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Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century pp 119–133Cite as

Forest Vegetation Along the Mura River in Slovenia

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The Mura River is a daughter of the mountains. In its upper sector, the Mura River is a typical alpine lotic system but when it enters the national territory of Slovenia it has already lost this character and become a calm and slow river, thus a typical lowland river with several meanders. During heavy rains and snow-melt periods in the Alps, however, it becomes quite different: it can flood the region along its course and cause considerable damage. People have long feared it: and several ameliorations have been carried out since the nineteenth century and embankments built along its course. Forests along the Mura River can be divided into three ecological groups. The first comprises forests that appear on the alluvial plain above the level of flooding. The second group is formed by riverine forests that appear on river banks, and the last group consists of forests that thrive on moorland at some distance from the main course of the river.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Iztok Sajko, who prepared all the maps and figures. We owe thanks also to Mauro Hrvatin for the data on the discharge regime of the Mura River. The study was supported by the programme Gradients and Biodiversity, financed by the Slovenian Research Agency (P1-0236).

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  1. Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Andraž Čarni

  2. University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

    Andraž Čarni

  3. Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Juvan Mastnak

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Čarni, A., Juvan Mastnak, N. (2020). Forest Vegetation Along the Mura River in Slovenia. In: Bănăduc, D., Curtean-Bănăduc, A., Pedrotti, F., Cianfaglione, K., Akeroyd, J. (eds) Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37242-2_7

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