Tina Klenovšek

University of Maribor | UM · Department of Biology

We explored modularity and morphological integration of the ventral cranium during postnatal ontogeny in Martino's vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi). Two closely related phylogenetic groups, originating from the Central and Southeastern part of the species range in the western Balkans, were considered. As expected, both phylogroups had similar patterns of...

Fragmented landscapes entail important consequences for the evolution of the species confined to them. Isolation of population fragments accelerates selection for narrow local conditions and facilitates morphological divergence. Throughout its range, the European snow vole Chionomys nivalis is restricted to fractured, rocky substrate in mountain re...

Most studies of morphological variability in or among species are performed on adult specimens. However, it has been proven that knowledge of the patterns of size and shape changes and their covariation during ontogeny is of great value for the understanding of the processes that produce morphological variation. In this study, we investigated the p...

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For the understanding of shrew communities, their coexistence and competition, the knowledge of diet partitioning among sympatric shrew species is crucial. In this study, the trophic niches of three coexisting Sorex species: S. alpinus, S. araneus and S. minutus were compared for the first time. Shrews were taken from a montane forest habitat in no...

As a result of field studies in 2015-2016 in Serbia, mainly during two field collecting trips, four species of Raphidioptera and 65 species of Neuroptera were collected. The following species are reported from Serbia for the first time: Ornatoraphidia flavilabris (A. Costa, 1855), Phaeostigma pilicollis (Stein, 1863), Nothochrysa fulviceps (Stephen...

We present the state of knowledge on the family Myrmeleontidae occurring in North Macedonia based on published records, museum specimens and new samples, and provide a comprehensive species list. North Macedonia represents only 3.9% of the area of the Balkan Peninsula but harbours 19 species belonging to 14 antlion genera, i.e., 61% of the peninsul...

Volkci lijakarji so žuželke, katerih ličinke v pesku gradijo pasti v obliki lijaka za lov plena. Naklon lijaka in sipanje peska proti dnu lijaka plenu otežujeta pobeg, zato je oblika lijaka ključnega pomena za uspeh pri lovu. Različne vrste volkcev lijakarjev lahko gradijo različno oblikovane pasti. V raziskavi Devetak in sodelavci (2020) smo prouč...

The burnet moth, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) is a distinctly polymorphic species of moth appearing in several color morphotypes. This study examined whether the variability of the Z. ephialtes forewing could be explained by geometric morphometric methods. The analysis included 70 male specimens from five localities in Mon...

Burnet güvesi, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) farklı renk morfotiplerinde görülen belirgin şekilde polimorfik bir güve türüdür. Bu çalışmada, Z. ephialtes’in ön kanatlarındaki değişkenliğin geometrik morfometri yöntemleri ile açıklanıp açıklanamayacağını incelenmiştir. Analizde, 1981 ile 2018 yılları arasında toplanan sırası...

New findings of the brown lacewing Hemerobius schedli in Montenegro (the first record for the country), North Macedonia (occurrence on the second mountain in the country), and Austria are presented. In contrast to Central European populations of H. schedli that develop on Pinus cembra, plant substrate of the Balkan populations is Pinus peuce. In th...

This study presents the results of an ornitho-archaeological analysis of avian bones from Stare gmajne and Blatna Brezovica, two Eneolithic pile dwelling sites in the area of Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia. Avian bone remains, together with remnants of huts, tools, mammal bones and bones of other vertebrates, represent the material remnant of a pile d...

Over the last decades, the European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus) has been declining in many parts of its European range. Due to the lack of recent information on the occurrence and status of the European Hamster in the south-western Carpathian Basin west of the Danube, we used information gathered from prey remains in Common Barn-owl (Tyto alba) pel...

We explore the pattern of spatial variation in mandibular morphology in relation to subspecific taxonomy in the dwarf fat-tailed jerboa, Pygeretmus pumilio. The unguided k-means clustering on mandible shape scores, partitioned populations into two clusters, corresponding to western and eastern populations. These clusters nearly perfectly matched th...

We explore the pattern of spatial variation in mandibular morphology in relation to subspecific taxonomy in the dwarf fat-tailed jerboa, Pygeretmus pumilio. The unguided k-means clustering on mandible shape scores, partitioned populations into two clusters, corresponding to western and eastern populations. These clusters nearly perfectly matched th...

Aim: Following the classical MacArthur-Wilson island equilibrium model of species richness, we hypothesize that island size and isolation affect prey composition and diet diversity of predators on islands. We used the barn owl as a model predatory organism that is known for feeding and habitat flexibility and explored the patterns of its diet on Me...

Modular organization is a general characteristic of biological systems from cellular to organismal level. The mammalian skull is a complex structure that can in general be divided into two functional components, the neurocranium and the viscerocranium. The two-module organisation of the skull of the European ground squirrel Spermophilus citellus (L...

Pit-building antlion larvae are predators that construct pitfall traps in fine sand. We used three-dimensional laser scanning and geometric morphometrics to reveal the shape of antlion pits of two antlion species, analysed the particle size composition of sands from the different natural habitats, and measured the slope angles of the pits of the tw...

Arid areas have a comparatively narrow range of habitat types, with restricted variation in environmental parameters, leaving narrow boundaries for phenotypic variation to correlate with ecological variables. To test this presumption, we explored variation in size and shape of the mandible in the dwarf fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio (Kerr, 1...

The hemerobiid fauna of Serbia was studied during two collecting trips in the years 2015 and 2016. Prior to the present study the hemerobiids in this Balkan country were insufficiently explored. According to literature data and collected material , twenty-three species are listed for the country, of which six are recorded for the first time for Ser...

The article presents dietary habits of the Peregrine Falcon in the urban environment of Maribor. The diet was studied with an analysis of prey remnants at the nesting site. In October 2015, prey remnants were collected after the nesting in and around the nest built on top of the grain storage silo. Prey remnants, mostly bones and feathers, were sor...

The Pannonian Plain is large sedimentary lowlands in Central/south-eastern Europe. Two protected sand dune areas in the southern rim of the Pannonian Plain were surveyed for the presence of Neuroptera. Đurđevac sands in Croatia is a special geographical and botanical reserve, occupying only about 0.2 km², whereas Special Nature Reserve Deliblato sa...

During the course of three Balkan neuropterological expeditions in 2014, 2015 and 2017, short visits to three national parks were conducted. A survey of the collected neuropterid species (Neuropterida: Raphidioptera, Neuroptera) in the Fir of Drenova National Park, Albania, the Tara National Park, Serbia, and the Pelister National Park, North Maced...

An inventory of butterfly fauna was carried out in 2017 within the north-western part of the Prime Butterfly Area “Avala Mt.”. Butterfly fauna was surveyed with a transect method from March until October within three sectors with different land use and plant succession. We evaluated the sectors by butterfly species richness, abundance of individual...

The diet of Tawny Owl Strix aluco was studied in the area of Slovenske gorice - NE Slovenia. The analysis was carried out by examining pellets collected at ten locations in the period from 1984 to 2015. From the pellets, 2,121 prey units were isolated. The predominant prey were mammals (Mammalia, 84.8%), followed by birds (Aves, 8.3%), insects (Ins...

The diet of Tawny Owl Strix aluco was studied in the area of Slovenske gorice - NE Slovenia. The analysis was carried out by examining pellets collected at ten locations in the period from 1984 to 2015. From the pellets, 2,121 prey units were isolated. The predominant prey were mammals (Mammalia, 84.8%), followed by birds (Aves, 8.3%), insects (Ins...

Data on the occurrence of four spongillafly species in the Balkan countries are provided. Two species are recorded for the first time in two countries: Sisyra nigra (Retzius, 1783) in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sisyra terminalis Curtis, 1854 in Serbia.

Na štirih skeletih sive čaplje (Ardea cinerea) smo proučili morfološke lastnosti kosti in skeletnih sklopov, predvsem nekatere segmente lobanje, hrbtenice, plečnega obroča, prsnice in medeničnega obroča. Za lobanjo je značilna izrazita kra-niofacialna upogibna cona (zona flexoria craniofacialis), dolga čelnica (os frontale) z izrazito vzdolžno depr...

Na štirih skeletih sive čaplje (Ardea cinerea) smo proučili morfološke lastnosti kosti in skeletnih sklopov, predvsem nekatere segmente lobanje, hrbtenice, plečnega obroča, prsnice in medeničnega obroča. Za lobanjo je značilna izrazita kraniofacialna upogibna cona (zonaflexoria craniofacialis), dolga čelnica (os frontale) z izrazito vzdolžno depres...

Until this study, green lacewing species Suarius nanus had been known in Europe only from Croatia, Macedonia and Greece (Balkan Peninsula). New records of this species and first data for Albania are provided, together with its distribution on the Balkan Peninsula and some morphological and ecological characteristics of the species.

The work presents anatomical terminology of bones of a bird skeleton. An individual technical term is written in the international standard form, i.e. in Latin or Latinized Greek, mostly followed by the slovenized technical term and afterwards by the Slovenian expression for the individual anatomical term. The succession of terms follows the anatom...

The composition of the diet of the Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) in north Bosnia and Herzegovina was investigated on the basis of pellets. Pellets were collected from 16 localities across the Posavina region in the winter season of 2012/13. A total of 442 prey items and 11 prey taxa were identified. Small mammals accounted for 94% and birds 6%. Voles,...

The Hemerobiid fauna of Albania has been poorly explored, with only 7 species recorded prior to the present study. In this paper, results of sampling brown lacewings (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) in Albania during 2012 and 2013 are presented. Based on literature records and collected material, fifteen species are listed for the country, among them eig...

The skull is a complex structure that has frequently been studied for the patterns of morphological integration and modularity. The ventral side of the skull can be divided into two functional modules, the neurocranium composed of the braincase, eyes and ears, and the viscerocranium composed of the jaw apparatus. The aim of this study was to test t...

Oddelek za biologijo Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko, Univerza v Mariboru E-pošta: tina.klenovsek@uni-mb.si POVZETEK: Za organizme in njihove strukture je značilna modularna zgradba. To pomeni, da so nekateri deli celote zaradi skupne funkcije, razvoja ali genetskega izvora tesneje povezani in relativno neodvisni od drugih delov. V prispevk...

Until recently in Slovenia, the presence of invertebrates in the shrew diet had not been investigated. Here we present a list of invertebrates and other ingested items in five shrew species: Sorex alpinus, S. araneus, S. minutus, Crocidura suaveolens and Neomys fodiens in Slovenia. These shrews fed mostly on arthropods and earthworms. Among the art...

Oddelek za biologijo Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko, Univerza v Mariboru E-pošta: tina.klenovsek@uni-mb.si POVZETEK: Geometrijska morfometrija je v biologiji, antropologiji in paleontologiji uveljavljena biometrična metoda. Zaradi široke uporabnosti in vse bolj enostavnih ter dostopnih morfometričnih programov, nosi potencial za osebno lai...