important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife

Section 5
References
Stevanovi˘c,V. & V.Vasi˘c (eds.), 1995,
Biodiversity of Yugoslavia with survey of
internationally important species, 183-218,
Ecolibri, Belgrade, Faculty of Biology,
Belgrade (Serb.). (Articles by Stevanovi˘c,V.
Jovanovi˘c, S. Laku˘si˘c, D., Niketi˘c, M. 1995.
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Stevanovi˘c,V. ed. 1999, Red Data Book of
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Stevanovi˘cV.et al. 2002 Centres of Plant
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Laku˘si˘c, D. 2003 ‘Plants Along the Borders’
Report for Serbia REC REReP
Serbia and Montenegro– Serbia
By Vladimir Stevanovi˘c
Serbia covers an area of over 88,000 km 2 and has three
biogeographic zones: the Continental, the Pannonic and the Alpine.
The southern parts, particularly the limestone regions, are strongly
influenced by the Mediterranean climate. Serbia borders
Montenegro,Albania, Macedonia (FYR), Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary,
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The natural and semi-natural
habitats are characterised by a high number of national and Balkan
endemics in the mountain, forest, steppe and wetlands, and a rich
limestone and serpentine flora both in the mountains and the
limestone canyons and gorges. Serbia and Montenegro is a
member of the Council of Europe.
National IPA team
National coordinator: Vladimir Stevanovi˘c (Fac. of Biology, Uni. of Belgrade)
Contributing organisations: (full details of team members are given in the
acknowledgements) the Fac. of Biology, Uni. of Belgrade; the Institute for Nature
Protection of the R. of Serbia; Fac. of Science, Dept. of Biology, Uni. of Novi Sad; Fac. of
Science, Dept. of Biology, Uni. of Ni˘s; Natural History Museum Belgrade; Fac. of Science,
Dept. of Biology, Uni. of Kosovska Mirovica; Fac. of Technology, Uni. of Ni˘s
Main funder: Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia
Background to the project
This project began as the ‘Centres of Plant Diversity in Serbia’ in 2001, and in 2003 was
continued by a large national team as the ‘IPAs in Serbia’ project. Existing data have been
collated and assessed, but there is further work to be carried out on updating regional
threat lists, although the identification phase is almost finished.Two projects related to
IPAs are still in progress;‘Red Data Book of the Flora of Serbia 2 –endangered and
vulnerable taxa’ and ‘Habitat types in Serbia and harmonization with EUNIS, Palearctic habitat
and Emerald habitat classification’.The ‘Stara Planina’ project, for the mountain bordering
Serbia and Bulgaria, has been completed as part of the REC ‘Plants Along the Borders Project’.
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