Forest vegetation diversity of the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria)
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Marius Dimitrov
Faculty of Forestry, University of ForestrySofia, Bulgaria
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, Kiril Vassilev
Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchSofia, Bulgaria
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, Desislava Sopotlieva
Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchSofia, Bulgaria
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, Hristo Pedashenko
- Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchSofia, Bulgaria
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
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and Alexander Tashev
Faculty of Forestry, University of ForestrySofia, Bulgaria
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Jun 25, 2020
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Published Online: Jun 25, 2020
Page range: 233 - 258
Received: Feb 08, 2019
Accepted: Apr 20, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2020-0009
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This study deals with the diversity of forest vegetation in the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina) and presents a contemporary classification scheme for the identified syntaxa. A total of 137 relevés were collected and analyzed using specialized software (JUICE 7.0 and PC-ORD Version 4). As a result, forest vegetation is classified into 10 associations, 3 subassociations, 4 variants and 5 communities They belong to 7 alliances, 5 orders and 3 classes: