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<p>This article summarises the history of research into alien plants and plant communities in Slovakia (Central Europe). Earlier periods are reviewed briefly with reference to literature sources dealing with those periods more comprehensively. A milestone in the research was the publication of the Inventory of the alien flora of Slovakia in 2012 with a complete list of alien vascular plants. The last ten years are discussed more extensively in the article in four sections devoted to i) newly found alien plants, ii) distribution and habitat relations, iii) plant invasions, iv) citizen science based on the comprehensive excerption of literature sources. A list of 51 newly published alien taxa within the last ten years is also included with information on the year of their first occurrence in the wild in Slovakia.</p>
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This article summarises the history of research into alien plants and plant communities in Slovakia (Central Europe). Earlier periods are reviewed briefly with reference to literature sources dealing with those periods more comprehensively. A milestone in the research was the publication of the Inventory of the alien flora of Slovakia in 2012 with a complete list of alien vascular plants. The last ten years are discussed more extensively in the article in four sections devoted to i) newly found alien plants, ii) distribution and habitat relations, iii) plant invasions, iv) citizen science based on the comprehensive excerption of literature sources. A list of 51 newly published alien taxa within the last ten years is also included with information on the year of their first occurrence in the wild in Slovakia.

Alien (invasive) vascular plants in Slovakia – a story of successful plant immigrants

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

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This article summarises the history of research into alien plants and plant communities in Slovakia (Central Europe). Earlier periods are reviewed briefly with...

Alien (invasive) vascular plants in Slovakia – a story of successful plant immigrants

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2021

Páginas: 23 - 31

Recibido: 18 sept 2021

Aceptado: 02 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2021-0022

Palabras clave
non-native flora, neophytes, distribution, plant invasion, the Slovak Republic

© 2021 Jana Májeková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Alien (invasive) vascular plants in Slovakia – a story of successful plant immigrants

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2021

Páginas: 23 - 31

Recibido: 18 sept 2021

Aceptado: 02 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2021-0022

Palabras clavenon-native flora, neophytes, distribution, plant invasion, the Slovak Republic

© 2021 Jana Májeková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
non-native flora, neophytes, distribution, plant invasion, the Slovak Republic