Faruk Bogunić

University of Sarajevo | UNSA · Faculty of Forestry

The sustainable forest management concept contains the essence of the sustainable development paradigm - meeting the current needs of society without compromising the needs of future generations. The strategic commitment of the Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo is aimed at quality education of forestry experts, conducting innovative resear...

Due to climate extremes and limited natural resources, especially water, we can expect increased demand in the future for species that can better tolerate climate extremes such as drought. One potentially valuable horticultural species is the endemic species of the Dinaride Mountains Micromeria croatica (Pers.) Schott (family Lamiaceae). It grows i...

The interplay of polyploidisation, hybridization, and apomixis contributed to the exceptional diversity of Sorbus (Rosaceae), giving rise to a mosaic of genetic and morphological entities. The Sorbus austriaca species complex from the mountains of Central and South-eastern Europe represents an allopolyploid apomictic system of populations that orig...

Here, from macrophylogeographic mtDNA empirical data, we propose a scenario for the evolution and speciation of two important forest trees, European black pine and Scotch pine, and their multiple subspecies and varieties. Molecular clock simulations revealed that INDEL variability in the Pinus mitochondrial genome is relatively old, i.e., from the...

A study of the phytochemical and molecular characteristics of ten Micromeria and six Clinopodium taxa (family Lamiaceae) distributed in the Balkan Peninsula was carried out. The phytochemicals detected in essential oils by gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and molecular data amplified fragment length polymorphism were used to study the taxonom...

Here, from macrophylogeographic mtDNA empirical data, we proposed a scenario of the evolution and speciation of two important forest trees, European Black Pine and Scotch Pine, and their multiple subspecies and varieties. Molecular clock simulations revealed that INDELs variability in the Pinus mitochondrial genome is relatively old, i.e., from the...

Here, from macrophylogeographic mtDNA empirical data, we proposed a scenario of the evolution and speciation of two important forest trees, European Black Pine and Scotch Pine, and their multiple subspecies and varieties. Molecular clock simulations revealed that INDELs variability in the Pinus mitochondrial genome is relatively old, i.e., from the...

Cotoneaster integerrimus represents a multiploid and facultative apomictic system of widely distributed mountain populations. We used flow cytometry to determine genome size, ploidy level, and reproduction mode variation of the Balkan populations, supplemented by analysis of nuclear microsatellites in order to address: (i) geographic distribution a...

The name Thymus humifusus var. aureopunctatus, described from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is lectotypified, and its taxonomic value is discussed. Thymus richardii subsp. richardii is currently considered an endemic subspecies common to Mallorca (Balearic Islands) and Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Balkan Peninsula. Specimens identified as Th. richardi...

A study of the trichomes types and distribution and pollen morphology was carried out in nine Micromeria taxa (M. cristata ssp. cristata, M. cristata ssp. kosaninii, M. croatica, M. graeca ssp. graeca, M. graeca ssp. fruticulosa, M. juliana, M. kerneri, M. longipedunculata and M. microphylla) and five closely related Clinopodium species (C. dalmati...

Chemical profile and antioxidant activity of the species Veronica saturejoides Vis. ssp. saturejoides (Plantaginaceae)-which is endemic to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro-were investigated. Volatile compounds produced by glandular trichomes (composed of one stalk cell and two elliptically formed head cells according to scanning elect...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe and adjacent regions: the diatom alga Eunotia boreoalpina; the saprotrophic fungus Clitocybe truncicola; the liverwort Haplomitrium hookeri; the moss Leptodon smithii: the monocots Epipactis purpurata, Stipa tirsa, Typha laxmannii and T. shuttleworthii; and the d...

The Balkan Peninsula is one of the 250 centres for plant diversity identified in the World, and one of the major biodiversity hotspot plant areas in Europe. Balkan flora has been well studied at the morphological, phytogeographical and taxonomic levels, but a scarce attention had been paid to genome size. This work consists of two distinct parts. T...

Leaf and shoot characteristics of the following four European barberry taxa from the Balkan Peninsula and Sicily were investigated in the present study: Berberis croatica, B. vulgaris, B. aetnensis and B. cretica. Analyses were based on 10 populations of B. croatica, five of B. vulgaris and two populations of both B. aetnensis and B. cretica. Popul...

Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine) is a Balkan-Apennine endemic and relict pine species that inhabits high mountains in the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean regions. Nineteen populations of P. heldreichii from the Western Balkans encompassing 187 individual trees were examined to evaluate morphological variation, a rarely studied aspect of the spe...

The European Red List is a review of the status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This publication summarises results for all Europe’s native...

The European Red List is a review of the status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This publication summarises results for all Europe’s native...

Of the four species of the genus Satureja (Lamiaceae) that are recognized in Bosnia and Herzegovina, S. subspicata has the the widest distribution. It is taxonomically challenging species of geographically limited distribution and little data on its genetic diversity throughout its range is available. We sampled six geographically distinct populati...

U ovom radu analizirano je 15 europskih provenijencija običnog bora u međunarodnom pokusu kod Kupresa. Pokus je osnovan tijekom proljeća 2012. godine sa biljkama starosti dvije godine (2+0). Ukupno je posađeno 2700 sadnica običnog bora u pokusnom dizajnu slučajnog blok sustava koji je prilagođen terenu, 15 provenijencija u pet ponavljanja (5 x 36 s...

The historical changes of European Black Pine populations size across the whole natural distribution in Europe and Asia Minor was analyzed facing the Plio-Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Thirteen chloroplast SSRs and SNPs markers have been studied under the assumptions of "neutral evolution". Populations and meta-populations had different histor...

The historical changes of European Black Pine populations size across the whole natural distribution in Europe and Asia Minor was analyzed facing the Plio-Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Thirteen chloroplast SSRs and SNPs markers have been studied under the assumptions of "neutral evolution". Populations and meta-populations had different histor...

The European Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) has a long and complex history. Genetic distance and frequency analyses identified three differentiated genetic groups, which corresponded to three wide geographical areas: Westerns Mediterranean, Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. These groups shared common ancestors (14.75 and 10.72 Ma). The most recent sp...

The European Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) has a long and complex history. Genetic distance and frequency analyses identified three differentiated genetic groups, which corresponded to three wide geographical areas: Westerns Mediterranean, Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. These groups shared common ancestors (14.75 and 10.72 Ma). The most recent sp...

Polyploidisation and changes in the mating system are often mutually linked and represent key evolutionary drivers in certain plant groups. The common cotoneaster (Cotoneaster integerrimus, Rosaceae) is considered a predominantly apomictic tetraploid species having a widespread geographic distribution in the Western Asia and South-eastern Europe. T...

In certain plant groups, polyploidy is closely associated with changes in the mating systems. Cotoneaster integerrimus (Rosaceae) is considered as apomictic tetraploid species. The flow cytometry was used to asess genome size and ploidy level, and flow cytometric seed screenings (FCSS) to identify mating system in C. integerrimus populations from B...

Allopolyploidy and intraspecific heteroploid crosses are associated, in certain groups, with changes in the mating system. The genus Sorbus represents an appropriate model to study the relationships between ploidy and reproductive mode variations. Diploid S. aria and tetraploid apomictic S. austriaca were screened for ploidy and mating system varia...

Sorbus subgenus Soraria encompasses taxa originating from spontaneous hybridization between members of subgenera Aria and Sorbus disjunctly distributed across Europe and Asia. Using molecular data (amplified fragment length polymorphisms, plastid DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellites), flow cytometry (allowing for the determination of ploidy an...

European Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) has a long and complex history. Genetic distance and frequency analyses identified three differentiated genetic formations: Westerns Mediterranean, the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. They shared common ancestors 1.83-6.06 Ma years before present (BP). Each pool is further fragmented, with evidence of phyloge...

The first assessments, done by flow cytometry, of nuclear DNA amount for five genera and 30 species of angiosperms (three monocots, 27 eudicots) from the western Balkan Peninsula, including eight taxa with some degree of endemism to this area, are presented here. These data complement the substantial existing information on plant genome size in thi...

Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is one of the most important forest trees in Bosnia and Herzegovina in both economic and environmental terms. The total area of forest in which beech is present is approx. 1,652,400 ha. There is a proportionate need to plant new forests and produce genetically high quality seed and saplings.Biochemical analysis of the gen...

Biokemijska genetička identifi kacija obične bukve (Fagus sylvatica L.), provedena je korištenjem izoenzimskih biljega u osam prirodnih populacija na širem području Bosne i Hercegovine. Genetska varijabilnost analizirana je pomoću 10 izoenzimskih sustava, sa 16 polimorfnih lokusa i 52 alela. Utvrđena je statistički značajna razlika između populacij...

Background and Purpose: Silver fir (Abies albaMill.) is one of the most important forest tree species in theWestern Balkan area from both economic and ecological aspect. Its distribution has for years been the subject of scientific research, the reason being that silver fir from these areas displays very interesting morphological and genetic differ...

Background and Purpose: The wild cherry (Prunus avium) has great and multiple importance. The fruits it produces are used for several purposes (as food for people, birds and other animals, as well as in phytotherapy). As many birds and mammals feed on the fruit of the wild cherry, it has the ability of dispersion over large areas in a very short ti...

Background and Purpose: The objective of this research was to deter-mine variability of some remaining populations and groups of trees of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) at the molecular-genetic level in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The analysis was made by means of highly poly-morphic nuclear microsatellite markers, which were used in some earlier r...

The main purpose of this study was to clarify the speciation and taxonomic status of European representatives of Lilium sect. Liriotypus (Lilium albanicum, L. bosniacum, L. bulbiferum, L. candidum, L. carniolicum, L. chalcedonicum, L. jankae, L. pomponium, L. rhodopaeum, L. pyrenaicum) based on karyotype differentiation. Clear interspecific differe...

The present paper reports palynological and anatomical investigations of two European endemic Turk's-cap lilies Lilium bosniacum and L. carniolicum. The analyses of exine structure, for both species, did not reveal important differences in size of lumina. Differences in leaf anatomy evidenced that L. carniolicum had a hypostomatic leaf type, while...

The paper presents a research study into the intrapopulation and interpopulation variability of morphological traits of pedunculate oak leaf in Western Balkan countries (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro). A total of 65 populations and 650 trees were analyzed. Morphometric analysis included 14 morphological traits in all. Descript...

INTRODUCTION At present, in Europe Lilium genus includes 10 species (Matthews 1980) from three sections: Martagon Reichenbach, Sinomartagon Comber and Liriotypus Asch. et Graeb (Comber 1949). Section Martagon is presented in Europe only by L. martagon, species distributed from Central Europe to Mongolia (Matthews 1980). Following different author's...

Anatomic, cytogenetic and molecular variations between non-serpentine and serpentine populations of endemic Lilium bosniacum

NON-SERPENTINE POPULATION SERPENTINE POPULATION HABITAT • sites of Mts Bjelašnica and Crepoljsko • limestone or dolomite substrates with deep soils rich in nutrients • altitudinal optimum from 1200 m to 1300m • site of Kladanj • inclined slope of peridotite (serpentine) substratum • (low) altitude of 970 m • extreme life conditions PHENOTYPE (leaf...

Despite the fact that genome size should be constant at species level, many reports of intraspecific variations exist. Thus, we carried out an analysis to determine the possible existence of nuclear DNA content variation in European black pine (Pinus nigra s.l.), a good model for such a study given its karyological uniformity, morphological polymor...

In this study we analyzed the genetic structure of two autochthonous subpopulations of Norway spruce in the Mountain of Igman by usage of isoenzyme markers. We collected the material for the analysis in two separate plant communities. The subpopulation Igman – A is represented by fir-tree and spruce forest with randomly distributed white pine trees...

UDK 582.475:577.151.64(497.6) Uporabom 13 izoenzimskih sustava, te analizom 20 gen lokusa, analizirali smo genetičku strukturu populacije 13 populacija smreke (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) iz Bosne i Hercegovine. Rezultati izoenzimske analize su vrijednovani preko alelnih frekvencija koje su obračunate iz razlika između gen lokusa, efektivnog broja ale...

About 20% of Lilium species, cytologycally studied, possessed B chromosomes (Noda, 1991). This genus is presented in Europe with only ten species according to Flora Europaea (Matthews 1980). Various authors (Beck 1887, Beck 1903, Fritsch 1909, Kosanin 1926, Hayek 1932-1933, Rohlena 1942, Popova 1981, Baranova 1988) are of opinion that to this numbe...

After negative FISH experiment and positive DAPI banding it was obvious that B chromosomes from these two populations were composed from typically heterochromatic DNA (Fig. 1). The same results were observed for L. martagon from Kladanj locality that was also not typical habitat for this species. The only two differences were detected in increasing...

Two tertiary relict pines, Pinus heldreichii and P. nigra, have been considered as taxonomically very close species. Both species have very discontinuous geographical distributions which overlap in some localities in Balkan Peninsula. The pattern of heterochromatin regions distribution (AT-, GC-rich and DAPI positive heterochromatin) and activity o...

Molecular cytogenetic data permitted to distinguish two closely related taxa I. bosniaca and I. rechenbachii (Figs. 1a, b, c; and 3 a, b, c, respectively), and pointed out the strong differentiation at chromosome level (number of CMA and DAPI bands and 18S rDNA loci). These results permitted to consider finally I. bosniaca as well differentiated sp...

We compared pristine and managed beech–fir mixed forests in Bosnia to assess the impact of management on plant species diversity, vegetation structure and soil–vegetation interaction. Traditionally, management of Bosnian mixed forests has been by the opening of small gaps, similar to those occurring naturally. Species composition revealed three suc...

Four populations of the Balkan endemic taxon Lilium bosniacum from Bosnia and Herzegovina were investigated. Conventional karyological study did not reveal any important differences. Molecular-cytogenetic studies pointed out certain interpopulation and intrapopulation variability, and important differences in organization of ribosomal genes in rega...

Population Kladanj of L. bosniacum analaysed in this work is found on specific geological substratum (peridotit) and in low altitude (970 m). It grows on inclined slope characterized with soil poor in plant nutrients. Such habitat is characterized by extreme life conditions where life is difficult to sustain (Jakšić 1977). This is a first peridotit...

In order to study nuclear DNA values, as important biodiversity character (Bennett et al. 2000), genome size were estimated for five taxa of Juniperus (16 populations) belonging to two subgenus: Sabina and Oxycedrus. Identical chromosome number and uniformed karyotipes characterize all Conifers, so nuclear DNA amount in this particular case appears...

The 2C DNA content and base composition of five Pinus (2 n=24) species and two Pinus subspecies from the Balkan region have been estimated by flow cytometry. P. heldreichii (five populations) and P. peuce (one population) were assessed for the first time, as also were subspecies of P. nigra (three populations-two of subspecies nigra and one of subs...