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	Russian Academy of Sciences Kola Science Center POLAR-ALPINE BOTANICAL GARDEN-INSTITUTE (PABGI) Dr. habil. ILONA BLINOVA Senior scientific researcher, Laboratory of Flora and Vegetation e-mail: ilbli@yahoo.com	Russian

	Dissertation	Scientific interests	Projects	Publications
	Languages spoken	Professional societies	Presentations	Links

Ph. D. Dissertation Ph. D., 1995, "Ecological and biological features in some orchids of Murmansk Region (Northwest Russia)", Moscow State University		Orchids	Landscapes
Dr. habil. Dissertation Dr. habil., 2010, "Orchid biology in the NE Fennoscadia and strategies of their survival at the northern range", Main Botanical Garden, Moscow

Scientific interests
Orchidaceae, ecology, population biology, life forms, seasonal development, climatic influence, reproductive biology

Languages spoken
Russian (native), German, English, Spanish, Italian

Professional societies
Russian Botanical Society, Moscow Society of Nature Researchers

Projects

"Morphologie der Orchideen", 1996-1997, Palmengarten, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
"Life history variations along climatic gradients and their effects on population dynamics and individual fitness in vernal species", 1997-2000, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
"Population biology of orchids in the North", 2000, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA
"Orquideas de la flora occidental-mediterranea", 2000, Botanical Institute, Barcelona, Spain
"The future of education", 2000, International Women's University, Hamburg University, Germany
"Some studies on chorology and nomenclature of Iberian orchids to investigate their population biology", 2003, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
"Seasonal development in some terrestrial orchids", 2003, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
"Populations of terrestrial orchids in different climates", 2003-2004, Rome University, Italy
"Climatic influence & orchid demography", 2007-2008, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Presentations

International Conference “The comparative biology of the Monocotyledons" - Monocots Conference

“Arctic orchids: tertiary outsiders? Facts and hypotheses” - 2008, Monocots IV , Copenhagen, Denmark

European Orchid Congress - EOC :

"Comparative phenologies of orchids growing in different climates" - 2000, 12 EOC, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Subarctic orchids: life at the northern limit" - 2006, 14 EOC, Padova, Italy
"Orchids in the north-eastern part of Fennoscandia: types of distribution, ecology, and projected biogeographic histories" - 2009, 15 EOC, Dresden, Germany

International population workshop on orchids:

"Orchid populations performance in the northern border of their range in Europe" - 2007, IV International workshop on dynamics of orchid populations, Tver, Russia

Guest lectures given:

“The status of orchids in European Subarctic (Murmansk Region, Russia): distribution, ecology and protection” & “Main trends in orchid studies in European Subarctic (Murmansk Region, Russia)”

1996 - Department of Plant Ecology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (in English)
1999 - Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA (in English)
2000 - Department of Botany, Autonomic University & Botanical Institute, Barcelona, Spain (in Spanish)
2003 - Department of Botany, Autonomic University of Madrid, Spain (in Spanish)
2003 - Department of Agrometeorology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (in English)
2006 - Department of Botany and Plant Ecology, Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Poland (in English)

Posters:

1995 - “Seed biology of rare Alpine orchid species” - VI International Symposium IOPB, Tromso, Norway (in English)
2008 - "Latitudinal comparison of populations of Dactylorhiza maculata in the Khibiny Mts. (Murmansk Region, North-Eastern Europe) and in the Sudety Mts. (Central Europe)" with Dr. J. Pokorny (Poland), IX Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Taksonomicznego “Znaczenie muzealnych kolekcji przyrodniczych dla taksonomii”, Cieszyn, Poland

Papers

Abstracts of conferences

Blinova I.V. 1989. Biology and ecology in some orchids of Vyshnevolotsko-Novotorzhkii height. In: Smirnov, A. V. (ed.), Flora i rastitelnost yuzhnoi taigi. Kalinin. P.105-112. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1993. Ecological and biological features of Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. at the northern limit of its distribution area. In: Konstantinova, N. A. (ed.), Floristic and geobotanic investigations in the Murmansk Region. Apatity. P.107-113. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1993. Die Entwicklung des Rhizoms und der Populationen von Cypripedium calceolus L. im Bezirk Twer (Kalinin) in Zentralrussland. Euorchis 5: 95-105.
Blinova I.V. 1995. About the life form of Leucorchis albida (L.) E.Mey. In: Elenevskij, A G. (ed.), Aktualnye voprosy ecologicheskoi morfologii rastenii. Moscow. P.31-34. [In Russian].
Blinova I. 1995. Zur Morphologie und Populationsbildung von Platanthera bifolia an der Nordgrenze ihres Areals. Euorchis 7:112-119.
Blinova I.V. 1995. Ecological and biological features in some orchids of Murmansk Region (Northwest Russia). Ph. D. Thesis. Moscow. 24 pp. [in Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1995. Model of shoot formation and growth mechanisms in some orchids in Murmansk Region. Sci.-Tech. Bull. of All-Union Vavilov Institute of Plant Growing. St. Petersburg.Vol.234. P.101-104. [in Russian].
Blinova I. V. 1996. Specialties of morphological features and shoot formation in some orchids at the northern border of their range. Bull. MOIP 101 (5): 69-80. [in Russian].
Blinova I. V. 1998. Specific features of the ontogeny in some root-tuber orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Extreme North. Bot. Zhurn. 83(1): 85-94. [in Russian]. text
Blinova I. V. 1998. Peculiarities of morphogenesis in some root-tuber orchids. Bot. Zhurn. 83(12): 83-92. [in Russian].text
Blinova I. V. 2000. Sprossbildung einiger Orchidaceae der Kola-Halbinsel (Nordwest-Russland). Flora 195: 35-44.text
Blinova I. V. 2001.The ontogenetic structure of some Orchid populations in disturbed habitats in Murmansk Region. Bot. Zhurn. 86(6): 101-113 [in Russian].text
Blinova I. V. 2002. Why does Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. (Orchidaceae) have only one green leaf in the Extreme North? Jour. Eur. Orch. 34 (1): 19-34. text
Blinova I. V., Pokhilko A. A., Andreeva V. N. 2002. A new record of Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze (Orchidaceae) in Murmansk Region. Bot. Zhurn. 87(11): 112-114 [in Russian] text
Blinova I. V. 2002. Floristic records from Murmansk Region. Bull. MOIP 107(2): 40. [in Russian] text
Blinova I. V., Pokhilko A.A., Andreeva V. N. 2002. New records of rare species of Orchidaceae from Murmansk Region. Bull. MOIP 107(2): 40 [in Russian] text
Blinova I. V. 2002. A northernmost population of Cypripedium calceolus L. (Orchidaceae): demography, flowering, pollination. Selbyana 23(1): 111-120. text
Blinova I. V. 2003. Ontogenetic structure and population dynamics of Cypripedium calceolus L. in different parts of its distribution area. Bot. Zhurn. 88(6): 36-47 [in Russian] text
Blinova I., Willems J. H. & J. van Reenen. 2003. Intraspecific variation in Orchid populations in two different climatic areas in Europe: Murmansk Region and The Netherlands. I. Phenology. Jour. Eur. Orch. 35 (1): 79-99. text
Willems J. H., Blinova I. & K. Tromp. 2003. Intraspecific variation in Orchid populations in two different climatic areas in Europe: Murmansk Region and The Netherlands. II. Population fitness. Jour. Eur. Orch. 35 (2): 327-342.text
Blinova I. V. 2003. Some notes on biology of Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze (Orchidaceae) in Murmansk Region (Russia) // Bull. MOIP 108(6): 47-51.text
Vakhrameeva M. G., Blinova I. V., Bogomolova T. I., Zhirnova T. V. 2003. Coeloglossum viride //V. N. Pavlov (ed.), Biological Flora of Moscow Region. Moscow, Grif&K. P. 62-77.
Blinova I. V. 2003. Orchidaceae // N. A. Konstantinova, S. A. Koryakin, O. A. Makarova (eds.), The Red Book of Murmansk Region. C. 174-189.
Blinova I. 2004. Development of monocarpic shoots of Cypripedium calceolus L. (Orchidaceae) in the Arctic. Jour. Eur. Orch. 36 (2): 455-464. text
Blinova I. V. 2004. Orchid flora of Murmansk Region (northwest Russia): history, phytogeography, ecology and conservation. In: K. S. Manilal & C. Sathish Kumar (eds.), Orchid Memories - a tribute to Gunnar Seidenfaden. Pp. 135-142. Mentor Books, Calicut. text
Blinova I. 2004. Populations of terrestrial orchids in different climates: northernmost Europe (Murmansk Region, Russia) and southern Europe (Italy). Caesiana 23: 13-32.text
Blinova I. 2005. Systematics and phytogeography of orchids in the Extreme North of European Subarctic (Murmansk Region, Russia). Caesiana 24: 25-47.text
Blinova I., Kulikov P. 2006. Characteristics of ontogenetic stages in Calypso bulbosa (Orchidaceae) // Bot. Zhurn. 91(6): 904-916. [in Russian] text
Blinova I. 2006. Subarctic orchids: life at the northern limit of its distribution. Part I. // Orchid Planet 4: 26-31. [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2006. Subarctic orchids: life at the northern limit of its distribution. Part II. // Orchid Planet 5: 40-43. [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2007. Subarctic orchids: life at the northern limit // Caesiana 28: 93-98 / Proceedings of European Orchid Congress, Padova, 15-19 February 2006. text
Blinova I. 2007. On the classification of first stages of ontogenesis in terrestrial orchids // Vestnik of the Tver State Uni. Vol. 6. N 8(36): 123-128. [in Russian] text
Rakhmanova E., Blinova I. 2007. About a new discovery of Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Murmansk Region // Bull. MOIP 112(6): 38.
Blinova I. 2008. Orchid populations at the northern limit of their distribution in Europe: climatic influence. Russian Journal of Ecology . 39(1): 28-35. text NB! Translated by the journal:)
Blinova I. 2008. Orchid pollination at the northern latitudes. Bull. MOIP 113(1): 39-47. [in Russian] text
Blinova I. 2008. What means the vitality of orchid species, and whether the word “fitness” will be accepted in the Russian botanical terminology? // Vestnik of the Tver State Uni 8: 100-104. [in Russian] text
Blinova I., Chmielewski F.-M 2008. Subarctic warming and its influence on the growth of orchid populations in the Extreme North-East of Europe (Murmansk Region) // Jour. Eur. Orch. 40 (4): 663-680.text
Pokorny J., Blinova I. 2008. Latitudinal comparison of populations of Dactylorhiza maculata in the Khibiny Mts. (Murmansk Region, North-Eastern Europe) and in the Sudety Mts. (Central Europe) // Caesiana 31: 21-30.text
Blinova I. 2009. The number of individuals and population dynamics of orchid populations at the northern limit of distribution in Europe // Bot. Zhurn. 94(2): 212-240. text [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2009. The estimation of reproductive success in orchid species north of the Arctic Circle // Vestnik of the Tver State Uni 8: 100-104. text [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2009. Population studies of rare vascular species in Murmans Region // N. A. Konstantinova (ed.), Diversity of plants, lichens and cyanoprocaryotes of Murmansk province: results of study and conservation. S.-Petersburg, 2009. Pp. 90-100. text [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2009. Orchid biology in the NE Fennoscadia and strategies of their survival at the northern range // Dr. habil. Thesis. Moscow. 44 pp. text [in Russian]

Abstracts of conferences

Blinova I.V. 1992. Study of orchid seeds in the Extreme North. In: Zvetkov, V. F. (ed.), Problemy optimisatsii i ispolzovaniya rastenii i rastitelnykh resursov na Evropeiskom Severe. Arkhangelsk. P.17-19. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1992. New finding of Ophrys insectifera L. in Tver Region. In: Sabirov, A. T. (ed.), Problemy lesnoi biogeotsenologii i metodologicheskiye osnovy ikh resheniya. Yoshkar-Ola. P.82-83. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1993. About the life form of Cypripedium calceolus L. Trudy IV molodyezhn. conf. Botanikov Sankt-Peterburga, mai 1991. Botanical Institute, St. Peterburg. Ch.2. P.25-28. (Rukopis dep. v VINITI 10.06.93 N 1622-B 93). [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1993. Prospects to study Orchids growing in the Extreme North. In: Koroleva, N. E. (ed.), Abstracts of the Meeting of Young Botanists of CIS "The actual problems of botany". Apatity. P. 11-12. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1993. About the shoot formation in some European orchid species. Conf. molod. uchen. i spetsialist. "Actualnye voprosy botaniki i ecologii" (19-21 sent. 1993, Yalta. Kiiv. P.15. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1995. The Model of shoot formation and the growth mechanisms in some root-tuber orchids. In: Roskov Yu. R., Chubarov, S. I. (eds.), Trudy V Molodyezhn. conf. botanicov v S.-Peterburge (24-27 mai 1994, St. Peterburg). St. Peterburg. P. 94-97. [In Russian].
Blinova I.V. 1995. The seed biology of rare Alpine species. Abstracts of VI International Symposium IOPB (Tromso, Norway). Tromso. P.32.
Blinova I. V. 1995. Orchids of the PASVIK Nature Reserve (Murmansk Region). The 3d Scientific Conference of Young Scientists of Comi Sci Center. Syctyvkhar. P. 6-7. [In Russian].
Blinova I. V. 1996. Estimation of vitality in root-tuber orchids. In: Zaugol'nova, L. B., Shorina, N. I. (eds.), Populations and plant societies: ecology, biodiversity, monitoring. Abstracts of V Sci. Conf. dedicated to A. A. Uranov. Kostroma. Part. 2. P. 27-28. [In Russian].
Blinova I. V. 1998. Peculiarities of morphogenesis of monocarpic shoots in Cypripedium calceolus L. in Murmansk Region. In: Bull. Bot. Garden. Abstracts of Intern. Sci. Conf. "Orchid protection and cultivation". Krasnodar. P. 23-25. [In Russian].
Blinova I. V. 2000. Shoot morphology of Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. in the Extreme North of Russia. In: Golovko T. K. (ed.) Abstract of conference "Morphophysiology of specialization shoots in perennial herbs". Syctyvcar. P. 42-43. [In Russian].
Blinova I. V. 2001. The history of orchid studies on the territory of Murmansk Region. In: Abstracts of Conference "Problems in biodiversity conservation of northern landscape & sea ecosystems. Apatity. P. 10-12. [In Russian].
Blinova I. V. 2001. The IUCN-categories for orchids in Murmansk Region. In: Abstracts of the 5th Far East Conference on Nature Protection. Vladivistok, Dal'nauka. P. 41-43 [In Russian].
Blinova I. V., Pokhilko A. A. 2001. A nature monument "The northern orchids" (Murmansk Region). In: Abstracts of Conference "Russian Botanical Gardens: history and role in development of modern society". Solikamsk. [in Russian]. P.131-133.
Blinova I. 2006. Subarctic orchids: life at the northern limit. In: Caesiana. Abstracts of European Orchid Congress (Padova, 15-19th February, 2006). P. 20-21.
Blinova I. 2006. Floristic records of rare plant species in Murmansk Region // In: Abstracts of International Conference "Ecosystems sustainability and biodiversity protection in the North", Apatity, August 26-30, 2006. Vol. 1. Apatity. P. 29-30. [in Russian].
Blinova I. 2006. Taxonomical problems with Dactylorhiza-species in Murmansk Region // In: Abstracts of International Conference "Ecosystems sustainability and biodiversity protection in the North", Apatity, August 26-30, 2006. Vol. 1. Apatity. P. 25-28. [in Russian].
Blinova I. 2006. Individual strategies of development in orchids in Murmansk Region // IX Russian workshop on populations "Individual and population – life strategies", Ufa, October 2-7, 2006. Ufa. Vol. 1. P. 27-30. [in Russian].
Blinova I. 2007. The performance of orchid populations at the northern limit of their range in Europe (Proceedings of VIII International Conference "Protection and growing of orchids", IV International workshop on dynamics of orchid populations, June 5-10, 2007, Tver) // Vestnik of the Tver State Uni. 7(35): 34-38. [in Russian]
Blinova I. 2008. Arctic orchids: tertiary outsiders? Facts and hypotheses // Abstracts of the IV International Conference “The comparative biology of the Monocotyledons” & the V International Symposium “Grass systematics and evolution”, Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-15 August 2008. Copenhagen, Natural History Museum. P. 10. text
Blinova I. 2008. A prognosis of growth rate of populations of rare plant species under actual tendencies of climatic changes in Russian Subarctic. Apatity, 2008. P. 7-9. [in Russian]
Blinova I. V. 2009. History of distribution of Orchidaceae north of the Arctic Circle and hypotheses of their survival during Pleistocene glaciations // Abstracts of International Conference “Biodiversity of the northern ecosystems under changeable climate. Apatity, 2009. P. 4-5. text [in Russian].
Pokorny J., Blinova I. 2008. Latitudinal comparison of populations of Dactylorhiza maculata in the Khibiny Mts. (Murmansk Region, North-Eastern Europe) and in the Sudety Mts. (Central Europe) // IX Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Taksonomicznego Cieszyn, 19-21 maja 2008 r. “Znaczenie muzealnych kolekcji przyrodniczych dla taksonomii”. Cieszyn. P. 16.
Blinova I., Hulkkonen T., Rikkinen J. 2006. Kuolan kaemmekaet // Orkidealehti. Vol. 3. P. 106-108. [in Finnish].

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Dr. habil. ILONA BLINOVA Senior scientific researcher, Laboratory of Flora and Vegetation e-mail: ilbli@yahoo.com

Dr. habil. ILONA BLINOVA
Senior scientific researcher, Laboratory of Flora and Vegetation
e-mail: ilbli@yahoo.com