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  1. The dilemma of self-citation in taxonomy

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  2. Contribution to the genus Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola, Tomoceridae): notes on the morphology of Plutomurus carpaticus Rusek & Weiner and P. unidentatus (Börner)

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  3. Dynamics of Collembola (Hexapoda) in a forested limestone scree slope, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

    Article • Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, March 2020, National Speleological Society

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  4. Subterranean Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, (Hexapoda, Collembola) of the Western Carpathians — Troglomorphy at the northern distributional limit in Europe

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2020, PLOS

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  5. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae)

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, January 2020, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Ana Sofia Reboleira, prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  6. Ordered phylogenomic subsampling enables diagnosis of systematic errors in the placement of the enigmatic arachnid order Palpigradi

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  7. Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β -diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Stefano Mammola, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  8. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, October 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Stefano Mammola, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  9. New species of the genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (Collembola: Neelipleona) from a superficial subterranean habitat at Dobšinská Ice Cave, Slovakia

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2019, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  10. Type of fixative solution in pitfall traps as a decisive factor affecting community parameters of Collembola (Hexapoda) inhabiting superficial subterranean habitats

    Article • The Science of Nature, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  11. The succession of soil Collembola communities in spruce forests of the High Tatra Mountains five years after a windthrow and clear–cut logging

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2019, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  12. Morphological and cytogenetic characteristics of Neobisium (Blothrus) slovacum Gulička, 1977 (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae), the northernmost troglobitic species of the subgenus Blothrus in Europe

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  13. Testing the climatic variability hypothesis in edaphic and subterranean Collembola (Hexapoda)

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, December 2018, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  14. A unique small-scale microclimatic gradient in a temperate karst harbours exceptionally high diversity of soil Collembola

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, May 2018, University of South Florida Libraries

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  15. The activity of saccharolytic enzymes in Collembola is associated with species affinity for caves

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, May 2018, University of South Florida Libraries

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  16. Cave Ecology

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  17. Caves as Oligotrophic Ecosystems

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  18. Ice Caves

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  19. Riparian Collembola (Hexapoda) communities of northern Moldova, Eastern Europe

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  20. A new troglobiotic Protaphorura (Collembola, Hexapoda) from the Siberia, Russia

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2017, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  21. The cold-adapted population ofFolsomia manolachei(Hexapoda, Collembola) from a glaciated karst doline of Central Europe: evidence for a cryptic species?

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, November 2016, Wiley

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  22. Redescription of two troglobiotic species of Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Western Carpathians

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  23. Organic carbon content and temperature as substantial factors affecting diversity and vertical distribution of Collembola on forested scree slopes

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, July 2016, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  24. A new cave species of the genus Protaphorura Absolon, 1901 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) with critical comments to the Palaearctic representatives of the genus

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  25. Genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Hexapoda, Collembola) reveals its diversity in cave habitats: two new species from Croatia

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  26. Collembola dynamics along the mesoclimatic gradient in a karst valley

    Article • Biologia, January 2016, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  27. Food sources of selected terrestrial cave arthropods

    Article • Subterranean Biology, July 2015, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  28. Distributional patterns of cave Collembola (Hexapoda) in association with habitat conditions, geography and subterranean refugia in the Western Carpathians

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  29. Community composition and cold tolerance of soil Collembola in a collapse karst doline with strong microclimate inversion

    Article • Biologia, January 2015, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  30. Forest disturbance enhanced the activity of epedaphic collembola in windthrown stands of the High Tatra mountains

    Article • Journal of Mountain Science, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  31. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, January 2014, CSIRO Publishing

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  32. Four new troglobiotic species of the genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (Collembola: Neelipleona) from the Carpathian Mountains (Slovakia, Romania)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2013, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  33. Microwhip Scorpions (Palpigradi) Feed on Heterotrophic Cyanobacteria in Slovak Caves – A Curiosity among Arachnida

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  34. The effect of clear-cutting and wildfire on soil Oribatida (Acari) in windthrown stands of the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia)

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, March 2013, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  35. Community structure of soil oribatida (acari) two years after windthrow in the high tatra mountains

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  36. Soil Collembola communities along a steep microclimatic gradient in the collapse doline of the Silická ľadnica Cave, Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  37. The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  38. Distribution and morphology of the European Karst palpigrade Eukoenenia gasparoi (Arachnida: Palpigradi)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, November 2012, American Arachnological Society

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  39. The impact of disturbance and ensuing forestry practices on Collembola in monitored stands of windthrown forest in the Tatra National Park (Slovakia)

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  40. A three-year study of soil Collembola communities in spruce forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia) after a catastrophic windthrow event

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  41. Diversity and community structure of soil Oribatida (Acari) in an arable field with alluvial soils

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  42. Changes within collembolan communities in windthrown European montane spruce forests 2 years after disturbance by fire

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  43. Redescription of Marstonia comalensis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906), a poorly known and possibly threatened freshwater gastropod from the Edwards Plateau region (Texas)

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2011, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  44. Revision of the genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Collembola, Neelida) with the description of two new troglobiotic species from Europe

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2010, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  45. The effect of mesoclimate on Collembola diversity in the Zádiel Valley, Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, September 2008, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  46. The first karyotype study in palpigrades, a primitive order of arachnids (Arachnida: Palpigradi)

    Article • Genetica, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  47. Comparison of collembolan assemblages (Hexapoda, Collembola) of thermophilous oak woods and Pinus nigra plantations in the Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • Pedobiologia, January 2005, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  48. Soil Oribatida and Collembola communities across a land depression in an arable field

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, November 2001, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  49. REVISION OF THE GENUS CATOCALA

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 1901, Cambridge University Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč