www.seefor.eu HRVATSKI ŠUMARSKI INSTITUT CROatian FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE Vol 11 No 2 ISSN 1847-6481 pp 97-184 eISSN 1849-0891 December 2020 An international scientific journal in scientific area of biotechnology science and scientific field of forestry ISSN 1847-6481 eISSN 1849-0891 Full title: International scientificSouth-east journal European forestry in field of forestry ISSN Abbreviated title: South-east Eur. for. Published by: Croatian Forest Research Institute (Croatia); University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (Serbia); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry (Serbia); Institute of Forestry (Serbia); Ss. 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Published by: Croatian Forest Research Institute (Croatia); University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (Serbia); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry (Serbia); Institute of Forestry (Serbia); Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Forestry (Macedonia); Editor-in-Chief: Ivan Balenović Co-Editors-in-Chief: Mersudin Avdibegović, Dane Marčeta, Sanja Perić, Ljubinko Rakonjac, Kiril Sotirovski, Srđan Stojnić, Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić Editorial Board: Evangelia Avramidou, Sezgin Ayan, Sjur Baardsen, Faruk Bogunić, Felipe Bravo, Azra Čabaravdić, Nevena Čule, Vanja Daničić, Martina Đodan, Dragan Gačić, Zoran Galić, Milka Glavendekić, Gjorgi Gruevski, Vladan Ivetić, Anamarija Jazbec, Srđan Keren, Branislav Kovačević, Martin Kühmaier, Hrvoje Marjanović, Dinka Matošević, Csaba Mátyás, Jasnica Medak, Slobodan Milanović, Ivan Milenković, Zoran Miletić, Goran Milić, Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Saša Orlović, Damjan Pantić, Milan Pernek, Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, Ivan Pilaš, Andrej Pilipović, Leopold Poljaković-Pajnik, Vladan Popović, Nenad Potočić, Kalliopi Radoglou, Jonathan Sheppard, Anita Simic Milas, Branko Stajić, Makedonka Stojanovska, Vladimir Stupar, Verica Vasić, Urša Vilhar, Ćemal Višnjić, Dijana Vuletić, Milica Zlatković Assistant Editors: Luka Jurjević, Marta Matek Publisher / Editorial Office: Croatian Forest Research Institute, Cvjetno naselje 41, HR-10450 Jastrebarsko, Croatia Tel: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 000; Fax: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 035; E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.seefor.eu Indexing Databases: CAB Abstracts, DOAJ, Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI), Google Scholar, Scopus (Elsevier) Prepress: Bananaton d.o.o., Smokvica 73a, HR-20272 Smokvica, Croatia E-mail: [email protected]; URL: www.bananagraf.com Press: Denona Ltd., Marina Getaldića 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia URL: www.denona.hr Circulation: 500 https://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 11 (1) ISSN 1847-6481 eISSN 1849-0891 Contents South-east European forestry - Vol 11 No 2, pp 97-184, December 2020 97-110 Original scientific paper STUPAR V Mesophilous Quercus frainetto Dominated Forests from Western Balkans 111-126 Original scientific paper andrašev Sa, BoBinac M, duBravac T, šušić n Diameter Structure Changes in the Pre-Maturing Black Locust and Common Hackberry Stand in the Subotica-Horgoš Sands under the Influence of a Late Thinning 127-134 Original scientific paper STajić B, KaziMirović M, duKić v, radaKović n First Dendroclimatological Insight into Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) Climate-Growth Relationship in Belgrade Area, Serbia 135-144 Original scientific paper Bojaxhi F, ToroMani e, ÇollaKu n Tree Growth Variability of Pinus heldreichii at Tree-Line Locations in Kosovo** 145-152 Original scientific paper ćelepirović n, novaK agBaBa S, Karija vlahović M DNA Barcoding of Fungi in the Forest Ecosystem of the Psunj and Papuk Mountains in Croatia 153-160 Original scientific paper Kovačević B, TišMa g, niKolić n, Milović M, vuksanović v, orlović S In Vitro Lead Tolerance Testing in White Poplar Genotypes on Acidic Medium 161-168 Original scientific paper Barčić d, duBravac T, vučeTić M Potential Hazard of Open Space Fire in Black Pine Stands Pinus( nigra J.F. Arnold) in Regard to Fire Severity 169-180 Original scientific paper Kičić M, Marin aM, vuleTić d, Kaliger i, MaTošević n, šiMpraga S, KrajTer Ostoić S Who Are the Visitors of Forest Park Grmoščica and What Are Their Needs? Results of Quantitative Exploratory Survey 181-184 Preliminary communication ÇoTa e, Kovač M, perneK M, First Record of Cacopsylla pulchella (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) in Albania ** This designation is without prejudice to position on status, and is in line with unSc 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. https://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 11 (2) Mesophilous Quercus frainetto Dominated ForestsISSN from 1847-6481 Western Balkans eISSN 1849-0891 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER DOI: https://doi.org/10.15177/seefor.20-15 Mesophilous Quercus frainetto Dominated Forests from Western Balkans Vladimir Stupar1* (1) University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Ecology, Stepe Citation: Stupar V, 2020. Mesophilous Stepanovića 75A, BA-7800 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Quercus frainetto Dominated Forests from Western Balkans. South-east * Correspondence: e-mail: [email protected] Eur for 11(2): 97-110. https://doi. org/10.15177/seefor.20-15. Received: 8 Sep 2020; Revised: 12 Oct 2020; Accepted: 12 Oct 2020; Published online: 10 Nov 2020 ABSTRacT Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto) has dominant or co-dominant role in many thermophilous deciduous forest communities in the Balkan Peninsula. However, recent field research in the north-western margin of its range has revealed that some stands have a pronounced mesophilous character, which was also supported by data from the literature. This paper aims to analyze this mesophilous community of Hungarian oak which is found in north-western Serbia, north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) and eastern Croatia. Numerical analysis, which included classification and ordination of all 474 available relevés of Hungarian oak forests from the western and central Balkans, along with the 43 relevés of mesophilous forests of oak-hornbeam from B&H, have shown that 83 mesophilous Hungarian oak relevés are floristically and ecologically more similar to mesophilous forests of sessile oak-hornbeam (Erythronio-Carpinion) than to xero-thermophilous forests of Qeurcion confertae. The new association Carpino betuli-Quercetum frainetto ass. nova hoc loco was described, floristically and ecologically characterized and assigned to mesophilous oak-hornbeam forests of Erythronio-Carpinion. The study also discusses the syntaxonomical issues of Quercion confertae and its central association Quercetum frainetto-cerridis, considering the problem of the lack of good diagnostic species for both syntaxa, and introduces possible ways of dealing with these issues. Keywords: Carpino betuli-Quercetum frainetto; Erythronio-Carpinion; forest vegetation; Hungarian oak; Italian oak; Quercetum frainetto-cerridis; Quercion confertae INTRODUCTION is also traditionally accepted that it builds a zonal vegetation in lowland and hilly regions with the dryer sub-continental Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto) is a subendemic climate of central Balkans (Horvat et al. 1974). south European tree species with a relatively small However, recent field research of these communities distribution area that is confined to central, eastern and in the north-eastern B&H has suggested that there are southern Balkans from where it extends to western Anatolia, mesophilous stands of Hungarian oak dominated forests that western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, hereafter B&H, share more