Festuca trichophylla (Ducros ex Gaudin) K. Richter (Poaceae) in the flora of Croatia

The occurrence of Festuca trichophylla subsp. trichophylla in the flora of Croatia is confirmed. In June 1999 a small population was found on the edge of Čepić polje, near the village of Šušnjevica (Istria) growing on a relatively moist calcareous meadow belonging to the order Scorzoneretalia. The soil is weakly basiphillous with high amount of CaCO3. According to the present state of knowledge the species could be treated as critically endangered

Contributions to the bryophyte flora of croatia III. Plitvička jezera National Park and adjacent areas

Bryological fi eld surveys in Plitvička jezera National Park and adjacent areas (Slunjčica river and Vrhovinsko polje karst fi eld) carried out in 2012 and 2013 resulted in a list of 207 species (39 liverworts and 168 mosses). Two species are reported for the fi rst time from Croatia (Ephemerum minutissimum and Pohlia annotina). Six species are included in the Red data book of European bryophytes (Buxbaumia viridis, Dicranum viride, Hamatocaulis vernicosus, Anomodon rostratus,Rhynchostegiella tenuicaulis and Taxiphyllum densifolium). The first three are listed in the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats and Species Directive as well; in addition, other species, especially Sphagnum spp. rare in SE Europe were also located in the area

Što se krije iza imena Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb. u »Index Florae Croaticae»?

Why the species Festuca arvernensis, endemic to S. C. and S. W. France, is quoted in the Index Florae Croaticae and in the Flora Croatica database is discussed. It is shown that the name was wrongly used for the endemic Illyrian-Adriatic species Festuca lapidosa.U članku se raspravlja o razlogu zašto je vrsta Festuca arvernensis, endemična za južne dijelove središnje Francuske, te za jugozapad Francuske, uključena u »Index Florae Croaticae« i u »Flora Croatica database«. Objašnjeno je da je to ime krivo upotrijebljeno za endemičnu ilirsko-jadransku vrstu Festuca lapidosa

Festuca hercegovinica Markgr.-Dannenb. (Poaceae) u hrvatskoj flori

Festuca hercegovinica Markgr.-Dannenb. is an endemic Balkanic species, whose distribution area also encompasses the southernmost parts of Croatia. To date, its localities are known from the surroundings of Dubrovnik, i.e. the Konavle region with Mt Sniježnica and the island of Šipan. The general distribution and taxonomical level of this species are discussed, the general distribution in Croatia is completed, and a determination key for distinction from similar taxa is enclosed.Festuca hercegovinica Markgr.-Dannenb. je endemična balkanska vrsta čiji areal zahvaća i krajnje jugoistočne dijelove Hrvatske. Do danas su njena nalazišta poznata iz okolice Dubrovnika, Konavala sa Sniježnicom i otoka Šipana. Daje se osvrt na opću rasprostranjenost i taksonomski rang ove vrste, a priložen je i ključ za determinaciju i razlikovanje od sličnih vrsta

Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth (Poaceae), rijetka i ugrožena psamofitska biljna vrsta u Hrvatskoj

Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth is rare and endangered psammophytic plant species, with four localities in Croatia known to date, all on the central and south Dalmatian islands. In October 2001 a new locality was found on the island of Mljet, in Blaca Bay seashore sands, as a part of the psammo-halophytic community Echinophoro-Elymetum farcti (Ammophilion).Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth, rijetka i ugrožena psamofitska biljna vrsta, dosad je bila poznata s četiri nalazišta u Hrvatskoj na srednjodalmatinskim i južnodalmatinskim otocima. U mjesecu listopadu 2001. nađeno je novo nalazište na otoku Mljetu, u uvali Blaca, na obalnim pijescima u sastavu psamohalofitske asocijacije Echinophoro-Elymetum farcti (Ammophilion)

Stipetum novakii ass. nova – a new association of serpentine rocky grassland vegetation (Halacsyetalia sendtneri) in Serbia

Phytosociological characteristics of grassland communities above serpentines (order Halacsyetalia sendtneri H. Ritter-Studni~ka 1970) in Serbia, are analyzed according to Braun-Blanquet methodology. In order to detect the basic floristic differentiation of analyzed communities ordinary correspondence analysiswas applied. Cluster analysis was also performed to see the structure and separation of the communities based on the floristic composition. In order to determine diagnostic species, fidelity indices with presence/ absence data and the size of all groups standardized to equal size were calculated. The new association Stipetum novakii is described in open rocky serpentine grasslands in Brdjani Gorge

REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF HARES (Lepus europaeus) IN SELECTED FARMS IN CROATIA

Istraživanje pokazatelja reproduktivne djelotvornisti zečeva u kaveznom uzgoju provedeno je tijekom četiri uzgojne sezone od 2001. do 2004. godine, u dva uzgajališta. Ukupno je obuhvaćeno 107 parova tijekom njihove prve reproduktivne sezone. Uzgajališta su se nalazila u dva klimatski različita područja: uzgajalište Volavje (kontinentalna Hrvatska) te uzgajalište Valtura-Vodnjan (Istra-mediteranska Hrvatska). Prosječno je godišnje utvrđeno od 24.70 do 25.37 % neproduktivnih parova. Značajno veći broj legala po paru utvrđen je u uzgajalištu Valtura-Vodnjan (5 legala prema 4.6 u uzgajalištu Volavje, P<0.05). Broj mladunčadi po paru godišnje iznosio je 11.27 (Volavje) i 11.34 (Valtura-Vodnjan). Prosječna veličina legla kretala se od 2.41(Volavje) do 2.59 mladunčadi (Valtura-Vodnjan). Godišnje je doba (mjesec) imalo značajan utjecaj na veličinu legla u oba uzgajališta (P<0.01). Nije bilo značajnije razlike u broju odbijene mladunčadi po leglu za oba uzgajališta (1.61-1.68). Ukupni gubici mladunčadi su prosječno iznosili 36.59-37.83 %, ovisno o lokalitetu. Najveća smrtnost mladunčadi zabilježena je do odbića.The research on indicators of reproduction efficiency of brown hares in cage breeding in Croatia was conducted from 2001 to 2004. There were 107 pairs included in the research during their first reproductive season. Breeding farms were located in two different climatic areas: breeding farm Volavje (continental Croatia) and Valtura-Vodnjan (Istria). On average there were 24.70 to 25.37% non-productive pairs per year. Considerably larger number of litters per pair was achieved in Valtura-Vodnjan breeding farms (5 litters compared to 4.6 in Volavje farm, p<0.05). The number of leverets per pair was 11.27 (Volavje) and 11.34 (Valtura-Vodnjan). The average litter size ranged from 2.41 (Volavje) to 2.59 leverets (Valtura-Vodnjan). Season had a significant influence on litter size in both breeding farms (p<0.01). There was no significant difference in the number of weaned hares per litter in both farms (1.61-1.68). Total leveret mortality on average ranged from 36.59 to 37.83% depending on the locality. Most deaths occurred before weaning

New national and regional bryophyte records, 52

Marchantia paleacea is a new species for the Umbria Region and is rare in central and southern Italy. This record is in a Site of Community Importance (SCI) IT5220017 and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) of the Natura 2000 EU-wide network due to the presence of the 7220* ‘Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)’ Annexe I priority habitat. The particular environment, with a gorge and waterfall, created a very special microclimate that allowed the establishment of interesting liverworts and mosses

New national and regional bryophyte records, 52

[Abstract Not Available]Natural History Museum, London; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi [BSC-0106]; SAC, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India [3329]; Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre [61-10: 70184219]; 'Kornyezetiparhoz kapcsolodo innovativ transz- es interdiszciplinaris kutatoi team fejlesztese a PTE tudomanyos bazisan' (Hungary), Public Institution Nature Park Papuk (Croatia) [TAMOP 4.2.2.D-15/1/KONV-2015-0015]; New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary) [UNKP-16-2]; Russian Foundation for the Basic Researches [15-34-20101]; Russian Foundation for Basic Research [15-04-03479-a, 16-44-110167]; Russian Science Foundation (RNF) [14-50-00029]; Spanish government (FEDER) [CGL2015-64068-P]; statutory fund of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Environmental Technologies [CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100]; National Feasibility Programme I of the Czech Republic [LO1208]; SYNTHESYS project [DE-TAF-4436]; Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences [01201255616]; RFBR [16-04-01156]; Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) [114Z337]; Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy [RO1567-IBB03/2017]; Natural History Museum, London; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi [BSC-0106]; SAC, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India [3329]; Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre [61-10: 70184219]; 'Kornyezetiparhoz kapcsolodo innovativ transz- es interdiszciplinaris kutatoi team fejlesztese a PTE tudomanyos bazisan' (Hungary), Public Institution Nature Park Papuk (Croatia) [TAMOP 4.2.2.D-15/1/KONV-2015-0015]; New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary) [UNKP-16-2]; Russian Foundation for the Basic Researches [15-34-20101]; Russian Foundation for Basic Research [15-04-03479-a, 16-44-110167]; Russian Science Foundation (RNF) [14-50-00029]; Spanish government (FEDER) [CGL2015-64068-P]; statutory fund of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Environmental Technologies [CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100]; National Feasibility Programme I of the Czech Republic [LO1208]; SYNTHESYS project [DE-TAF-4436]; Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences [01201255616]; RFBR [16-04-01156]; Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) [114Z337]; Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy [RO1567-IBB03/2017]; [AAAA-A16-116021010241-9]This work was supported by The Natural History Museum, London (BM). T. Kiebacher is grateful to H. Kockinger for determining the specimen of Schistidium grande. N. G. Hodgetts would like to thank Ron Porley for redetermining specimens of Grimmia dissimulata from Madeira. V. Sahu, A. K. Asthana and K. K. Rawat are grateful to the Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow for encouragement and providing the facilities and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for financial support (BSC-0106). Thanks are also due to the authorities of GWLS, Forest Department, Uttarakhand for providing permission and facilities to visit the area. Financial support from SAC, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India under project no. 3329 entitled 'Alpine ecosystem dynamics and impact of climate change in Indian Himalaya (PRACRITIII)' is also acknowledged.r K. Hassel and H. Weibull thank the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre who financed the project 'Bryophytes of poorly known habitats in Norway, a field survey' 61-10: 70184219. The research by J. Deme, A. Alegro, D. Kovacs, D. Purger, V. Segota and J. Csiky was supported by: 'TAMOP 4.2.2.D-15/1/KONV-2015-0015 Kornyezetiparhoz kapcsolodo innovativ transz- es interdiszciplinaris kutatoi team fejlesztese a PTE tudomanyos bazisan' (Hungary), Public Institution Nature Park Papuk (Croatia) and the work of Judit Deme was supported by the UNKP-16-2 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities (Hungary). The work of V. Bakalin & K. Klimova was supported by the grant from the Russian Foundation for the Basic Researches (15-34-20101). The research of M. V. Dulin was performed with the financial support of Project No AAAA-A16-116021010241-9: Vegetation structural and functional organization, diversity of flora, lichen- and mycobiota of southern part of the 'Yugyd va' national park (2016-2018) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Projects. 15-04-03479-a, No 16-44-110167). Bryophyte investigations in Asturias by M. Infante and P. Heras have benefited from the Flora Briofitica Iberica project (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2014-2016 CGL2013-40624-P). The work of V. Fedosov was partly supported by Grant # 14-50-00029 'Scientific basis of the national biobankdepository of the living systems' (branch 'Plants') from Russian Science Foundation (RNF). Y.-J. Yoon, S.J. Park and B.-Y. Sun would like to express our deepest gratitude to the late Dr Benito C. Tan for correcting our English text and making valuable suggestions. The work of M. J. Cano and J. Guerra was carried out with financial support from the Spanish government (project CGL2015-64068-P co-financed by FEDER). The contributions by R. Ochyra have been financed through the statutory fund of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is also grateful to the curators at BG and E for organising the loan of specimens. The field work of M. Lebouvier and R. Ochyra on Iles Crozet was organised within the programme 136 ECOBIO of the French Polar Institute (IPEV). The contribution by V. Plasek is part of research projects of the Institute of Environmental Technologies, reg. No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100, the National Feasibility Programme I of the Czech Republic Project LO1208 and SYNTHESYS project DE-TAF-4436. K. Barath and P. Erzberger thank L. Meinunger and W. Schroder, Ludwigsstadt (Germany), for confirming the identity of Plagiothecium latebricola. The work of I. V. r Czernyadjeva was carried out within the framework of the institutional research project (no. 01201255616) of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and partially supported by RFBR (grants no. 16-04-01156). T. Ezer, G. Uyar, M. Oren and M. Alatas, gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK, Project Number: 114Z337). S. S, tefa. nut, acknowledges the support by project no. RO1567-IBB03/2017 through the Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy