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Zagorodniuk, I. 2026. Nelia Koval, a researcher of mountain faunas of Transcarpathia. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 387–390. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1834

title

Nelia Koval, a researcher of mountain faunas of Transcarpathia

author(s)

Igor Zagorodniuk (National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-133X

abstract

An essay about Nelia Koval, a scientist who has been devoted to studying the fauna of the Carpathians, on the occasion of her 60th birthday. A graduate of the Department of Zoology of Uzhhorod University, Nelia Koval has become a recognised expert of the mountain fauna of the Carpathians, especially the Eastern Carpathians International Reserve. Despite her wide range of interests in various groups of animals, mammals are one of the most important study objects, to which she has devoted more than 20 scientific publications. As head of the zoological laboratory at the Uzhanskyi National Park, she actively researches various iconic groups of mammals that are in the focus of biodiversity monitoring and conservation systems, such as bats, bison, and large carnivorans (bear, lynx, and wildcat). She is an active participant of many Theriological Schools and publications of the Ukrainian Theriological Society.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

references

Barkaszi, Z., N. Koval. 2019. Small mammals of Uzhanskyi National Park (Ukrainian Carpathians) and its vicinities: a preliminary analysis. Theriologia Ukrainica, 17: 28–35. https://doi.org/10.15407/pts2019.17.028
Barkaszi, Z., Y. Dovhanych, N. Koval, [et al.]. 2021. Diversity and habitat preferences of muroid rodents (Rodentia, Muroidea) in the Ukrainian Eastern Carpathians. Biologia, 76 (9): 3693–3703. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00857-z
Bashta, A.-T. V., N. P. Koval. 2012. The species diversity, distribution and problems of protection of bats (Chiroptera) in Uzhanskyi National Park. Scientific Notes of the State Natural History Museum, 28: 85–108. [Ukrainian] URL
Khoyetskyi, P. B., V. O. Kopach, N. P. Koval, N. Y. Chikut. 2014. Analysis of the conditions for the cage breeding of bison (Bison bonasus L.) in the Uzhansky National Nature Park. Scientific Bulletin of the National Forestry University of Ukraine, 24 (3): 22–27. [Ukrainian] http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/nvnltu_2014_24.3_5
Koval, N. 2015. The beaver’s (Castor fiber L.) appearance in the Uzhansky National Park and perspectives of emergence of its mountain populations in Zakarpattia. Proceedings of the Theriological School, 13: 61–67. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/ptt2015.13.061
Koval, N. 2017. The wildcat (Felis silvestris) in the Uzhansky National Nature Park (Eastern Carpathians). Proceedings of the Theriological School, 15: 105–110. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/ptt2017.15.105
Koval, N., A. T. Bashta. 2018. The bat fauna (Chiropterа) of the Uzhanskyi National Park. Theriologia Ukrainica, 16: 99–104. https://doi.org/10.15407/pts2018.16.099
Koval, N., V. Sheveria. 2025. Large carnivorans in the Uzhanskyi National Nature Park: records, survey, and monitoring. Novitates Theriologicae, 17: 80–87. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1716
Koval, N. 2025. European bison in the Uzhanskyi National Park (Ukrainian Carpathians): formation of a new local population. Theriologia Ukrainica, 29: 115–123. https://doi.org/10.53452/TU2909

date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026