, 117-136.

Sabovljevic, M., Ganeva. A., Tsakiri, E., Stefanut, S. 2001. Bryology and bryophyte protection in south-eastern Europe. – Biological Conservation, 101: 73-84.

Roussakova, V., Ganeva, A. 2001. Bryophyte participation in high-mountain phytocoenoses in the Rila Mts., Bulgaria. – Phytologia Balcanica, 7(3): 349-360.

Ganeva, A. & Nacheva, R. 2003. Check-list of the bryophytes of Bulgaria with data on their distribution. I. Hepaticae and Anthocerotae. – Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 24(3): 229-239.

Ganeva, A., Natcheva R. 2004. An overview of the Bulgarian bryophyte flora: – past, present and future. – Phytol. Balcan., 10(1): 21-26.

Natcheva, R., Ganeva, A. 2005. Check-list of the bryophytes of Bulgaria II. Musci. – Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 26(2): 209-232.

Hájek, M., Tzonev, R., Hájková, P., Ganeva, A., Apostolova, I. 2005. Plant communities of the subalpine mires and springs in the Vitosha Mt. – Phytol. Balcan., 11(2): 193-205.

Natcheva, R., Ganeva, A. & Spiridonov, G. 2006. Red List of the bryophytes in Bulgaria. - Phytol. Balcan., 12(1): 55-62.

Papp, B., Ganeva, D. & Natcheva, R. 2006. Bryophyte vegetation of Iskur River and its main tributaries. – Phytol. Balcan. 12(2): 181-189

Ganeva, A. 2007. Liverworts and mosses of non-lotic Bulgarian wetlands. – In: Michev, T. & Stoyneva, M. (Eds): Inventory of the Bulgarian wetlands and their biodiversity. Part 1: Non-lotic wetlands, Elsi-M, Sofia, 175-177.

R. M. Ros1, V. Mazimpaka2 U. Abou-Salama3, M. Aleffi4, T. L. Blockeel5, M. Brugués6, M. J. Cano1, R. M. Cros6, M. G. Dia7, G. M. Dirkse8, W. El Saadawi3, A. Erdağ9, A. Ganeva10, J. M. González-Mancebo11, I. Herrnstadt12, K. Khalil3, H. Kürschner13, E. Lanfranco14, A. Losada-Lima11, M. S. Refai3, S. Rodríguez-Nuñez11, M. Sabovljević15, C. Sérgio16, H. Shabbara3, M. Sim-Sim16, L. Söderström17. 2007. Hepatics and Anthocerotae of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist. – Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 28(4): 351-437

Gecheva, G., L. Yurukova, S. Cheshmedjiev, A. Ganeva 2010. Distribution and bioindication role of aquatic bryophytes in Bulgarian Rivers. - Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, Special Edition/on line, vol. 24: 164-170.64

Gecheva, G, Yurukova, L. & Ganeva A. 2011. Assessment of Pollution with Aquatic Bryophytes in Maritsa River (Bulgaria). - Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 87(4): 480-485.
Papp, B., Natcheva, R. & Ganeva, A. 2011. The bryophyte flora of Northern Mt Strandzha. – Phytol. Balcan., 17(1): 21-32

Natcheva, R. & Ganeva, A. 2012. Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr –In: Ellis, L.T. et al. Bryological Notes, J. Bryol., 34(2): p 130.

Rosa M. ROS, Vicente MAZIMPAKA, Usama ABOU-SALAMA, Michele ALEFFI, Thomas L. BLOCKEEL,Montserrat BRUGUЙS, Rosa Maria CROS, Maria Giovanna DIA,Gerard M. DIRKSE, Isabel DRAPER, Wagieh EL-SAADAWI, Adnan ERDAΔi, Anna GANEVA, Rosalina GABRIE, Juan M. GONZБLEZ-MANCEBO, Camille GRANGER, Ilana HERRNSTADT, Vincent HUGONNOT, Kamel KHALIL,Harald KЬRSCHNER, Anna LOSADA-LIMA, Leena LUНS,Stefan MIFSUD, Maria PRIVITERA, Marta PUGLISI,Marko SABOVLJEVIC, Cecilia SЙRGIO, Haanaa M. SHABBARA, Manuela SIM-SIM, André SOTIAUX, Roberta TACCHI, André VANDERPOORTEN, Olaf WERNER. 2013. Mosses of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist. – Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 34(2): 99-283.

Pedashenko, H., Apostolova, I., Boch, S., Ganeva, A., Janišová, M., Sopotlieva, D., Todorova, S.,Ünal, A., Vasilev, K., Velev, N.,Dengler, J. 2013. Dry grasslands of NW Bulgarian mountains: first insights into diversity, ecology and syntaxonomy. – Tuexenia 33: 309-346.

Sopotlieva, D., Pedashenko, H., Alexsandrova, A., Ganeva, A. 2016. Flora, vegetation and natural habitat types in Kutelka Reserve (Eastern Stara Planina, Bulgaria) . – Phytol. Balcan., 22(3): 387-404

Ganeva, A., Apostolova, I., Stefanova, I., Pedashenko, H. 2017. Bulgaria. In: Jossten, H., Tanneberger, F.& Moen A. (Eds), Mires and Peatlands of Europe. Status, distribution and conservation. Schwezerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-510-65383-6, pp319-329.