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Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2017-11-01 to present | Research Assistant (Department of Biology)
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Žiga Fišer

Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2012-12-01 to 2016-05-31 | Young Researcher (Department of Biology)
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Žiga Fišer

Education and qualifications (2)

Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2012-12-01 to 2017-07-17 | PhD (Department of Biology)
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Žiga Fišer

Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Ljubljana, SI

2005-10-01 to 2011-06-29 | MSc (Department of Biology)
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Žiga Fišer

Works (24)

Behavioural alterations in surface and cave populations of isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus by Acanthocephalus anguillae

Journal of Helminthology
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: G. Benko; Ž. Fišer; R. Kostanjšek
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Genetic bias in repeated evolution of pigment loss in cave populations of the Asellus aquaticus species complex

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Žiga Fišer; Hana Whitehorn; Tia Furness; Peter Trontelj; Meredith Protas
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From darkness to twilight: Morphological divergence between cave and surface‐subterranean ecotone Niphargus species

Ecology and Evolution
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Anna Biró; Gergely Balázs; Žiga Fišer; Cene Fišer; Gergely Horváth; Gábor Herczeg
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Morphology and differential counts of blood cells as important health indicators in the olm, Proteus anguinus

Amphibia-Reptilia
2024-08-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Tajda Gredar; Andrea Šarac; Patrik Prša; Žiga Fišer; Rok Kostanjšek; Lilijana Bizjak Mali
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Sexual dimorphism in subterranean amphipod crustaceans covaries with subterranean habitat type

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2024-05-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ester Premate; Žiga Fišer; Anna Biró; Denis Copilaş-Ciocianu; Lutz Fromhage; Michael Jennions; Špela Borko; Gábor Herczeg; Gergely Balázs; Simona Kralj-Fišer et al.
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Professor Boris Sket (1936–2023): the SpeleoBiologist and much more

Subterranean Biology
2024-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Cene Fišer; Gregor Bračko; Teo Delić; Žiga Fišer; Jure Jugovic; Ajda Moškrič; Simona Prevorčnik; Rudi Verovnik; Maja Zagmajster; Valerija Zakšek et al.
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Sex-dependent increase of movement activity in the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus following adaptation to a predator-free cave habitat

Current Zoology
2023-08-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Hajriz Berisha; Gergely Horváth; Žiga Fišer; Gergely Balázs; Cene Fišer; Gábor Herczeg; Zhi-Yun Jia
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Standing genetic variation as a potential mechanism of novel cave phenotype evolution in the freshwater isopod, Asellus aquaticus

Evolution & Development
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Lizet R. Rodas; Serban M. Sarbu; Raluca Bancila; Devon Price; Žiga Fišer; Meredith Protas
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Behavioral observations of the olm (Proteus anguinus) in a karst spring via direct observations and camera trapping

Subterranean Biology
2022-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ester Premate; Žiga Fišer; Žan Kuralt; Anja Pekolj; Tjaša Trajbarič; Eva Milavc; Živa Hanc; Rok Kostanjšek
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The morphology of the colonizers of the springs from the down-under

ARPHA Conference Abstracts
2022-07-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Anna Biró; Gergely Balázs; Žiga Fišer; Gábor Herczeg; Cene Fišer
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Avoidance behaviour toxicity tests should account for animal gregariousness: a case study on the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber

ZooKeys
2022-05-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Primož Zidar; Žiga Fišer
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Three new species of European Coletinia Wygodzinsky (Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae), with additional records and an updated identification key

European Journal of Taxonomy
2022-03-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Rafael Molero-Baltanás; Miquel Gaju-Ricart; Žiga Fišer; Carmen Bach de Roca; Luís F. Mendes
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Parallel morphological evolution and habitat‐dependent sexual dimorphism in cave‐ vs. surface populations of the Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) species complex

Ecology and Evolution
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Gergely Balázs; Anna Biró; Žiga Fišer; Cene Fišer; Gábor Herczeg
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No room for males in caves: Female‐biased sex ratio in subterranean amphipods of the genus Niphargus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ester Premate; Špela Borko; Simona Kralj‐Fišer; Michael Jennions; Žiga Fišer; Gergely Balázs; Anna Bíró; Gregor Bračko; Denis Copilaş‐Ciocianu; Nuša Hrga et al.
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The interplay between habitat use, morphology and locomotion in subterranean crustaceans of the genus Niphargus

Zoology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85079434098

Part of ISBN:

09442006

Contributors: Kralj-Fišer, S.; Premate, E.; Copilaş-Ciocianu, D.; Volk, T.; Fišer; Balázs, G.; Herczeg, G.; Delić, T.; Fišer, C.
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Is foraging innovation lost following colonization of a less variable environment? A case study in surface‐ vs. cave‐dwelling Asellus aquaticus

Ecology and Evolution
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Gábor Herczeg; Viktória P. Hafenscher; Gergely Balázs; Žiga Fišer; Simona Kralj‐Fišer; Gergely Horváth
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Adaptation to low food

Encyclopedia of Caves
2019 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780128141243
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Žiga Fišer

Description of Acanthocephalus anguillae balkanicus subsp. n. (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from Proteus anguinus Laurenti (Amphibia: Proteidae) and the cave ecomorph of Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Asellidae) in Slovenia

Folia parasitologica
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85073465369

Part of ISBN:

18036465

Contributors: Amin, O.M.; Heckmann, R.A.; Fiser, Z.; Zaksek, V.; Herlyn, H.; Kostanjsek, R.
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No need to hide in caves: shelter-seeking behavior of surface and cave ecomorphs of Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda: Crustacea)

Zoology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85064447968

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09442006

Contributors: Fišer; Prevorčnik, S.; Lozej, N.; Trontelj, P.
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Common genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in two distinct cave populations of the isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85056253391

Contributors: Re, C.; Fišer, Ž.; Perez, J.; Tacdol, A.; Trontelj, P.; Protas, M.E.
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Comparative study of acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferase activities of closely related cave and surface Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda: Crustacea)

PLoS ONE
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019012910

Contributors: Anita, J.; David, Š.; Simona, P.; Žiga, F.; Primož, Z.
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Light triggers habitat choice of eyeless subterranean but not of eyed surface amphipods

Science of Nature
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85007271681

Contributors: Fišer, Ž.; Novak, L.; Luštrik, R.; Fišer, C.
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How to reduce the impact of artificial lighting on moths: A case study on cultural heritage sites in Slovenia

Journal for Nature Conservation
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84946415550

Contributors: Verovnik, R.; Fišer, Ž.; Zakšek, V.
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Morphologically cryptic amphipod species are "ecological Clones" at regional but not at local scale: A case study of four niphargus species

PLoS ONE
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84942163149

Contributors: Fiser, Z.; Altermatt, F.; Zakek, V.; Knapič, T.; Fier, C.
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