Svetlana GRDOVİ?, Marko SABOVLJEVİ?, Gordana VİTOROVİ?, Corresponding AUTHOR

Ecological and Distributional Donsideration of the Bryophyte Vegetation of Urban Areas: Case Study on Belgrade Bryophytes

An ecological and distributional approach of the urban bryoflora of the city of Belgrade has been made. Many different parameters and indices have been analyzed with aim to infer the significance and get better idea on the bryophytes within the urban areas. Mosses significantly dominate over liverwort species in urban conditions, and the most common life forms are turfs and rough mats. Small spores (less than 20µm) are abundant if sex reproduction is present among mosses. Urban environment conditions decrease sex and increase vegetative reproductive effort by producing many kind of vegetative propagules in the most of the species recorded. As expected, due to geographical position and climate, dominant distribution types within urban bryophyte flora of Belgrade is temperate

PDF

___

[1] Frahm J-P, Sabovljević M. 2007. Feinstaubreduzierung durch Moose. Immissionsschutz 4: 152-156.
[2] Sabovljević M, Grdović S. 2009. Bryophyte Diversity Within Urban Areas: Case Study of the City of Belgrade (Serbia). International Journal of Botany 5: 5(1): 85-92
[3] Soška T. 1949. Pregled mahovina i lišajeva u okolini Beograda. Glasnik muzeja Srpske zemlje, ser. B., 1-2: 93-112.
[4] Pavletić Z.1955. Prodromus flore briofita Jugoslavije. JAZU, Zagreb.
[5] Grdović S, Stevanović V. 2006. The moss flora of central urban area of Belgrade. Archive of Biological Science 58(1): 55-59.
[6] Schaepe A. 1986. Veranderungen der Moosflora von Berlin (West). Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 33: 1-392.
[7] Benkert D, Erzberger P, Klawitter J, Linder W, Linke C, Schaepe A, Steinland M, Wiehle W. 1995. Liste der Moose von Brandenburg und Berlin mit Gefährdungsgraden. Verh. Bot. Vereins Berlin Brandenburg 128: 1-68.
[8] Vanderpoorten A. 1997. A bryological survey of the Brussels capital region (Belgium). Scripta Botanica Belgica 14: 1-40.
[9]Hohenwallner D, Zechmeister HG. 2001. Bemerkenswerte Moosfunde der Wiener Innenstadt. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 33 (1): 295-298.
[10]Hohenwallner D, Zechmeister HG. 2001. Factors influencing bryophyte species richness and populations in urban environments: a case study. Nova Hedwigia 73: 87-96.
[11]Zechmeister HG, Hohenwallner D, HumerHochwimmer K. 2001. Die Erforschung der Moosflora von Wien. Berichte der Reinhold-TüxenGesellschaft 13: 291-295.
[12]Hohenwallner D. 2000. Bioindikation mittels Moosen im dicht bebauten Stadtgebiet Wiens. Limprichtia 15: 1-88.
[13] Hohenwallner D. 2000. Wiens "Chinesische Mauer". Dérive 1: 15.
[14] Sabovljevic M, Sabovljevic A. 2009. Biodiversity within urban areas: a case study on bryophytes of the city of Cologne (NRW, Germany). Plant Biosystems 143: in press.
[15] Ballesteros Segura T, Ron ME. 1985. Contribution al estudio de la flora briológica de la ciudad de Toledo. Madrid, Anales Jard. Bot. 42: 87-91.
[16] Casas C, Saiz C. 1982. Los briófitos de la catedral de Sevilla. Collect. Bot. 13: 163-175.
[17] Esteve F, Varo J, Zafra ML. 1977. Estudio briológico de la ciudad de Granada, II. Trab. Dep. Bot. Univ. Granada 4, pp. 45-71.
[18] Fiol A. 1983. Briófites de l'habitació urbana de Palma de Mallorca. Bol. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears 27, pp. 65- 76.
[19] Heras P, Soria A. 1990. Musgos y hepáticas urbanos de la ciudad de Vitoria-Gasteiz. Soc. Est. Vascos, Secc. Ci. Nat. 7: 75-116.
[20] Lara F, Mazimpaka V. 1989. Contributión al conocimiento de la flora briológica de la ciudad de Segovia. Madrid, Anales Jard. Bot. 46: 481-485.
21] Lara F, Lopez C, Mazimpaka V. 1991. Bryophyte ecology in the town of Segovia, Spain [Ecologia de los briofitos urbanos en la ciudad de Segovia (Espana)] Cryptogamie. Bryol, Lichenol, 12 (4): 425- 439.
[22] Mazimpaka V, Vicente J, Ron E. 1988. Contribución al conocimiento de la brioflora urbana de la ciudad de Madrid. Anales Jard. Bot. 45: 61-73.
[23] Mazimpaka V, Lara F, Lopez-Garcia C. 1993. Données écologiques sur la bryoflore de la ville de Cuenca (Espagne). Nova Hedwigia 56: 113-129.
[24] Soria A, Ron ME. 1990. Datos para el conocimiento de la flora briológica urbana de la ciudad de Logroño. Madrid, Anales Jard. Bot. 46: 427-432.
[25] Soria A, Ron ME. 1995. Aportaciones al conocimiento de la brioflora urbana española. Cryptogamie, Bryol. Lichénol. 16 (4): 285-299.
[26] Soria A, Ron ME, Heras P. 1992. Análisis comparative de la briflora urbana de Vitoria-Gasteiz con la de otras ciudades españolas. Actes Simposi Internac. Bot. Pius Font I. Quer. 1 (CRIPTOGAMIA), 271-276.
[27] Vicente J, De La Cerda IG, Mazimpaka V, Ron ME. 1986. Contribución al conocimiento de la brioflora urbana de la ciudad de Avila. Trab. Dep. Bot. (Madrid) 13: 45-49.
[28] Viera C, Ron ME. 1986. Contribución al conocimiento de la brioflora urbana de la ciudad de Badajoz. Trap. Dep. Bot. (Madrid) 13: 45-49.
[29] Bento-Pereira F, Sérgio C. 1983. Liquenes e briófitos como bioindicadores de poluiçao atmosférica. II. Utilização da uma escala quantitativa para Lisboa. Rev. Biologia 12: 297-313.
[30] Carcano L. 1989. Moss inventary of the urban area of Rome (Italy). Braun-Blanquetia 3: 147-150.
[31] Cortini Pedrotti C. 1989. La flore bryologique de la ville de Camerino (Italie Centrale). BraunBlanquetia 3: 75-86.
[32] Aleffi M 1991. Flora briologica e qualità dell'aria nella città di Jesi (Marche-Italia Centrale). Arch. Bot. Ital. 67: 128-140.
[33] Aleffi M, Taruschio E. 1996. Flora briologica della città di Treia (Marche, Italia Centrale). Archivio Geobotanico 2 (1): 47-58.
[34] Dia MG, Not R. 1991. Gli agenti biodeteriogeni degli edifici monumentali del centro storico della città di Palermo. Quad. Bot. Ambientale Appl. 2: 3-10.
[35] Lo Giudice R. 1992. Contribute alla conoscenza della brioflora urbana di Catania. Quad. Bot. Ambientale Appl. 3: 3-10.
[36] Giudice RL, Mazimpaka V, Lara F. 1997. The urban bryophyte flora of the city of Enna (Sicily, Italy) Nova Hedwigia 64 (1-2): 249-265.
[37] Pokorny L, Lara F, Mazimpaka V. 2006. The bryophyte flora of the city of Trento (North Italy). Cryptogamie Bryologie 27(2): 265-284.
[38] Gilbert OL. 1968. Bryophytes as indicators of air pollution in the Tyne Valley. New Phytologist 67: 15-30.
[39] Gilbert OL. 1970. Urban bryophyte communities in north-east England. Transactions of the British Bryological Society 6: 306-316.
[40] Gilbert OL. 1989. The Ecology of Urban Habitats, Chapman & Hall.
[41] Nickl-Navrátil H. 1960. Mooskleingeselschaften der Stadte. Nova Hedwigia 2 (3): 425-462.
[42] Vareschi V. 1936. Die Epiphytenvegetation von Zürich. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 46: 445-488.
[43] Brandes D. 1983. Flora und Vegetation der Bahnhöfe Mitteleuropas. Phytocoenologia 11: 31-115.
[44] Franzen I. 2001. Epiphytische Moose und Flechten als Bioindikatoren der Luftqualität am Westrand des Ruhrgebietes. Limprichtia 16: 1-123.
[45] Humer-Hochwimmer K, Zechmeister HG. 2001. Die epiphytischen Moose im Wienerwald auf Wiener Stadtgebiet und ihre Bedeutung für die Bioindikation von Luftschadstoffen. Limprichtia 18: 1-99.
[46] Solga A, Burkhardt J, Zechmeister HG, Frahm J-P. 2005. Nitrogen content, 15N natural abundance and biomass of the two pleurocarpous mosses Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt. and Scleropodium purum (Hedw.) Limpr. in relation to atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution 134: 465-473.
[47] Solga A, Burkhardt J, Frahm J-P. 2006. A new approach to Assess Atmospheric Nitrogen deposition by way of Standardized Exposition of mosses. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 116: 399- 417.
[48] Solga A, Eichert T, Frahm J-P. 2006. Historical alteration in the nitrogen content and 15N natural abundance of mosses in western Germany: indication for regionally varying changes in atmospheric nitrogen deposition within the last 150 years. Atmospheric Environment 40: 8044-8055.
[49] Solga A, Frahm J-P. 2006. Nitrogen accumulation of six pleurocarpous moss species and their suitability for monitoring nitrogen deposition. Journal of Bryology 28: 46-52.
[50] Sabovljević M, Vukojević V, Mihajlović N, Dražić G, Vučinić Ž. 2005. Determination of heavy metal deposition in the county of Obrenovac (Serbia) using mosses as bioindicators. I: Aluminium (Al), Arsenic (As) and Boron (B). Archives of Biological Sciences 57 (3): 205-212.
[51] Sabovljević M, Vukojević V, Sabovljević A, Mihajlović N, Dražić G, Vučinić Ž. 2007. Determination of heavy metal deposition in the county of Obrenovac (Serbia) using mosses as
[52] Vukojević V, Sabovljević M, Jovanović S. 2005. Mosses accumulate heavy metals from the substracta of coal ash. Archives of Biological Sciences 57 (2): 101-106.
[53] Vukojević V, Sabovljević M, Sabovljević A, Mihajlović N, Dražić G, Vučinić Ž. 2006. Determination of heavy metal deposition in the county of Obrenovac (Serbia) using mosses as bioindicators II: Cadmium (Cd), Cobalt (Co) and Chromium (Cr). Archives of Biological Sciences 58 (2): 95-104.
[54] Sabovljević M, Natcheva R. 2006. Check list of the liverworts and hornworts of South-East Europe. Phytologia Balcanica 12(2): 169-180.
[55] Ros RM, Mazimpaka V, Abou-Salma U, Aleffi M, Blockeel TL, Brugues M, Cano MJ, Cros RM, Dia MG, Dirkse GM, El Saadawi W, Erdag A, Ganeva A, Golnsales-Mancebo JM, Herrnstadt I, Khalil K, Kürschner H, Lanfranco E, Losada-Lima A, Refai MS, Rodriguez-Nunez S, Sabovljević M, Sergio C, Shabbara HM, Sim-Sim M, Söderström L. 2007. Hepatics and Anthocerotes of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 28 (4): 351-437.
[56] Hill MO, Bell N, Bruggeman-Nannenga MA, Brugues M, Cano MJ, Enroth J, Flatberg KI, Frahm J-P, Gallego MT, Garilleti R, Guerra J, Hedenäs L, Holyoak DT, Hyvönen J, Ignatov MS, Lara F, Mazimpaka V, Munoz J, Söderström L. 2006. An annotated checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia. J. of Bryol. 28 (3): 198- 267.
[57] Sabovljevic M, Natcheva R, Dihoru G, Tsakiri E, Dragicevic S, Erdag A, Papp B. 2008. Check-list of the mosses of Southeast Europe. Phytologia Balcanica 14(2): 207-244.
[58] Hill MO, Preston CD, Bosanquet SDS, Roy DB. 2007. BRYOATT, Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts with information on Native Status, Size, Life Form, Life History, Geography and Habitat. - NERC, Norwich.
[59] Essl F, Lambdo PW. 2009. DASIE, Handbook of Alien Species in Europe. Springer Science. pp. 29- 41.