Plant communities of the subalpine mires and springs in the Vitosha Mt.

HÁJEK, Michal, Rossen TZONEV, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Anna GANEVA and Iva APOSTOLOVA. Plant communities of the subalpine mires and springs in the Vitosha Mt. Phytologia Balcanica. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2005, vol. 11, No 2, p. 193-205. ISSN 1310-7771.

Basic information

• Original name: Plant communities of the subalpine mires and springs in the Vitosha Mt.
• Name in Czech: Rostlinná společenstva subalpínských pramenišť a rašelinišť v pohoří Vitoša
• Authors: HÁJEK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Rossen TZONEV (100 Bulgaria), Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Anna GANEVA (100 Bulgaria) and Iva APOSTOLOVA (100 Bulgaria).
• Edition: Phytologia Balcanica, Sofia, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2005, 1310-7771.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Bulgaria
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/05:00013406
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: Balkans; bog; Bulgaria; fen; mire; phytosociology; syntaxonomy; vegetation
• Tags: Balkans, bog, Bulgaria, fen, mire, Phytosociology, syntaxonomy, vegetation

Abstract

The variability of mires (Scheuchzerio-Caricetea fuscae) and subalpine springs (Montio-Cardaminetea) was evaluated in the Vitosha Mt, a region with well developed wetland habitats. Fifty-three phytosociological relevés were classified using formal definitions, i.e. combination of species groups extracted from data set from throughout Bulgarian mountain wetlands. The major compositional gradient in the Vitosha mires was found to be the developmental gradient from initial, long-term sucessionally arrested stages of spring fens to the advanced species-rich vegetation of the Sphagnum-rich fens and the wet meadows. The unclear high-rank classification of Bulgarian subalpine fens, recently assigned to the Caricion fuscae alliance, is discussed.

Abstract (in Czech)

Rostlinná společenstva subalpínských pramenišť a rašelinišť v pohoří Vitoša jsou ohodnocena v rámci variability této vegetace v Bulharsku a v celé Evropě.

Links

• KJB6163302, research and development project: Name: Diverzita mokřadní vegetace v bulharských pohořích

Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Diversity of wetland vegetation in Bulgarian mountain regions

• MSM0021622416, plan (intention): Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time