| Modeling neck mobility in fossil turtles I Werneburg, JK Hinz, M Gumpenberger, V Volpato, N Natchev, WG Joyce Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of prey capture in the Chinese giant salamander reveal a high-performance jaw-powered suction feeding mechanism E Heiss, N Natchev, M Gumpenberger, A Weissenbacher, ... Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10 (82), 20121028, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Hurt yourself to hurt your enemy: new insights on the function of the bizarre antipredator mechanism in the salamandrid Pleurodeles waltl E Heiss, N Natchev, D Salaberger, M Gumpenberger, A Rabanser, ... Journal of Zoology 280 (2), 156-162, 2010 | 38 | 2010 |
| Analysis of prey capture and food transport kinematics in two Asian box turtles, Cuora amboinensis and Cuora flavomarginata (Chelonia, Geoemydidae), with emphasis on … N Natchev, E Heiss, P Lemell, D Stratev, J Weisgram Zoology 112 (2), 113-127, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| Feeding behaviour in a ‘basal’tortoise provides insights on the transitional feeding mode at the dawn of modern land turtle evolution N Natchev, N Tzankov, I Werneburg, E Heiss PeerJ 3, e1172, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Peri-urban national parks as green spaces for recreation: A case study of nature park shumen plateau T Koynova, V Koleva, AP Dragoeva, N Natchev Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society, 1400-1413, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| Three types of cutaneous glands in the skin of the salamandrid Pleurodeles waltl. A histological and ultrastructural study E Heiss, N Natchev, A Rabanser, J Weisgram, H Hilgers Journal of Morphology 270 (7), 892-902, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
| The Fish in the Turtle: On the Functionality of the Oropharynx in the Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Chelonia, Kinosternidae) Concerning Feeding … E Heiss, N Natchev, C Beisser, P Lemell, J Weisgram The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary …, 2010 | 23 | 2010 |
| Oropharyngeal morphology in the basal tortoise Manouria emys emys with comments on form and function of the testudinid tongue E Heiss, N Natchev, T Schwaha, D Salaberger, P Lemell, C Beisser, ... Journal of morphology 272 (10), 1217-1229, 2011 | 22 | 2011 |
| First record of tail bifurcations in the snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) from Pastrina hill (northwestern Bulgaria) V Vergilov, N Natchev Arxius de Miscel· lània Zoològica 15, 224-228, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Aquatic feeding in a terrestrial turtle: a functional-morphological study of the feeding apparatus in the Indochinese box turtle Cuora galbinifrons (Testudines … N Natchev, P Lemell, E Heiss, C Beisser, J Weisgram Zoomorphology 129, 111-119, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| Feeding in turtles: understanding terrestrial and aquatic feeding in a diverse but monophyletic group P Lemell, N Natchev, CJ Beisser, E Heiss Feeding in vertebrates: Evolution, morphology, behavior, biomechanics, 611-642, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| Green frog invasion in the Black Sea: habitat ecology of the Pelophylax esculentus complex (Anura, Amphibia) population in the region of Shablenska Tuzla lagoon in Bulgaria N Natchev, N Tzankov, R Gemel Herpetol. Notes 4, 347-351, 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| Structure and function of the feeding apparatus in the common musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Chelonia, Kinosternidae) N Natchev, E Heiss, K Singer, S Kummer, D Salaberger, J Weisgram Contributions to Zoology 80 (2), 143-156, 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
| Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes YV Kornilev, ND Natchev, HB Lillywhite Biological Reviews 98 (1), 263-283, 2023 | 17 | 2023 |
| Antifungal activity of lactic acid bacteria, isolated from (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam.) in the bulgarian Black sea aquatory S Ibryamova, N Arhangelova, T Koynova, D Dimitrov, Z Dimitrova, ... J. IMAB 26, 2875-2882, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Functional morphology of a highly specialised pivot joint in the cranio-cervical complex of the minute lizard Ablepharus kitaibelii in relation to feeding ecology and behaviour N Natchev, N Tzankov, V Vergilov, S Kummer, S Handschuh Contributions to Zoology 84 (1), 13-S3, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Cranial kinesis in the miniaturised lizard Ablepharus kitaibelii (Squamata: Scincidae) S Handschuh, N Natchev, S Kummer, CJ Beisser, P Lemell, A Herrel, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (9), jeb198291, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Does sexual selection influence ornamentation of hemipenes in old world snakes? K Andonov, N Natchev, YV Kornilev, N Tzankov The Anatomical Record 300 (9), 1680-1694, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| A non-traumatic multi-operational method for individual documentation and identification of nose-horned vipers (Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)(Squamata, Viperidae)) allows … A Dyugmedzhiev, N Tzankov, N Natchev, BY Naumov Biharean Biologist 12 (2), 92-96, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |