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Dimitar Dimitrov

Dimitar Dimitrov

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
7278
World Ranking
7029
National Ranking
120

Overview

Dimitar Dimitrov is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway, specializing in several interrelated fields spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their research incorporates subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Their scholarly work covers multiple key topics, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Dimitar Dimitrov has contributed to academic literature published predominantly in venues such as Global Ecology and Biogeography, Nature Communications, Systematic Biology, Etnobotanika, and Invertebrate Systematics.

Frequent collaborators include Zhiheng Wang, Xiaoting Xu, Xiangyan Su, Ao Luo, and Nawal Shrestha, reflecting ongoing partnerships in various research projects.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "How genomics can help biodiversity conservation," 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • "Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web," 2020, Cladistics
  • "Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data to Resolve Recalcitrant Nodes in the Spider Tree of Life," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "An updated floristic map of the world," 2023, Nature Communications

Dimitar Dimitrov has also published a book titled Das Schwarzmeerproblem - mögliche Lösungen in 2020 through AV Akademikerverlag eBooks.

Best Publications

  • An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Ben G. Holt;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;Susanne A. Fritz

  • The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

    Ward C. Wheeler;Jonathan A. Coddington;Louise M. Crowley;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • Finding Evolutionary Processes Hidden in Cryptic Species

    Torsten H. Struck;Jeffrey L. Feder;Mika Bendiksby;Mika Bendiksby;Siri Birkeland

  • A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

    Pierre-Henri Fabre;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Lionel Hautier;Dimitar Dimitrov;Emmanuel J P Douzery

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics, and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life.

    Rosa Fernández;Robert J. Kallal;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Jesús A. Ballesteros

  • Red List of Bulgarian vascular plants

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  • Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)

    Dimitar Dimitrov;Ligia R. Benavides;Ligia R. Benavides;Miquel A. Arnedo;Miquel A. Arnedo;Gonzalo Giribet

  • Tangled in a sparse spider web: single origin of orb weavers and their spinning work unravelled by denser taxonomic sampling

    Dimitar Dimitrov;Lara Lopardo;Gonzalo Giribet;Miquel A. Arnedo

  • Multigene phylogenetic analysis redefines dung beetles relationships and classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

    Sergei Tarasov;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • Evolutionary and biogeographical history of an ancient and global group of arachnids (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) with a new taxonomic arrangement

    Gonzalo Giribet;Prashant Pradeep Sharma;Ligia R. Benavides;Sarah L. Boyer

  • Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: The role of evolutionary time and diversification rates

    Nawal Shrestha;Zhiheng Wang;Xiangyan Su;Xiaoting Xu

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) based on morphological and DNA sequence data

    Fernando Álvarez-Padilla;Dimitar Dimitrov;Gonzalo Giribet;Gustavo Hormiga

  • Pholcid spider molecular systematics revisited, with new insights into the biogeography and the evolution of the group

    Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Jonas J. Astrin;Bernhard A. Huber

  • Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web.

    Robert J. Kallal;Robert J. Kallal;Siddharth S. Kulkarni;Siddharth S. Kulkarni;Dimitar Dimitrov;Ligia R. Benavides

  • Family ties: molecular phylogeny of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

    Suresh P. Benjamin;Suresh P. Benjamin;Dimitar Dimitrov;Rosemary G. Gillespie;Gustavo Hormiga

  • Phylogeny of the orb‐weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)

    Nikolaj Scharff;Nikolaj Scharff;Jonathan A. Coddington;Todd A. Blackledge;Ingi Agnarsson;Ingi Agnarsson

  • Interrogating genomic-scale data to resolve recalcitrant nodes in the Spider Tree of Life

    Siddharth Kulkarni;Robert J Kallal;Hannah Wood;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • An updated floristic map of the world

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  • Citizen science data reveal ecological, historical and evolutionary factors shaping interactions between woody hosts and wood-inhabiting fungi.

    Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen;Pietro K. Maruyama;Pietro K. Maruyama;Hans Henrik Bruun;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • Microhabitat change drives diversification in pholcid spiders

    Jonas Eberle;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Alejandro Valdez-Mondragón;Bernhard A. Huber

  • Why do tropical mountains support exceptionally high biodiversity? The Eastern Arc mountains and the drivers of Saintpaulia diversity.

    Dimitar Dimitrov;David Nogués-Bravo;Nikolaj Scharff

  • A consistent species richness–climate relationship for oaks across the Northern Hemisphere

    Xiaoting Xu;Xiaoting Xu;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov;Nawal Shrestha;Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustavo Hormiga
Gustavo Hormiga George Washington University
Zhiheng Wang
Zhiheng Wang Peking University
Gonzalo Giribet
Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Thomas Knöpfel
Thomas Knöpfel Hong Kong Baptist University
Robert J. Whittaker
Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford
Gary R. Graves
Gary R. Graves National Museum of Natural History
David Nogués-Bravo
David Nogués-Bravo University of Copenhagen
Jérôme Murienne
Jérôme Murienne Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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