2016, vol. 8, issue 1

Ecologia Balkanica – 2016, vol. 8, issue 1 – Whole issue

First pages

Research Articles

Assessing the Heavy Metal Content in Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula Pallas, 1778) from an Agricultural Region in Bulgaria
Georgi G. Markov, Maria A. Kocheva, Milena K. Gospodinova, Hristo A. Dimitrov, pp. 1-8 
Article № eb.16107 [Full text – PDF] 

Bioaccumulation of Cadmium and Lead in Rodent Species from the Region of Lead-Zinc Smelting Factory – Plovdiv (South Bulgaria)
Hristo A. Dimitrov, Vesela I. Mitkovska, Valeri D. Tzekov, Tsenka G. Chassovnikarova, pp.9-18 
Article № eb.16115 [Full text – PDF] 

Streptomyces levoris Immobilized on Silica Gel 60 as a Novel Biosorbent for Copper (II) Preconcentration
Gergana K. Kirova, Zdravka Y. Velkova, Margarita S. Stoycheva, Velizar K. Gochev, pp. 19-27 
Article № eb.16108 [Full text – PDF] 

Composition and Abundance of Phytoplankton in Boggy Freshwater Lake, Turkey: In Relation to Physical and Chemical Variables
Hanife Özbay, pp. 29-40 
Article № eb.15140 [Full text – PDF] 

Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Methanolic Extract of Carduus acicularis Bertol. (Asteraceae)
Iliya Zh. Slavov, Ivanka Zh. Dimitrova-Dyulgerova, Rumen Mladenov, pp. 41-46
Article № eb.16102 [Full text – PDF] 

Forest Habitats in Natura 2000 Protected Zone BG0000211 „Tvardishka planina” – Floristic Composition and Conservation Status
Violeta G. Dimitrova, pp. 47-55
Article № eb.16104 [Full text – PDF] 

Inventory of Bryophytes in the “Bulgarka” Nature Park
Plamen S. Stoyanov, Rumen D. Mladenov, Tzenka I. Radoukova, Ivanka I. Teneva, Detelina S. Belkinova, Yordanka G. Hristeva, Gana M. Gecheva, pp. 57-64
Article № eb.16105 [Full text – PDF] 

Study of Plant Species Composition of Grasslands in Mugla Village Region (Western Rhodopes, South Bulgaria)
Plamen S. Stoyanov, Krasimir T. Todorov, Rumen D. Mladenov, pp. 65-72
Article № eb.16118 [Full text – PDF] 

Food Composition of the Snake-Eyed Lizard, Ophisops elegans Ménétriés, 1832 (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) from Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey
Cemal Varol Tok, Sultan Parlak, Kerim Çiçek, pp. 73-77
Article № eb.16109 [Full text – PDF] 

Initial Study of the Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Other Invertebrates from “Leshnitsa” Nature Reserve (Central Stara Planina Mountains, Bulgaria)
Teodora M. Teofilova, pp. 79-87
Article № eb.16103 [Full text – PDF] 

A Survey of Plant Species Diversity and Ecological Species Group from the Coastal Zone Of Boujagh National Park, Guilan, Iran
Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz, Alireza Naqinezhad, Mokarram Ravanbakhsh, Narges Vasefi, pp. 89-99
Article № eb.15135 [Full text – PDF] 

Impact of Lead Acetate on Quantitative Consumption and Utilization of the Cotton Leaf Worm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Shahenda A. Abu ElEla, Mamdouh M. Nassar, Naeem M. Eesa, pp. 101-106
Article № eb.16110 [Full text – PDF] 

Influence of Soil Organic Matter Content on Abundance and Biomass of Earthworm (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) Populations
Hristo Valchovski, pp. 107-110
Article № eb.16116 [Full text – PDF] 

Short Notes

Gastropod Shells from Excavations of the “Antic Forum” Complex in the City Of Plovdiv (Bulgaria): IV-VI Century
Rumen Ivanov, Dilian Georgiev, pp. 111-112
Article № eb.16201 [Full text – PDF] 

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Species Diversity and Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles in Nature Park “Sinite Kamani” in Stara Planina Mt. (Bulgaria)” [Ecologia Balkanica, 6(2): 83-92]
Stanimira R. Deleva, Ivelin A. Mollov, Valentina M. Fidanova, Alexander K. Mechev, pp. 113-113
Article № eb.14120_corrigendum, [Link to original article] [Full text – PDF] 

Reviewers

List of reviewers participated in the peer-review process of the current issue.