Ecotoxicological research abroad

Publications

Di Marzio A., Lambertucci S.A., Garcia Fernandez A.J., Martínez-López E. 2019. From Mexico to the Beagle Channel: A review of metal and metalloid pollution studies on wildlife species in Latin America. – Environmental Research 176 (2019): 108462. https://doi.org.10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.029.

Entomology research abroad

Aleksandrs Napolovs has been making entomofauna inventory expeditions – since 1989 in Central Asia and Russia’s Far East, since 1996 – in Vietnam, in 2010 – in Greece, in 2011 – in Turkey, in 2012 – in Marocco, in 2013 – in Bulgaria, in 2014 – in Russia’s Far East, in 2015 and 2016 – in Bulgaria and Greece, in 2017 – in Thailand. The materials of these expeditions have been included in scientific publications, and several new species have been discovered, including more than 20 beetle species as well as butterfly and spider species.

Publications (by other authors)

Gebert J., Matalin A. V., Boetzl F. A. 2021. Revision of the Palearctic Cicindela campestris species complex – Part 1: On the taxonomy, identification and ecology of Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832 and Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). – Zootaxa 4990(3): 469–510.

Telnov D., Drumont A. 2020. Revisional notes on Trictenotoma Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) in Indochina bioregion, with description of a new species. – Annales zoologici (Warszawa), 70(2): 205–227.

Matalin A.V., Wiesner J. 2016. On the distribution and taxonomy of the tiger beetle genus Therates Latreille, 1816 (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae) from Vietnam. – Far Eastern Entomologist 327: 8–13.

Entomology research in Latvia – Hermit Beetle

In 2005 Aleksandrs Napolovs and Ilona Roma participated in the development of the threatened Hermit Beetle (Osmoderma eremita) Species Conservation Plan in Latvia. In 2006 they took part in a field study on the species in Latvia, covering a territory of ca. 22 000 km². 104 known Hermit Beetle sites were examined, and the presence of the species was verified at 68 of them. While inspecting 660 potential sites, 49 new Hermit Beetle sites were recorded.

Entomology research in Latvia – Reindeer Nose Bot Fly

In 2008 Aleksandrs Napolovs and Ilona Roma took part in a field study on the Reindeer Nose Bot Fly (Cephenemyia trompe) in Latvia. A life-size model of Reindeer was made to serve as a lure. Reindeer urine was used as olfactory bait, and a system was installed inside the model to produce carbon dioxide simulating model's "breath" through its "nostrils".

Malacological research in Latvia – Roman Snail

Publications

Dreijers E. 2002. Parka vīngliemeža Helix pomatia L. populācijas struktūras un dinamikas izpēte. Maģistra darbs. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. (MSc Thesis, in Latvian.)

Research on amphibians abroad

Publications

Di Marzio A., Carrión N.L. 2019. Primer registro de Rhinella rubropunctata (Guichenot, 1848) en la Estepa Patagónica, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina (Anura: Bufonidae). – Paraguay Biodiversidad 6(1): 1–6. Paraguay: Asunción. (In Spanish.)

Research on amphibians in Latvia – European Green Toad

In 2011–2012, staff of Riga Zoo's Department of Amphibians conducted a monitoring in which they searched for European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis) sites in the vicinity of Riga. Five new sites of the species were found.

Research of reptiles in Latvia – Smooth Snake

In 2011–2016 Larisa Nikolajeva participated the Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca) study in Kemeri National Park, and in 2016 in an amphibian and reptile monitoring at Natura 2000 sites in Latvia.

Publications

Čeirāns A., Nikolajeva L. 2017. Habitat ecology of the smooth snake Coronella austriaca and its reptilian prey in the degraded bog with implications for artificial refuge surveys. – Zoology and Ecology 27(1): 19-29.

​Nikolajeva L. 2015. Gludenās čūskas Coronella austriaca populācijas lielums un struktūra Ķemeru nacionālā parka Slokas un Vecajā purvos (The smooth snake Coronella austriaca population size and structure in Ķemeri National Park Slokas and Vecais bogs). Maģistra darbs. Rīga: Latvijas universitāte. (MSc thesis, in Latvian.)

Nikolajeva L., Čeirāns A. 2014. The Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca population size and structure in Kemeri National Park Slokas and Vecais bogs. – Book of abstracts of the 2nd International workshop-conference: Research and conservation of European herpetofauna and its environment: Bombina bombina, Emys orbicularis, and Coronella austriaca. Project LIFE-HerpetoLatvia, 14.–15.08.2014. Daugavpils, Latvia. P. 42.

Čeirāns A., Nikolajeva L. 2014. Study of smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) population in the Slokas Bog, Latvia. – Herpetological Facts Journal 2014 (1): 22-32.

Nikolajeva L. 2013. Gludenās čūskas Coronella austriaca un citu rāpuļu izplatība un apdzīvotie biotopi Ķemeru nacionālā parka Slokas un Vecajā purvos (Smooth snake’s Coronella austriaca and other reptile’s species distribution and habitats in Slokas and Vecais bogs, Kemeri National park, Latvia). Bakalaura darbs. Rīga: Latvijas universitāte. (BSc thesis, in Latvian.)

Čeirāns A. 1997. Gludenās čūskas dzīvesvietas Latvijā un piezīmes par sugas morfoloģiju, izplatību un bioloģiju. Maģistra darbs. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. (MSc Thesis, in Latvian.)

Research of wild ungulates in Latvia

Publications

Lange I. 2006. Ziemas ekskrementu metodes izmantošanas iespējas briežu dzimtas dzīvnieku populāciju pētījumos. Maģistra darbs. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. (MSc Thesis, in Latvian.)