Naslov
Flora and vegetation of the railway areas in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Autori
Jasprica, Nenad ; Milović, Milenko ; Lasić, Anđelka ; Dolina, Katija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts of the First Croatian Symposium on Invasive Species with International Participation / Jelaska, Sven - Zagreb : Hrvatsko ekološko društvo, 2014, 57-58

Skup
First Croatian Symposium on Invasive Species with International Participation

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.11.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
man-made habitats; railway stations; operating tracks; nitrophilous perennial vegetation; ecological conditions

Sažetak
Natural habitats are strongly influenced by human activities, and most railway areas remain continuously modified in this way. Railway stations, which are the major trans-shipment points for goods, are recognized as “hot spots” for expansion of synanthropic plants (apophytes and anthropophytes), usually an invasive species, while railway tracks act as an ecological corridor for new plant species. This research was carried out in the periods 2006-2008 and 2013-2014. The main aim of our studywas to assess the floristic diversity, presence of the invasive species and phytocoenological character of the total flora of the operating railwaytracks on the 13 railways stations in South Croatia (Zadar, Benkovac, Đevrske, Kistanje, Knin, Drniš, Unešić, Koprno, Perković, Šibenik, Split, Ploče and Metković) and two (Čapljina and Mostar) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our working hypothesis was that species associated with railway areas share some features in common, which are influenced by the environmental conditions prevailing in the railway areas and which determine the character of the flora.Plants from the Artemisietea vulgaris class, which are characteristic in areas of human activity, dominated this study area. The most common invasive species, foundin more than 50% of all localities were Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq., Euphorbia maculata L., Euphorbia prostrata L., Amaranthus albus L., Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, Bidens subalternans DC., Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers., Amaranthus retroflexus L. andAmbrosia artemisiifolia L. Hemicryptophytes and therophytes had the highest percentage cover along the railway tracks. The percentage cover of the plant species occurring here depended on the environmental conditions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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