Projects / Programmes
Flora, fauna and vegetation of Slovenia and the neibouring areas
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
1.03.00 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Biology |
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Code |
Science |
Field |
B270 |
Biomedical sciences |
Plant ecology |
B290 |
Biomedical sciences |
Systematic botany, taxonomy, morphology, phytogeography, chemotaxonomy. Physiology of onvascular plants |
B300 |
Biomedical sciences |
Palaeobotany, phylogeny, palynology |
B320 |
Biomedical sciences |
Systematic zoology, taxonomy, zoogeopraphy |
Researchers (25)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The main task of the research group entitled »Flora, fauna and vegetation of Slovenia and the neibouring areas« is to investigate the natural heritage of Slovenia. The program includes basic scientific research in the fields of botanical and zoological taxonomy, flora and fauna, vegetation, endemism and polymorphism, ideo- and sinecology, evolution, paleovegetation and recent vegetation. Standard or widely used experimental methods are applied and some new methods are introduced.
On Institute of Biology at the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts the continuous researches of natural heritage have been going on already for a half of a century. At present, the “Flora, Fauna and Vegetation of Slovenia” program is being implemented as a continuation of previous programs and project. The institute was established in 1950 by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The research groups was founded by akad. prof. dr. Jovan Hadži, prof. dr. Maks Wraber, akad. prof. dr. Ernest Mayer and akad. dr. Alojz Šercelj.
The work is organised in working units according to the subject dealt with: 1. Flora: polymorphism, endemism and horology of plants; 2. Paleovegetation – history of vegetation; 3. Vegetation – vegetation science (phytosociology), structure, vegetation maps and ecology, 4. fauna of certain animal groups (molluscs, spiders, beetles, butterflies) – taxonomy, zoogeography and evolution and zoocenoses.
The expected results will contribute to a new scientific knowledge, national identity, acquaintance with natural heritage, and direct use in applied sciences in the fields of conservation and environmental protection, forestry, agriculture, spatial planning, tourism, and other fields.
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