Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

ISSN: 0324-0770 | Issue frequency: 4 per year | ISI Impact Factor (2015) = 0.310

An open access international journal of animal diversity, ecology and evolution published by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The journal is continuer of the first zoological journal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, entitled Bulletin de l’Institut de Zoologie et Musée (1951—1974).

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica publishes original research articles, reviews and short communications in systematics and phylogenetics, zoogeography and faunistics, terrestrial ecology and behaviour, aquatic ecology, parasitology, palaeozoology, zoomorphology and developmental biology, conservation biology, applied zoology and other branches of zoology dealing with diversity, ecology and evolution of animals. The geographical scope of the journal is worldwide but a priority is given to the Bulgarian and Balkan fauna as well as the fauna of associated regions (e.g. Black Sea, Danubian Basin, Southeast Europe). Descriptions of new zoological methods, short reviews or annotations of zoological books and information about scientific events (past or forthcoming) are also accepted.

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica is published in English.

For articles submitted after 1 July 2016, a fee of 20 BGN (10 EUR) per printed page is applied.

Editorial Board:

Editor-in-Chief: Boyko Georgiev
Honorary Editor-in-Chief: Vassil Golemansky

Co-editors:

Apostolos Apostolou
Dragan Chobanov
Rumyana Metcheva
Paraskeva Mihailova
Ivan Pandurski
Vasil Popov
Pavel Zehtindjiev

Managing Editor: Rositsa Kaneva
Language Editor: Vesela Evtimova

Advisory Board:

Hristo Delchev (Sofia)
Victor Fet (Huntington)
Denis Geraads (Paris)
Georgi Georgiev (Sofia)
Peter Glöer (Hetlingen)
Victor V. Glupov (Novosibirsk)
Andy J. Green (Seville)
Borislav Guéorguiev (Sofia)
Boris Kryštufek (Ljubljana)
Jean Mariaux (Geneva)
Josef Matena (Česke Budejovice)
Georgi Markov (Sofia)
Yuri M. Marusik (Magadan)
Vladislav Monchenko (Kiev)
Boris Nikolov (Sofia)
Anastasios Legakis (Athens)
Toshko Ljubomirov (Sofia)
Vlada Peneva (Sofia)
Aleksi Popov (Sofia)
Mitko Subchev (Sofia)
Milcho Todorov (Sofia)
Margarita Topashka (Sofia)
Nikolay D. Tzankov (Sofia)
Yordan Uzunov (Sofia)
Jiri Vavra (Prague)
Jan Zima (Brno)

Information on the contents of this journal is indexed in the following Thompson Reuters services:
— Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®)
— Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
— Biological Abstracts
— BIOSIS Previews
— Zoological Record

For correspondence:
Rossy Kaneva, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research — BAS, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria | e-mail: