Professor Dr Рената Ќуштеревска

Biography

  1.         Family name:       Ćušterevska 
  2.         First names:         Renata 
  3.         Date of birth:        19.11.1978 
  4.         Nationality:           Macedonian    
  5.         Civil status:           married 
  6.         Education:   

Institution

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

University of Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of biology,Skopje, Macedonia

9. 1997-2. 2002 

Graduated biologist

University of Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of biology,Skopje, Macedonia

Post graduated Master Study, 2003-2008

MSc in Biology

Master thesis titled: “Phytocenological studies of the vegetation on highland pastures around the Kratovo”

University of Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of biology,Skopje, Macedonia

2015

Ph D in Biology

Doctoral thesis titled:“ Phytocoenological researches on the hilly and mountain pastures on the mountain Galičica “

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renata-Custerevska

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ylleLgkAAAAJ&hl=en

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3849-6983



Mobility and Study stays

Country

Date from - Date to

Slovenia

2005; 2008;2013;2016;2018,2019;2020;2022;2023.

R. Albania -

15.07-22.07.2013

R. Bulgaria -

08-2015; 08-2016; 07-2017; 10-2018;

Montenegro

06.2016, 2022

Articles and Conferences

Publication

1.         Matevski. V., Ćušterevska, R, 2008: Rochelia Reichenb. (Boraginaceae) (eds) Flora of Republic of Macedonia, 2 (1), MANU

2.         Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M., Čarni. A., 2012: Dry grassland communities of Erysimo-Trifolietum in the north- eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, Hacquetia 12 (1). 91-111. Ljubljana.

3.         Vassilev, K., Stefanović Dajić, Z. Ćušterevska, R., Bergmeier, E., Apostolova, I., 2012: Balkan Dry Grasslands Database. Biodiversity & Ecology. 330. Hamburg.

4.         Čarni. A., Matevski. V., Šilc. U., Ćušterevska, R., 2014. Early spring ephemeral therophytic non-nitrophilous grasslands as a habitat of various species of Romulea in the southern Balkans, Acta Botanica Croatica 73 (1), 107–129

5.         Matevski, V., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski, M., Mucina, L. 2015: Typology of the rocky grasslands on carbonate bedrocks in the west and southwest of the Republic of Macedonia, Applied ecology and environmental research, vol. 15/1.

6.         Chytry, M., Hennekens, S., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Knollova, I., Ćušterevska, R...,European Vegetation Archive (EVA): An integrated database of European vegetation plots. Applied Vegetation Science 19 (2016) 173–180

7.         Vladimirov, V., Matevski, V., Bancheva, S., Kostadinovski, M., Delcheva, M. & Ćušterevska, R., First report of Erigeron sumatrensis (Asteraceae) for the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Flora Mediterranea 26 (2016) 5-9.

8.         Ćušterevska, R., Dry grassland vegetation on Galičica Mountain (SW Macedonia) Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 107–127 (2016)

9.         Peterka, T.,•Hájek, M., Jiroušek, M.,•[...], Ćušterevska, R [...] •Chytrý, M., Formalized classification of European fen vegetation at the alliance level Applied Vegetation Science 1-19 (2017)

10.       Willner, W., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Agrillo, E., Biurrun, I., Antonio Campos, J., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R.., [...]Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian Knot? Applied Vegetation Science (2017)

11.       Wagner V, Chytrý M, Jiménez-Alfaro B, et al. Alien plant invasions in European woodlands. Divers Distrib. 2017;00:1–13

12.       Ćušterevska, R.: Armerio rumelicae-Potentillion Micevski 1978 in South-Central Balkan with emphasis on Galičica Mountain vegetation. Biologica Nyssana, 8 (1), 61-72 (2017).

13.       Čarni, A., Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., & Ćušterevska, R. (2018). Scrub communities along a climatic gradient in the southern Balkans: maquis, pseudomaquis and shibljak. Plant Biosystems, 152(5), 1165–1171. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2018.1435567.

14.       Kabaš, E., Niketić, M., Ćušterevska, R., Tomović, G., Vukojičić, S., & Lakušić, D. (2019). Stipa crassiculmis subsp. picentina (Poaceae) new for the Balkans – a further example of amphi-Adriatic disjunction. Plant Biosystems, 153(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2018.1436612

15.       Kabaš, E., Niketić, M., Ćušterevska, R., Tomović, G., Vukojičić, S., & Lakušić, (2018): Rare and threatened Stipa ucrainica (Poaceae) found in Macedonia – a new Pontic disjunction in the Balkans, Phyton 57 (1–2), 2018..

16.       Matevski V, Čarni A, Ćušterevska R, Kostadinovski M, Mucina L. Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans. Appl Veg Sci. 2018;00:1–26.

17.       Kabaš, E. Vukojičić S., Ćušterevska, R., Tzonev R. & Dmitar Lakušić (2018): Contribution to the knowledge on relic Stipa spp.-dominated ultramafic grasslands of the Central Balkans, Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 152.

18.       Batalha, M., R. Ćušterevska, V. Matevski (2019): Climatic drivers of dry grassland phylogenetic diversity in the Republic of Macedonia Acta Botanica Croatica 78 (1), 25-34

19.       Bruelheide H, Dengler J, Jiménez-Alfaro B, et al. sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses. J Veg Sci. 2019;30:161–186

20.       M. Kostadinovski,V. Matevski & R. Ćušterevska (2019): Anisantha diandra (Roth) Tutin and Ochlopoa infirma (Kunth) H. Scholz - New species of Poaceae family in Republic of Macedonia Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 273–276.

21.       Šilc, U., Küzmič, F., Aćić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Jasprica N., Milanović Đ., Stešević D. & Škvorc Ž. (2020): Tree-circles spontaneous vegetation over a long climatic gradient. Urban Ecosyst.

22.       Chytrý M, Tichý L, Hennekens SM, et al. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Appl Veg Sci. 2020;00:1–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

23.       Sporbert, M., Keil, P., Seidler, G., Bruelheide, H., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Marcenò, C., Moeslund, J. E., Pérez‐Haase, A., … Welk, E. (2020). Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. Journal of Biogeography, 47(10), 2210–2222.

24.       Berisha, N., Ćušterevska, R., Millaku, F., Kostadinovski, M. & Matevski, V., (2020): Contribution to the knowledge on the flora of Mt. Luboten, Sharri Mts., Kosovo, Thaiszia - J. Bot., Košice, 30 (2): 115-160.

25.       Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski, M., Matevski, V., (2020): Rubus laciniatus Willd. (Rosaceae), an introduced species new in the flora of the Republic of North Macedonia. Macedonian Journal of Ecology and EnvironmentVol. 22, Issue 2pp. 101-105 Skopje.

26.       Berisha, N., Ćušterevska, R., Lluga-Rizani, K., Millaku, F., Matevski, V., (2020): Relation between boundaries of protected areas and the distribution of vulnerable natural habitats - a case study from Sharri National Park, SE Europe, Ecological Questions, 32(1).

27.       Jiménez-Alfaro, B., [...] Ćušterevska, R.,[...] Winkler, M., (2021): Post‐glacial determinants of regional species pools in alpine grasslands, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 30, Issue 3.

28.       Fristoe, T. S., Chytrý, M., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Heleno, R., Kreft, H., Maurel, N., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Seebens, H., Weigelt, P., Vargas, P., Yang, Q., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Ćušterevska, R., … van Kleunen, M. (2021). Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(22), e2021173118.

29.       Pouteau, R., Thuiller, W., Hobohm, C., Brunel, C., Conn, B. J., Dawson, W., Sá Dechoum, M., Ebel, A. L., Essl, F., Fragman‐Sapir, O., Fristoe, T., Jogan, N., Kreft, H., Lenzner, B., Meyer, C., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Verkhozina, A., Weigelt, P., Ćušterevska, R. … Kleunen, M. (2021). Climate and socio‐economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography: A Journal of Macroecology, geb.13316. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13316

30.       Večeřa, M., Axmanová, I., Padullés Cubino, J., Lososová, Z., Divíšek, J., Knollová, I., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bonari, G., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Carranza, M. L., Casella, L., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., Delbosc, P., Dengler, J., Fernández‐González, F., … Chytrý, M. (2021). Mapping species richness of plant families in European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science: Official Organ of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 32(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13035

31.       Sporbert, M., Welk, E., Seidler, G., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., De Sanctis, M., Dziuba, T., Fagúndez, J., Field, R., Golub, V., He, T., Jansen, F., … Bruelheide, H. (2021). Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales. Journal of Vegetation Science: Official Organ of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13016

32.       Laughlin, D. C., Mommer, L., Sabatini, F. M., Bruelheide, H., Kuyper, T. W., McCormack, M. L., Bergmann, J., Freschet, G. T., Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Iversen, C. M., Kattge, J., Meier, I. C., Poorter, H., Roumet, C., Semchenko, M., Sweeney, C. J., Valverde-Barrantes, O. J., van der Plas, F., van Ruijven, J., … Weigelt, A. (2021). Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–12.

33.       Sabatini F.M., Lenoir J., Hattab T., Arnst E., Chytrý M., Dengler J., ... Bruelheide H. 2021. sPlotOpen 354 – An environmentally-balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and 355 Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346.

34.       Fišer Ž, Aronne G, Aavik T, Akin M, Alizoti P, Aravanopoulos F, Bacchetta G, Balant M, Ballian D, Barazani O, Bellia AF, Bernhardt N, Bou Dagher Kharrat M, Bugeja DouglasA, Burkart M, Ćalić D, Carapeto A, Carlsen T, Castro S, Colling G, Cursach J,Cvetanoska S, Cvetkoska C, Ćušterevska R, …Zippel E (2021) ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatenedplants for the 21st Century. Research Ideas and Outcomes 7 https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.7.e62810

35.       Ćušterevska, R., 2021. Galeopsis. (Lamiaceae) in Matevski, V., ed. The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia, 2(2), MASA Skopje.

36.       Mandžukovski, D., Čarni, A., Sotirovski K. Biurrun, I., Douda, J., Škvorc, Ž., Stupar, V., Slezák, M., Ćušterevska, R., González, P. M. R., Mendías, C. S.,… Šibík. J., 2021. Interpretative manual of European riparian forests and shrublands. Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Hans Em Faculty of Forest Sciences Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Skopje.

37.       Stoyanov S. & Ćušterevska R. 2021 Bupleurum gerardi All. – Pp. 364–365 in: Raab-Straube E. von & Raus Th. (ed.), Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 14. – Willdenowia 51: 355–369.

38.       Cvetanoska, S., Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski, M., Cvetkoska, C., Stojkoska, A., & Matevski, V. (2021). First confirmation of the presence of the species Polygonum arenarium Waldst. & Kit. (Polygonaceae) in the flora of the Republic of North Macedonia. Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment, 23(2), 115–118.

39.       Mandžukovski, D., Teofilovski, A., Andreevski, M., Ćušterevska, R., Tzonev, R. and Dimitrov, M. (2022) “Relationships between vegetation of Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce Griseb.) and different types of soils on which it develops”, Hacquetia, 21(1), pp. 89-106. Available at: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/9540

40.       Preislerová, Z., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Mucina, L., Berg, C., Bonari, G., Kuzemko, A., Landucci, F., Marcenò, C., Monteiro-Henriques, T., Novák, P., Vynokurov, D., Bergmeier, E., Dengler, J., Apostolova, I., Bioret, F., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Capelo, J., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska R., … Chytrý, M. (2022). Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12642

40. Rodríguez-González, P. M., Abraham, E., Aguiar, F., Andreoli, A., Baležentienė, L., Berisha, N., Bernez, I., Bruen, M., Bruno, D., Camporeale, C., Čarni, A., Chilikova-Lubomirova, M., Corenblit, D., Ćušterevska, R., Doody, T., England, J., Evette, A., Francis, R., Garófano-Gómez, V., … Dufour, S. (2022). Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management. WIREs. Water, 9(5).

41. Malanson, G. P., Pansing, E. R., Testolin, R., Abdulhak, S., Bergamini, A., Ćušterevska, R., Marcenò, C., Kuzmanović, N., Milanović, Đ., Ruprecht, E., Šibík, J., Vassilev, K., Willner, W., & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2022). Explanation of beta diversity in European alpine grasslands changes with scale. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4066

42.       Rodríguez-González, P. M., Abraham, E., Aguiar, F., Andreoli, A., Baležentienė, L., Berisha, N., Bernez, I., Bruen, M., Bruno, D., Camporeale, C., Čarni, A., Chilikova-Lubomirova, M., Corenblit, D., Ćušterevska, R., Doody, T., England, J., Evette, A., Francis, R., Garófano-Gómez, V., … Dufour, S. (2022). Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management. WIREs. Water, 9(5).

43.       Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., Ćušterevska, R., Cvetkoska, C., Cvetanoska, S., & Ivanova, A. (2022). New records of some vascular plants for the flora of North Macedonia. Flora Mediterranea, 32. https://doi.org/10.7320/flmedit32.131

44.       Hristovski, S., Ćusterevska, R., Trenčeva, M. (2022). Traunsteinera globosa (L.) Rchb. (Orchidaceae), a new species for the flora of the Republic of North Macedonia. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, 2022, Vol. 25, pp: 79-82. http://www.acta.musmacscinat.mk/index.php/acta/article/view/87/59

45.       Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., Ćusterevska, R., Matevska, O., Cvetanoska, S., Cvetkoska, C., Ivanova, A., 2022. New data on the distribution of rare plant species in the flora of the Republic of N Macedonia. Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, No 40.

46.       Teofilovski, A. & Ćušterevska, R. (2022). Two new alien species of Boraginaceae in the flora of North Macedonia. Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment, 24(2), 59–63.

http://www.mjee.org.mk/index.php/mjee/article/view/204/193

47.       Tichý, L., Axmanová, I., Dengler, J., Guarino, R., Jansen, F., Midolo, G., Nobis, M. P., Van Meerbeek, K., Aćić, S., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., … Chytrý, M. (2023). Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species. Journal of Vegetation Science: Official Organ of the International Association for Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13168

48.       Cvetanoska, S., Ćušterevska, R., Cvetkoska, C., Ivanova, A., Kostadinovski, M., Matevski, V., & Stojkoska, A. (2023). First IUCN National Assessment for Thymus oehmianus Ronniger & Soška (Lamiaceae) and Viola kosaninii (Degen) Hayek (Violaceae) in the Republic of North Macedonia. Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment, 25(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.59194/mjee2325105c

49.       Stešević, D., Anđić, B., Caković, D., Ćušterevska, R., Markišić, H., Matevski, V., Milanović, Đ., Nazarov, M., Stanišić-Vujačić, M., Vassilev, K., & Šilc, U. (2023). The synecology of endemic relict species Ramonda serbica (Gesneriaceae). Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with All Aspects of Plant Biology, 157(4), 727-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2023.2200785

50.       Berisha, N., Ćušterevska, R., Millaku, F., & Matevski, V. (2023). Blysmo compressi-Eriophoretum latifoliae ass. nova, a new association of the Caricion fuscae alliance from the Sharri Mountains. Plant Sociology, 60(1), 37–49. https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2023601/04

51.       Brzić, I., Brener, M., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., Čulig, B., Dziuba, T., Golub, V., Irimia, I., Jelaković, B., Kavgacı, A., Krstivojević Ćuk, M., Krstonošić, D., Stupar, V., Trobonjača, Z., & Škvorc, Ž. (2023). Different ecological niches of poisonous Aristolochia clematitis in central and marginal distribution ranges—another contribution to a better understanding of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy. Plants, 12(17), 3022. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12173022

52.       Laughlin, D. C., Siefert, A., Fleri, J. R., Tumber-Dávila, S. J., Hammond, W. M., Sabatini, F. M., Damasceno, G., Aubin, I., Field, R., Hatim, M. Z., Jansen, S., Lenoir, J., Lens, F., McCarthy, J. K., Niinemets, Ü., Phillips, O. L., Attorre, F., Bergeron, Y., Ćušterevska, R.,… Bruelheide, H. (2023). Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth. The New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19276

53.       Peterka, T., Hájková, P., Jiroušek, M., Hinterlang, D., Chytrý, M., Aunina, L., Deme, J., Lyons, M., Seiler, H., Zechmeister, H., Apostolova, I., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bischof, M., Biţă-Nicolae, C., Brancaleoni, L., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Didukh, Y., Dítě, D., … Hájek, M. (2023). Formalized classification of the class Montio-Cardaminetea in Europe: Towards a consistent typology of spring vegetation. Preslia, 95(3), 347–383. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.347

54. Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., Ćusterevska, R., Matevska, O., Cvetanoska, S., Cvetkoska, C., & Ivanova, A. (2023). New data on the distribution of rare plant species in the flora of the republic of n Macedonia. Contributions, Sec. Nat. Math. Biotech. Sci., MASA, 42–43(1–2), 5–15. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from http://manu.edu.mk/contributions/NMBSci/vol42_43_1_2p1.html

55. Midolo, G., Axmanová, I., Divíšek, J., Dřevojan, P., Lososová, Z., Večeřa, M., Karger, D. N., Thuiller, W., Bruelheide, H., Aćić, S., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., … Chytrý, M. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær’s life forms in European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science: Official Organ of the International Association for Vegetation Science, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229

56. Preislerová, Z., Marcenò, C., Loidi, J., Bonari, G., Borovyk, D., Gavilán, R. G., Golub, V., Terzi, M., Theurillat, J.-P., Argagnon, O., Bioret, F., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Capelo, J., Čarni, A., Çoban, S., Csiky, J., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., … Chytrý, M. (2024). Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12766

57. Rosa, F., van Bodegom, P., Hellweg, S., Pfister, S., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Chytry, M., Ćušterevska, R., Fratte, M. D., Damasceno, G., Garbolino, E., Lenoir, J., Ozinga, W. A., Penuelas, J., Sabatini, F. M., Schrodt, F., Uogintas, D., Byun, C., Dolezal, J., … Scherer, L. (2024). Land-use impacts on plant functional diversity throughout Europe. In bioRxiv (p. 2024.02.21.580945). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.21.580945

58. Hristovski, S., Ćušterevska, R., & Matevski, V. (2025). First record of Cistus salviifolius L. (Cistaceae) for the flora of the Republic of North Macedonia. Hacquetia. https://doi.org/10.3986/hacq-2025-0014

60. Leblanc, C., Bonnet, P., Servajean, M., Thuiller, W., Chytrý, M., Aćić, S., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., Moeslund, J., Garbolino, E., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Lenoir, J., Haase, A., Pielech, R., Sibik, J., Stančić, Z., Uogintas, D., Wohlgemuth, T., & Joly, A. (2025, March). Learning the syntax of plant assemblages [Preprint]. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6304381/v1

61. Sharovikj Ivanova, A., Schönswetter, P., Kostadinovski, M., Barfuss, M. H. J., Ćušterevska, R., & Frajman, B. (2025). Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity within the Euphorbia nicaeensis alliance (Euphorbiaceae) in the central Balkan Peninsula. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1558466

62. Sumbh, O., Hellegers, M., Barbarossa, V., Ćušterevska, R., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Kozub, Ł., Napoleone, F., Stančić, Z., & Schipper, A. M. (2025). Developing and validating species distribution models for wetland plants across Europe. Ecology and Evolution, 15, e71157. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71157

63. Si‑Moussi, S., Hennekens, S., Mücher, S., De Keersmaecker, W., Chytrý, M., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., ... Thuiller, W. (2025). EUNIS Habitat Maps: Enhancing Thematic and Spatial Resolution for Europe through Machine Learning. Preprint (June 2025). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.13649

64. Midolo, G., Clark, A. T., Chytrý, M., Essl, F., Dullinger, S., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., De Frenne, P., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Divíšek, J., Dziuba, T., Ejrnæs, R., Garbolino, E., Illa, E., … Keil, P. (2025, July 22). Six decades of losses and gains in alpha diversity of European plant communities. EcoEvoRxiv. https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9703/

 

Conferences

  1. Ćušterevska. R., Matevski V., Kostadinovski. M., Čarni. A., 2009, New data about syntaxonomy and chorology of ass. Erysimo-Trifolietum Micevski 1977 in Republic of Macedonia. 5th Balkan botanical congress, Belgrade (Serbia)
  2. Vassilev, K., Aćić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Pedashenko, H., Todorova, S., Apostolova, I., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Čarni, A., Ganeva, A., Kostadinovski, M., Matevski, V., Pirini, C., Sopotlieva, D., Stefanović Dajić, Z., Stoyanov, J., Tsiripidis, I., Dengler, J. 2012. What do we know about diversity of dry grasslands on Central Balkan Peninsula? 11th European Dry Grassland Meeting in Prespa, Book of Abstracts, 79-80. Prespa (Greece).
  3. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M., 2012. New data on the flora of the mountain Galicica. IV Congress of Ecologists of Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 29, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  4. Vassilev, K., Aćić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Pedashenko, H., Todorova, S., Apostolova, I., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Čarni, A., Ganeva, A., Kostadinovski, M., Matevski, V., Pirini, C., Sopotlieva, D., Stefanović Dajić, Z., Stoyanov, J., Tsiripidis, I., Dengler, J. 2013. High-rank syntaxa of the dry-grassland vegetation in the Central Balkan Peninsula – some preliminary results. 22th Workshop European vegetation Survey. Book of Abstracts, 84 Roma (Italy).
  5. Ćušterevska, R., Andreevski, M. 2013. Analysis of the soil-vegetation relationships in the plant communities around Kratovo. 35-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 28, Ohrid (Macedonia)
  6. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M., Čarni.  Vegetation of the hilly pastures on the mountain Galičica. 35-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 29, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  7. Matevski. V., Avramoski, O., Bojadži, A., Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski. M. & Matevska, O., 2013. Flora of the Galičica Mt. (Macedonian part). 35-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 14, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  8. Matevski, V., Čarni. A. Ćušterevska, R., Hristovski, S., Levkov, Z., Taleska, M., 2013. Macrophytic vegetation of Ohrid and Prespa Lake (Macedonian part) actual situation, endargement, protection. “The system Prespa Lakes-Ohrid Lake: The actual state – problems and perspective” Book of Abstracts, 32-33, Struga (Macedonia)
  9. Dietrich, T., Shuka, L., Mersinllari, M., Matevski, V., Ćušterevska, R., 2013, Grasslands and flora of the Dry and Ivani Mountain in the the Prespa National Park of Albania “The system Prespa Lakes-Ohrid Lake: The actual state – problems and perspective” Book of Abstracts, 49-51, Struga (Macedonia)
  10. Čarni, A., Matevski, V., Šilic, U., Ćušterevska, R., 2013. Early spring ephemeral therophytic non-nitrophilous grasslands as a habitat of various species of Romulea in the southern Balkans. 4th Croatian Botanical Symposium with International Participation, September 27-29, 2013, Split, Croatia. Knjiga sažetaka. str. 199.
  11. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A., 2013. Characteristics and the vertical distribution of the grassland vegetation on the Galičica “VIII. Carpathian Basin Biological Symposium- I Sustainable development in the Carpathian basin” Book of Abstracts 89-90, Budapest, (Hungary).
  12. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A., 2014. Phytosociological researches on the high-mountain grasslands of Galičica Mt. (Macedonian part). 23rd International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 115, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
  13. Mandžukovski, D., Ćušterevska, R., Teofilovski, A. & Acevski J., 2014. Comparison of ecological and vegetation characteristics between Pinus peuce Grisb. forest communities. 23rd International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 130, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
  14. Matevski, V., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski, M., Matevska, O. & Mucina, L., 2014, Presence and phytosociological significance of some endemic species in the vegetation of dry grasslands of the Republic of Macedonia. 23rd International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 177, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
  15. Velev, N., Aćić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Dajić-Stevanović, Z., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Krstonošić, D., Matevski, V. & Vassilev K. 2014, Classification of mesophytic and meso-xerophytic grasslands on Balkan Peninsula. 23rd International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 185 Ljubljana (Slovenia).
  16. Vladimirov, V., Matevski, V., Bancheva, S., Kostadinovski, M., Delcheva, M. & Ćušterevska, R. 2014, Hieracium olympicum, a new species to the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. First symposium – Research in the field of environment and materials, Research center for environment and materials. Macedonian academy of sciences and arts. Book of abstracts 24. Skopje (Macedonia)
  17. Kostadinovski, M., Matevski, V. & Ćušterevska, R., 2014, Preliminary observations of the riparian vegetationʼs condition in the basin of the Bregalnitsa River. First symposium –Research in the field of environment and materials, Research center for environment and materials. Macedonian academy of sciences and arts. Book of abstracts 26. Skopje (Macedonia)
  18. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A. 2014, A rare, newly discovered plant communities on the Mountain Galičica. First symposium –Research in the field of environment and materials, Research center for environment and materials. Macedonian academy of sciences and arts. Book of abstracts 28. Skopje (Macedonia)
  19. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A. 2015 , Biodiversity of the grassland vegetation on the mountain GaličicaTechnical Workshop 1.Networking and Best Practices for Mediterranean Grassland Habitat Types, Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process, Prespa (Greece)
  20. Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. Ćušterevska, R., Čarni. A. & Cvetkovska C. 2015, The meadows vegetation in the southern of the Republic of Macedonia (Mariovo Region). 36-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 63, Osijek (Croatia)
  21. Mandžukovski, D., Andreevski, M. Ćušterevska, R., & Acevski J. 2015, Relationships between vegetation of Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce Griseb.) and different types of soils on which is developing. 36-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 41, Osijek (Croatia)
  22. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A. 2015, Differentiation of the classes Daphno-Festucetea and Elyno-Seslerietea in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. 58th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 82, Brno (Czech Republic).
  23. Čarni. A., Matevski. V. & Ćušterevska, R., 2015, Structural and chorological diversity of halophytic vegetation in the Republic of Macedonia. 24th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, Rennes (France).
  24. Vassilev, K., Chytrý, M., Aćić, S., Apostolova, I., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska,. 2016, High-rank syntaxa of the dry grassland vegetation in the central and eastern Balkan Peninsula: a new synthesis based on a large phytosociological database. 25th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 71 Roma (Italy).
  25. Matevski, V., Čarni, A., Ćušterevska, R., Kostadinovski, M., Matevska, O. & Mucina, L., 2016, Differentiation between the alliances Saturejion montanae Horvat and Saturejo-Thymion Micevski in the central and southern parts of the Balkan Peninsula. 25th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 72, Roma (Italy).
  26. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A. 2016, Contact between temperate (sub)alpine and oromediterranean grasslands in the Southern Balkans. 25th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 27, Roma (Italy).
  27. Ćušterevska, R., Šilc, U., Aćić, S., Kuzmič, F., Milanović, Gj., Škvorc, Ž., Stešević, D., 2016, The flora and vegetation of the area around street trees(“Baumscheiben”) from the city of Skopje compared to other five sites, 5th Congress of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia. Book of Abstracts 171, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  28. Kabaš, E., Niketić, M.,, Vukojičić, S., Tomović, G., Ćušterevska, R., Lakušić, D., 2016, Two new Stipa species records on Macedonian ultramafics 5th Congress of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia.Book of Abstracts 78, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  29. Vladimirov, V., Matevski, V., Bancheva, S., Kostadinovski, M., Delcheva, M. & Ćušterevska, R. 2016, Species diversity and conservation significance of Asteraceae in the mountain regions along the Bulgarian-Macedonian border. 5th Congress of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia.Book of Abstracts 79, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  30. Ćušterevska, R., 2016, New locality of Azolla filiculoides in Republic of Macedonia. 2nd Croatian symposium on invasive species. Book of Abstracts 82, Zagreb (Croatia).
  31. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski, V. & Marco Antonio Batalha 2017, Plant phylogenetic diversity of dry grassland correlate with climatic drivers on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. 60th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 106, Palermo (Italy).
  32. Čarni, A., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Ćušterevska, R., 2017, Gradient along three scrub formations in the southern Balkans: maquis, pseudomaquis and shibljak. 60th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 94, Palermo (Italy).
  33. Matevski, V., Čarni, A., Kostadinovski, M., Ćušterevska, R., Matevska, O., Stafilov, T. & Bačeva, A., K., 2017, Vegetation that develops in the neighboring area ofabandoned mines on antimony and arsenic bedrock in the southern part of the Republic of Macedonia. 37-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 9, Priština (Kosovo).
  34. Ćušterevska, R., Batalha, A. M. & Matevski, V., 2017 Evidence for climatic drivers and phylogenetic diversity corelation of dry grassland in Republic of Macedonia. 37-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 20, Priština (Kosovo).
  35. Mandžukovski, D., Ćušterevska, R., & Teofilovski, A., 2017, Alpine and subalpine heaths on Balkan Peninsula with emphasis on Macedonian mountains, 37-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 25, Priština (Kosovo).
  36. Šilc, U., Aćić S , Ćušterevska, R., Küzmič, F., Milanović, D., Stešević, D. & Škvorc, Ž., 2017, Vegetation of »baumscheiben« in the Balkans, 26th Congress of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts 101, Bilbao (Spain).
  37. Matevski, V., Ćušterevska, R., 2017, Overview of Natura 2000 grassland habitat types on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia, 70 years Faculty of Forestry in Skopje – International Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts 32-33, Skopje (Macedonia)
  38. Mandžukovski, D., Ćušterevska, R., & Teofilovski, 2017, Distribution and ecological conditions in Republic of Macedonia, 70 years Faculty of Forestry in Skopje – International Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts 33, Skopje (Macedonia)
  39. Berisha N., Ćušterevska R., Millaku F. & Matevski V.2018, Syntaxonomical notes on Dryas octopetala L. dominated communities from Sharri Mts., SE Europe, 27th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 91, Wroclaw (Poland).
  40. Ćušterevska R. & Čarni, A. 2018, Riparian forest communities in Slovenia. 27th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey.Book of Abstracts, 103, Wroclaw (Poland).
  41. Mandžukovski, D., Ćušterevska, R., & Teofilovski, A. 2018, Phytocoenological characteristics of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) community on Nidze Mt. in Macedonia. 27th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey.Book of Abstracts, 132, Wroclaw (Poland).
  42. Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Pergl, J., Hennekens, S., Biurrun, I., Knollová, I., Berg, C., Vassilev, K., Rodwell, J., Škvorc, Ž., Jandt, U., Ewald, J., Jansen, F., Tsiripidis, I., Botta-Dukát, Z., Casella, L., Attorre, F., Rašomavičius, V., Ćušterevska, R., Schaminée, J. H., Brunet J., Lenoir, J., Svenning, J., Kącki, Z., Petrášová-Šibíková, M., Šilc, U., GarcíaMijangos, I., Campos, J., Fernández-González, F., Wohlgemuth, T., Onyshchenko, V., Pyšek P. 2018, Alien plant invasions in European woodlands. 61st Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 256-257, Bozeman (Montana-USA).
  43. Cvetkoska, C., Ćušterevska. R., Matevski V. & Kostadinovski. M. 2018, The meadow vegetation in the south-western part of Macedonia (the region of Debrca). 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 94, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  44. Cvetanoska, S., Ćušterevska. R., Matevski V. & Kostadinovski. M. 2018, New floristic records for the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 85, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  45. Berisha N., Ćušterevska R., Rizani, K.,Millaku F. & Matevski V.2018, The presence of an endangered habitat and the necessity for reasessing the first zone of protected area in Luboten, Sharri National Park, Kosovo, 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 91, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  46. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V. & Kostadinovski. M., 2018, Preliminary check-list of invasive alien plant species (IAS) in Republic of Macedonia, 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 91, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  47. Vassilev, K., Macanović, A., Pedashenko, H., Aćić, S., Apostolova, I., Assenov, A., Barudanović, S., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Cušterevska, R.,...2018, Balkan Dry Grassland Database (EU-00-013)  - overview, current status and future perspectives, 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 91, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  48. Kabaš, E., Vukojičić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Tzonev, R. & Lakušić, D. 2018, Contribution to the knowledge on relic Stipa spp. dominated ultramafic grasslands of the Central Balkans, 7th Balkan botanical congress, Book of Abstracts, 91, Novi Sad (Serbia)
  49. Blinkov, I., Zennaro, B., Zaimi, K., Kostadinovski M., Ćušterevska, R., Mincev, I., Krstic, S., Elbasani, O., Peci, D., Simixhiu, V., Robinson, R., Prodani, A., Peveling, R. 2018, 1st Young Researchers’ Conference - Erosion and Torrent Control ETC Belgrade (Serbia).
  50. Ćušterevska, R. & Cvetkoska. C., 2019, Initial attempts to manage the reed belt in the Europe's oldest lake Ohrid, 37-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 48, Colfiorito (Italy).
  51. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Čarni. A. 2019, Syntaxonomy and biogeography of (sub)alpine and 2 oromediterranean grasslands on calcareous 3 substrates in the Central and Southern Balkans, 13th Symposium on the Flora of Southeastern Serbia and Neighboring Regions, Book of Abstracts, 46-47, Stara planina Mt. (Serbia).
  52. Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. Ćušterevska, R., New contributions to the flora of the RN Macedonia 13th Symposium on the Flora of Southeastern Serbia and Neighboring Regions, Book of Abstracts, 77, Stara planina Mt. (Serbia).
  53. Ćušterevska, R & Čarni. A.  2019, Upgrade of new methods used for data elaboration in vegetation science “2th Management Committee meeting of CONVERGES for riparian vegetation” Prague (Czech Republic)
  54. Čarni. A., Matevski. V., Kostadinovski. M. & Ćušterevska, R., 2019, Scrub communities on transition between two macroregions: Mediterranean and temperate in the southern Balkan. 62th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 43, Bremen (Germany).
  55. Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Abdulhak, S., Bergamini, A., Carranza, M., Ćušterevska, R., Font, X., Giusso del Galdo, G., Kuzmanovic, N., Marcenò, C., Milanovic, Dj., Ruprecht, E.,, Sibik, J., Stanisci, A., Vassilev, K., Willner, W. 2019, The diversity of European alpine vegetation: a new assessment based on the integration of plot databases. 62th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Book of Abstracts, 111, Bremen (Germany).
  56. Mandžukovski, D., Dufour, S., González del Tanago, M., Čarni, A., Douda, J., Vassilev, K., Sibikova, M., Stupar, V., Ćušterevska, R., Slezák, M., Stešević, D., Škvorc, Ž., Kavgaci, A., Šibík, J, Jasprica, N. 2019, Reinforce of the network of riparian vegetation group and disseminate the current results done under COST COVERGENS. 28th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey.Book of Abstracts, 66-67, Madrid (Spain).
  57. Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Abdulhak, S., Bergamini, A., Carranza, M.L., Ćušterevska, R., Font, X., Giusso del Galdo, G., Kuzmanović, N., Marcenò, C., Milanović, D., Ruprecht, E., Šibík, J., Stanisci, A., Vassilev, K., Willner, W. and EUROALP Consortium 2019, Biogeography of alpine plant communities in southern Europe. 28th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 17, Madrid (Spain).
  58. Balsevičius, A., Syrjänen, K., Matevski, V., Ćušterevska, R. & Narijauskas, R., European habitat types of scrub and forests in the southern part of North Macedonia. 28th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 94-95, Madrid (Spain).
  59. Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Večeřa, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Pergl, J., Hennekens, S., Biurrun, I.,Knollová, I., Berg, C., Vassilev, K., Rodwell, J. S., Škvorc, Ž., Jandt, U., Ewald, J., Jansen, F.,Tsiripidis, I., Botta-Dukát, Z., Casella, L., Attorre, F., Rašomavičius, V., Ćušterevska, R., … Pyšek, P. 2020 Patterns and drivers of alien plant invasions in European woodlands. Ecological Society of America Meeting in Salt Lake City (USA).
  60. Mandžukovski, D., Čarni, A., Biurrun, I., Douda, J., Škvorc, Ž., Stupar, V., Slezák, M., Ćušterevska, R., Rodríguez-González, P. M., Mendías, C. S., Portela-Pereira, E., Vassilev, K., Milanović, Đ., Kavgacı, A., Iakushenko, D., Pielech, R., Jasprica, N.,  González del Tánago, M., Dufour, S., Šibíková, M., Šibík, J. 2022 Interpretative Manual of European riparian forests and shrublands. 2022, RIPA-1 : First International Conference on Riparian Ecosystems Science and Management. Book of Abstracts, 37, Bratislava (Slovakia).
  61. Ćušterevska, R., Mandžukovski, D.,  Cvetkoska, C., Cvetanoska, S., Ivanova., A. Riparian habitats in macedonian forests. 2022, RIPA-1 : First International Conference on Riparian Ecosystems Science and Management. Book of Abstracts, 49, Bratislava (Slovakia).
  62. Ćušterevska, R., Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., Cvetkoska, C., Cvetanoska, S., Ivanova, A. Plant assessment process for the national Red List according to the IUCN methodology in North Macedonia. 39-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 13, Dubrovnik (Croatia).
  63. Berisha, N., Ćušterevska R, Millaku, F., Matevsk, V. 2022, The BlyssmoEriophoretum latifoliae association nova prov. 39-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 30, Dubrovnik (Croatia).
  64. Mandžukovski, D., Čarni, A., Biurrun, I., Douda, J., Škvorc, Ž., Stupar, V., Slezák, M., Ćušterevska, R., Rodríguez-González, P. M., Mendías, C. S., Portela-Pereira, E., Vassilev, K., Milanović, Đ., Kavgacı, A., Iakushenko, D., Pielech, R., Jasprica, N.,  González del Tánago, M., Dufour, S., Šibíková, M., Šibík, J. 2022 Interpretative Manual of European riparian forests and shrublands. 39-th Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, 19-20, Dubrovnik (Croatia).
  65. Trendafilov, B., Mandžukovski, D., Teofilovski, A., Minchev, I., Ćušterevska, R. 2022 Accuracy assesment of supervised classification employing the MLC and RF algorithms on Sentinel2 image for the preparation of a vegetation map in the eastern part of the Republic of North Macedonia, 75 years Hans Em Faculty of Forest Sciences, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering– International Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts 20, Skopje (North Macedonia)
  66. Stešević, D., Magnes, M., Anđić, B., Stanišić-Vujačić, M., Vassilev, K., Nazarov, M., Ćušterevska, R., Matevski, V., Milanović, Đ., Markišić,H., Šilc, U. & Caković., D. 2022 Preliminary results of the study on diversity of mesoxerophilous Ramonda serbica plant communities, 2nd International Conference on Botany and Mycology, 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria
  67. Vynokurov, D., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Loidi, J., Aćić, S., Argagnon, O., Attorre, F., Bonari, G., Carranza, M. L., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., Sanctis, M. D., Dengler, J., Fanelli, G., Font, X., Garbolino, E., Güler, B., Stančić, Z., Stanisci, A., Škvorc, Ž., & Mijangos, I. G., 2022, Calcareous perennial dry grasslands and scrub of Southern Europe: syntaxonomical delimitation, 17th Eurasian Grassland Conference-Grassland dynamics and conservation in a changing world, Book of Abstracts, 83-84 (oral presentation) Tolosa (Spain)
  68. Cvetkoska C., Ćušterevska R., Matevski V., Kostadinovski M., Cvetanoska S. & Ivanova A., 2022, Phytocenological research of the vegetation of the lowland meadows in Debrca Region, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 162, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  69. Cvetanoska S., Ćušterevska R., Matevski V., Kostadinovski M., Cvetkoska C. & Ivanova A., Contribution to the researches of the chasmophytic vegetation in the surroundings of Skopje (gorge of the Treska River), 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 166, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  70. Matevski V., Kostadinovski M., Ćušterevska R., Matevska O., Cvetanoska S., Cvetkoska C. & Ivanova A., 2022, New data for the 10 rare plant species of the flora of the Republic of North Macedonia, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 48, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  71. Stojkoska A., Ćušterevska R., Kostadinovski M., Cvetkoska C., Cvetanoska S. & Matevski V., 2022, Plant species from the IUCN Red List in the Struga swamp, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 85, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  72. Gegoska L., Ćušterevska R., Cvetkoska C., Cvetanoska S., Ivanova A., Varelova A., Frcovski E. & Minev A., Conservation of endemic plant species of Allchar, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 189, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  73. Ćušterevska, R., Čarni. A., Matevski. V. & Kostadinovski. M. 2022, Classification of calcereous grasslands in the submediterranean areas in the southern part of Balkan Peninsula, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 168, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  74. Berisha, N., Ćušterevska R, Millaku, F., Matevski, V., 2022, The association: Rubo-Rhododendretum ferrugineae ass. nova prov, 6th Congress of Ecologists of North Macedonia. Book of Abstracts, 178, Ohrid (Macedonia).
  75. Berisha, N., Ćušterevska R, Millaku, F., Matevski, V., Čarni, A., 2023, Phytosociological analysis of the Elyno-Seslerietea from Sharri Mts., Kosovo. 31st International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 104-105 Rome (Italy).
  76. Hájková, P., Hájek, M., Lazarević, P., Pérez-Haase, A., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Apostolova, I., Sopotlieva, D., Goia, I., Shuka, L., Praleskouskaya, S., Dítě, D., Chobanova, M., Hristovski, S., Ćušterevska, R., Tomaselli, M., Bergmeier, E., 2023, What do we know about the vegetation of South-European alpine fens with high endemism?. 31st International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 159-160 Rome (Italy)
  77. Šibík, J., Žemlová, S., Illa Bachs, E., Virtanen, R., Šibíková, M., & Ćušterevska, R., 2023, Snowbed vegetation of Europe, 31st International Workshop of the European vegetation survey. Book of Abstracts, 175 Rome (Italy)
  78. Francesca, R., et al….2024, Modelling impacts of land use on functional diversity in Europe, 3rd World Biodiversity Forum Book of Abstracts, Davos (Switzerland)
  79. Těšitel, Ј., Chytrý, К., Axmanová, I., Ćušterevska R, et al. 2024, Parasitic plants in Europe: are they associated with high community diversity? International Biogeography Conference Book of Abstracts, Prague (Czech Republic)
  80. Ćuk, M., Čarni, A., Borovyk, D., Chytrý, K., Iakushenko, D., Botta-Dukát, Z., Csecserits, A., Ćušterevska, R et al., 2024 Diversity and classification of Pannonian sand-dune vegetation 66th IAVS Symposium, Book of Abstracts, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal.
  81. Ćuk, M., Čarni, A., Borovyk, D., Chytrý, K., Iakushenko, D., Botta-Dukát, Z., Csecserits, A., Ćušterevska, R et al., 2024 Diversity and classification of Pannonian sand-dune vegetation 40th EADSVE Meeting, Book of Abstracts, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  82. Ivanova, A., Frajman, B., Matevski, V., Ćušterevska, R., Stojchevska, C., Cvetanoska V. S., 2024. Contribution to the distribution and phylogeny of Euphorbia glareosa Pall. ex M. Bieb. in the Balkan Peninsula. 40th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, Banja Luka (BiH).
  83. Cvetanoska, V. S., Ćušterevska, R., Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., Stojchevska, C., Ivanova, A., 2024. First data for the pioneer vegetation of the class Sedo-Scleranthetea Br.-Bl. 1955 in the Republic of North Macedonia. 40th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. Book of Abstracts, Banja Luka (BiH).
  84. Midolo, G., Clark, A. T., Chytrý, M., Essl, F., Dullinger, S., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Argagnon, O., Biurrun, I., Chiarucci, A., Ćušterevska, R., ... & Keil, P., Six decades of losses and gains in European plant alpha diversity 33th International Workshop of the European vegetation survey (Vegetation of Europe Diversity, Dynamics, Conservation, and Restoration; Book of Abstracts, 159-160, Perugia – Italy, 28.04-02.05.2025)
  85. Ćušterevska, R., Stojchevska, C., Cvetanoska, S. V., & Ivanova, A. Sh. (2024). National IUCN Red List Assessment of Rare and Endemic Plant Species in North Macedonia. Presented at the 5th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week – CEPF, 7–12 April 2025, Limassol, Cyprus.
  86. Ćušterevska, R., Stojchevska, C., Cvetanoska, S. V., & Ivanova, A. Sh. (2024). First IUCN Red List Assessment of Rare and Endemic Plant Species in North Macedonia. 15th Symposium on the Flora of Southeastern Serbia and Neighboring Regions, 23–25 May 2025, Niš, Serbia.
  87. Marchante, H., Marchante, E., Anđelković, A., Bazos, I., Beismann, H., Cardoso, A. C., Constantine, K., Ćušterevska, R... Ziller, S. (2025). PlantBiocontrol4EU – Classical Biological Control as a nature-based solution to manage Invasive Alien Plants in Europe [Poster presentation]. 20th European Weed Research Society Symposium, Lleida, Spain, 1–4 July 2025.

Other activities

  1. Membership of professional bodies:
  • Macedonian Biological Society
  • International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)
  • European Vegetation Survey (EVS)
  • Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology (EADSVE)
  • European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)
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