Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes, Part 1 (Bulgaria and Greece)

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Language: English

The third volume of the series "Biodiversity of Bulgaria" deals with both parts (Bulgarian and Greek) of the Western Rhodope Mountains. The book consists of three articles on plants (1962 species of higher plants) and 45 articles on the fauna (4329 animal species, both vertebrates and invertebrates). The volume contains also zoogeographical analysis of each group, data about relicts, endemics and sites of importance for conservation. The huge amount of information is provided by more than 56 authors from Bulgaria and abroad. The book is indispensable for any zoological library, especially those collecting faunistic surveys, as well as for zoologists, biogeographers, conservationists, collectors and all lovers of nature.

Contents

Foreword Petar Stefanov: Physical-geographical characteristics of the Western Rhodopes Cvetomir Denchev et al. : Fungal diversity of the Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Dobrina TEMNISKOVA, Ivan KIRJAKOV: Biodiversity of algae in the Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Anna Ganeva : Bryophyte diversity in the Rhodopes Mts. (Bulgaria) Dimitar DIMITROV: New data on the Vascular Flora of the West Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Alexander Alexandrov, Alexander Delkov: Dendrological diversity in Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Vassil Golemansky et al.: Diversity and biotopic distribution of the rhizopods (Rhizopoda: Lobosia and Filosia) from the Western Rhodopes (bulgaria) Stefan Stoichev: On the free-living freshwater nematode fauna (Nematoda, Nemathelminthes) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Yordan Uzunov: Review of aquatic oligochets (Oligochaeta Limicola) from water bodies of the Rhodopes Mountains (Bulgaria) Zlatka M. Dimitrova, Boyko B. Georgiev, Todor Genov: Review of the species of the phylum Acanthocephala recorded from the Bulgarian part of the Rhodopes Mountains Ivan PANDoURSKI: Lower free-living and stygobiont Crustaceans (Cladocera, Calanoida, Copepoda, Syncarida and Amphipoda) from Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Yanka VIDINOVA: Mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) from the Rhodopes Mountains (Bulgaria and Greece) Borislav Gu?orguiev, Jorge Miguel Lobo: ?dephagous beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) Georgi Georgiev et al. : Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Eugeni CHEHLAROV: Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Danail Doychev, Dinko Ovcharov: Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the Bulgarian Part of the Rhodopes Pavel ANGELOV, Kiril Metodiev: Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Vassila JORDANOVA: Ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the West?rn Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Blagoy Gruev: The leaf beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Faunistic and zoogeography Nikolai BALEVSKI: Checklist of the Braconid fauna (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) colected in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Toshko Ljubomirov: A survey of the faunistic investigations on the Hymenopteran families Siricidae, Orussidae, Stephanidae, Chrysididae, Bethylidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Sphecidae, and Crabronidae from Western Rhodopes Bulgaria and Greece (Insecta: Hymenoptera) Anelia Stojanova: Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Peter Boyadzhiev: Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Krassimir KUMANSKI: Trichoptera (Insecta) from the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) Mihail KECHEV: Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Venelin L. Beschovski: Diptera Brachycera (Insecta: Diptera), established in the Western Rhodopes Mountains (Bulgaria) Emilia Markova: Hoverflies (Syrphidae, Diptera) from the Rhodopes, Bulgaria Zdravko HUBENOV: Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Western Rhodopes Ivanka Popova: Species of the families Anisopodidae, Hesperenidae and Ptychopteridae (Diptera: Nematocera) in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Dimitar Bechev: Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Paraskeva MICHAILOVA: Family Chironomidae (Diptera) from Rhodopes Mountains Diana Ganeva: Tabanids (Tabanidae, Diptera) of the Bulgarian part of the Rhodopes Venelin Beschovski: Faunistic Review of some Nematocera Families (Diptera) Established in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Atanas Irikov, Ivelin Mollov: Terrestrial gastropods fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Rhodopes Mountain (Bulgaria) Zdravko Hubenov: Freshwater mollusks (Mollusca) from the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Tihomir STEFANOV, Teodora TRICHKOVA: The Ichthyofauna of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Boyan P. Petrov et al.: The herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) of the Western Rhodopes mountain (Bulgaria and Greece) Tseno Petrov et al.: Birds of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) Sirma Zidarova: Small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia and Lagomorpha) of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria) Nikolay Spassov, Zheko SPIRIDONOV: Status of large Mammals (Macromammalia) the in Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria)

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