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Pavel S. Ktitorov

PhD student

Born 14.08.1979 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), USSR (Russia). Graduated from St. Petersburg State University, Dept. Vertebrate Zoology with Diploma in Science.

My new affiliation: Ecology lab.
Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nauki 1B, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693022, Russia.

E-mail: pktitorov@imgg.ru

Education:

  • 2004–2006 – PhD student at the Institute of Avian Research, Germany;
  • 2003 – guest researcher at the Institute of Avian Research, Germany;
  • 2003 – since present – scientific assistant at the Biological station Rybachy, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences;
  • 2000–2002 – graduate stududy at the department of Vertebrate Zoology;
  • 1996–2000 – undergraduate study at the dept. of Vertebrate Zoology of the faculty of Biology and Soil science of the St. Petersburg State University;
  • 1986–1996 – School № 492 (graduated from the high school in 1996);
  • 1994–1995 – Minor Biological Faculty of the St. Petersburg State University (graduated in 1995).

Scientific degree:

  • Master of Sciences (diploma ABM 0036319 2002);
  • Bachelor of Sciences (diploma LT+ 0291737 in 2000).

Fields of scientific interest:

  • Habitat selection in birds;
  • Landscape ecology of birds;
  • Bird migration strategies;
  • Migration stopover ecology.

Laboratory and field practice:

  • The Biological Station Rybachy of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (since august 2002);
  • The Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany (2003–2006);
  • Laboratory of Ecology and Protection of Birds of the Biological Institute of the St. Petersburg State University (1995–2002);
  • Ladoga Ornithological Station of the Biological Institute of the St. Petersburg University (1995–1998);
  • Regional complex sanctuary "Rakovye Lakes" (1999–2002);
  • Valaam expedition of the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists (1997);
  • Marine Biological Station of the St. Petersburg State University at the White Sea (1997).

Grants awarded and project participation:

  • 2005 – Foreign Scholar Travel Award (US-IALE);
  • 2003 – Grant from European Science Foundation Scientific Programme "Optimality in Bird Migration";
  • 2001 – Project "Study of natural complexes and assessment of the adequacy of economical activity to the goals of conservation of biodiversity at 12 Protected Areas of Karelian Isthmus";
  • 1999–2002 – Joint project with the University of Joensuu (Finland), devoted to Rakovye lakes ecosystems study and restoration;
  • 1998–1999 – Participation in the program Oiseaux Migrateurs du Palearctique Occidental (OMPO) "Study of the Status & Trends of Migratory Bird Populations in Russia";
  • 1998 – Students grant s98-2432 of the Open Society Institute (International Soros Science Education Program).

Memberships in professional associations:

  • European Ornithologists' Union.

Publications:

Iovchenko N.P., Ktitorov P.S., Chuyko V.P. 2002. /Anseriformes/ fauna breeding at Lakes Rakovye: modern status and tendencies of its change in XX century. Proceedings of the Programme: "Study of the Status & Trends of Migratory Bird Populations in Russia" . Fourth issue, P. 44-61.

Chernetsov N., Mukhin A. and Ktitorov P. 2004. Contrasting spatial behaviour of two long-distance passerine migrants at spring stopovers. Avian Ecol. Behav. 12, 53-61.

Mukhin A., Kosarev V., and P. Ktitorov. 2005. Nocturnal life of young songbirds well before migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 1535-1539.

Bolshakov C. V., Chernetsov, N. , Mukhin A., Bulyuk V., Kosarev V., Ktitorov P., Leoke D., Tsvey A. 2007. Time of nocturnal departures in European robins, Erithacus rubecula, in relation to celestial cues, season, stopover duration and fat stores. Animal Behaviour 74: 855-865.

Chernetsov, N, Bulyuk V., Ktitorov P. 2007. Migratory stopovers of passerines in an oasis at the crossroads of the African and Indian flyways. Ringing and Migration 23: 243-251.

Ktitorov P., Bairlein F., Dubinin M. 2008. The importance of landscape context for songbirds on migration: body mass gain is related to habitat cover. Landscape ecology 23: 169-179. PDF

Conference presentations and abstracts

Iovchenko N. P., Chujko V. P., Ktitorov P. S. 2001. Rare & protected bird species of the Regional complex sanctuary "Rakovye Lakes" (60° 38' N, 29° 25' E). In: XI International ornithological conference of North Eurasia. Abstracts. pp. 276-277. (in Russian)

Iovchenko N.P., Ktitorov P.S., Popova T.A. & Chuyko V.P. // 2001 Declining number of breeding ducks: the effect of succession course at the Rakovye Lakes// The avian calendar: exploring biological hurdles in the annual cycle (Programme and Abstracts. Third Conference of the European Ornithologists` Union). Haren/Groningen,. P. 64

Ktitorov P.S., Iovchenko N.P., Dinkelaker N. V., Chuyko V.P. 2003. Succession influence on dynamic of breeding ducks populations at the Rakovye Lakes. In: "Management and conservation of waterfowl populations in Northern Eurasia (with special focus on the White sea - Baltic Flyway)". Abstracts. Petrozavodsk. P. 88-90.

Ktitorov P. and F. Bairlein. 2005. Body mass gain at stopover sites depends on the area of habitats in an adjacent landscape: evidence from a study of the European - African songbird migrants 20th Annual Symposium of the United States Regional Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, March 12-16, 2005.

Ktitorov P. and F. Bairlein. 2005. Landscape-scale habitat-body mass relationships in the forest-dwelling songbird migrants. Proceed. Intl. Confer. 'Migration in the life-history of birds', Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Ktitorov P. and F. Bairlein. 2006. The role of landscape context in body mass gain in songbirds during migratory stopover. Proceedings of 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany.

Цвей А.Л., Ктиторов П.С. 2006. Пространственное поведение зарянок / (Erithacus // rubecula//)/ на миграционной остановке. Тезисы XII международной орнитологической конференции Северной Евразии, Ставрополь

Tsvey, A., Ktitorov, P. 2006. Spatial behavior and choice of habitat in European robins on a migratory stopover site: a telemetry study. J. Ornithol. (2006) 147: Suppl 1, 82 - 83

Ктиторов П. С., Цвей А. Л., Кишкинев Д. В., Мухин А. Л. 2007. Дистанции поисковых перемещений и продолжительность остановки мигрирующих тростниковых камышевок (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): влияние местообитания и энергетических резервов. Тезисы IV Всероссийской конференции по поведению животных.