Zaštita prirode (Jan 2018)
The survey of invasive and potentially invasive plant species in Serbia and neighbouring countries for the purpose of determining their status at the national level
Abstract
The first preliminary national list of invasive plant species for the territory of the Republic of Serbia was published in 2012 in the paper 'Preliminary List of Invasive Species in the Republic of Serbia with General Measures of Control and Suppression in Support of Future Legislative Acts'. At that time there was already a list of invasive species of plants and animals on the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. In 2018, a comparative Table of invasive plant species of the Republic of Serbia and countries in the region was prepared for the purposes of internship research paper entitled 'Revision of the preliminary national list of invasive plant species with proposed measures on control and suppression.' When analyzing the invasive flora of each individual country in the region, it has been noted that the criteria for proposing invasive species are different among the countries of the region, and that the major problem in comparing the lists of invasive species are the synonyms of taxa. Considering that the species is invasive on the territory of a country if it is listed on the 'official' list of invasive species of that country, a total of 165 species of invasive plants have been recorded for the Republic of Serbia and eight countries in the region by means of a comparative analysis of the aforementioned lists and by validation of the synonyms according to the 'Plant List, a working list of all known plant species.' The obtained results were taken only as one of the numerous indicators in the process of revision of the existing national preliminary list in order to develop a more complete list needed for adoption of the act containing measures on control and suppression of invasive species in accordance with the Law on Nature Conservation.
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