Members of the programme team are editors or members of the Editorial Boards of international SCI journals, journals published abroad and journals published in Slovenia. SCI journals 1. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Virant-Doberlet, Meta (member of Editorial Board from 2005). Cambridge Univesity Press, ISSN 0007-4853. [COBISS.SI-ID 3144463] 2. Folia Zoologica. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 1994). Praha: Academia. ISSN 0139-7893. [COBISS.SI-ID 25472512] 3. Hystrix. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2007). Roma: Associazione teriologica italiana. ISSN 0394-1914. [COBISS.SI-ID 15461893] 4. Mammalia. Kryštufek, Boris (guest editor from 2008). Paris: Mammalia, 1936-. ISSN 0025-1461. [COBISS.SI-ID 5199882] 5. North-Western Journal of Zoology. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2008). Oradea: University of Oradea Publishing House. ISSN 1584-9074. [COBISS.SI-ID 2351059] 6. Periodicum Biologorum. Vrezec, Al (Subject Editor from 2015). Zagreb: Hrvatsko prirodoslovno društvo, ISSN 0031-5362. [COBISS.SI-ID 5560834] 7. TheScientificWorldjournal. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2011-). Boynton Beach (FL): Scientific World, 2001-. ISSN 1537-744X. COBISS.SI-ID 2607642] 8. Zoology in the Middle East. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2011). Heidelberg: Kasparek. ISSN 0939-7140. [COBISS.SI-ID 176629] Journals published abroad 1. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2005). Kraków: Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierzat Polskiej Akademii Nauk, ISSN 0065-1710. [COBISS.SI-ID 4781066] 2. Acta Zoologica Lituanica. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2008). Vilnius: Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University. ISSN 1392-1657. [COBISS.SI-ID 17716485] 3. Bonn Zoological Bulletin. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2010). Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig.ISSN 2190-7307. [COBISS.SI-ID 2350803] 4. Dataset Papers in Zoology. Čokl, Andrej (member of Editorial Board from 2012). New York: Datasets International. [COBISS.SI-ID 2549327] 5. Gortania. Geologia Paleontologia Paletnologia. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2010). Udine: Edizioni del Museo friulano di storia natural. ISSN 2038-0410. [COBISS.SI-ID 1827157] 6. Trakya Ünýversýtesý bilimsel arattýrmalar dergisi. B serýsý. Series B, Fen bilimleri, Natural and applied sciences. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2004). Edirne: Trakya Ünýversýtesý Rektörlüdü Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Adýna. [COBISS.SI-ID 555987] 7. Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2011). Bucuresti: Muzeul National de Istoire Naturalæa "Grigore Antipa". ISSN 1223-2254. [COBISS.SI-ID 1985491] Journals published in Slovenia 1. Acrocephalus. Trilar, Tomi (member of Editorial Board from 2009). Ljubljana: Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije. ISSN 0351-2851. [COBISS.SI-ID 7679234] 2. Acta Entomologica Slovenica. Trilar, Tomi (member of Editorial Board from 1995). Ljubljana: Slovensko entomološko društvo Štefana Michielija. ISSN 1318-1998. [COBISS.SI-ID 36553984] 3. Acta Triglavensia. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 2015). Bled: Triglavski narodni park. ISSN 2232-495X. [COBISS.SI-ID 259446784] 4. Annales. Series historia naturalis. Kryštufek, Boris, Tome, Davorin (members of Editorial Board from 1994). Koper: Science and Research Centre of the Republic of Slovenia. ISSN 1408-533X. [COBISS.SI-ID 71951360] 5. Bilten Statističnega društva Slovenije. Blejec, Andrej (Editor-in-chief from 2005). Ljubljana: Statistično društvo Slovenije. ISSN 1408-3272. [COBISS.SI-ID 30242048] 6. Illiesia. Trilar, Tomi (Editor-in chief from 2015). Ljubljana: Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije; Clinton: Mississipi College, Dept. Of Biology. ISSN 1854-0392. [COBISS.SI-ID 216329728] 7 National Geographic Junior. Kryštufek, Boris (member of Editorial Board from 200
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine
Members of the programme team were actively involved in the ground breaking studies developing a new alternative, environmentally friendly approach for managing insect pests that is based on the use of substrate-borne vibrational signals. Numerous major insect pests rely exclusively on vibrational signals and their populations cannot be managed by the usual integrated pest management strategy that includes implementation of pheromones. In years 2014-2016 we published 5 papers related to this topic in the leading international journals and 1 chapter in a book published by Springer. On a model species Scaphoideus titanus, which is a vector of a lethal grapevine disease Flavescence doree that is a quarantine disease in the EU, we developed a proof-of-concept building on mating behaviour of this species [1] and also brought it successfully to the field [2]. A review paper published in the Pest Management Science [3], which is the leading journal in the field of pest management was in the year 2015 the second most accessed paper in this journal, specifically mentioned in the editorial review of the past year [7]. In addition, we contributed a chapter to a book that covers the most advanced concepts and innovative ideas in insect pest management [4]. In addition, we developed a proof-of concept low-cost autonomous digital processing system, capable of recognizing in real-time leafhopper male species-specific vibrational signals and generating female replies, that can be used as a vibrational trap [5]. We also applied laser vibrometry for early detection of larvae of invasive beetles mining in wood [6]. [1] Polajnar J., Eriksson A., Rossi Stacconi MV, Lucchi A, Anfora G., Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V (2014): The process of pair formation mediated by substrate-borne vibrations in a small insect. Behavioural Processes, 107: 68-78. [COBISS.SI-ID 3184463]. [2] Polajnar J., Eriksson A., Virant-Doberlet M., Mazzoni V. (2016): Mating disruption of a grapevine pest using mechanical vibrations : from laboratory to the field. Journal of Pest Science, 89: 909-921. [COBISS.SI-ID 3716175]. [3] Polajnar J., Eriksson A., Lucchi A., Anfora G., Virant-Doberlet M., Mazzoni V. (2015): Manipulating behaviour with substrate-borne vibrations - potential for insect pest control. Pest Management Science, 71: 15-23. [COBISS.SI-ID 3157839]. [4] Polajnar J., Eriksson A., Virant-Doberlet M.,Lucchi A., Mazzoni V. (2016): Developing a bioacoistic method for mating disruption of a leafhopper pest in grapevine. In: Advances in Insect Control and Resistance Management (eds. Horowitz A.R. & Ishaaya I.), Springer, pp. 165-190. [COBISS.SI-ID 3970127]. [5] Korinšek G., Derlink M., Virant-Doberlet M., Tuma T. (2016): An autonomous system of detecting and attracting leafhopper males using species- and sex-specific substrate borne vibrational signals. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 123: 29-39. [COBISS.SI-ID 3794255]. [6] Zorović M., Čokl A. (2015): Laser vibrometry as a diagnostic tool for detecting wood-boring beetle larvae. Journal of Pest Science, 88: 107-112. [COBISS.SI-ID 3048271]. [7] Duke, Stephen O. (2016). Summing up 2015. Pest Management Science, 72: 5-7. DOI: 10.1002/ps.4176.
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In the years 2014-2016 the members of the programme team were involved in preparation of three radio programmes for the national radio: ‘Insect communication’ (COBISS-ID 31364313), »Bumblebees« (COBISS-ID 31530713), »Solitary bees« (COBISS-ID 31531225). They also actively collaborated in preparation of 10 documentary and educational programmes for the national TV: ‘Owls’ (COBISS-ID 148909); ‘Forgotten Slovenians – Ivan Regen’ (COBISS-ID 3553615); ‘Would you eat insects’ (COBISS-ID 3966330); ‘Hour with Andrej – about freshwater organisms in saltwater and viceversa (COBISS-ID 31439065); ‘Hour with Boštjan – about bees (COBISS-ID 31174873); ‘Animals and people – bumblebee-cute and harmless’ (COBISS-ID 3404367), ‘Bite in Science - Ugriznimo znanost – how are birds flying’ (COBISS-ID 3451727); ‘Animal and people – how bumblebbes are living’(COBISS-ID 3515983); ‘Hour with Boštjan – bees, bees (COBISS-ID 3057231) ; ‘Animal and people – Tawny Owl’(COBISS-ID 31390937). In addition, they gave 30 interviews for the radio and television (COBISS categories 2.18, 2.19, 3.11).
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In the time of global biodiversity crisis and climate change, natural history collections (NHC) are gaining recognition of an essential tool for mining the past to manage the future. While the leading scientific journals (incl. Science and Nature) broadcast repeated appeals for improving standards of NHC, cutting funds, neglect of all sorts, and decay remain to be the prevailing practice. In Slovenia the NHC are recognized as a research infrastructure only half-heartedly, at the best, and the nation does not have anything like representative archive of nature. Such oversight can result in irrevocable consequences. Member of the programme team highlighted this problem in a contribution in the journal Nature.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1462261Within the programme period we led international networking project with pan-European research consortium (17 EU countries) of the European Science Foundation EURAPMON (Research and monitoring for and with raptors in Europe) chaired by the programme group member Al Vrezec. In May 2015 we have organized the final conference in Spain, which was attended by 80 researchers from 26 European countries including Russia. The project has laid new foundations for the establishment of a pan- European monitoring scheme for raptors in Europe for the evaluation of their populations, which in Europe are of special conservation concern, and for the evaluation of environmental pollution due to accumulation of pollutants in the tissues of the top predators, such as raptors (more on www.eurapmon.net). The project final report was particularly praised in the review of the European Science Foundation with extract from the review: “The Scientific Review Group for Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences (SRG-LEE) Chair and Members acknowledge that EURAPMON has been very successful in the establishment of a sustainable and resourceefficient pan-European network for monitoring for and with raptors: the comparison between the geographical distribution of EURAPMON stakeholders in 2010 and 2015 presented in the Final Report clearly indicates that the Programme has been very active in establishing new synergies and cooperation.”
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
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