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This paper describes possible different applications of phytosociology in the conservation of floristic biodiversity. It analyses in detail the occurrence of Red-listed species, so-called sozophytes, in plant communities at different stages of naturalness and degeneration. Based on these analyses, the authors conclude that as a result of distinct transformations of plant cover, endangered species evolve adaptive mechanisms and colonise ecosystem types new for them. Plants can remain in habitats that are not natural for them and can form new syntaxonomic noda. This phenomenon, which could be regarded as a kind of exodus of sozophytes, is very important from both scientific and conservation points of view.
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Nowak, A., Nowak, S. (2006). Anthropogenic Habitats Can Shelter Threatened Plants. In: Gafta, D., Akeroyd, J. (eds) Nature Conservation. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47229-2_12
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