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A contribution to studies of the ruderal vegetation of southern Srem, Serbia

Jarić Snežana (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Mitrović Miroslava (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Vrbničanin S. (Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun)
Karadžić B. (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Đurđević L. (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Kostić Olga (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Mačukanović-Jocić Marina (Faculty of Agriculture, Zemun)
Gajić Gordana (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)
Pavlović P. (Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’, Belgrade)

Floristic research investigating the presence and phytocoenological differentiation of ruderal vegetation, and how it is conditioned structurally and anthropogenically, was undertaken over a period of several years (2007-10) in the south Srem region. The ruderal flora of the research area comprised 249 plants categorized into 63 families, of which the most frequent were: Asteraceae (36), Poaceae (29), Fabaceae (18), Lamiaceae (15), Polygonaceae (15), Brassicaceae (11) and Rosaceae (11). Three ruderal communities are analyzed in this work: Asclepietum syriacae Kojić et al., 2004, as well as Chenopodio-Ambrosietum artemisiifoliae ass. nova and Amorpho-Typhaetum ass. nova, which are described for the first time. It was established that the level of moisture at the habitat, anthropogenic factors, and the immediate proximity to cultivated areas had the most pronounced effect on the differentiation of the researched vegetation.

Keywords: Ruderal vegetation, plant communities, anthropogenic factors, biodiversity