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Macedonian Ecological Society th 5 CONGRESS OF ECOLOGISTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION ABSTRACT BOOK Ohrid, Macedonia 19th - 22nd October 2016 Издавач:Македонско еколошко друштво Publisher: Macedonian Ecological Society Институт за биологија Institute of Biology Природно-математички факултет - Скопје Faculty of Natural Sciences П. фах 162, 1000 Скопје P.O. Box 162, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Цитирање: Citation: Книга на апстракти, V Конгрес на еколозите на Abstract book, V Congress of Ecologists of the Македонија со меѓународно учество. Охрид, Republic of Macedonia with International Participa- 19-22.10.2016. Македонско еколошко друштво, tion. Ohrid, 19-22.10.2016. Macedonian Ecological Скопје, 2016 Society, Skopje, 2016 CIP - Каталогизација во публикација Национална и универзитетска библиотека “Св. Климент Охридски”, Скопје 502/504(062)(048.3) CONGRESS of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia with international participation (5 ; 2016 ; Ohrid) Abstract book / 5th Congress of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia with interna- tional participation, Ohrid, Macedonia 19th - 22nd October 2016 = Книга на апстракти / [V Конгрес на еколозите на Македонија со меѓународно учество. Охрид, 19.-22.10.2016 ]. - Скопје : Македонско еколошко друштво = Skopje : Macedonian Ecological Society, 2016. - 213 стр. ; 25 см Текст напоредно на мак. и англ. јазик ISBN 978-9989-648-36-6 I. Конгрес на еколозите на Македонија со меѓународно учество (5 ; 2016 ; Охрид) види Con- gress of ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia with international participation (5 ; 2016 ; Ohrid) а) Екологија - Собири - Апстракти COBISS.MK-ID 101812746 Scientific and Editorial Committee Chair: Ljupcho Melovski, Macedonia Aleksandar Trendafilov, Macedonia Andraž Čarni, Slovenia Mariana Lyubenova, Bulgaria Antun Alegro, Croatia Mitko Karadelev, Macedonia Blagoja Markoski, Macedonia Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova, Bulgaria Damijan Denac, Slovenia Nexhbedin Beadini, Macedonia Diana Zlatanova, Bulgaria Nikolay Simov, Bulgaria Dmitar Lakušić, Serbia Robert Šajn, Slovenia Drago Kompan, Slovenia Senka Barudanović, Bosnia and Hercegovina Duško Mukaetov, Macedonia Spase Shumka, Albania Goran Anačkov, Serbia Trajče Stafilov, Macedonia Hasan Huseyin Dogan, Turkey Viktor Popov, United Kingdom Ivaylo Dedov, Bulgaria Vladimir Pešić, Montenegro Ljiljana Tomović, Serbia Vlado Matevski, Macedonia Lucija Šerić Jelaška, Croatia Zlatko Levkov, Macedonia Organizing Committee Chair: Slavco Hristovski Metodija Velevski Vladimir Dzabirski Robertina Brajanoska Nikolco Velkovski Todor Anovski Svetlana Pejovikj Daniela Jovanovska Maja Jordanova Fidanka Trajkova Srekjko Gjorgievski Besnik Rexhepi CONTENTS Contents Section 1 PLENARY LECTURES ________________________________________________________9 Section 2 POPULATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS___________________ 13 Section 3 BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY _______________________ 47 Section 4 HYDROBIOLOGY, WATER MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING _____103 Section 5 FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE ________________________________________133 Section 6 NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ________________________________155 Section 7 ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND GLOBAL CHANGES ______________165 Section 8 URBAN ECOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH _____________________________181 Section 9 ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION ______________________________________________191 Section 10 BIOLOGY STUDENTS’ SYMPOSIUM ____________________________________197 Section 1 PLENARY LECTURES ABSTRACT BOOK Plenary Lectures Conservation of Reptiles in the central Balkans – de jure & de facto Ljiljana Tomović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade, Serbia There is no doubt that populations of reptiles are globally declining at large scale. Recent wide- ranging analysis of conservation statuses and threats of reptiles of the world revealed that nearly 20% of the species are threatened, while for another 20% data are inexistent. Unambiguously, only long- term population studies could prove global declines of different reptilian taxa, but they are logistically difficult, costly, time consuming and therefore very rare in herpetology. Consequently, global extinction risk of many reptile species is set primarily upon their distribution data, or/and expert opinions, without a proper support from population studies. As concerned to reptile conservation, the situation in the central Balkans (Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro) is even worse. In all three countries, there is a sharp discrepancy between formal (legal) conservation statuses (de jure) and actual (de facto) situation in conservation practices of reptiles. Majority of reptile species present in the countries in concern are either protected or strictly protected at national levels: 72 % (23 of 32 species) in Macedonia, 76 % (26 of 34 species) in Montenegro and 83 % (20 of 24 species) in Serbia. However, in some cases, lists were made upon experts (?) opinions, while in other, species with international significance were omitted (e. g. Viperidae in Montenegro). Prerequisite for setting conservation priorities of reptiles are existence of national Red Lists and/or Red Books of Macedonia and Montenegro. This requires publication of detailed distribution of reptiles (in Montenegro), updated analyses of centres of diversity (in Macedonia), and whenever possible, inclusion of population parameters and trends (in all three countries). In this presentation, results of long-term population and conservation studies will be provided, as an example how they could be used in estimation of conservation statuses of internationally important (e. g. Testudo hermanni) or neglected (e. g. Natrix tessellata) reptile species. Keywords: herpetofauna, conservation priorities, Red Books, legal protection Check list of European phytosociological alliances – a new challenge for vegetation science Andraž Čarni 1, 2, 3 1 Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 3 Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje Vegetation classification according to the Braun-Blanquet methods is widely used in Europe. After 100 years of classification efforts of European phytosociologists (vegetation scientists); many researches have been done and concepts and names of vegetation units have been proposed, but there was no classification system integrating all these units. This was the reason that the group of researchers of over 30 researchers guided by L. Mucina have evaluated about 10 000 bibliographic sources 19th-22nd October 2016 11 OF ECOLOGISTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, 5 CONGRESS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION and created a comprehensive list of syntaxonomic units till the alliance level appearing all overthe Continent, from Canary Islands till Ural and from Cyprus to Greenland. These units were evaluated by experts for their floristic and ecological distinctness, geographical distribution and compliance with nomenclatural code. The list contains 109 classes, 300 orders and 1104 alliances. The aim of the project was to document the classification and to stabilize the concepts and nomenclature of syntaxa also for practical uses such as calibration of habitat classification, standardization of terminology for environment assessment, management and conservation. The present classification system provides a baseline for future development and revision of European syntaxonomy. Keywords: classification, Europe, phytosociology, systematics, vegetation. Environmental pollution with heavy metals in the Republic of Macedonia Trajče Stafilov1 and Robert Šajn2 1Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia 2Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia Anthropogenic environmental changes, associated mainly with chemical pollution, lead to a degradation of the natural human environment. Among all chemical pollutants, trace elements are of a special ecological, biological and health significance. The production of energy and the consumption of natural resources are the main source of trace elements as contaminants. However, agricultural activities, especially the application of fertilisers and pesticides, also contribute significantly to trace metal pollution in the environment. Soil, as a part of the ecosystem, is vital for the survival of mankind which is closely connected to its productivity. Therefore, the surveys of the pollution with heavy metals of soil, waters, sediments, air and food on the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia were performed. For that purpose various spectrometric (atomic absorption spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma – atomic emission spectrometry, and inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry) and radioanalytical (neutron activation analysis) techniques were applied. Air pollution was investigated by the application of moss biomonitoring and dust samples (attic dust and house-hold dust). The pollution with heavy metals in the particular regions was additionally investigated. It was found that the highest pollution is present in the areas with abounded or active mines (Pb, Zn, Cu, As, Sb, Ni, Cr), metallurgical plants (Pb, Zn, Cd, Fe-Ni, Fe-Cr, Fe-Si, Fe, steel) or thermoelectical power plants. High content of some heavy metals were also found in the areas were their contents usually vary gradually across the geochemical landscape and depend on the geochemistry of the underlying lithology. The distributions of such