Dimitrije Radišić

• PhD
• University of Novi Sad

To conserve threatened farmland species requires an estimate of the representation of their habitats within protected areas, especially in countries with inadequate mechanisms for protecting and managing habitats outside of protected areas. We conducted a gap analysis to evaluate the conservation status of suitable habitats for two threatened farml...

Climate change is now considered a significant threat to terrestrial biodiversity. Species distribution models (SDMs) are among the modern tools currently used to assess the potential impacts of climate change on species. Pipiza Fallén, 1810 is a well known aphidophagous hoverfly genus (Diptera, Syrphidae) at the European level, for which sampling...

Wetland bird species have been declining in population size worldwide as climate warming and land-use change affect their suitable habitats. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to predict changes in range dynamics for 64 non-passerine wetland birds breeding in Europe, including range size, position of centroid, and margins. We fitted the SDM...

The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is an endangered species whose breeding in Serbia depends almost entirely on nest boxes. The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of prey availability and foraging habitat characteristics on nest-box occupancy and breeding parameters. Data from 20 roller foraging sites over 5 breeding seasons...

Grasslands are one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. Spatial prioritization of high quality habitat in agricultural landscapes is needed to protect grassland biodiversity. Within this context, we focused on European ground squirrel, a keystone species in steppe and salt steppe ecosystems. Using historical data and habitat field mappin...

Context Promoting grassland habitat networks within agricultural landscapes is essential for supporting biodiversity. However, the characteristics of these networks are often poorly documented, making it difficult to prioritize conservation strategies and effectively protect grassland-dependent species. Objectives We set to identify conservation p...

We monitored 15 nests of hooded crows Corvus cornix while simultaneously recording the activity of birds at their nests and the number and activity of people in the vicinity of nests, to examine (1) how often crows attack people during the nest attendance period, (2) whether people and their activity close to crows' nests increase the probability o...

The European Roller (Coracias garrulus), a long-distance migratory bird, faced a considerable decline in breeding pairs throughout Europe at the end of the 20th century. Due to conservation efforts and the installation of nesting boxes, the population of the European Roller in Serbia has made a remarkable recovery. Here, we used the variability of...

Context Promoting habitat networks of natural grasslands within agricultural landscapes is crucial to supporting biodiversity and protecting endangered grassland species. Understanding the degree of fragmentation of these habitat networks assists in better elucidating their value to the grassland network. However, natural grassland characteristics...

Grasslands represent a biodiversity hotspot in the European agricultural landscape, their restoration is necessary and offers a great opportunity to mitigate or halt harmful processes. These measures require a comprehensive knowledge of historical landscape changes, but also adequate management strategies. The required data was gathered from the sa...

Climate change has been associated with both latitudinal and elevational shifts in species’ ranges. The extent, however, to which climate change has driven recent range shifts alongside other putative drivers remains uncertain. Here, we use the changing distributions of 378 European breeding bird species over 30 years to explore the putative driver...

Species' range shifts and local extinctions caused by climate change lead to community composition changes. At large spatial scales, ecological barriers, such as biome boundaries, coastlines, and elevation, can influence a community's ability to shift in response to climate change. Yet, ecological barriers are rarely considered in climate change st...

Pollination is a vitally important process for global crop production and insect pollinators, providing this ecosystem service, represent a key component of global biodiversity. Thus, multiple reports on global insect declines and so-called pollination crisis have raised concern of both scientific community and the public. However, despite widespre...

The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is a threatened species, and over the last few decades population recovery has been achieved via installation of nest boxes as a substitute for lost natural nesting sites. However, lack of available food acts as a second limiting factor for the roller. Thus, in the present study, the dietary requirements of r...

Species’ range shifts and local extinctions caused by global change lead to community composition changes. At large spatial scales, ecological barriers, such as biome boundaries, coastlines, elevation, and temperature gradients, can influence a community's ability to shift. Yet, ecological barriers are rarely considered in global change studies, po...

Species’ range shifts and local extinctions caused by climate change lead to community composition changes. At large spatial scales, ecological barriers, such as biome boundaries, coastlines, and elevation, can influence a community's ability to shift in response to climate change. Yet, ecological barriers are rarely considered in climate change st...

Abstract This study explores local community attitudes toward ecotourism as a form of sustainable tourism in the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve in Serbia using the Sustainable Tourism Attitude Scale (SUS-TAS). Residents of the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve acknowledge the sociocultural and economic benefits of ecotourism development while recogn...

In the period from 2012-2018 annual International Waterbird Censuses (IWCs) were carried out in the IBA Labudovo okno, Serbia (RS033). Counts were conducted between 10 and 30 January in 14 subareas of the IBA (bays, river islands, main flow, secondary branche) on the Danube River. Not all localities could be visited each year due to various reasons...

This paper presents the list of shorebirds, i.e. all waders, terns and gulls in the order Charadrii-formes, which were recorded at alkaline Rusan-da Lake (UTM DR44) in the Banat region in Serbia between 1950 and 2017. The research area covers 5.32 km 2 and includes Rusanda Lake and the wet pastures in the vicinity of the village Melenci. In total 4...

This paper provides the results of research of number and territorial distribution of Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator in southwestern part of the river Pčinja (S Serbia) in the period between 2006 and 2008 with a reference to the habitat selection compared to the data collected on other localities on the Balkan Peninsula.

The study analyzes the effectiveness of protected areas in Serbia presently as well as in the future, based on the representation of suitable habitats and centers of diversity for 116 common species of birds, selected on the basis of 11 criteria. Nationally protected areas, Important Bird and Biodiversity areas (IBAs) and networks formed by overlap...

Understanding the spatial and temporal effects of variable environmental conditions on demographic characteristics is important in order to stop the decline of endangered-species populations. To capture interactions between a species and its environment, in this work the demographic traits of the European ground squirrel (EGS), Spermophilus citellu...

This book present list of bird species recorded on territory of present Serbia through the critical overview of the all published ornithological data and historical material in museums and private collection from the country and region. In total 352 species were confirmed for bird fauna of Serbia during the last 2 centuries, while 28 species mentio...

This paper presents an overview on the bird fauna of Pešter karst polje, Serbia. The polje covers an area of ca. 5,500 ha, within three 10 x 10 km UTM squares: DN27, DN26 and DN36. We used all published sources, unpublished data of the authors as well as field data from the notebooks of J. Šoti and S. D. Matvejev. Bird species are listed systematic...

With environmental pressures on the rise, the establishment of protected areas is a key strategy for preserving biodiversity. The fact that many species are losing their battle against extinction despite being within protected areas raises the question of their effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate established Priority Hoverfly Areas...

National threat category Breeding population status: EN (under IUCN criterion D); Non-breeding population status: NA4a - breeding and non-breeding populations can not be distinguished

National threat category Breeding population status: VU under IUCN criterion D1; Non-breeding population status: DD

National threat category Breeding population status: NT under IUCN criterion A3c and D1 Non-breeding population status: NT (D1)

Ecology of European ground squirrels is mostly known, but novel data on the species' dietary preferences are scarce. In Serbia, data on this topic dates back to the 1950's. We analyzed leaf epidermal tissue in the animals' faeces, using the microhistological method. Samples were collected in Rusanda Nature Park in Serbia. 15 pellet samples collecte...

National threat category Breeding population status: VU (under IUCN criterion A3c); Non-breeding population status: NA4a - breeding and non-breeding populations can not be distinguished

The main goals were to assess distribution, population size and breeding site characteristics of the Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus in Serbia from May 2010 – June 2017.

There is insufficient available information on structural changes within wood-pastures including their relationship to abiotic influences such as livestock grazing, flooding and available soil nutrients. In this paper, we address the links between important environmental variables and different stages of the wood-pasture cycle, with the aim of unde...

Due to a constant decline European Roller (Coracias garrulus) became a threatened breeding species in Vojvodina Province, Serbia, in the beginning of the 1980s. Until 2002 the population dropped significantly to only 15 – 20 breeding pairs. Between 2003 and 2015 over 400 wooden nest-boxes were placed for the species in suitable habitats. The nest-b...

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus was recorded for the first time near Vlasina Lake (SE Serbia; UTM FN12) on 3 June 2015, when a pair (singing male and a female) was observed at Božički Canal mouth. During 2016, at nearby Vlasinsko Blato (UTM FN12, FN02), three singing male were found on 22 May 2016, and five singing males and one pair on 19 J...

In spring of 2016, territorial behavior of Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata was registered on three locations in East and Southeast Serbia. A total of four territories were recorded on Vetren massif (Stara Planina Mt) in late April and early May. Seven additional territories were recorded on Vlasina Plateau in late May. One juvenile b...

European ground squirrel (EGS) has always been considered as an important member of Pannonian grasslands food chain, with special significance for few species of birds of prey. Among raptors, eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) and saker falcon (Falco cherrug), both globally threatened species, are largely dependent on sustainable EGS populatio...

European ground squirrel is considered a well known species, but in Serbia more contemporary data and novel approaches for the study of species' ecology are needed.. We estimated the impact of selected environmental variables and anthropogenic activities on ground squirrel habitat selection in the Central Banat region of Vojvodina. The analysis cov...

Breeding site selection and reproductive success of obligate secondary cavity breeding bird species, European Roller (Coracias garrulus), depends mainly on presence of cavities for nesting and prey availability. The European Roller population is declining throughout Europe, and such trend almost led to local extinction in North Serbia in second hal...

Farmland bird populations are declining throughout Europe. The cause is considered to be rapid changes in agricultural practice, including intensification and land abandonment which result mostly from Common Agricultural Policy. These changes can occur in non EU member states as well, but at a lower level, since these are the countries that still a...

Hoverflies are a valuable group of species in need of conservation and monitoring, due to their large contribution to pollination, biological control, and role as indicators of ecosystem change. Though hoverflies are a well-known group of insects, there has been little documentation of their current conservation status. Using long-term hoverfly mon...

Even with the absence of a national atlas, the knowledge of the distribution and abundance of birds in Serbia is better than one might imagine at first glance. After a period of preparation, it was decided to contribute to the EBBA2 project and at the same time produce a first national breeding bird atlas. Four methods of data collecting are used:...

The objective of this study was to obtain a biogeographical perspective on the hoverfly genus Merodon (Diptera, Syrphidae) based on data from 32 islands in the Aegean and Ionian archipelagoes vis‐à‐vis the adjacent mainland. In this part of the world, the genus comprises 57 species, out of more than 160 species described worldwide. The importance o...

Ornithological research on Tara Mt, which preceded its protection as a National Park, in 1981, presented the importance of this area for a large number of breeding birds, including many rare and endangered species. 130 species are registered on Tara Mt. until now. This article presents new data on the avifauna of Tara National Park, collected durin...

Seven species of the genus Pipiza, collected throughout the southern and western Balkans, were used for the analysis of habitat preferences and potential geographical distribution on the Balkan Peninsula. The analyzed species show a wide and uneven distribution across the delineated geographical-biogeographical regions. The highest number of specie...

During migration and wintering 2010/2011, Eurasian Tree-creeper Certhia familiaris was recorded 94 times in 21 villages and towns of Vojvodina, mostly in parks, groups of planted trees, and other man-made green areas. One to five individuals were recorded per site per day. It was obviously more common than in the winter periods of previous years.

During the 2011 and 2012 breeding seasons, the Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius was recorded on seven occasions in the Pčinja River Valley, near St. Prohor Pčinjski Monastery (S Serbia, UTM EM78). Presence of this species was confirmed on six localities within the valley, with distance among them between 370 m and 4.2 km. A probable breeding t...

Between 1 April and 15 May 2009 Rook Corvus frugilegus colonies were mapped in Bačka (the area between the Danube, Tisa and Hungarian border). This article data analyses the number, size, distribution and abundancy of colonies, the number of nesting pairs, nesting habitats and threats.

The breeding of Shelduck Tadorna tadorna was confirmed in 2011 for the first time in Serbia. One pair and one chick were observed on Lake Rusanda (Banat, UTM DR44) between 15 May and 25 August. The birds were first recorded on Lake Rusanda in May when two males and one female were observed. Throughout May and June, the birds were present on the lak...

International Waterbird Census (IWC) in Serbia in 2012 took place during January with the highest intensity between 14 and 22 January. Waterbirds were counted on nearly all large rivers and the most important stagnant waters in the country. There were 175 participants. Altogether 376.922 individuals of 77 species were counted on 71 stagnant waters,...

Between 1950 and 2010 (most thoroughly between 2004 and 2010 during 181 field work days) bird fauna of Rusanda alkaline lake and its immediate suroundings (Banat, UTM DR44) was surveyed. The size of the area is 1.150 ha and it covers lake Rusanda, marsh depressions around it, pastures, orchards, agricultural land, park and edges of the village Mele...

Long–eared Owls (Asio otus) gathers during winter months in typical communal roosts often on traditional sites in or near human settlements and such behaviour has been registered in Serbia and worldwide. This paper presents the results of research on Long-eared Owls micro habitat and tree selection in Serbia during winter period. The survey was don...

This paper presents results and analysis of the census of Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, Common Tern Sterna hirundo, Little Tern Sterna albifrons, Black Tern Chlidonias niger and Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida, carried out in the breeding period in 2008 in Serbia. Census methods that were used...

This paper provides the results of research of number and territorial distribution ofWoodchat Shrike Lanius senator in southwestern part of the river Pčinja (S Serbia) in the period between 2006 and 2008 with a reference to the habitat selection compared to the data collected on other localities on the Balkan Peninsula.