Slobodan Jovanović

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Belgrade

This study investigated invasive Ambrosia artemisiifolia from five localities with different levels of anthropogenic pollution in order to determine the potential for accumulation of trace metals and metaloids. Physical characteristics of the soil are presented, together with concentrations of As, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb,...

Aims Data on the variability of hyperaccumulation potential of the facultative serpentinophytes Noccaea kovatsii and N. praecox on different geological substrates are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess the accumulation potential of these two species from ultramafic and non-ultramafic substrates, with special emphasis on the hyperaccumulati...

The purpose of this study was to examine the accumulation potential of spontaneously developed Tussilago farfara populations colonizing sites with different levels of anthropogenic pollution. Physical characteristics of the soil are presented, together with the concentrations of macroelements and microelements (Ca, Mg, Fe, S, Al, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, Mn...

Considering the great importance of Ramsar Site for biodiversity, we measured the invasibility - the habitat characteristic that refers to the susceptibility to invasions, in six Ramsar Sites of the southern part of the Pannonian Plain. We selected 18 invasive neophytes of different life forms, due to their different habitat preferences, to cover a...

An important step in managing invasive species is determining the factors responsible for their current and potential distribution, especially when species distribution is climatically determined like in Reynoutria taxa case. The main aim of this paper was to integrate all available distribution data of the Reynoutria taxa in SE Europe and to predi...

Ruderal plants are dynamic functional group characterized by their resistance to changing conditions of areas under anthropogenic influence. Opportunistic character enables them wide and fast spreading on growing number of degraded sites, including polluted ones. Not only are ruderal plants able to easily colonize open, degraded areas of land, but...

Monitoring the presence of invasive species in natural wetlands is crucial for numerous reasons, including their negative impact on biodiversity, conservation and the ecosystem services provided by these important fragile areas. The aim of this paper was to investigate the presence and distribution of the highly invasive liana Echinocystis lobata (...

The high diversity of ruderal vegetation in urban environments is well known. Although it has been a subject of numerous studies in Serbia, in recent years it has been slightly overlooked, although, due to the dynamics of ruderal habitats, constant research is required. We investigated ruderal vegetation in 20 cities across Serbia during a period o...

The aim of this study was to investigate the floristic composition and diversity of seven urban habitat types in 24 Serbian cities with different climatic affiliation. In each of the 24 cities, we selected 1 ha plots representing a habitat from one of the following groups: square, boulevard, residential area with compact and with open building patt...

This study represents the first data gathering and analysis of the floristic composition of ruderal vegetation in Serbia, published over the last 70 years. The dataset included 748 relevés of ruderal communities and a total of 716 plant species and sub-species. The study showed that the most abundant were widespread taxa, especially taxa of the Eur...

In the last two decades, the number of research articles with a focus on urban ecosystems in Europe has increased significantly. However, explored cities are very unevenly distributed, and most of the studies are focused on Central Europe. The aim of this analysis was to provide a realistic insight into the results of previous research on urban flo...

Plantago subulata is a facultative serpentinophyte, with predominantly ultramafic distribution in Serbia and Montenegro. The plant samples were collected from ultramafic and non-ultramafic substrate, including two abandoned mining sites, with the aim to assess the accumulation potential of this species. The samples were collected from 10 sites in S...

Seven spider mite species were recorded for the first time in Serbia: Bryobia macedonica Hatzinikolis & Panou, 1996 and Bryobia querci Hatzinikolis & Panou, 1997 from Bryobiinae, and Eutetranychus orientalis Klein, 1936; Oligonychus bicolor Banks, 1894; Oligonychus platani McGregor, 1950 Tetranychus canadensis McGregor, 1950 and Tetranychus ludeni...

In the last two decades, the number of research articles focused on urban ecosystems in Europe has increased significantly. However, the cities investigated are very unevenly distributed, and most of the studies are fo-cused on Central Europe. The aim of this analysis was to provide a realistic insight into the results of previous research into the...

Many terrestrial orchid species are known to grow in forest ecosystems, but the patterns of their diversity and habitat specialization have not been sufficiently explored. Niche parameters and factors influencing the distribution, abundance and composition of forest orchids in the central Balkans were investigated in the present study. Outlying mea...

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Terrestrial orchids in Europe inhabit a variety of vegetation types, both the forest and scrub types and herbaceous vegetation. The richness and composition of orchid species and subspecies in relation to vegetation types in the central Balkans (western Serbia) were investigated in the present study. In total, the phytocoenological affiliation of 5...

Perennial grass, Calamagrostis epigejos, is native to Euro-Asian region and introduced to North America. Species has wide ecological amplitude and tolerance to abiotic stresses. Growth strategy and the significant abiotic stress tolerance of C. epigejos, enabled by a higher water and nitrogen use efficiency, are responsible for its competitiveness...

A flooding event caused collapsing of the Stolice flotation tailing dam and spilling of large volumes of sludge into environment. Urgent remediation measures have not been applied due to the lack of financial resources. Remediation values for Sb, Zn, and Pb in the flotation tailing samples were exceeded 20.5, 4.2, and 1.15 times, respectively, emph...

The aim of this study was to compare trace element profiles of Noccaea praecox (Wulfen) F. K. Mey. growing on ultramafic soils in different habitat types and to observe differences in uptake and translocation of trace elements. Physico-chemical characteristics of the soil and concentrations of P2O5, K2O, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cd, and Co i...

Despite economic importance of Tetranychidae, knowledge regarding diversity of spider mites in the Balkan Peninsula and Southeast Europe is incomplete, especially in protected natural areas. This study presents diversity of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) collected over five growing seasons at 296 locations in 38 protected natural areas of Serb...

This is an overview of spider mites (Tetranychidae) found on medicinal and endemic plants of Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula. The overview is based on a survey carried out during five years (2013-2017) throughtout Serbia as well as published data on spider mites species records on medicinal plants in other Balkan countries. In the survey, a total o...

The aim of the study was to bring more understanding to the physiology of Ni hyperaccumulation in N. praecox

Heavy metal accumulation is recognized as a very important global pollution problem in the last decades. Plant species have been recognized as natural bioindicators of environmental pollution, especially the amount of heavy metals in soils. Moreover, only a limited number of plant species can survive in highly contaminated soils. It is also known t...

Along with being a centre of plant species diversity and endemism, the Balkan Peninsula is one of the parts of Europe with the highest number of orchid taxa. However, the orchid flora in the central Balkans has not been sufficiently studied. The paper presents the distribution of ten rare and threatened taxa of Orchidaceae in the central Balkans an...

Although it is well known that dry open rocky grassland vegetation on shallow serpentine (ultramafic) soils represents one of the most interesting, highly endemic, and often studied vegetation types, the authors of several detailed studies of Balkan serpentine flora and vegetation suggested that the vegetation cover of Balkan ultramafics needs furt...

As ornamental plant originated from Central America, Datura inoxia Mill. has been introduced to many areas beyond its natural range. However, in many places, mainly in the Mediterranean region D. inoxia has escaped from cultivation and is being established as an alien. In relevant botanical literature its occurrence on the Balkan Peninsula has not...

Many studies have refuted the opinion that urban floras are poor in total species number and characterized primarily by neophytes. Also, it has been proved that urban flora differs from its surroundings, and at the same time reflects its richness. Our study focused on urban flora, structure and similarities, and the possible correlation with the ur...

Amorpha fruticosa L. represents one of the most dangerous invasive neophytes spreading quickly in many countries and cities of southeastern Europe where it aggressively penetrates into newly invaded sites and establishes permanently. It prefers moist and periodically flooded terrains, being therefore a serious threat for fragile wet habitats. Consi...

Many studies have refuted the opinion that urban floras are poor in total species number and characterized primarily by neophytes. Also, it has been proved that urban flora differs from its surroundings, and at the same time reflects its richness. Our study focused on urban flora, structure and similarities, and the possible correlation with the ur...

The emergence and continued expansion of one of the most dangerous causes of biodiversity loss and habitat alteration such as invasive species at some Ramsar wetlands of the Southern Pannonia raise a series of questions of both an environmental as well as a legal character relevant to these fragile ecosystems. The Ramsar Convention provides a set o...

Dry open rocky grassland vegetation on shallow ultramafic soils in the Central Balkans represents typical secondary grasslands, which have developed mainly in the zone of thermophilous mixed deciduous broadleaved and pine forests. Although all relevant national and regional syntaxonomic reviews classify these rocky grasslands within the distinct or...

Metalliferous mine wastes represent one of the major sources of environmental contamination from mining activities. Bor region (Serbia) is one of the largest copper mine basins in Europe where long-term mining caused severe environmental deterioration and created one of the most degraded locations in Serbia and Europe. At the spontaneously colonize...

This study was carried out in order to determine the chemical composition and accumulation potential of invasive alien knotweed Reynoutria × bohemica from five habitats exposed to different levels of anthropogenic pollution. To estimate the potential for trace element accumulation, accumulation and translocation factors were used, as well as Spearm...

Grasslands, wet meadows, fens, bogs, and marshes represent important ecosystems that host many orchid species. However, research on the joint effect of the multi-scalar abiotic drivers on orchid distribution and abundance in these habitats is limited. In this study, we investigated factors associated with the occurrence and abundance of 42 orchid t...

Manganese is ubiquitous element in nature, being abundant constituent of soils and having essential role as micronutrient in plants. However, some interactions of manganese in diverse natural processes are not yet fully understood. This paper analyses the results of manganese content screening for frequent wild plants of Bor mine waste overburden,...

UDK 630* 188 (001) Izvorni znanstveni članci – Original scientific papers Šumarski list, 3–4 (2015): 155–169 Summary The phytosociological investigation of habitats with highly invasive tree species Acer negundo L. and Fraxinus penn-sylvanica Marshall was performed in Ramsar site Carska bara (Vojvodina, Serbia). A total of 107 species were noticed...

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern States. Due to the attractive fl owers, numerous cultivars of have been developed. Furthermore, as a result of its increased usage in the garden, it ha...

The paper presents a taxonomic, ecological and phytogeographical study of the native and alien flora of the urban area of Podgorica (Capital of Montenegro, SE Europe). The surveyed terrain extends over 86 km2, and apart from the urban it also entails the peri-urban zone. The checklist of vascular plants of the urban area includes1222 species and su...

Detailed data on the flora of Belgrade and its surroundings, collected by Josif Pančić date from the second half of 19th century. After a long break, the expansion of floristic and vegetation studies of Belgrade territory started in 1950 and has continued till the present day. All the available floristic data, historic and current, for Belgrade ter...

In this paper we present the results of studies of distribution of seven invasive tree species (Robinia pseudoacacia, Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica s.l., Ailanthus altissima, Gleditsia triacanthos, Rhus typhina, Amorpha fruticosa) in the protected area “Avala” in Serbia. Field studies were conducted between May and July 2012. Distribution da...

The relationship between edaphic characteristics and vegetation growing on mine wastes in the Bor region (East Serbia, SE Europe) was studied using multivariate statistical analysis. The influence of edaphic factors on the composition of plant life-forms was also investigated, since it could reflect strategies for the avoidance of or tolerance to d...

An extensive survey of the relevant literature of dry grassland communities described for the territory of Serbia allowed us to check the validity and legitimacy of the nomenclature of this vegetation. Nomenclature rules of the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature were strictly followed. The syntaxonomic affiliation of communities t...

Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Orchidaceae) has been found on Mt. Javor (SW Serbia) as a new species in the flora of Serbia. This is the single known locality of this species in the Central Balkans and the southernmost limit of the species’ distribution on the Balkan Peninsula. Data concerning its morphology, distribution, habitat preferences, flowering per...

The paper represents the results of floristic and vegetation studies of ruderal habitats in urban and suburban areas of the town of Žabljak (Montenegro) within the last decade of the 20 th century. A total of 279 vascular plant taxa (species or subspecies level) was recorded, as well as 6 ruderal plant communities. Detailed taxonomic-systematic, ec...

During an extensive field mapping of Reynoutria taxa that was carried out in Serbia and Montenegro in the period 2006–2012, an interesting specimen was collected in the vicinity of the Special Nature Reserve and Ramsar site “Carska bara” (Vojvodina, Serbia). The recorded plant was identified as giant knotweed Reynoutria sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) N...

A year has gone since the doyenne of Yugoslav and Serbian botany Dr. Rajna Jovanović, principal research fellow at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" of the University of Belgrade, passed away. Dr. Rajna Jovanović (nee Dunjić) was born in 1926 in the village of Mramorak near Smederevska Palanka. She attended elementary and hig...

The paper represents the results of floristic and vegetation studies of ruderal habitats in urban and suburban areas of the town of Žabljak (Montenegro) within the last decade of the 20th century. A total of 279 vascular plant taxa (species or subspecies level) was recorded, as well as 6 ruderal plant communities. Detailed taxonomic-systematic, eco...

Tomanovic, Zeljko Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. Stary, Petr Stanisavljevic, Ljubisa Z. Cetkovic, Aleksandar Stamenkovic, Srdjan Jovanovic, Slobodan Athanassiou, Christos G.

This article presents the distribution of two Leucojum species (L. aestivum and L. vernum) in Serbia, on the basis of field research, herbarium and literature data. The distribution, ecological preferences as well as threatened status of the Leucojum species in Serbia is estimated according to 2001 IUCN Red list categories and criteria and should p...

A several-year investigation of distribution, phytocoenological differentiation, floristic composition and structure of the ruderal flora and vegetation, and relative anthropogenic influences was conducted in the area of Pančevački rit.The study focused on the ruderal community Arctio-Artemisetum vulgaris, the most widespread of 10 ruderal communit...

Research on the geographical structure of the flora of Podgorica revealed that 85.9% of the species are native, while 14.1% are non-native. This ratio is typical of Mediterranean settlements, where even the most urbanized region reflects the overall character of the surrounding flora. In terms of chorologic groups, the three largest are: eury-Medit...

Diverse types of ruderal habitats in Kosovska Mitrovica and its surroundings have revealed the presence of 386 species, subspecies, varieties or forms of vascular plants classified into 228 genera and 51 families.The defined ruderal flora was analysed on taxonomical, ecological and phytogeographical basis along with life forms, ecological and bioin...

Diverse types of ruderal habitats in Kosovska Mitrovica and its surroundings have revealed the presence of 386 species, subspecies, varieties or forms of vascular plants classified into 228 genera and 51 families.The defined ruderal flora was analysed on taxonomical, ecological and phytogeographical basis along with life forms, ecological and bioin...

As a result of floristic investigations of Višnjička Kosa, 568 plant taxa belonging to 304 genera and 74 plant families were recorded. Phytogeographical analysis showed that this flora can be characterized as being of the Holarctic chorological type (53.00%). Ecological analysis indicated that the flora of the investigated area is of the hemicrypto...

In this paper we present the taxonomic segment of a floristic study undertaken in the city of Podgorica in the period of 2002-2007. The check-list of spontaneously growing vascular plants includes 1227 species and subspecies belonging to 545 genera and 118 families. The dominant families are Poaceae (11.7%), asteraceae (11.2%) and Fabaceae (9.2%)....

The publication „Biodiversity of the Stara Planina Mt. in Serbia – Results of the Project: “Trans-Boundary Cooperation Through the Management of Shared Natural Resources” represents only a small part of the results accumulated during the activities on a very complex project 1 „Promotion of Networks and Exchanges in the Countries of South-Eastern Eu...

Aphid and aphid parasitoid associations on willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.) in southeastern Europe are reviewed. In total 13 aphid parasitoid species were reared from aphids on these plants. The specific parasitoid complex of Acyrthosiphon cf. malvae (Mosley) on Salix retusa and the aphids and parasitoids composition on willows and p...

Aphid and aphid parasitoid associations on willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.) in southeastern Europe are reviewed. In total 13 aphid parasitoid species were reared from aphids on these plants. The specific parasitoid complex of Acyrthosiphon cf. malvae (Mosley) on Salix retusa and the aphids and parasitoids composition on willows and p...

New chorological data are presented for 100 species and subspecies from Bosnia & Herzegovina (reports no. 29,, Valerianaceae (15) and Violaceae (57, 67). First reports for countries are: Bosnia & Herzegovina – Lactuca visianii (72), Potamogeton rutilus (29); Bulgaria – Convolvulus pilosellifolius (36), Deschampsia caespitosa subsp. alpina (34), Pla...

The cultivated grass-covered lands in Belgrade (in the parks, residential areas, business premises and roadsides) were analysed and 314 different plant species were identified. Their phytogeographical analysis points to the dominance of floral elements of the Holarctic type, with a high presence of cosmopolitan and adventive species. The high degre...

Mount Tara is among the most important centers of Balkan and European ecosystem and species biodiversity. It is characterized by diversified and well-maintained communities of old deciduous and mixed coniferous forests (beech/fir/spruce). They represent a unique example of well preserved forests in SE Europe with numerous endemic and relict species...

Plants that are able to accumulate and tolerate extraordinarily high concentrations of heavy metals (hyperaccumulators) can be used for phytoremediation (removal of contaminants from soils) or phytomining (growing a crop of plants to harvest the metals). Two moss species, Bryum capillare Hedw. and Ceratodon purpureus Hedw., were tested as potential...

Jovanovic, S.: Mediterranean floristic elements in the ruderal flora of Belgrade (Yugoslavia). The results of a phytogeographical analysis of the ruderal flora of Belgrade are presented. The Mediterranean element, in a wide sense, and its floristic significance is analysed and is found to account for over 1A of the total ruderal flora.

The occurrence of internationally significant species of vascular flora within the boundaries of existing National parks of Serbia (Djerdap. Fruška Gora, Tara. Kopaonik and Šara) and in the Serbian part of the future National park "Prokletije" have been studied. For all the species studied the threat status, distribution pattern. type of both endem...