Elena A. Pavlova

Position: Tour Guide
E-mail: Alena.Pavlova@zin.ru
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Educational background: Leningrad State University, Biology and Soil Faculty, Chair of Vertebrate Zoology, 1974. Advanced training courses for the staff of natural history museums of Russia.
Research interests: Taxonomy, ethology, microevolution of birds. Popularization of scientific knowledge.
Field studies: Sakhalin, North Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, White Sea.
Professional membership: Creative union of museum curators of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Province.
Pedagogical activity: Regular host and co-author of the popular science TV show “Children about animals”, translated every month by Central TV channel (First Channel) in 1978–1999.
Scientific projects and grants:
  • Open Society Foundation, 1999. Result: 60 min movie “Zoological Museum ZIN RAS” in a series “20 best museums of St. Petersburg” (produced in English and Russian).
Selected Publications:
  • Pavlova E.A. 1987. On geographical variability of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix L.) in the territory of USSR // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 163. Studies on the fauna and ecology of Palearctic birds. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A. 1988. On age and geographical variability of the Daurian partridge Perdix dauuricae Pali, in the territory of USSR. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 182. Problems of ecology, faunistic and taxonomy of Palearctic birds.
  • Pavlova E.A. 1988. Correlation between wing shape and degree of sedentarism in white and tundra partridges // In: Study and protection of birds in Northern ecosystems. Ed. by A.V. Andreev and A.Ya. Kondratjev. Vladivostok. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A. 1988. Peculiarities of coloration, size, and wing shape in the grey partridge from the Baltic region // XII Baltic ornithological conference. Vilnius. P. 165–167. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A. 2002. Introduction to zoology (p. 21). Marine mammals (p. 22) Tunicates. Vertebrate animals. Cyclostomata (p. 55–56). Mammals. Natural regions of Russia and adjacent countries (p. 113–135) // In: Zoological museum of the Russian academy of sciences. A. Giude. St. Petersburg. Paritet Publishers. 160 p. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A. 2008. On geographical variability of the grey partridge Perdix perdix in the territory of USSR // Russian ornithological journal. Vol. 17. Express publication 431. P. 1139–1141. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A., Vysotsky V.G. 1989. New data on the Murgab pheasant Phasianus collchicus principalis // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 197. P. 98–104. (In Russian).
  • Pavlova E.A., Potapov R.L. 2000. Atlas of the animal world for schoolchildren. Dom Neva Publishers. ISBN 5-7654-1111-8. (In Russian).
  • Potapov R.L., Pavlova E.A. 1977. On peculiarities of the sexual behavior in the Caucasian grouse // Ornitologiya. (In Russian).
  • Potapov R.L., Pavlova E.A. 2002. Peculiarities of tarsus flapping as a taxonomical character in galliform birds (order Galliformes) // Annual reporting session of ZIN RAS on the results obtained in 2001. St. Petersburg. P. 28. (In Russian).
  • Potapov R.L., Pavlova E.A. 2003. The genus Lagopus (white partridges): taxonomy, evolution, and paleontological data // Annual reporting session of ZIN RAS on the results obtained in 2002, St. Petersburg. P. 25–26. (In Russian).
  • Potapov R.L., Pavlova E.A. 2009. The Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi Taczanowski, 1875: chronology of studies and modern problems // Russian ornithological journal. (In Russian).
  • Darevsly I.S., Kozlov M.A., Kryzhanovsky O.L., Neelov A.V., Orlov N.L., Pavlova E.A., Starobogatov Ya.I., Paevsky V.A., Potapov R.L., Sokolov V.E. 1989. Rare animals of our country. Academy of sciences of the USSR, Zoological Institute, Severtsov Institute of animal evolutionary morphology and ecology (ed. by V.E. Sokolov and O.A. Skarlato). Leningrad. Nauks. 309 p. (In Russian).