Direction:Ecology
Position:Full Professor
1978 graduated Faculty of Biology, Tbilisi State University (Georgia); 1983 defended PhD thesis “Functional properties of Na,K-ATPase” (The National Academy of Sciences of Georgia). Worked as a researcher in the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia and in the Institute of Teachers’ Training of Georgia. 1993 defended Doctor of Science (Habil.) thesis ‘Structural and functional optimisation in biological systems’ (The National Academy of Sciences of Georgia). In 1994 graduated the Certificate Course in Environmental Education (Jordanhill College, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK). Worked as Associate Researcher in Chiba University (Japan), Ramon-y-Cajal Fellow in Consejo Superior de las Investigaciones Científicas (Spain), Associate Professor of the University of Tokyo (Japan). The major lines of research: plant community ecology, species diversity and geographical distributions on ecological gradients, rules of species coexistence and interactions among organisms, environmental education, ethnobiology. Published over 300 scientific and educational articles journals. Has cooperated with Ilia State University since 2006. In 2012 became a professor of ecology, since 2014 is a full professor and since 2015 the director of the Institute of Ethnobiology.
Scientific interests / research interests
- The forms and the history of life on the Earth
- The biological resources of the Earth
- Biodiversity and ecological interactions
- The role of schools in environmental education
- Interactions among organisms on ecological gradients
- Ethnobotany of edible and ritual plants
- Human-wildlife conflicts
- Relationships among scientific fields in interdisciplinary studies
- Interrelationships between biological and cultural diversities
Plant ecology and biodiversity
- Verdú, M., … Kikvidze, Z., … and 80 coauthors, 2022. RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3923
- Losapio, G., Schöb, C., Staniczenko, P.P., Carrara, F., Palamara, G.M., De Moraes, C.M., Mescher, M.C., Brooker, R.W., Butterfield, B.J., Callaway, R.M. and Cavieres, L.A., 2021. Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(6), p.e2005759118.
- Jolokhava, T., Abdaladze, O., Gigauri, K. and Kikvidze, Z., 2021. Gradient analysis of soil-plant interactions from the alpine-nival ecotone to the snowline on slopes of the Central Great Caucasus (Kazbegi Region, Georgia). Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 78(3), pp.163-175.
- Kenar, N. and Kikvidze, Z., 2020. Climatic drivers of ecological divergence among the genera of the tribe Stipeae in Turkey. Flora, 270, p.151650.
- Jolokhava, T., Abdaladze, O., Gadilia, S. and Kikvidze, Z., 2020. Variable soil pH can drive changes in slope aspect preference of plants in alpine desert of the Central Great Caucasus (Kazbegi district, Georgia). Acta Oecologica, 105, p.103582.
- Jolokhava, T., Abdaladze, O., Asanidze, Z. and Kikvidze, Z., 2020. Distribution of plant species and the rock particle size in subnival habitats of the Central Great Caucasus. Soil Environ. 39(2): 194-203.
- Kikvidze, Z., Jolokhava, T., Bakhia, A. and Abdaladze, O., 2020. Jumping the barrier: does a glacier tongue affect species distribution along the elevation gradient in the subnival and nival belts? A case study on Mt. Kazbegi, Georgia, Central Great Caucasus Mountains. Botanica Serbica, 44(2), pp.219-229.
- Kenar, N. and Kikvidze, Z., 2019. Climatic drivers of woody species distribution in the Central Anatolian forest-steppe. Journal of Arid Environments, 169(10), pp.34-41.
- Kikvidze, Z. and Brooker, R.W., 2019. Quantifying plant interactions: Independent reference is critical for standardising the importance indices. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(2), pp.397-401.
Ethnobiology
- Hengky, S.H. and Kikvidze, Z., 2021. Sustainable Coastal Tourism in Tanjung Kelayang, Indonesia. Tourism Planning & Development, 18(3), pp.365-370.
- Hengky, S. H., & Kikvidze, Z. (2018). Tourism sustainability in the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 30, 8-11.
- Zenderland, J., Hart, R., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua Zambrana, N.Y., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Khutsishvili, M. and Batsatsashvili, K., 2019. The use of “Use Value”: quantifying importance in ethnobotany. Economic Botany, 73(3), pp.293-303
- Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua Zambrana, N.Y., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Batsatsashvili, K., Hart, R.E. and Robbie, E., 2018. Unequal brothers-Plant and fungal use in Guria and Racha, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 17(1), pp.7-33.
- Bussmann, Rainer W., Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Inayat Ur Rahman, Zaal Kikvidze, Shalva Sikharulidze, David Kikodze, Davit Tchelidze, Manana Khutsishvili, and Ketevan Batsatsashvili. 2022. “ერთიანობა მრავალფეროვნებაში-საქართველოს საკვები მცენარეები და სოკოები.” Ethnobotany Research and Applications 23: 1-69.
- Bussmann, R.W., Zambrana, N.Y.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Batsatsashvili, K. and Hart, R.E., 2021. ზემო იმერეთის, უკანა ფშავის, მესხეთისა და პანკისის ხეობის ეთნობოტანიკა. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 22, pp.1-22.
- Busman, R.V., Sambrana, N.I.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Chelidze, D., Batsatsashvili, K. and Hart, R.E., 2021. Upper Imereti, rear Pshavi, Meskheti and Pankisi gorge Ethnobotany. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 22, p.15.
- Bussmann, R.W., Zambrana, N.Y.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Darchidze, M., Manvelidze, Z., Ekhvaia, J., Kikodze, D., Khutsishvili, M., Batsatsashvili, K. and Hart, R.E., 2020. From the sea to the mountains-plant use in Adjara, Samegrelo and Kvemo Svaneti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 20, pp.1-34.
- Bussmann, R.W., Zambrana, N.Y.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Khutsishvili, M., Batsatsashvili, K. and Hart, R.E., 2020. An ethnobotany of Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 19, pp.1-27.
- Bussmann, R.W., Zambrana, N.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Khutsishvili, M., Batsatsashvili, K., Hart, R.E. and Pieroni, A., 2020. Your poison in my pie–the use of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves in Sakartvelo, Georgia (Caucasus) and Gollobordo, Eastern Albania. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 19, p.07.
- Bussmann, R.W., Zambrana, N.P., Sikharulidze, S., Kikvidze, Z., Kikodze, D., Tchelidze, D., Batsatsashvili, K. and Hart, R.E., 2020. Plants in the spa–the medicinal plant market of Borjomi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 19, p.06.
Other projects
- Tevzadze, G., Zhuravliova, E., Meparishvili, M., Lortkipanidze, T., Shanshiashvili, L., Kikvidze, Z. and Mikeladze, D., 2019. Effects of a Gut Microbiome Toxin, p-Cresol, on the Contents of the NMDA2B Receptor Subunit in the Nucl. Accumbens of Rats. Neurophysiology, 51(2), pp.72-76.
- Tevzadze, G., Nanobashvili, Z., Zhuravliova, E., Bilanishvili, I., Shanshiashvili, L., Kikvidze, Z. and Mikeladze, D., 2018. Effects of a gut microbiome toxin, p-Cresol, on the susceptibility to seizures in rats. Neurophysiology, 50(6), pp.424-427.
- Tevzadze, G., Oniani, N., Zhuravliova, E., Darchia, N., Eliozishvili, M., Gogichadze, M., Lortkipanidze, N., Oniani, T., Kakabadze, A., Kakabadze, Z. and Karalashvili, L., 2018. Effects of a gut microbiome toxin, p-cresol, on the indices of social behavior in rats. Neurophysiology, 50(5), pp.372-377.
Books
- Kikvidze, Z., 2020. Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Georgia: A Short History of the Caucasus. Routledge.
- Kikvidze, Z. 2020. Ethnobiology of Georgia. Ilia State University
Book chapters
160 chapters in the two following books:
- Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z. and Bussmann, R.W. eds., 2020. Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z. and Bussmann, R.W. eds., 2020. Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Far Eastern Europe: Ural, Northern Caucasus, Turkey, and Iran. Springer International Publishing.
| Index | All | From 2018 |
| Citations | 102086 | 4401 |
| h-index | 35 | 26 |
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