Forest vegetation diversity of the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria)

Agrolesproject. 2012: Forest Management Plan of State Forestry Unit Sliven [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Agrolesproject. 2014: Forest Management Plan of State Forestry Unit Kotel [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Andreev, N. 1981: Botanical Characteristics of Sinite Kamani Natural Park. In: Management plan of Sinite Kamani Natural Park. Agrolesproekt, Sofia [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Apostolova, I. & Slavova, L. 1997: Conspectus of plant communities in Bulgaria, published during the period 1891–1995. Print ET “K. Belivanov”, Sofia, 340 pp. [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Apostolova-Stoyanova, N., Pavlov, D. & Dimitrov, M. 2005: Study on the syntaxonomic diversity of vegetation in northwestern parts of the Golo Bardo Mountain. In: Brezin, V., Tasev, G., Panayotov, P., Zdravkova-Milusheva, M. & Krasteva, A. (eds). 2005: Proc. Natl. Conf. Young Sci. University of Forestry Press, Sofia, pp 26–31, [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Bergmeier, E. & Dimopoulos, P. 2008: Identifying plant communities of thermophilous deciduous forest in Greece: Species composition, distribution, ecology and syntaxonomy. Plant Biosystems 142: 228–254.10.1080/11263500802150357Search in Google Scholar

Biondi, E., Blasi, C., Allegrezza, M., Anzellotti, I., Azzella, M. M., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Copiz, R., Del Vico, E., Facioni, L., Galdenzi, D., Gasparri, R., Lasen, C., Pesaresi, S., Poldini, L., Sburlino, G., Taffetani, F., Vagge, I., Zitti, S. & Zivkovic, L. 2014: Plant communities of Italy: The Vegetation Prodrome. Plant Biosystems 148(4): 728–814.10.1080/11263504.2014.948527Search in Google Scholar

Bondev I. 1991: The vegetation of Bulgaria. Map in M 1 : 600 000 with explanatory text, Sofia, 184 pp., [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Bondev, I. 2002: Geobotanical regioning. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M., Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socio-economic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 336–352, [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Borhidi, A., Kevey, B. & Lendvai, G. 2012: Plant communities of Hungary. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 525 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Braun-Blanquet, J. 1964: Pflanzensoziologie – Grundziige der Vcgetationskunde, Wien, New York, 865 pp.10.1007/978-3-7091-8110-2Search in Google Scholar

Burescu, P. & Lacatos, L. M. 2010: Contributions to the knowledge of hornbeam and beech forests, from Lazareni hills (NW Romania). Analele Universităţii din Oradea – Fascicula Biologie 27: 55–61.Search in Google Scholar

Čarni, A. 2016a: Vegetation of deciduous forests in the Balkan Peninsula. Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA 37(2): 93–104.10.20903/csnmbs.masa.2016.37.2.87Search in Google Scholar

Čarni, A. 2016b: Xero-thermophilous broad-leaved ravine forests of SE Europe. In: Willner, W., Solomeshch, A., Čarni, A., Bergmeier, E., Ermakov, N. & Mucina, L. 2016: Description and validation of some European forest syntaxa – a supplement to the EuroVegChecklist. Hacquetia 15(1): 15–25.10.1515/hacq-2016-0005Search in Google Scholar

Čarni, A., Košir, P., Karadžić, B., Matevski, V., Redžić, S. & Škvorc, Ž. 2009: Thermophilous deciduous forests in Southeastern Europe. Plant Biosystems 143: 1–13.10.1080/11263500802633881Search in Google Scholar

Chytrý, M. & Otýpková, Z. 2003: Plot sizes used for phytosociological sampling of European vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science 14(4): 563–570.10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02183.xSearch in Google Scholar

Chytrý, M., (ed.). 2013: Vegetation of the Czech Republic 4. Forest and Scrub Vegetation. Vyd. 1. Academia, Praha, 551 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Chytrý, M., Tichý, L. & Holt, J. 2006: The Fidelity Concept. In: Tichý, L. & Holt, J. (eds.): Juice program for management, analysis and classification of ecological data. Program manual, Vegetation Science Group, Masaryk University, Brno, pp. 45–54.Search in Google Scholar

Chytrý, M., Tichý, L., Holt, J. & Botta-Dukát, Z. 2002: Determination of diagnostic species with statistical fidelity measures. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 79–90.10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02025.xSearch in Google Scholar

Coldea, G. 1991: Prodrome des associations végétales des Carpates du sud-est (Carpates Roumaines), Documents phytosociologiques., Camerino 13: 447–539.Search in Google Scholar

Coldea, G. (ed.), Indreica, A. & Oprea, A. 2015: Les associations végétales de Roumanie. Tome 3. Les associations forestiéres et arbustives. Presa Universitară Clujeană & Accent, Cluj-Napoca, 282 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Dimitrov, M., Pavlov, D., Glogov, P. & Yordanova, D. 2004: Study on changes of vegetation in territories with continued antropogenic influence in the Vitosha Natural Park. Nauka za Gorata 3: 57–75, [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Douda, J., Boublik, K., Slezák, M., Biurrun, I., Nociar, J., Havrdová, A., Doudová, J., Aćić, S., Brisse, H., Brunet, J., Chytrý, M., Claessens H., Csiky, J., Didukh, Y., Dimopoulos, P., Dullinger, S., Fitz Patrick, Ú., Guisan, A., Horchler, P. J., Hrivnák, R., Jandt, U., Kącki, Z., Kevey, B., Landuci, F., Lecomte, H., Lenoir, J., Paal, J., Paternoster, D., Pauli, H., Pielech, R., Rodwell, J. S., Roelandt, B., Svenning, J. C., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Tsiripidis, I., Tzonev, R. T., Wohlgemuth, T., & Zimmermann, N. E. 2016: Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 147–163.10.1111/avsc.12201Search in Google Scholar

Gogushev G. 2009: Floristic classification of oak forests in the Western Frontier Mountains. Forestry Ideas 1(37): 54–77 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Hennekens, S. & Schaminée, J. 2001: TURBOVEG, a comprehensive database management system for vegetation data. Journal of Vegetation Science 12(4): 589–591.10.2307/3237010Search in Google Scholar

Horvat, I., Glavač, V. & Ellenberg, H. 1974: Vegetation Südosteuropas. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena/Stuttgart, 768 pp. http://www.emplantbase.org/home.htmlSearch in Google Scholar

Kojić, M., Popović, R. & Karadžić, B. 1998: Sintaksonomski pregled vegetacije Srbije. Institut za biološka istraživanja “Siniša Stanković”, Beograd, 220 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Matevski, V., Čarni, A., Avramoski, O., Juvan, N., Kostadinovski, M., Košir P., Marinšek, A., Paušič, A. & Šilc, U. 2011: Forest vegetation of the Galičica mountain range in Macedonia. ZRC SAZU, Biološki inštitut Jovana Hadžija, Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, Ljubljana, 200 pp.10.3986/9789610502906Search in Google Scholar

McCune, B. & Mefford, M. J. 1999: PC-ORD. Multivariate analysis of ecological data. Version 4. MjM Software design, Gleneden Beach.Search in Google Scholar

Mucina, L., Bültmann, H., Dierßen, K., Theurillat, J.P., Raus, T., Čarni, A., Šumberová, K., Willner, W., Dengler, J., García, R. G., Chytrý, M., Hájek, M., Pietro, R.D., Iakushenko, D., Pallas, J., Daniëls, F. J. A., Bergmeier, E., Guerra, A. S., Ermakov, N., Valachovič, M., Schaminée, J. H. J., Lysenko, T., Didukh, Y. P., Pignatti, S., Rod-well, J. S., Capelo, J., Weber, H. E., Solomeshch, A., Dimopoulos, P., Aguiar, C., Hennekens, S. M. & Tichý, L. 2016: Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities. Applied Vegetation Science 19: 3–264.10.1111/avsc.12257Search in Google Scholar

Ninov, N. 2002: Soils. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M. & Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socio-economic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 277–315 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Pachedjieva, K. & Georgieva, N. 2010: Landscape diversity in Central Stara planina Mountain around the upper and middle stream of Eninska river. In: Sbornik mladejka nauchna konferencia “Klimentovi dni” 22–23 November 2010, Sofia.Search in Google Scholar

Peev, D., Petrova, A., Apostolova, I. & Assyov, B. 2012: Important plant areas in Bulgaria. Pensoft. Sofia Moscow, 469 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Roleček, J. 2005: Vegetation types of dry-mesic oak forests in Slovakia. Preslia 77, pp. 241–261.Search in Google Scholar

Sokal, R. R. & Rohlf, F. J. 1995: Biometry. 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 887 pp.Search in Google Scholar

Soó, R. 1964: Die regionalen Fagion-Verbande und Gesellschaften Südosteuropas. Stud. Biol. Hung. 1: 5–104.Search in Google Scholar

Sopotlieva, D., Pedashenko, H., Alexandrova, A. & Ganeva, A. 2016: Flora, vegetation and natural habitat types in Kutelka Reserve (Eastern Stara Planina, Bulgaria). Phytologia Balcanica 22(3): 387–404.Search in Google Scholar

Steffanov, P. 2002: Morphographic characteristics. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M. & Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socio-economic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 29–38 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Stoeva, M. 2004: Vegetation in Sinite Kamani Nature Park. In: Stoeva, M., Stoychev, G., Mladenov, R., Grozeva, N., Stoeva-Hristova, K., Velichkova, K., Georgieva, M. & Valkova, M. 2004: Biological Diversity in Sinite Kamani Nature Park. Stara Zagora, 218 pp. [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Stoyanov, N. 1941: An attempt for characteristic of main phytocoenoses in Bulgaria. Yearbook of Sofia University, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics 37: 93–194 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Stupar, V., Milanović, Đ., Brujić, J. & Čarni, A. 2015: Formalized classification and nomenclatural revision of thermophilous deciduous forests (Quercetalia pubescentis) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuexenia 35: 85–130.Search in Google Scholar

Tichý, L. 2002: JUICE, software for vegetation classification. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 451–453.10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02069.xSearch in Google Scholar

Trass, H. 1976: Geobotany. History and modern development trends. Leningrad, Science, 252 pp. [in Russian].Search in Google Scholar

Tzonev, R. 2013: New plant associations from Danubian Plain, Bulgaria. Phytologia Balcanica 19(2): 243–266.Search in Google Scholar

Tzonev, R., Dimitrov, M., Gussev, Ch., Pachedjieva, K., Gogushev, G., Apostolova-Stoyanova, N., Nikolov, I., Alexandrova, A. & Glogov, P. 2019: Phytosociological classification of the thermophilous oak forests in Bulgaria: new interpretation and gaps in knowledge. Phytocoenologia 49(4): 369–391.10.1127/phyto/2019/0296Search in Google Scholar

Tzonev, R., Dimitrov, M., Chytrý, M., Roussakova, V., Dimova, D., Gussev, C., Pavlov, D., Vulchev, V., Vitkova, A., Gogushev, G., Nikolov, I., Borisova, D. & Ganeva, A. 2006: Beech forest communities in Bulgaria. Phytocoenologia 36(2): 247–279.10.1127/0340-269X/2006/0036-0247Search in Google Scholar

Tzonev, R., Dimitrov, M. & Roussakova, V. 2009: Syntaxa according to the Braun-Blanquet approach in Bulgaria. Phytologia Balcanica 15(2): 209–233.Search in Google Scholar

Vassilev, K., Pedashenko, H., Alexandrova, A., Tashev, A., Ganeva, A., Gavrilova, A., Gradevska, A., Assenov, A., Vitkova, A., Grigorov, B., Gussev, Ch., Filipova, E., Aneva, I., Knollova, I., Nikolov, I., Georgiev, G., Gogushev, G., Tinchev, G., Pachedjieva, K., Koev, K., Lyubenova, M., Dimitrov, M., Apostolova-Stoyanova, N., Velev, N., Zhelev, P., Glogov, P., Natcheva, R., Tzonev, R., Boch, S., Hennekens, S., Georgiev, S., Stoyanov, S., Karakiev, T., Kalnikova, V., Shivarov, V., Russakova, V. & Vulchev, V. 2016: Balkan Vegetation Database: historical background, current status and future perspectives. Phytocoenologia 46(1): 89–95.10.1127/phyto/2016/0109Search in Google Scholar

Velev, S. 2002: Climatic regioning. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M. & Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socioeconomic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 155–156 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Willner, W., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Agrillo, E., Biurrun, I., Campos, J.A., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R., Didukh, Y.P., Ewald, J., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kącki, Z., Kavgaci, A., Lenoir, J., Marinšek, A., Onyshchenko, V., Rodwell, J.S., Schaminée, J.H.J., Šibík, J., Škvorc, Ž., Svenning, J.-C., Tsiripidis, I., Turtureanu, P.D., Tzonev, R., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., Wohlgemuth, T. & Chytrý, M. 2017: Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian Knot? Applied Vegetation Science 20(3): 494–512.10.1111/avsc.12299Search in Google Scholar

Yordanova, M, Velev, S. & Drenovski, I. 2002: Characteristic features of the physical geographical regions. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M. & Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socio-economic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 391–410 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar

Yordanova, M. 2002: Hydrological regioning. In: Kopralev, I., Yordanova, M., Mladenov, Ch. (eds.). 2002: Geography of Bulgaria. Physical and socio-economic geography. ForKom, Sofia, pp. 242–246 [in Bulgarian].Search in Google Scholar