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KOVALYOVA Irine Mychailovna

(1956 – 2018)

Senior Research Scientist of the Department of Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates of Institute of Zoology NAS Ukraine

ADDRESS: Ukraine, 01601, Kiev-30, B. Khmelnitsky str.15.

PHONE: (380-44) 234-30-93

FAX: (380-44) 224-15-69

E-mail: ikov [at] izan.kiev.ua, irakov2008 [at] ukr.net

EDUCATION:

Kiev State University, Biological Faculty (Diploma on biology-zoology, 1980).

Institute of Zoology NAS Ukraine, Kiev, Postgraduate course (1984-1987).

QUALIFICATIONS:

PhD in Biology (Degree of Candidate of Biol. Sci. on morphology and biology of the order Chiroptera) awarded at Institute of Zoology NAS Ukraine (1988).

Diploma of Senior Researcher at Institute of Zool. NAS Ukraine (2005).

Research interests: morphology, ecology and evolution of mammals, particularly Chiroptera. A theoretical generalization and a new solution of the scientific problem consisting in revealing the content and the mechanism of adaptive modifications in organs of the respiratory system of bats in the process of ontogeny and phylogeny under the influence of the ecological factors (gravity, partial pressure of oxygen) and the ethological features of this group of mammals (stay in an anti-orthostatic position, features of locomotion, policy of foraging) are produced for the first time. The well-reasoned proposition that the flying membranes of bats from the morpho-functional point of view are supplementary structures of gaseous exchange at all stages of ontogenesis is brought forward. The new point of view about originating a flying membrane in the course of the embryonic development of the ancestor form of bats under influence of certain conditions of the environment is advanced.

PUBLICATIONS: 110, including 1 monograph.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Kovalyova I.M. Comparative morphological investigation of ventral muscles in Chiroptera // Proceed. 4th EBRS, Praha: Charles University Press. – 1989. – Р. 19–24.

Kovalyova I.M. Bats evolution in the light of adaptive transformations of the respiratory system // Myotis. – Bonn, 1994–1995. – Bd. 32. – Bd.32-33. – P. 9–19.

Kovalyova I.M., Taraborkin L.A. Comparative morphology and functional analysis of sternum and mm. pectorales in Bats // Myotis. – Bonn, 1998. – Bd. 36. – P. 121–131.

Kovalyova I.M., Taraborkin L.A. The Empirical estimation of adaptative transformations in the Bats’ thorax using the cluster analysis methods // Proceedings VIII-th European Bat Research Symposium (EBRS). – 2. – Krakow, 2001. – Р. 59–80.

Kovalyova I.M. Peculiarities of prenatal development of Lungs in some plain-nosed (Vespertilionidae) and horseschoe (Rhinolophidae) Bats // Вестник зоологии. – 2002. – 36(1). – P. 85–90.

Kovalyova I.M., Taraborkin L.A. The contribution of the skin of flying membranes to the total gas exchange in Chiroptera // Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. – 2007. – № 9. – P.140–145. (In Ukrainian).

Kovalyova I.M. The structure and functions of the skin of bats flying membrane (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera)// Vestnik Zoologii (Zoological Herald). – 2008. – 42. – № 6. – P. 525–534. (In Russian).

Kovalyova I.M. The morphologic features of the bats’ diaphragm structure (Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae, Rhinolophidae) // Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. – 2012. – № 8.– P. 131–135. (In Ukrainian).

Kovalyova I.M. Morphofunctional features of the wing membrane of Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in connection with the evolution of the Order // Vestn. Zool./ Monogr. Ser. – 27. – 2013. – 88 p. (In Russian).

Kovalyova I.M. The Integrative approach to the problem of Bats (Сhiroptera) origin // Sci. dialogue. – Yekaterinburg, 2013. –3 (15). – P.57–74. (In Russian).