Spassimir Tonkov

Prof. emerit. Spassimir Tonkov
Lab. of Palynology
Dept. of Botany
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
8 Dragan Tzankov blvd.
BG-1164 Sofia
Bulgaria


Phone: +359 (0)2 816 7314
Phone2: 359 897295347
Fax: +359 (0)2 8656 641
E-mail: stonkov(at)abv.bg
URL Institution: www.biofac.uni-sofia.bg/


Additional functions:
Former Head of the Laboratory of Palynology, Sofia University,Department of Botany



Key Publications of Spassimir Tonkov (up to ten) :
1.Oliver, H., S. Brooks, H. Renssen, A. Bedford, M. Hazekamp, B. Ilyashuk, E. Jeffers, B. Lang, E. Kirilova, S. Kuiper, L. Millet, S. Samartin, M. Toth, F. Verbruggen, J. Watson, N. van Asch, E. Lammertsma, L. Amon, H. Birks, J. Birks, M. Mortensen, W. Hoek, E. Magyari, C. Munoz Sobrino, H. Seppä, W. Tinner, S. Tonkov, S. Veski, A. Lotter. 2014. Validation of climate model-inferred regional temperature change for late-glacial Europe. Nature Communications | 5:4914 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5914

2.Tonkov, S., M. Lazarova, E, Bozilova, D. Ivanov, I. Snowball. 2014. A 30,000-year pollen record from Mire Kupena,Western Rhodopes Mountains (south Bulgaria). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 209, 41-51.

3.Tonkov, S., E. Marinova, M. Filipova-Marinova, E. Bozilova. 2014. Holocene palaeoecology and human environmental interactions at the coastal Black Sea Lake Durankulak, northeastern Bulgaria. Quaternary International 328-329, 277-286.

4.Tonkov, S., E. Bozilova, G. Possnert. 2013. Postglacial vegetation history as recorded from the subalpine Lake Ribno (NW Rila Mts.), Bulgaria. Central European Journal of Biology 8 (1), 64-77

5.Marinova, E., S. Tonkov, E. Bozilova, I. Vajsov. 2012. Holocene anthropogenic landscapes in the Balkans: the palaeobotanical evidence from southwestern Bulgaria. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 21, 4-5, 413-427.

6. Tonkov, S., G. Possnert, E. Bozilova. 2011. The Lateglacial in the Rila Mountains (Bulgaria) re-visited: The pollen record of Lake Ribno (2184 m). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 166, 1-2, 1-11.

7.Tonkov, S., H.-J. Beug, E. Bozilova, M. Filipova-Marinova, H. Jungner. 2011. Palaeoecological studies at the Kaliakra area, northeastern Bulgarian Black Sea coast: 6000 years of natural and anthropogenic change. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19, 4, 259-270.

8. Tonkov, S., E. Bozilova, G. Possnert, A. Velcev. 2008. A contribution to the postglacial vegetation history of the Rila Mountains, Bulgaria: the pollen record of Lake Trilistnika. Quaternary International 190, 58-70.

9. Tonkov, S. 2003. Holocene palaeovegetation in the northwestern Pirin Mountains as reconstructed from pollen analysis. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynololgy 124, 1/2, 51-61.

10. Bozilova, E., S. Tonkov. 2000. Pollen from Lake Sedmo Rilsko reveals southeast European postglacial vegetation in the highest mountain area of the Balkans. New Phytologist 148, 315-325.


Specialties of Spassimir Tonkov:
Investigation of Late Quaternary sediments in lakes, mires, peat-bogs - reconstruction of flora, vegetation history, climate and human impact

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