iSCB Lecturers
Prof. Boris Kryštufek, PhD
Dr. Kryštufek is a conservation biologist, with expertise in taxonomy, evolution, phylogeography, biogeography and conservation of terrestrial mammals. His interests also include biodiversity research and conservation. He has conducted different research projects in south-eastern Europe, Asia Minor and South Africa; also having first hand field experience from various European countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Norway), North America and south-east Asia. He is conducting long term monitoring on the population biology of the edible dormouse Glis glis.
Education
- Ph.D. – University of Ljubljana, Department of Biology. 1988. Dissertation title: „Taxonomic differentiation, zoogeography and ecology of voles (Arvicolidae, Rodentia, Mammalia) in Slovenia”.
- B.Sc. – University of Ljubljana, Department of Biology. 1978.
Adjunct Appointments
- University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology
- University of Maribor, Department of Biology
Classes taught
- Conservation Biology
- Systematic Zoology
- Biology of Vertebrates
Selected References
Kryštufek B, Bryja J, Bužan EV (in press) Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European ground squirrel Spermophilus citellus yields evidence on refugia for steppic taxa in the Southern Balkans. Heredity.
Kryštufek B, Bužan EV, Vohralik V, Zareie R, Ozkan B. (in press) Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence yields new insight into the speciation of social voles in southwest Asia. Biol. J. Linn. Soc.
Kryštufek B., Tvrtković N., Paunović M., Ozkan B. 2009. Size variation in the northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus: latitudinal cline and the island rule. Mammalia 73: 299-306.
Kryštufek B., Amori G., Mitchell-Jones T., Zima J. 2009. Mammal conservation in Europe: status and priorities – Collection of papers from the 5th European Congress of Mammalogy. Folia Zool. – 58: 245–247.
Kryštufek B., Vohralik V., Obuch J. 2009. Endemism, vulnerability and conservation issues for small terrestrial mammals from the Balkans and Anatolia. Folia Zool. – 58: 291–302.
Kryštufek B., Bužan E.V., Vohralik V., Zareie R., Ozkan B. 2009. Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence yields new insight into the speciation of social voles in south-west Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 98: 121–128.
Kryštufek B. 2009. On the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) colony in Peradeniya botanical gardens, Sri Lanka. Hystrix It. J. Mammal. (n.s.) 20: 29-35.
Kryštufek B., Bryija J., Bužan E.V. 2009. Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, yields evidence on refugia for steppic taxa in the southern Balkans. Heredity (2009), 1–7, doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.41.
Kraft R., Kryštufek B. 2009. Rediscovery of the holotype skull of the garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus (Wagner) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Gliridae). Spixiana 32: 285-287.
Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2009. Mammals of Turkey and Cyprus, Rodentia II : Cricetinae, Muridae, Spalacidae, Calomyscidae, Capromyidae, Hystricidae, Castoridae. University of Primorska, Koper: 1-372.
Kryštufek B, Quadracci A. 2008. Effects of latitude and allopatry on body size variation in European water shrews. Acta Theriol. 53: 39-46.
Kryštufek B. 2008. Description of a new thicket rat from Kenya: Grammomys brevirostris n. sp. Acta zool. Litu. (Spausd.) 18: 221-227.
Kryštufek B, Haberl W, Baxter R. 2008. Rodent assemblage in a habitat mosaic within the Valley Thicket vegetation of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Afr. J. Ecol. 46: 80-87.
Varljen Bužan E, Kryštufek B, Hanfling B, Hutchinson WF. 2008. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights. Biol. J. Linn. Soc.. 94: 825-835.
Varljen Bužan E, Kryštufek B. 2008. Phylogenetic position of Chionomys gud assessed from a complete cytochrome b gene. Folia Zool. 57: 274-282.
Kryštufek B. 2008. Biodiversity. In: Hroarsson B, Kerman D. (eds). Slovenia today. Kópavogur: Printskill: 153-157
Kryštufek B, Baxter R, Haberl W, Zima J, Varljen Bužan E. 2008. Systematics and biogeography of the Mozambique thicket rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. J. Mammal. 89: 325-335.
Kryštufek B, Janžekovič F, Režek Donev N. 2008. Elevational diversity of reptiles on two Dinaric mountains. J. Nat. Hist. 42: 399-408.
Kryštufek B, Varljen Bužan E. 2008. Rarity and decline in palaeoendemic Martino's vole Dinaromys bogdanovi. Mamm. Rev. 38: 267-284.
Esmaeili HR, Gholamhosseini G, Zareian H, Kryštufek B. 2008. Noteworthy range extension of two white-toothed shrews in Iran : Crocidura suaveolens and Suncus etruscus (Soricidae). Zool. Middle East 45: 105-107.
Kryštufek B, Kletečki E. 2007. Biogeography of small terrestrial vertebrates on the Adriatic landbridge islands. Folia Zool. 56: 225-234.
Dubey S, Cosson J-F, Vohralik V, Kryštufek B, Diker E, Vogel P. 2007. Molecular evidence of Pleistocene bidirectional faunal exchange between Europe and the Near East : the case of the bicoloured shrew (Crocidura leucodon, Soricidae). J. Evol. Biol. 20: 1799-1808.
Kryštufek B, Bužan E, Hutchinson WF, Hanfling B. 2007. Phylogeography of the rare Balkan endemic Martino's vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi, reveals strong differentiation within the western Balkan Peninsula. Mol. Ecol. 16: 1221-1232.
Macholan M, Vyskočilova M, Bonhomme F, Kryštufek B, Orth A, Vohralik V. 2007. Genetic variation and phylogeography of free-living mouse species (genus Mus) in the Balkans and the Middle East. Mol. Ecol. 16: 4774-4788.
Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2007. Distribution of field mice (Apodemus) (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Anatolia. Zool. Middle East 42: 25-36.
Toškan B, Kryštufek B. 2006. Noteworthy rodent records from the upper pleistocene and holocene of Slovenia. Mammalia (Paris) 70: 98-105.
Kryštufek B, Hutterer R. 2006. The Ural field mouse Apodemus uralensis - a mammal species new to Iran. Zool. Middle East 38: 111-112.
Kryštufek B, Janžekovič F. 2005. Relative warp analysis of cranial and upper molar shape in rock mice Apodemus mystacinus sensu lato. Acta Theriol. 50: 493-504.
Kryštufek B, Mozetič-Francky B. 2005. Mt. Hermon field mouse Apodemus iconicus is a member of the European mammal fauna. Folia Zool. 54: 69-74.
Kryštufek B, Pistotnik M, Sedmak Časar, K. 2005. Age determination and age structure in the edible dormouse Glis glis based on incremental bone lines. Mamm. Rev. 35: 210-214.
Kryštufek B. 2005. Distributional status of the Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus in Sri Lanka. Acta Chiropt. 7: 174-178.
Kryštufek B. 2005. Slovenia. In: Hutterer R. (ed) Bat migrations in Europe : a review of banding data and literature, (Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, H. 28). Bonn: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: 55.
Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2005. Mammals of Turkey and Cyprus, Rodentia I : Sciuridae, Dipodidae, Gliridae, Arvicolinae. University of Primorska, Koper: 1-292.
Kryštufek B, Haberl W, Baxter R, Zima J. 2004. Morphology and karyology of two populations of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Folia Zool. 53: 339-350.
Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2004. Molar size variation in three species of pine vole in Asia Minor: Microtus subterraneus, M. majori and M. daghestanicus (Rodentia: Arvicolinae). Isr. J. Zool. 50: 311-319.
Lipej L, Dulčić J, Kryštufek B. 2004. On the occurence of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in the northern Adriatic. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 84: 861-862.
Kryštufek B. 2004. The Cretan Stone Marten Martes foina bunites. Small Carnivore Conservation 30: 2-4.
Kryštufek B. 2004. The Stone Marten Martes foina milleri on the Island of Rhodes. Small Carnivore Conservation 31: 6-8.
Kryštufek B. 2004. A quantitative assessment of Balkan mammal diversity. In: Griffiths HI, Kryštufek B, Reed JM. (eds). Balkan biodiversity : pattern and process in the European hotspot. Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic: 79-108.
Kryštufek B. 2004. Chiroptera (bats). In: Gunn J (ed). Encyclopedia of caves and karst science. New York; London: Fitzroy Dearborn: 225-227.
Griffiths HI, Kryštufek B, Reed JM. (eds) 2004. Balkan biodiversity : pattern and process in the European hotspot. Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic: 1-357.
Macholan M, Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2003. The location of the Mus musculus/M. domesticus hybrid zone in Balkans : clues for morphology. Acta Theriol. 48: 177-188.
Kryštufek B, Flajšman B, Griffiths HI. (eds) 2003. Living with bears : a large European carnivore in a shrinking world. Ljubljana: Ecological Forum of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia: The Liberal Academy: 1-368.
Kryštufek B, Griffiths H.I. 2002. Species richness and rarity in European rodents. Ecography (Cph.) 25: 120-128.
Kryštufek B. 2002. Cranial variability in the Eastern hedgehog Erinaceus concolor (Mammalia: Insectivora). J. Zool. (Lond.) 258: 365-373.
Kryštufek B. 2002. Identity of four Apodemus (Sylvaemus) types from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Mammalia (Paris) 66: 43-51.
Kryštufek B, Benda P. 2002. The Caucasian mole Talpa caucasica - a new mammal for Iran. Mamm. Biol. 67: 113-116.
Kryštufek B, Kefelioglu H. 2001 Redescription and species limits of Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, and description of a new social vole from Turkey : (Mammalia: Arvicolinae). Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 50: 1-14.
Kryštufek B. 2001. Skull analysis of small blind moles from Turkey and Iran. Folia Zool. (Brno) 50: 19-25.
Kryštufek B, Kefelioglu H. 2001. The social vole Microtus socialis in the Near East. Mamm. Rev. 31: 229-237.
Kryštufek B, Spitzenberger F, Kefelioglu H. 2001. Description, taxonomy and distribution of Talpa davidiana. Mamm. Biol. 66: 135-143.
Kryštufek B, Đulić B. 2001. Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866 - Blasius'Hufeisennase. In: Niethammer J, Krapp F (eds). Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Bd 4, Fledertiere. 1. Aufl. Wiebelsheim: AULA-Verlag: 75-90.
Kryštufek B, Vohralik V. 2001. Mammals of Turkey and Cyprus : introduction, checklist, insectivora. University of Primorska, Koper: 1-140.
Kryštufek B. 2001. The distribution of the Levant Mole, Talpa levantis. Zool. Middle East 23: 17-21.
Kryštufek B, Davison A, Griffiths H.I. 2000. Evolutionary biogeography of water shrews (Neomys spp.) in the western Palaearctic Region. Can. j. zool. 78: 1616-1625.
Kryštufek B. 2000. Cranial differentiation in Neomys water shrews. Folia Zool. 49: 81-87.
Kryštufek B, Kolarič K, Paunovič M. 2000. Age determination and age structure in Martino's vole Dinaromys bogdanovi. Mammalia (Paris) 64: 361-370.
Kryštufek B. 2000. Mustelids in the Balkans - small carnivores in the European biodiversity hot-spot. In: Griffiths HI (ed). Mustelids in a modern world : management and conservation aspects of small carnivore: human interactions. Leiden: Backhuys 281-294.