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CONTENTS BIOLOGY Nenad Labus, Aleksandra Savić, Nebojša Živić, Tatjana Babović-Jakšić MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HERMANN’S TORTOISE (TESTUDO HERMANNI GMELIN, 1789) IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA……………………………………………………………….... 1 Predrag Jakšić ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONALIZATION OF THE SERBIA ACCORDING TO THE AFFINITY OF LOCAL FAUNAS OF THE BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIOIDEA & PAPILIONOIDEA) …………………………………….……………… 5 CHEMISTRY Branka Petković, Ružica Micić, Ranko Simonović A SENSITIVE KINETIC SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF TRACES OF TUNGSTEN IN SOLUTION BASED ON ITS INHIBITORY EFFECT ON THE DECOLORIZATION REACTION OF POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE………………. 21 Smiljana Marković, Biljana Petrović KINETICS STUDY OF THE DISPROPORTIONATION OF THE IODOUS ACID IN AQUEOUS SULFURIC ACID SOLUTION ………………………………………………. 27 Biljana Dekić, Niko Radulović, Milenko Ristić, Vidoslav Dekić THE SYNTHESIS AND NMR SPECTRAL ASSIGNMENTS OF 3-NITRO-4-((6- NITROBENZOTHIAZOL-2-YL)AMINO)-2H-CHROMEN-2-ONE ……………...……… 32 GEOGRAPHY Dragica Živković MATRIX PIXEL AND KERNEL DENSITY ANALYSIS FROM THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 39 Aleksandar Valjarevic GIS MODELLING OF SOLAR POTENTIAL IN TOPLICA REGION …………………... 44 Radomir Ivanović, Aleksandar Valjarević, Danijela Vukojičić, Dragan Radovanović CLIMATIC REGIONS OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA …………………………………. 49 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Goran Petković, Stefan Panić, Branimir Jakšić LEVEL CROSSING RATE OF MACRODIVERSITY WITH THREE MICRODIVERSITY SC RECEIVERS OVER GAMMA SHADOWED NAKAGAMI-M CHANNEL ………… 55 Davorka Jandrlić THE RULE BASED CLASSIFICATION MODELS FOR MHC BINDING PREDICTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE MOST RELEVANT PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ALLELE ………………………………………... 60 MATHEMATICS Ljubiša Kočinac A NOTE ON MAPPINGS AND ALMOST MENGER AND RELATED SPACES ………. 67 Nataša Kontrec, Milena Petrović IMPLEMENTATION OF GRADIENT METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF UNDERAGE COSTS IN AVIATION INDUSTRY ………………………………..……… 71 Dragana Valjarevic, Ljiljana Petrović CONCEPT OF STATISTICAL CAUSALITY AND LOCAL MARTINGALES …………. 75 PHYSICS Biljana Vucković, Smilja Čanaćević MONITORING OF THE ABSORBED DOSE OF RATES RADIATION IN THE RURAL AREAS …………………………………………………………………………………….... 80 Saša Kočinac SOME PROPERTIES OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL POINT INTERACTIONS …………….. 84 UNIVERSITY THOUGHT doi:10.5937/univtho6-10971 Publication in Natural Sciences, Vol. 6, No 1, 2016, pp. 1-4. Original Scientific Paper MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HERMANN’S TORTOISE (TESTUDO HERMANNI GMELIN, 1789) IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA Nenad Labus1, Aleksandra Savić1, Nebojša Živić1, Tatjana Babović-Jakšić1 1Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Priština, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia. ABSTRACT In this paper we present the results of the Based on the most important dimensions of analysis of morphological characteristics of the carapace and plastron length and width, the Hermann’s tortoise from three localities in south- Hermann's tortoises from the south-eastern part of eastern part of Kosovo and Metohija. 75 adult Kosovo and Metohija are the most similar to the Hermann's tortoises (33 males and 42 females) individuals of the population from the southern have been analyzed. Morphometric analisys has part of the Balkan Peninsula (the southern part of been done on 7 traits. We considered the plastron Serbia and the northern part of Greece). In black pigmentation patterns and frequencies for relation to the populations from central and each pigmentation states were calculated. Females eastern Serbia, individuals from our studed area were larger than males for all morphometric traits. have higher values. Key words: morphometry, Hermann’s tortoise, Kosovo and Metohija. 1. INTRODUCTION Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni Gmelin, seas, the European part of Turkey, and further inland 1789) is distributed over the northern Mediterranean in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, region. It is distributed over most of the Balkan Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria. Peninsula while in the western Mediterranean Up to now, some of the Serbian populations of (continental Spain, France and Italy, Balearic Islands, Hermann’s tortoise have been included in Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily) has an isolated morphological studies (Ljubisavljević et al., 2012), distribution. Although it is most prevalent in areas sexual dimorphism studies (Djordjević et al., 2011), with a Mediterranean climate, it can be found in (Djordjević et al., 2013), ecological studies inland regions of the Balkan Peninsula under the (Golubović et al., 2013) and distributional studies influence of continental climate (Bour, 1997), (Ljubisavljević et al., 2014). (Cheylan, 2001), (Fritz et al., 2006), (Ljubisavljević et The main aim of this paper is to provide basic data al., 2014). about morphological characteristics of the Hermann’s The Hermann’s tortoise is widely distributed in tortoise from south-eastern part of Kosovo and Serbia, where it inhabits hilly areas and lower Metohija. Our aim was also to test the potential mountains (below 1200 m) south of the Sava and presence of gender differences. Danube rivers (Ljubisavljević et al., 2014), (Tomović et al., 2014). It is generally accepted that two subspecies have 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS been recognized within species Testudo hermanni Morphological characteristics were analyzed using (Fritz et al., 2006), (Bertolero et al., 2011), three localities from south-eastern part of Kosovo and nominotypic Testudo hermanni hermanni and Testudo Metohija: village Grnčar (42° 19' 38'' N, 21° 24' E, hermanni boettgeri. T. h. hermanni occupies the 507 m a.s.l.), village Melci (42° 31' N, 21° 27' E, 800 patchy western Mediterranean range, from Spain to m a.s.l.) and village Straža (42° 31' N, 21° 26' E, 716 Italy, while T. h. boettgeri inhabits the coastal areas of m a.s.l.).