Publications by authors named "Dusanka Vujanovic"

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  • The genus Merodon, known for its high species diversity in hoverflies, has 195 species in the Palaearctic region and only 17 in the Afrotropical region.
  • After 8 years of fieldwork in South Africa, researchers describe 11 new species, resulting in a 39% increase in Afrotropical Merodon species.
  • The study utilizes various techniques including morphology and molecular analysis, and it provides a detailed illustrated key, morphological diagnosis, distribution maps, and insights into the relationship between the Merodon species and their host plants.
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Grasslands represent a biodiversity hotspot in the European agricultural landscape, their restoration is necessary and offers a great opportunity to mitigate or halt harmful processes. These measures require a comprehensive knowledge of historical landscape changes, but also adequate management strategies. The required data was gathered from the sand grasslands of northern Serbia, as this habitat is of high conservation priority.

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Despite increasing evidence indicating that invasive species are harming biodiversity, ecological systems and processes, impacts of multiple species invasion and their links with changes in plant and soil communities are inadequately documented and remain poorly understood. Addressing multiple invaders would help to ward against community-wide, synergistic effects, aiding in designing more effective control strategies. In this work, correlative relationships are examined for potential impacts of three co-occurring invasive plant species, , , and , on soil conditions and native plant diversity.

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