1. Progress of vegetation studies in Bulgaria: an updated phytosociological checklist of the high-rank syntaxa.
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Apostolova, Iva
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VEGETATION classification , *VASCULAR plants , *FIELD research - Abstract
Studies of the Bulgarian vegetation have started a century ago, but for many reasons for a long time they were defined by the dominant approach. Within the last two decades, many syntaxa occurring in the country have been identified in the result of intensive field work and development of national and international databases, as well as after adoption of the standards of the European vegetation classification. The first complete checklist of the Bulgarian syntaxa under the Braun-Blanquet approach was compiled more than a decade ago and has been in need of updating in compliance with the latest national and international scientific achievements. The current paper aims at compiling an updated checklist of the Bulgarian high-rank syntaxa dominated by vascular plants. According to the results, Bulgarian vegetation features 68 classes, 135 orders and 259 alliances. These syntaxa account for 65% of the European classes, 45% of the orders and 23% of the alliances. A number of uncertain and insufficiently researched units illustrate the knowledge gaps and a need for further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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