Floristic inventory and mapping of dry habitats along the Danube course in Croatia under the DANUBEparksCONNECTED project

Autor: Ozimec, Siniša, Prlić, Dragan, Rožac, Vlatko
Přispěvatelé: Lehotský, Milan, Kidová, Anna, Rusnák, Miloš, Dudžák, Jozef
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: Supported by the Danube Transnational Programme in the Danube Region, an Interreg project, entitled: Bridging the Danube Protected Areas towards a Danube Habitat Corridor (DANUBEparksCONNECTED, is implementing in period 2017-2019, with 15 partners from nine Danube countries. One of thematic activities is conservation and management of dry and semi- arid habitats along the Danube Habitat Corridor, with orchids as flagship species. Public Institution Nature Park Kopački rit in cooperation with external experts started in June 2017 activities about dry habitats along the Danube course in Croatia. The aim is to make the floristic inventory, mapping the spatial distribution, and estimate preservation of dry grasslands in the area of Nature Park Kopački rit and selected NATURA 2000 areas in Croatian Danube Region. The surveyed dry habitats are characterised as xeric grassland vegetation included in Annex I of the EU Habitat Directive under habitat codes: 6240 Sub-pannonic stepic grassland, and 6250 Pannonic loess steppic grasslands. Based on collected data from the field surveys and literature sources, a complete list of flora of dry habitats will be provided. The presence and population size of rare, endangered and protected plant taxa on dry grasslands will be determined, with a special view on members of the orchid family, and presence of non-native and invasive plant species. Implementation of project results will contribute to better knowledge on biodiversity of flora and ecological value of dry habitats in the Croatian Danube Region and the Danube Habitat Corridor.
Databáze: OpenAIRE