Anatoly Shapoval born on 12.04.1954 in Poltava Region, Ukraine.

Graduated from Lvov (Lemberg) University with a diploma in biology in 1976.
Since 1976 I work at the Biological Station Rybachy. Fields of interests: avian morphology - biometrics, moult, abnormal plumage; avian ecology - breeding (clutch size, breeding success, morphology of eggs and nests), foraging ecology bird migration; birds killed by traffic; migration of insects (Lepidoptera)

Selected publications:

Yablonkevich M.L., Shapoval A.P., Dolnik V.R. 1985. Water and energy resources of the passerine birds migrating in autumn across the Middle Asian deserts. Zool. Zhurnal 64: 877-888. In Russian, English summ.

Yablonkevich M.L., Shapoval A.P. 1987. Body weights, energy reserves and behaviour of some night migrant species on autumn stopover in the Aral Sea island Barsakelmes. In: Study of bird migration in arid and mountain regions of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan (Proc. Zool. Inst. 173): 13-48. In Russian.

Shapoval A.P. 1988. Clutch size, nesting success and some other characteristics of the Red-backed Shrike in two different habitats in Poltava Region. In: Ecological, faunistic, and systematic studies of Palaearctic birds (Proc. Zool. Inst. 182): 140-145. In Russian.

Shapoval A.P. 1989. A comparative characterstics of two successive invasions of the Long-tailed Tit in the falls of 1985 and 1986 on the Courish Spit of the Baltic Sea. In: Faunistic and ecological studies of Eurasian birds (Proc. Zool. Inst. 197): 160-179. In Russian.

Payevsky V.A., Shapoval A.P. 1990. Age and sex structure of migrating Goldcrests in relation to other demographic parameters. In: Ornithological studies in the Palaearctic (Proc. Zool. Inst. 210): 73-82.

Shapoval A.P., Yablonkevich M.L. 1991. Invasion of Long-tailed Tits in autumn 1985 at the Courish Spit ofthe Baltic Sea. In: Ecology and fauna of Eurasian birds (Proc. Zool. Inst. 239): 141-155.

Shapoval A.P. 1994. The main results of thirty-year bird ringing by the Biological Station Rybachy at Kurshskaya Spit, Baltic Sea. In: Bird ringing and marking in Russia and surrounding territories. 1986-1987. Moscow: 42-49.

Sokolov, L.V., Markovets, M.Yu., Shapoval, A.P. & Yu.G. Morozov 1998. Long-term trends in the timing of spring migration of passerines on the Courish Spit of the Baltic Sea. Avian Ecology and Behaviour 1: 1-21.