Naslov
The vascular flora of the Kopački rit Nature Park (Croatian Danube Region)

Autori
Ozimec, Siniša ; Rožac, Vlatko ; Prlić, Dragan

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

Izvornik
36th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology : book of abstracts / Škvorc, Željko ; Franjić, Jozo ; Krstonošić, Daniel - Zagreb : Hrvatsko Botaničko Društvo, 2015, 24-24

ISBN
978-953-99774-8-9

Skup
Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology (36 ; 2015)

Mjesto i datum
Osijek, Hrvatska, 17.06.2015. - 20.06.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Kopački rit; flora; diversity

Sažetak
The Kopački rit Nature Park is situated in northeastern Croatia, between courses of the Danube and the Drava Rivers. This is a large fluvial-marshy floodplain, with an altitudinal range from 78 to 86 m. The appearance of the whole area, as well as the overall biodiversity, depends on the flooding regime of the Danube River, while the Drava River has much less importance, This area is protected since 1967, and proclaimed as nature park in 1999 on the surface of 231 km2. In 1993 it is listed among wetlands of international importance (Ramsar area). Floristic field researches were carried out in the area of the Kopački rit Nature Park, during five-year period (2010-20014), at selected localities in various land, aquatic and wetland habitats. Based on the previously published records and results of fieldwork it was determined that vascular flora of the Kopački rit Nature Park includes 497 taxa, classified into 289 genera and 92 families. The diversity of macrophytes in the Kopački rit Nature Park comprises 159 species or 32 % of the total flora The most diverse families with largest number of taxa are following: Asteraceae (42 taxa), Poaceae (38), Lamiaceae (34) and Cyperaceae (26). In the life-form spectrum dominates hemicryptophytes (40%) ; terophytes (23%) ; geophytes and hydrophytes (12% each), and phanerophytes (11%). A phytogeographical analysis shows that 34% of taxa belong to the Euro-Asiatic floral element ; 27% are widespread plants ; 11% to the European ; and 7% to the South European floral element. A total of 49 alochthonous plant taxa were recorded, among which the Rufous Bulrush (Scirpus pendulus Muhl.) was found in July 2011 as the new taxon to the Croatian flora. New localities for many of rare and endangered taxa of the macrophytic and terrestrial flora were recorded during the fieldwork. The activities of floristic inventarization in the Kopački rit Nature Park are continuing, with a focus on monitoring changes of habitats, as well as population size and distribution of particular plant taxa.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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