TY  - JOUR
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Mullaj, Alfred
AU  - Alegro, Antun
AU  - Ibraliu, Alban
AU  - Dajić-Stevanović, Zora
AU  - Luković, Milica
AU  - Stesević, Danijela
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4042
AB  - Questions: What is the current state of knowledge on the distribution of psammophytic vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast? Which are the main vegetation types and how do they vary from a floristic and ecological point of view? Study area: The eastern Adriatic coast of Croatia, Montenegro and Albania. Methods: We collected all available vegetation releves (a total of 191, published and unpublished) and historical references of sand dune vegetation from the eastern Adriatic coast. Classification and ordination were performed on the dataset and a syntaxonomical overview of the different plant communities along a seashore-inland zonation and their geographical distribution is presented. Results: The classification of the phytosociological data show eight floristically and ecologically well-defined clusters. The first group of embryonic foredunes comprises of the Cakilo-Xanthietum, Euphorbia paralias community and Eryngio-Sporoboletum, whilst the second group is found on the more stable dunes with Euphorbio paraliae-Agropyretum junceiformis, Medicagini marinae-Ammophiletum australis and Scabiosa argentea-Ephedra distachya communities. The latter is newly described and is found only along the Albanian coast. The number of plant communities is lower than in surrounding countries, particularly on fixed dunes. The presence of the EU habitat type 'Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes' (2210) is newly reported for Albania. Conclusions: Sand dunes are important habitats from a nature conservation point of view and they are endangered due to strong human impact. The protection of sand dune habitat types throughout the study area is urgent, since they are still in good condition in Albania, while sand dune plant communities are fragmented in Croatia and under strong human impact in Montenegro.
PB  - Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart
T2  - Phytocoenologia
T1  - Sand dune vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast
EP  - 355
IS  - 4
SP  - 339
VL  - 46
DO  - 10.1127/phyto/2016/0079
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Silc, Urban and Mullaj, Alfred and Alegro, Antun and Ibraliu, Alban and Dajić-Stevanović, Zora and Luković, Milica and Stesević, Danijela",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Questions: What is the current state of knowledge on the distribution of psammophytic vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast? Which are the main vegetation types and how do they vary from a floristic and ecological point of view? Study area: The eastern Adriatic coast of Croatia, Montenegro and Albania. Methods: We collected all available vegetation releves (a total of 191, published and unpublished) and historical references of sand dune vegetation from the eastern Adriatic coast. Classification and ordination were performed on the dataset and a syntaxonomical overview of the different plant communities along a seashore-inland zonation and their geographical distribution is presented. Results: The classification of the phytosociological data show eight floristically and ecologically well-defined clusters. The first group of embryonic foredunes comprises of the Cakilo-Xanthietum, Euphorbia paralias community and Eryngio-Sporoboletum, whilst the second group is found on the more stable dunes with Euphorbio paraliae-Agropyretum junceiformis, Medicagini marinae-Ammophiletum australis and Scabiosa argentea-Ephedra distachya communities. The latter is newly described and is found only along the Albanian coast. The number of plant communities is lower than in surrounding countries, particularly on fixed dunes. The presence of the EU habitat type 'Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes' (2210) is newly reported for Albania. Conclusions: Sand dunes are important habitats from a nature conservation point of view and they are endangered due to strong human impact. The protection of sand dune habitat types throughout the study area is urgent, since they are still in good condition in Albania, while sand dune plant communities are fragmented in Croatia and under strong human impact in Montenegro.",
publisher = "Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart",
journal = "Phytocoenologia",
title = "Sand dune vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast",
pages = "355-339",
number = "4",
volume = "46",
doi = "10.1127/phyto/2016/0079"
}

Silc, U., Mullaj, A., Alegro, A., Ibraliu, A., Dajić-Stevanović, Z., Luković, M.,& Stesević, D.. (2016). Sand dune vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast. in Phytocoenologia
Gebruder Borntraeger, Stuttgart., 46(4), 339-355.
https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2016/0079

Silc U, Mullaj A, Alegro A, Ibraliu A, Dajić-Stevanović Z, Luković M, Stesević D. Sand dune vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast. in Phytocoenologia. 2016;46(4):339-355.
doi:10.1127/phyto/2016/0079 .

Silc, Urban, Mullaj, Alfred, Alegro, Antun, Ibraliu, Alban, Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, Luković, Milica, Stesević, Danijela, "Sand dune vegetation along the eastern Adriatic coast" in Phytocoenologia, 46, no. 4 (2016):339-355,
https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2016/0079 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Dajić-Stevanović, Zora
AU  - Ibraliu, Alban
AU  - Luković, Milica
AU  - Stesević, Danijela
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4006
AB  - We compared the zonation of vegetation and connectivity of coastal plant communities between two distinct areas, one in Montenegro and another in Albania, that differ in terms of human impact, mainly through tourism activities. Transect plots were used to gather data about plant cover and communities, their zonation and connectivity. For description of communities multivariate methods were used and for distribution zonation we used gamma connectivity and richness of boundaries. We found that the transects of vegetation zonation from Albania, with better preserved sites, were richer in the number of boundaries, with more varied combinations of boundaries and the pattern of zonation was also more diverse. On the other hand, there were two plant communities found only in Montenegro. The more impacted transects on the disturbed beaches from Montenegro were also more unidirectional from sea to hinterland but with less ideal zonation. Plant communities from Albania were distributed more straightforwardly but contacts between them were in both directions. The less disturbed beach had zonation very similar to potential vegetation, while plant communities of the touristic beach were fragmented or even substituted by replacement communities. Coastal dune systems in Albania are still well preserved, therefore monitoring and protection measures are recommended.
PB  - Springer, New York
T2  - Biologia
T1  - Human impact on sandy beach vegetation along the southeastern Adriatic coast
EP  - 874
IS  - 8
SP  - 865
VL  - 71
DO  - 10.1515/biolog-2016-0111
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Silc, Urban and Dajić-Stevanović, Zora and Ibraliu, Alban and Luković, Milica and Stesević, Danijela",
year = "2016",
abstract = "We compared the zonation of vegetation and connectivity of coastal plant communities between two distinct areas, one in Montenegro and another in Albania, that differ in terms of human impact, mainly through tourism activities. Transect plots were used to gather data about plant cover and communities, their zonation and connectivity. For description of communities multivariate methods were used and for distribution zonation we used gamma connectivity and richness of boundaries. We found that the transects of vegetation zonation from Albania, with better preserved sites, were richer in the number of boundaries, with more varied combinations of boundaries and the pattern of zonation was also more diverse. On the other hand, there were two plant communities found only in Montenegro. The more impacted transects on the disturbed beaches from Montenegro were also more unidirectional from sea to hinterland but with less ideal zonation. Plant communities from Albania were distributed more straightforwardly but contacts between them were in both directions. The less disturbed beach had zonation very similar to potential vegetation, while plant communities of the touristic beach were fragmented or even substituted by replacement communities. Coastal dune systems in Albania are still well preserved, therefore monitoring and protection measures are recommended.",
publisher = "Springer, New York",
journal = "Biologia",
title = "Human impact on sandy beach vegetation along the southeastern Adriatic coast",
pages = "874-865",
number = "8",
volume = "71",
doi = "10.1515/biolog-2016-0111"
}

Silc, U., Dajić-Stevanović, Z., Ibraliu, A., Luković, M.,& Stesević, D.. (2016). Human impact on sandy beach vegetation along the southeastern Adriatic coast. in Biologia
Springer, New York., 71(8), 865-874.
https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0111

Silc U, Dajić-Stevanović Z, Ibraliu A, Luković M, Stesević D. Human impact on sandy beach vegetation along the southeastern Adriatic coast. in Biologia. 2016;71(8):865-874.
doi:10.1515/biolog-2016-0111 .

Silc, Urban, Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, Ibraliu, Alban, Luković, Milica, Stesević, Danijela, "Human impact on sandy beach vegetation along the southeastern Adriatic coast" in Biologia, 71, no. 8 (2016):865-874,
https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0111 . .