Other bird-related studies

1. Buttemer, W. A., Bauer, S., Emmenegger, T., Dimitrov, D., Peev, S., & Hahn, S. 2019 Moult-related reduction of aerobic scope in passerine birds. J. Comp. Physiol. B 189, 463–470. (doi:10.1007/s00360-019-01213-z)
2. Zehtindjiev, P., Vasilev, V., Marinov, M.P., Ilieva, M., Dimitrov, D., Peev, S., Raykov, I., Raykova, V., Ivanova, K., Bedev, K. & Yankov, Y. 2017 No Evidence for Displacement of Wintering Red-breasted Geese Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) (Anseriformes) at a Wind Farms Area in Northeast Bulgaria: Long-term Monitoring Results. Acta Zool. Bulg. 69, 215–228. link
3. Зехтинджиев, П. 2017 За малките неща в голямата наука или как проследяването на българските птици открива нови хоризонти пред приложната наука. BBC Знание, 90, 36-39. link
4. Vasilev, V. & Marinov, M. P. 2017 Oological characteristics of a colony of Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula L.) in the town of Shumen, NE Bulgaria. Acta Zool. Bulg. 69, 143–147. link
5. Hahn, S., Dimitrov, D., Rehse, S., Yohannes, E. & Jenni, L. 2014 Avian claw morphometry and growth determine the temporal pattern of archived stable isotopes. J. Avian Biol. 45, 202–207. (doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00324.x)
6. Michalczuk, J., McDevitt, A. D., Mazgajski, T. D., Figarski, T., Ilieva, M., Bujoczek, M., Malczyk, P. & Kajtoch, Ł. 2014 Tests of multiple molecular markers for the identification of Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers and their hybrids. J. Ornithol. 155, 591–600. (doi:10.1007/s10336-014-1040-1)
7. Michev, B. T., Peev, S. G. & Michev, T. M. 2014 Birds of Open Waters off the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Acta Zool. Bulg. 66, 485–492.  link
8. De Dinechin, M., Dobson, F. S., Zehtindjiev, P., Metcheva, R., Couchoux, C., Martin, A., Quillfeldt, P. & Jouventin, P. 2012 The biogeography of Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua). Can. J. Zool. 90, 352–360. (doi:10.1139/z2012-016)
9. Neto, J. M., Arroyo, J. L., Bargain, B., Monrós, J. S., Mátrai, N., Procházka, P. & Zehtindjiev, P. 2012 Phylogeography of a habitat specialist with high dispersal capability: the Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides. PLoS One 7, e38497. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038497)
10. Schrey, W., Grispo, M., Awad, M., Cook, M. B., Mccoy, E. D., Mushinsky, H. R., Albayrak, T., Bensch, S., Burke, T., Butler, L. K., Dor, R., Fokidis, H. B., Jensen, H., Imboma, T., Kessler-Rios, M. M., Marzal, A., Stewart, I. R. K., Westerdahl, H., Westneat, D. F., Zehtindjiev, P., Martin, B. 2011 Broad-scale latitudinal patterns of genetic diversity among native European and introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) populations. Mol. Ecol. 20, 1133–1143. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05001.x)
11. Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Hansson, B., Oparina, O., Oparin, M. & Bensch, S. 2011 Population genetic structure in the paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola Jerd.). Curr. Zool. 57, 63–71. link
12. Hansson, B., Hasselquist, D., Tarka, M., Zehtindjiev, P. & Bensch, S. 2008 Postglacial colonisation patterns and the role of isolation and expansion in driving diversification in a passerine bird. PLoS One 3, e2794. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002794)
13. Shurulinkov, P., Daskalova, G., Hristov, I., Ilieva, M., Pankova, R. & Day, J. 2008 Contribution to the knowledge on the breeding ornithofauna of Eastern Turkey. Acta Zool. Bulg. 60, 125-133. link
14. Oparina, O., Oparin, M. & Ilieva, M. 2007 Petty passerine bird communities of reeds in the Saratov Trans-Volga region (In Russian). Povolzhskiy J. Ecol. 2, 130–139.
15. Metcheva, R., Zehtindjiev, P., Bezrukov, V., Savov, A., Yankov, Y. 2006 Bill coloration of Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi). Part I. A Marker for Gentoo population studies. In: Golemansky, V., Mecheva, R. (Eds.) Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences, 5, 37-45.
16. Zehtindjiev, P., Metcheva, R., Savov, A., Yankov, Y., Ludwig, A., Lieckfeldt, D. 2006 Polymorphism of the population in Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua, Aves: Sphenisciformes) from Livingston Island, South Shetlands. In: Golemansky, V., Mecheva R. (Eds.) Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences, 5, 1-9.
17. Metcheva, R., Zehtindjiev, P., Savov, A., Trakijska, E. & Yankov, Y. 2005 Sex dimorphism established by body weight, beak and flipper length in Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua, Forster, 1781), (Aves: Sphenisciformes) from the Livingston Island. Acta Zool. Bulg. 57, 65–70.
18. Metcheva, R., Zehtindjiev, P. 2005 Distribution and Abundance of summer bird’s community from South Bay (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). In: Balkan Scientific Conference, Part II, pp. 453-458.
19. Zehtindjiev, P., Ragyov, D. 2005 Assessment of the risk of collision of night migrants with the planned wind energy turbines near the town of Balchik: a pilot study carried out in the autumn of 2003. In: Dereliev, S. et al. (comp.) Results of the study of birds and bats migration in the region of the planned wind energy park near the town of Balchik, north-eastern Bulgaria. Conservation Sequence, Report No 2-2005. BSPB, Sofia; pp. 28-38.
20. Metcheva, R., Zehtindjiev, P., Yankov, Y. 2004 Gentoo penguin colony estimations using digital photography. In: Golemansky, V., Chipev, N. (Eds.) Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences, 4, 115-121 link.
21. Shurulinkov, P., Stoyanov, G., Tzvetkov, P., Vulchev, K., Kolchagov, R. & Ilieva, M. 2003 Distribution and abundance of Tengmalm’s Owl Aegolius funereus on Mount Pirin, south-west Bulgaria. Sandgrouse 25, 103–109. link
22. Zehtindjiev, P., Shurulinkov, P., Tzonev, R. 2002 Present status of great bustard (Otis tarda) in Bulgaria. In: Proceedings of the International Meeting of the Working Group on the East-European Population of Great Bustard, Harkov, 24-28 October, pp. 42-47.
23. Bogdanova M., Zehtindjiev P. 2000 On the biology of the Ruddy Shelduck in Bulgaria. Casarca 6, 243-252.
24. Bogdanova, M., Zehtindjiev, P. 2000 Experimental release of Ruddy Shelduck in the nature (preliminary results). Casarca 6, 253-257.
25. Kutzarov, I., Zehtindziev, P., Iankov, P., Marinov, M., Kurtev, M. 1997 Kalimok Complex. In: Kostadinova, I. (comp.), Important Bird Areas in Bulgaria. BSPB Conservation Series. Book 1, Sofia, BSPB, pp. 101-103.