Dr. Snezana Pesic

Main points of emphasis Research on weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea), fauna, taxonomy, ecology, zoogeography of the Balkan Peninsula, especially Serbia and Monte Negro. Field of activity Present employment    6th April 1998 to date Assistant Professor on the Ecology and Geography of Animals; Institute of Biology; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; University in Kragujevac; YU

Previous employment 16th January 1987 to 6th April 1998

Institute of Biology; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; University in Kragujevac; YU

Doctoral degree; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Kragujevac; Yugoslavia      

Public protection: 21st September 1997

Theme: Interactions with environment and dynamics of weevils (Coeloptera, Curculionidae) in Kragujevac basin

Contents: 153 pages of text, plus 32 tables, 72 figures (41 with graphics and histograms) and 23 pages with 418 data of cited literatura.

Some results: Over the course of several years (mainly during the period 1987-1995), 4394 adult weevils were collected in 2158 instances of specimen finding in 21 types of biotopes /habitats, at 25 localities in the Kragujevac basin. In addition to this, in order to follow the seasonal dynamics of adult weevils in the two most accessible kinds of biotopes (valley meadow and oak woods), 1101 more specimens were collected in surveys conducted once a month at two points in the Šumarice park during 1993-1994. There were 145 outings (or dates on which mature weevils were found, to be more precise) in all. Belonging to 113 genera, 22 subfamilies and 4 families (Attelabidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae, Rhynchophoridae), 355 species were identified. In regard to ecological characteristics, a typical representative of the weevil fauna found in the Kragujevac basin can be described as a subrecedent, accidental, transitional (not exclusively linked with a single type of biotope) phanerognathic hortobiont with an oligophagous spectrum of nutrition. Euryvalence is apparently favored. The reason for this probably lies in the split-up and mixed nature of habitats.

• Member of Entomological Society of Serbia

• Member of Serbian Ecological Society

• Member of Serbian Biological Society

• Member of Serbian Mountaineers' Society

• Member of Serbian Young Researches' Society

• Member of the Curculio-Institute

Current projects

Preparing a checklist for some part of YU territory.

·        Investigator in Study of Protection of Environment and Development of Ecological Systems of Kragujevac until 2010. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Kragujevac.

·        Investigator in Study of Protection of Environment and Development of Ecological Systems of Smederevska Palanka until 2010. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Kragujevac.

·        Investigator in Project Taxonomical, biogeographical and autecological investigations of Flora and Fauna. Serbian Ministry for Science, Technology and Development.

Publications

·        Pesic, S. (1993):
Sinuzija insekata fam. Curculionidae u vrbacima i topoljacima u Sumaricama kod Kragujevca. Zbornik radova PMF u Kragujevcu, 14: 67-72.
[The Sinusion of Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in the Willow and Poplar Groves in Shumarice near Kragujevac. Collection of scientific Papers of the Faculty of Science Kragujevac]

·        Pesic, S. (1993):
Ekologo-faunisticheskiy obzor zhukov-dolgonosikov (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) okrestnostey goroda Kraguyevac (Serbia). Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye, St. Petersburg, Russia; LXXII, 4: 830-835.
[Ecological-Faunistic review of Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Kragujevac vicinity (Serbia)]

·        Simic, V., Jankovic, D., Karaman, S., Ostojic, A., Simic, S., Pavlovic-Muratspahic, D., Rankovic, B., Pesic, S., Stojanovic, M., Savic, G., Miloševic, S. & Ilic, G. (1994):
Ecological characteristics of lake Bubanj in Kragujevac and possibilities for its reclamation and protection (eco-engineering). Ichthyologia; Beograd, 26 (1): 25-42.

·        Simic, V., Ostojic, A., Karaman, S., Blesic,  B.,  Pesic,  S. (1994):
Istrazivanje zoobentosa i zooplankto­na u vodama Kragujevackog regiona. Zbornik radova "Zastita voda '94.", Igalo: 198-203.

·        Pesic, S. (1995):
The first data on the distribution of Ubychia holdhausi Ganglbauer, 1903 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Raymondionyminae) in Serbia. Arch. Biol. Sci., Beograd, Vol. 47 (3-4): 127-128.

·        Pesic, S. (1995):
Curculionidae in the Ash Forest of Kragujevac. Zbornik radova PMF u Kragujevcu, 17: 215-222.

·        Ostojic, A., Simic, S., Simic,  V.,  Pesic,  S.,  Savic,  G., Ilic, G., Milosevic, S. (1995):
Zajednice planktona i bentosa kao pokazatelji stanja ekosistema "Bubanj". Zbornik radova "Zastita voda '95.", Tara: 223-228.

·        Pesic, S. (1996):
K voprosu o faune zhukov-dolgonosikov (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) v Yuzhnoy Serbii. Entomologi­che­skoye Obozreniye. St. Petersburg, Russia; LXXV, 1: 106-112.
[Material on the Weevil Fauna (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) of South Serbia]

·        Pesic, S. (1996):
Contribution to the knowledge of the late May aspect of Curculionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in Dojran-lake zone (Macedonia). BIOS (Macedonia, Greece); 4: 15-22.

·        Mihajlova, B., Pesic, S., Krpach, V. (1997):
Contribution to the Study of Snout Beetles Fauna (Curculionidae, Coleoptera) in the Pelister Mountain. University Thought, Pristina; IV (2): 109-114.

·        Pesic, S. (1997):
Prilog poznavanju insekata familije Curculionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) u okolini Pirota. Zbornik radova sa II Simpozijuma o flori Srbije, Vranje 1995. (IV Simpozijuma o flori jugoistocne Srbije, Vranje 1995.); Nis: 103-108.
[The first contribution to the knowledge of Curculionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in Pirot vicinity. Collection of papers of II Serbian floristic Simposium]

·        Pesic, S. (1997):
The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of upland meadows in the Kragujevac Basin, Serbia. Acta entomologica serbica, Vol.2, No. 1/2; Beograd: 37-46.

·        Pesic, S. (1995-98):
Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleoptera in the fresh waters in Kragujevac district, june aspect. Bulletin of Natural History Museum, Belgrade, B 49-50: 167-171.

·        Pesic, S. (1998):
The fauna of Weevils (Coleoptera: Attelabidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae, Rhynchophoridae) in Kragujevac Basin (Serbia). Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of Curculionoidea XX I.C.E. (1996, Firenze, Italy); Mus. Reg. Sci. nat. Torino; 163-182.

TEXT-BOOK FOR THE STUDENTS

 ·        "Zoogeography" (1995) - translation of Russian text-book writen by prof. I. K. Lopatin.

       278 pages, with 67 figures (16 color tables)

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