Full List of Publications 1. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & O.A.Pyastolova, 1985. Dynamics of numbers of the newts larvae (Urodela, Salamandridae) in the Caucasus during their joint development in nature. - Zoologichesky Zhurnal ( Moscow ), 64 (7): 997-1002 (Russian, with English summary)
2. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1986. Analysis and conservation perspective of the banded newt from surroundings of Tbilisi . - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Georgian SSR . 12(1): 145-147 (in Russian, with Georgian and English summary).
3. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & O.A.Pyastolova, 1986. Peculiarities in larval development of sympatric newt species of Western Caucasus . -pp.150-154 in: L.J.Borkin (ed.), Herpetological Investigations in the Caucasus ( Proceedings of Zool. Inst. Leningrad , Vol.158) (Russian, with English summary)
4. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1987. Growth dynamics in larvae of two species of Caucasus newts. - The Soviet Journal of Ecology ( Ekologiya : translated from Russian, Consultants Bureau, New York ). 18(1): 17-22.
5. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & R.V.Tartarashvili, 1987. On the development of spotted pigmentation in some Salamandridae. - Zoologihesky Zhurnal ( Moscow ), 66(9): 1328-1338 (Russian, with English summary)
6. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & S.L.Kuzmin, 1987. On the diurnal dynamics of feeding of the banded newt larvae ( Triturus vittatus ). - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Georgian SSR , 126(1): 165-168 (Russian, with Georgian and English summaries).
7. Bakradze, M.A., Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & V.M.Chkhikvadze, 1987. On the distribution of Pelobates syriacus in Georgia . - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Georgian SSR , 127(1): 165-168 (Russian, with Georgian and English summaries).
8. Kuzmin, S.L. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1987. Age dynamics of the Caucasus sympatric newts' feeding. - Zoologichesky Zhurnal ( Moscow ), 66(2): 244-258 (Russian, with English summary).
9. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & S.L.Kuz'min, 1989. Hierarchic structure of trophic niche: seasonal and age-related variation in salamander feeding spectra. - The Soviet Journal of Ecology . 20(1): 23-29.
10. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & R.G.Mamradze, 1989. Modification of the phenotype of Caucasian brown frogs under the influence of the high temperature. - Bull. Acad. Sci. Georgia , 135(2): 437-440 (Russian, with Georgian and English summaries)
11. Kuzmin, S.L. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1990. Food competition in Caudata larvae. - Bulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispitatelej Prirodi ( Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, ser. Biology ), 95(4): 46-54 (Russian, with English summary).
12. Kuzmin, S.L. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1990. Food competition in Caudata after the metamorphosis. - Bulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispitatelej Prirodi ( Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, ser. Biology ) 95(6): 27-34.
13. Kuzmin, S.L. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1991. Food competition in larvae of Anura. - Bulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispitatelej Prirodi ( Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, ser. Biology ) 96(5): 28-35.
14. Kuzmin, S.L. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1992. Food competition in Anura after the metamorphosis. - Bulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispitatelej Prirodi ( Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, ser. Biology ), 97(1): 53-63.
15. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1991. On the correct use of the Ecological Niche concept. - Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia . 17(3): 202-213 (Russian, with Georgian and English summaries).
16. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1993. Anurans of Borjomi Canyon : clutch parameters and guild structure. - Alytes (Paris), 11(4): 140-154.
17. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1993. "Sources and Sinks" concept: some influence on the community and population ecology. - Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia . 19(3): 196-200 (Russian, with Georgian and English summary)
18. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & I.A.Serbinova, 1993. The ecology of the Caucasian salamander ( Mertensiella caucasica Waga) in a local population - Asiatic Herpetological Research , 5: 147-165
19. Gokhelashvili, R.K. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1993. Peliminary data on age structure of amphibian populations from Georgia . - Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia . 19(5-6): 414-423 (Georgian, with Russian and English summary).
20. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1994. Breeding of the toad Bufo verrucosissimus : sexual dimorphism and shifting spawning sites. - Amphibia-Reptilia (E.J.Brill, Leiden ), 1994(3/4)
21. Tarkhnishili, D.N. & Thiesmeier, B.,1994. Zur Verbeitung und Okologie der Amphibien in Georgien unter besonderer Berucksichtigung des Trialeti-Gebirges. - Herpetofauna ( Die Zeitschrift fur den Terrarianer ), 16(91) August 1994: 27-34.
22. Tarkhnishvili, D.N., 1994. Amphibian communities of the Southern Viet Nam : Preliminary data. - Journal of Bengal Natural History Society , New Series. 13(1): 3-62.
23. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1994. Interdependences between populational, developmental and morphological features of the Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica . - Mertensiella ( Bonn ), 4: 315-325.
24. Tarkhnishvili, D. N. and Gokhelashvili, R. K., 1994. Preliminary data of the age structure of a Mertensiella caucasica population. - Mertensiella ( Bonn ), 4: 327-334.
25. Gokhelashvili, R.K. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1994. Age structure of six Georgian anuran populations and its dynamics during two consequtive years (Anura). - Herpetozoa (Wien), 7(1/2): 11-18.
26. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1995. Use of the aquatic breeding sites by Amphibians of the Ma Da forest ( South Vietnam ). - Russian J. Ecol ., 1995 (2): 123-129.
27. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1995. On the inheritance of the mid-dorsal stripe in the Iranian wood frog ( Rana macrocnemis ). - Asiatic Herpetol. Res . 6: 120-131.
28. Chubinishvili, A. T., Gokhelashvili, R. K. and Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1995. Population ecology of the Caucasian parsley frog ( Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger) in the Borjomi canyon. - Russian J. Herpetol . 2 (2): 79-86.
29. Tarkhnishvili, D. N. and Gokhelashvili, R. K., 1996. A contribution to the ecological genetics of frogs: age structure and frequency of striped specimens in some Caucasian populations of the Rana macrocnemis complex. Alytes (Paris), 14(1): 27-41.
30. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1996. The distribution and ecology of the amphibians of Georgia and the Caucasus : a biogeographic analysis. - Zeitschrift fur Feldherpetol . 3: 167-196.
31. Kuzmin, S. L. and Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1996. Food niche dimensions in a Caucasian amphibian assemblage. - Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 1: 117-129.
32. Kuzmin, S. L. and Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1997. Feeding in some Anuran species from Vietnam . - Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 2: 103-109.
33. Tarkhnishvili, D. N. and Serbinova, I. A., 1997. Normal development of the Caucasian salamander ( Mertensiella caucasica ). - Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 2: 13-30.
34. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. and Serbinova, I.A., 1998. Giant larvae of the Caucasian salamander. - Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 3: 187-191.
35. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1999. Phylogenetic reconstruction on the local population level: use of characters under selection. - Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 3: 35-42.
36. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Arntzen, J. W. and Thorpe, R. S. , 1999. Morphological variability in brown frogs from the Caucasus and the taxonomy of the Rana macrocnemis group. Herpetologica , 55 (3): 406-417.
37. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Gokhelashvili, R. K., 1999. Spatial structure and regulation of the population of brown frog Rana macrocnemis in Georgia . Herpetological Journal 9: 169-177.
38. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Thorpe, R. S. and Arntzen, J. W., 2000. Pre-Pleistocene refugia and differentiation between populations of the Caucasian salamander ( Mertensiella caucasica ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14: 414-422.
39. Kuzmin SL, Tarkhnishvili DN, 2000. Lower Taxonomic Categories in Batrachology: a Search for Objective criteria or Practical Applicability? In: Kuzmin, LS, Atkinson, N (ED). Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union , 5: 1-16.
40. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Hille, A. A. and Böhme, W., 2001. Humid forest refugia, speciation and secondary introgression between two evolutionary lineages: differentiation in a near eastern brown frog, Rana macrocnemis . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 74: 141-156.
41. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 2001. The evolution of the External Morphology of Brown Frogs. - Journal of Morphology , 248 (3): 290 (Abstr. 6 th Congr. Vertebr. Morphol.)
42. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Kandaurov, A. S. & Bukhnikashvili, A. K., 2002. Declines of amphibians and reptiles in Georgia during the 20 th century: virtual vs. actual problems. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 9: 89-107
43. Thomas, M., Rottscheidt, R., Weddeling, K. & Tarkhnishvili, D., 2002. Methodenvergleich zur Ermittlung der Fekundität von Berg- ( Triturus alpestris ) und Teichmolch ( T. vulgaris ). Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 9: 17-23.
44. Hille A, Tarkhnishvili D, Meinig H & Hutterer R., 2002. Morphometric, biochemical and molecular traits in Caucasian wood mice ( Apodemus/Sylvaemus ), with remarks on species divergence. Acta Theriologica 47: 389-416.
45. Hachtel M, Sander U, Weddeling K & Tarkhnishvili D., 2004. Bias in estimation of newt population size: A field study at five ponds using drift fences, pitfalls and funnel traps. Herpetological Journal 14: 1-7. ABSTRACTS OF WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES 46. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1984. The study of tailed amphibian larvae number dynamics in nature. -pp.42-43 in: Vid i Ego Produktivnost v Areale (Abstr. 4th all-union Meeting). Sverdlovsk , publ. Ural Dept. Acad. Sci. USSR (in Russian).
47. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1985. Some peculiarities in the development of Caucasus newts. -pp.52-53 in: Problemi Ekologicheskogo Monitoringa i Nauchnikh Osnov Okhrani Prirodi na Urale (Abstr.). Sverdlovsk, publ. Ural Dept. Acad. Sci.USSR (in Russian).
48. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1985. Variability of developmental rates of larvae of the two newt species in natural conditions. -pp.206-207 in: Voprosi Gerpetologii (Abstr. of 6th General Meeting of the Soviet Herpetological Society). Leningrad (St.-Petersburg), Nauka(Russian)
49. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & G.I.Bakhtadze, 1988. Importance of the embryonal mortality in the number regulation of the banded ( Triturus vittatus ) and crested ( Triturus cristatus ) newts. -pp.138-139 in: Vid i Ego Productivnost v areale (Abstr. of 5th All-Union meeting).Vilnius. Publ. Acad. Sci. USSR. (Russian).
50. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & G.I.Bakhtadze, 1988. The investigation of the individual variability in the period of the first cleavage in Caucasian brown frog. -pp.186-188 in: Ekologia Populacij (Abstracts of the first All-Union symposium on the Population Ecology, Novosibirsk ). Moscow; publ. Acad Sci. USSR. (Russian).
51. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & J.F.Manukyan, 1989. Influence of water temperature on the tadpoles of Rana macrocnemis from different nests. -pp.250-251 in: Voprosi Gerpetologii (Abstracts of 7th General Meeting of the Soviet Herpetological Society). Kijev, Naukova Dumka (Russian).
52. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1993. Regulation of Anuran populations in Georgia . - p.125 in: 7th Ordinary General Meeting Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 15-19 September 1993, Barcelona , Spain . Program & Abstracts.
53. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1993. Amphibian associations of Caucasus : guild structure and coexistence mechanisms. -p.157-258 in: Second World Congress of Herpetology, Adelaide , South Australia , 29 December 1993- 6 January 1994 : Abstracts.
54. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1993. Population ecology of Iranian wood frog. - p.258 in: Second World Congress of Herpetology, Adelaide , South Australia , 29 December 1993- 6 January 1994 : Abstracts.
55. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1996. Genetic relationships in local populations of brown frogs - analysis of distribution of a character under selection. In: Population Genetic Group, 30th annual meeting, University of Edinburgh , 17-20 Dec. 1996, Paper Abstr., p.42.
56. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Hille, A. A. and Böhme, W., 1999. Allozyme variations in brown frogs from Georgia : extensive gene flow between nominal taxa. In: Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 10 th Ordinary General Meeting, Book of Abstracts. Irakleio: 244-245.
57. Sander, U., Tarkhnishvili, D. N. and Weddeling, K., 2001. Darf's ein bisschen mehr sein?" - Ein kritischer Vergleich quantitativer Erfassungsmethoden am Beispiel von Teich- und Bergmolch. In: Vielfalt in Raum und Zeit. Langzeitdynamik und Strukturierung von Populationen bei Amphibien und Reptilien und deren Bedeutung für den Naturschutz. Fachtagung der AG Feldherpetologie der DGHT und des Bundesfachausschuss Feldherpetologie und Ichthyofaunistik des NABU 16 - 18.11.2001 in Bremen, Universität Bremen, Gebäude NW 2.
58. Bosbach, G., Hachtel, M., Sander, U., Schmidt, P., Tarkhnishvili, D. and Weddeling, K. 2003. Egg size versus clutch size: variation and trade-off in reproductive output of the agile frog ( Rana dalmatina ) and the common frog ( R. temporaria ) in a pond near Bonn ( West Germany ). In: Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 12 th Ordinary General Meeting, Book of Abstracts. Saint - Petersburg : 43.
59. Hachtel, M., Schmidt, P., Sander, U., Tarkhnishvili, D., Weddeling, K., and Böhme, W., 2003. Ten years of monitoring: amphibian populations in an agricultural landscape near Bonn ( Germany ). In: Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 12 th Ordinary General Meeting, Book of Abstracts. Saint - Petersburg : 66.
MONOGRAPHS 60. Pyastolova, O.A. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1989. The ecology of onthogenesis of Caudata and the problem of coexistence of related species - Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg), publication of the Ural Department of the Acad. Sci. USSR.. 156p (in Russian).
61. Tarkhnishvili DN & Gokhelashvili RK, 1999. The Amphibians of the Caucasus . Pensoft publications, Sofia, 233p.
62. Abuladze AA, Bukhnikashvili AK & Tarkhnishvili DN. 2002. Vertebrates of the Borjomi National Park (Field Guide). WWF Caucasus Office, Tbilisi.
63. Tarkhnishvili DN, 2004. Genebis Kaleidoskopi Mtian Kundzulze (Gene Kaleidoscope in the Mountain Island : the history of the formation of the Caucasian fauna). Tbilisi , Buneba-Print (in Georgian).
PUBLICATIONS IN NON-PERIODIC ISSUES (17) 64. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1985. Breeding of three newt species in the common habitat.- pp.9-17 in: Proceedings of the 6th conference of young specialists. Tbilisi, Institute of Zoology of Georgian Acad. Sci. (Russian). 65. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1985. Number dynamics and coexistence of the two newt species.- pp.14-19 in: Proceedings of the 7th conference of young specialists. Tbilisi, Inst.Zool. Georgian Acad.Sci(Russian).
66. Pyastolova, O.A. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1985. Growth and development of larvae of three species of newts during their joint development in nature. -pp.48-55 in: Energetika Rosta i Razvitiya Zhivotnikh (Energetics of the animal growth and development). Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg) publ. Ural Dept. of the USSR Acad. Sci. (Russian).
67. Tarkhnishvili, D.N., 1987. Ekologiya razvitiya trex vidov tritonov Kavkaza (The developmental Ecology of the Three Species of Caucasian Newts). The PhD dissertation abstract. Sverdlovsk , Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Acad. Sci. (in Russian)
68. Tarkhnishvili, D.N.,1988. Trophic connections of larvae of sympatric newt species.- pp.337-344 in: Aktualnie Voprosi Biologii i Mediciny (Attachment to the Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, ser. Biol). Tbilisi (Russian).
69. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & S.L.Kuzmin, 1988. Geographical variations in feeding ecology of larvae of the smooth newt. - pp.344-351 in: Aktualnie Voprosi Biologii i Medicini (Att. Proc. Georgian Acad. Sci., ser. Biol). Tbilisi (Russian).
70. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & A.T.Chubinishvili, 1988. Compensatory growth in the Rana macrocnemis tadpoles. -pp.47-51 in: Proceedings of the 8 th Conference of Young Specialists. Tbilisi, Institute of Zoology of Georgian Acad. Sci. (Russian).
71. Tarkhnishvili, D.N., 1989. Key for the USSR Caudata larvae. -Unpublished manuscript registered and stored in the Georgian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, registration # 577-G89 33p. (Russian)
72. Kuzmin, S.L., D.N.Tarkhnishvili & R.V.Tartarashvili, 1990. Developmental Ecology of the Caucasian salamander. -pp.40-56 in: Ekologia Pitania i Rosta Zhivotnikh (Ecology of animal feeding and growth). Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg), Ural Dept. of the Acad.Sci.USSR (Russian).
73. Tarkhnishvili, D.N. & J.F.Manukyan, 1990. Early development of Rana macrocnemis : stable advantages of the rapidly growin sibling groups. - pp. 27-33 in: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of Young Specialists. Tbilisi, Institute of Zoology of Georgian Acad. Sci. (Russian).
74. Pyastolova, O.A. & D.N.Tarkhnishvili, 1992. Environmental conditions and rates of metamorphosis of newts' larvae. pp.107-112 in: L.S.Nekrasova (ed), Animals in the Conditions of Antropogenous Landscapes. Ekaterinburg, publ. of Ural Department of Russian Acad. Sci.(Russian)
75. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1995. Amphibians of the Caucaus: Status of Natural Populations and Perspectives on Conservation. In: S. L. Kuzmin, C. K. Dodd and M. M. Pikulik (eds.), Amphibian populations in the commonwealth of independent states: current status and declines. Pensoft publishers, Moscow: 106-124.
76. Tarkhnishvili, D. N. and Gokhelashvili, R. K., 1995. Amphibian assemblages of Trialeti ridge, Georgia . In: S. L. Kuzmin, C. K. Dodd and M. M. Pikulik (eds.), Amphibian populations in the commonwealth of independent states: current status and declines. Pensoft publishers, Moscow: 125-135.
77. Tarkhnishvili, D. and Kikodze, D. (Eds.), 1996. Principal Characteristics of Georgian Biodiversity. Authors: J. Badridze, A. Bukhnikashvili, N. Dekanoidze, A. Gavashelishvili, Z. Gurielidze, A. Kandaurov, 78. D. Kikodze, I. Matcharashvili, T. Svanidze, D. Tarkhnishvili. - Natura Caucasica ( Tbilisi ), 1(2): 1-46.
Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1997. The Status of Amphibian Species in Georgia (C.I.S). DAPTF Reports series, 79. J.W. Wilkinson (ed.), The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK): 1-17.
Chatwin, M. E., Kikodze, D., Svanidze, T., Chikvaidze, J., Gvritishvili, M., and Tarkhnishvili, D. N. (Eds.), 1997. Georgian Biodiversity Country Study Report, 1996 (the UNEP biodiversity country study programm). Tbilisi, Noah's Arc Center for Recovery of Endangered Species.
80. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 2004.Ecology and Speciation - The amphibians of the Casucasus. Abstract of the D. Sc. Dissertation. Tbilisi , Georgian Acad. Sci.
SOME NON-PUBLISHED REPORTS 81. Tarkhnishvili, D. N. (Ed.), 1995. Report on the Expedition of the JEA in surroundings of the lake Paliastomi : Biodiversity of Colchida Valley. Authors: A. Bukhnikashvili, A. Gavashelishvili, R. Gokhelashvili, I. Matcharashvili, D. Tarkhnishvili. The project supported by the World Bank. Tbilisi , the Center for Study and Protection of SmallAnimals.
82. Tarkhnishvili, D. (Ed.), 1996. Report on the Expedition of Nature Conservation Department of CUNA Georgica on the Khanchali Lake and Southern Part of the Javakheti Plateau (Ninotsminda District). Authors: A. Gavashelishvili, A. Kandaurov, I. Matcharashvili, D. Tarkhnishvili. Society in the support of Culture and Nature in Georgia (CUNA Georgica), Tbilisi , August 1996: 1-46. The report provided to WWF and the Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia.
83. Tarkhnishvili, D., Kandaurov, A., Gurielidze, Z. and Matcharashvili, I. , 1996. Review of Literature and Other Sources about Condition of the Environment on the Territory of Georgia along the Early Oil Transportation Pipeline Corridor and Adjacent Territories from Georgia- Azerbaijan Border to Supsa Terminal. Zoology. pp. 1-53, Tbilisi, GPC.
84. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 1997. NATO/Royal Society Post-doctoral Fellowship (September 1996-September 1997. The Final Report. Bangor, University of Wales, pp.1-4.
85. Tarkhnishvili, D. N., 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Georgia : what is lost since last 150 years? Grant #99-57351, J. & K. MacArthur Grants Program for Individual Research. The Final Report. Tbilisi, pp. 1-24. |