2005
Natura Croatica, Vol. 14 No.2
Abstract
This paper gives the floristic composition of a therophytic plant association, developed on the island of Hvar in Croatia, earlier discovered and studied in the region of Madrid by a Spanish botanist, Jesús Izco, under the name of Saxifrago tridactyliti – Hornungietum petreae. Although occupying small areas, primarily on old heaps of rejected stone of gravel size covered by leached and decalcified soil, it can nevertheless be considered important since in the vegetation cover of Croatia it contributes to the increase of biological diversity.
Keywords
Saxifrago tridactyliti – Hornungietum petreae, island of Hvar, vegetation of Croatia
Abstract
The Barbus meridionalis petenyi Heck. is a typical benthophagous fish, feeding on the zoobenthos and plant components and thanks to its sensitivity to the changes in surrounding medium is an ideal object for indication of the health of aquatic ecosystems. The Teleostei fish liver is susceptible to numerous, both toxic and metabolic, disturbances. Liver pieces of 40 individuals collected from Trebeni{ta Reservoir in July 1999, were excised and processed for standard histopathological analysis. The obtained results revealed pathological changes in the liver tissue including parenchyme cell necrosis associated with hemorragia.
Keywords
histopathology, liver, necrosis, hemorragia
Abstract
The new subfamily Sibumbellinae (Trombellidae) and new genus Sibumbella for the type species Sibumbella esterae n. sp. from Croatia are described.
Keywords
Acari, Trombellidae, Sibumbellinae, Sibumbella esterae, new subfamily, new genus, new species, Croatia
Abstract
Faunistic research into louse flies (Hippoboscidae) in Croatia during the last two decades has increased the total number of louse flies known from this country to 11 species, of which Ornithoica turdi, Ornithophila metallica, Ornithomya avicularia, Ornithomya biloba, Ornithomya chloropus, Ornithomya fringillina, Crataerina melbae, Stenepteryx hirundinis and Icosta minor are new to Croatia.
Keywords
louse flies, Hippoboscidae, faunistics, Croatia
Abstract
This paper presents new findings of the rare butterfly Proterebia afra dalmata (Godart, (cid:1)1824(cid:2)) along the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. The subspecies was found on seven new sites: in Lozovac near the Krka National Park, in the vicinity of the main spring of the Cetina River, near Velo Blato on the island of Pag and at four locations on the northern slopes of Mt Biokovo between Lon~ari, Kaoci and Turija (all inside the borders of Biokovo Nature Park). The range and the habitat characteristics of this threatened subspecies are also discussed.
Keywords
Proterebia afra dalmata, butterflies, Satyrinae, distribution, Croatia
Abstract
A survey of the gasteral Basidiomycota of Croatia is given. 68 species belonging to 26 genera are presented. Five genera and 18 species are reported as new to Croatia. For each species, the published and unpublished sources of data are given, as well as the collections in which the material is deposited.
Keywords
Biodiversity, mycobiota, bibliography
Abstract
The present paper makes a contribution to knowledge of the distribution of Anthoxanthum alpinum in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. The data from literature, the investigation of herbarium material and the results of field research reveal that A. alpinum is present in the area of the Dinaric mountain chain as part of alpine grassland vegetation at altitudes of 1400 m a.s.l. and above. The ecological optimum for the species in Croatia is in the stands dominated by Nardus stricta, but it has also been recorded in the Festucetum pungentis association and in mountain communities with Deschampsia caespitosa.
Keywords
Anthoxanthum odoratum agg., distribution map, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia
Abstract
The article treats of the association Lamio orvalae–Aceretum P. Ko{ir et Marin~ek 1999, which was found in the altimontane belt of the Dinaric region (Mt. Sne`nik, the Trnovski gozd plateau), and in the altimontane and montane belt of the Pre-Alpine region of Slovenia (Mt. Blego{, Kamni{ka Bistrica valley). The association was classified into the alliance of Illyrian noble hardwood forests Fraxino–Acerion Fukarek 1969. The stands of the association are in the synoptic table compared with other Illyrian maple associations and related Central European maple associations of the alliance Tilio–Acerion Klika 1955.
Keywords
noble hardwood forests, synsystematics, forest vegetation, Lamio orvalae–Aceretum, altimontane belt, Fraxino–Acerion, Illyrian floral province, Slovenia