A preliminary list of invasive species in Serbia, with general measures of control and reduction as a basis of future legal acts

Abstract

Experts of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia drafted a preliminary list of invasive plant species, amphibians and reptiles, fish, mammals and birds, which also included general measures of control and reduction of invasive species. This work's primary goal was creating the basis for drafting the future regulation. However, the national importance of this topic, the need for scientific-expert review and completing the stated data, as well as the importance of publishing the preliminary lists of invasive species on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, were an incitement to publish our results in this paper. In this paper are published the preliminary lists of 89 invasive taxa, out of which 68 plant taxa, one amphibian and reptile,16 fish species, 2 mammal species and 1 bird species. It is believed that this work would enable Serbia to be among the countries where it is being worked on the cadaster of national invasive species and the measures of their reduction and alleviation of the consequences of invasive species impact. However, this needs to be supported by an adequate legislation and international cooperation in dealing with this problem. .