The research of the spider fauna of Slovenia dates back to the very beginning of binomial nomenclature. The faunistic data, however, has remained too scattered for a thorough understanding of regional biotic diversity, for comparative and ecological research, and for informed conservation purposes. We provided a long overdue national species checklist through a critical review of all published records. The species list currently comprises 738 species, is published online at http://www.bioportal.si/katalog/araneae.php under the title Araneae Sloveniae version 1.0, and will be updated in due course. This tool will fill the void in cataloguing regional spider faunas and will facilitate further araneological research in central and southern Europe.
F.27 Contribution to preserving/protecting natural and cultural heritage
COBISS.SI-ID: 3306319The exhibition organized by the Natural History Museum Rijeka at the airport on the island Krk, is a light installation of 35 photographs of diverse butterfly species. They represent the diversity of butterflies and their habitats on the island Krk, which, with 104 registered species, ranks the first in diversity among not only Adriatic, but all Mediterranean islands.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
COBISS.SI-ID: 39141677The work predicts climatic changes and their impact on flora and vegetation in the period 2025-2100 in the Republic of Macedonia. First the general characteristics of the county are presented, such as geology, relief and climate. Then the flora of country is described and beginnings of research in flora and vegetation are given. The vegetation of the country is described according to climatic/vegetation zones with special on vegetation of high altitudes. The information on botanical important areas (IPA) in the country is given. Climatic changes in the recent past and various models of foreseen climatic changes are presented and expected changes in vegetation are presented and discussed.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 38524717The Basophilic Pine communities forest site type comprises natural stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and (or) black pine (Pinus nigra) that occur on very steep to precipitous dolomite slopes or in erosion hazard areas on lithosols or shallow rendzinas, from the submontane to the upper montane belts in the Alpine, pre-Alpine, Dinaric, pre-Dinaric, rarely also in the sub-Pannonian and sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical regions of Slovenia. They usually overgrow small areas and their proportion in the total forest site area in Slovenia is negligible (less than 1%). Natural localities of basophilic pine stands are some of the most extreme forest sites, where deciduous trees (especially beech) are not competitive. The composition of the upper tree layer can comprise individual specimens of spruce (Picea abies) and larch (Larix decidua). Deciduous trees (Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus, Sorbus aria, S. aucuparia, Laburnum alpinum) occur individually only in the lower tree layer. In addition to conifers, which sporadically include dwarf pine (Pinus mugo), the shrub layer is dominated by thermophilic species that also occur in hop hornbeam and oak communities.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 279568384Matjaž Kuntner was the recipient of the Miroslav Zei Award for exceptional scientific achievements in the past five years within the fields of research of the National Institute of Biology.
E.01 National awards