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

Májeková Jana (), Jarolímek Ivan, Zaliberová Marica and Medvecká Jana
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Májeková Jana: Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia
Jarolímek Ivan: Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia
Zaliberová Marica: Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia
Medvecká Jana: Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 23-31

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: non-native flora; neophytes; distribution; plant invasion; the Slovak Republic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2021-0022

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