Dušanka Vujanović
Position:Research associate
Academic Rank: Research associate in the field of natural/mathematical sciences-biology
Dr Dušanka Vujanović is a Research associate in plant and pollinator ecology. Her research integrates functional ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, human-environment dynamics, invasive species ecology, landscape ecology, and ecological data analysis and visualization.
Center:
CBS
Themes:
1. Ecological interactions
2. Pollination
Projects:
1. Conservation strategy for protected and strictly protected hoverfly (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) species in Serbia – Case study
2. Evaluation of ecological network for the purpose of more efficient nature protection in AP Vojvodina
3. Soil Health Guards – Cultivating Soil Connectivity: Empowering Farmers and Youth Community as Citizen Scientists to Monitor Soil Health and Biodiversity
Publications:
- Vujanović D, Knežević M, Đorđević A, Andrić A, Perišić MR, Milosavljević MJ, Veselić S, Losapio G, Vujić A, Radenković S (2026) Larval diet breadth and wingspan mediate landscape–richness relationship in butterfly communities. Functional Ecology. 40(3), 624-635. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-
2435.70270 - Vujanović D, Losapio G, Milić S, Milić D (2022) The impact of multiple species invasion on soil and plant communities increases with invasive species co-occurrence. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:875824. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.
2022.875824 - Vujanović D, Losapio G, Mészáros M, Popov S, Markov Ristić Z, Mudri Stojnić S. et al. (2023) Forest and grassland habitats support pollinator diversity more than wildflowers and sunflower monoculture. Ecological Entomology. 48 (4): 421-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.
13234 - Vujanović D, Arok M, Veselić S, Skendžić T, Andrić A, Đorđević A, Vujić A (2024) Butterfly community dynamics in a monoculture-dominated agricultural landscape. Ecological Entomology. 50(2), 360-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.
13408 - Vujić A, Djan M, Radenković S, Likov L, Ačanski J, Vujanović D, Veličković N, Rojo S, Aracil A, Jordaens K, & Ståhls G (2024) A window on remarkable cryptic diversity of the Merodon planifacies subgroup (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Afrotropical Region. Journal of Insect Science, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/
jisesa/ieae091