Lea Ružanović, mag. oecol.

Title:	Assistant
Public phone number:	+385(0)1 6189 711
E-mail:	E-mail
Department:	Division of Zoology
Graduation year:	2021
Employed in this institution since:	2021

Scientific publications (CroRIS)

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List of select publications

1. Ružanović, L., Rebrina, F., Vilenica, M., Medak, K., Entling, M. H., & Brigić, A. (2025). Terrestrial Invertebrates Strike Back: Aerial and Ground-Based Colonisation of a Dry Riverbed. Freshwater Biology, 70(2), e14379. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14379
2. Brigić, A., Ružanović, L., Mlinarić, M. K., Vujčić-Karlo, S., Koren, T., Vrezec, A., & Kapla, A. (2025). Extinction risk alert: evaluating conservation trends for the Golden-dimpled Ground Beetle (Carabus clatratus auraniensis J. Müller, 1903) in Western Balkans. Nature Conservation-Bulgaria, 59, 257–277. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.59.161038
3. Vilenica, M., Tubić, B., Žganec, K., Brigić, A., Ružanović, L., Popović, N., & Paunović, M. (2025). Assessment of taxonomic and functional diversity of mayfly assemblages along the course of a large European river. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35(4), e70139. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70139
4. Vilenica, M., Rebrina, F., Ružanović, L., Rumišek, M., & Brigić, A. (2024). Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers. Aquatic Sciences, 86(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-024-01058-x
5. Ružanović, L., & Mičetić Stanković, V. (2023). Urban Beetle Diversity in Natural History Collections—A Hundred-Year Perspective. Diversity, 15(12), 1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15121224
6. Brnić, D., Lojkić, I., Krešić, N., Zrnčić, V., Ružanović, L., Mikuletič, T., Bosilj, M., Steyer, A., Keros, T., Habrun, B., & Jemeršić, L. (2023). Circulation of SARS-CoV–Related Coronaviruses and Alphacoronaviruses in Bats from Croatia. Microorganisms, 11(4), 959. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11040959
7. Vilenica, M., Rebrina, F., Ružanović, L., Rumišek, M., Matoničkin Kepčija, R., & Brigić, A. (2023). Are Intermittent Rivers in the Karst Mediterranean Region of the Balkans Suitable as Mayfly Habitats? Diversity, 15(2), 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020155
8. Vilenica, M., Rebrina, F., Ružanović, L., Gulin, V., & Brigić, A. (2022). Odonata Assemblages as a Tool to Assess the Conservation Value of Intermittent Rivers in the Mediterranean. Insects, 13(7), 584. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070584
9. Vilenica, M., Rebrina, F., Matoničkin Kepčija, R., Šegota, V., Rumišek, M., Ružanović, L., & Brigić, A. (2022). Aquatic Macrophyte Vegetation Promotes Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Odonata Assemblages in Intermittent Karst Rivers in the Mediterranean. Diversity, 14(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010031

Professional memberships

Croatian biospeleological society

List of select projects

Spatio-temporal variability of terrestrial and aquatic communities in intermittent rivers in the Dinaric karst DinDRY