Short biography: 

Date and place of birth: 09.03.1990. Novi Sad.

Graduated in 2014. He enrolled in his master’s studies the same year, and in 2015 he defended his master’s thesis. Started PhD studies in 2015 (geosciences – tourism at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management). Successfully defended the PhD thesis titled ‘Analysis of selected factors impacting changes in the number of brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pall.) in Vojvodina – importance for hunting and hunting tourism’ in 2023.

Contact: 

Phone: +381 21 485 2845
e-mail: igor.ponjiger@dgt.uns.ac.rs | ponjiger@yahoo.com
Consultation times: Tuesday 10:00-12:00 / Wednesday 12:00-14:00

Titles: 

• 2016 – PhD student at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
• 2018 – researcher at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
• 2020– research assistant at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad

Field of scientific research 

• Hunting management
• Wildlife ecology
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Tourism and sustainable development

Subjects: 

• Basics of hunting
• Breeding and protection of wildlife
• Ecology of hunting tourism
• Hunting weapons, ammo and ballistics
• Fishing tourism

Additional information

• Other languages: English, Slovak, Italian (basics)

Membership in organizations:

1. member of the association of young researchers “Branislav Bukurov” (2016)
2. member of the World Lagomorph Society

Projects:

1. ERASMUS+, strategic partnership, HUNTOUR – Development of education in relation to the influence of ongoing climate change to hunting tourism, Administrative. 2020-2023
2. Transformation of Serbian Geospace – lessons from the past, contemporary problems and possible solutions – 176020

Selected  references:

• Ponjiger I., Ristić Z., Marković V., Matejević M., Kovačević M. (2019). The dynamics of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) populations in the Vojvodina region (Serbia) in relation to rabies vaccination. Veterinarski arhiv ISSN: 0372-5480, Vol. 89, 6. 839-850.
• Kovačević M., Marković V., Ponjiger I., Ristić Z., Matejević M., Stojsavljević R., Stamenković I. (2019). Evaluation of Vegetation as a Habitat Factor in Hunting Ground Based on Satellite Images. Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska ISSN: 1506-218X, Vol. 21, 85-97.
• Ponjiger I. (2018): Book review: Mountaineering Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research
• Ristić A. Z., Ponjiger I., Mijailović V., Tešić V., Kovačević M., Matejević M., Padejski P., Marković V., Lulić D. (2016): Evaluation of the management of brown hare population in Vojvodina region for the period 1967-2011. Arhiv veterinarske medicine, Vol. 9, No. 1, 83 – 92, 2016
• Ristić, Z., Puzović, S., Ponjiger, I., Urošević, M., Kovačević, M., Matejević, M., and Marković, V. (2018). Decline and Current Status of the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix L.) Population in Serbia – A Review. Contemporary Agriculture 67, 2, 171-176
• Ponjiger I., Kovačević M., (2015): Utilization of geographic information systems in game managementon the example of the hunting ground „Podunavlje“– Futog. Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality, 2015, Abstrakt book: 60
• Ristić Z., Matejević M., Ponjiger I., Tešić V., Lulić D. (2015): Results of hunting the ringed pheasants in hunting grounds of AP Vojvodina (Serbia) in 2014 and 2015.Arhiv veterinarske medicine, Vol. 8, No. 2, 67 – 76, 2015
• Ponjiger I., Marković S., Gavrilov B. M., Kovačević M., Micić T., Lulić D. (2017): Climate impact on game management and hunting tourism offer. Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality, 2017, Abstrakt book: 64
• Kovačević M., Marković V., Ponjiger I., Gnip S. (2017): Application of GIS for food and water evaluation in hunting ground of Kanjiža. Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality, 2017, Abstrakt book: 61
• Kovačević M., Marković V. Ponjiger I. (2018): GIS method for vegetation evaluation in hunting ground. 6th International Hunting and Game Management Symposium Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Ponjiger I., Jovanović T., Kovačević M. (2019). Local community attitudes towards hunting tourism – Case study: Vojvodina (Serbia). Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality 2019. Abstract book: 71