165 Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček (1932–2023) Andraž Čarni1,2,3, Igor Dakskobler4, Petra Košir5, Aleksander Marinšek6 & Urban Šilc1 1 Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 University of Nova Gorica, School for Viticulture and Enology, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 3 Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, North Macedonia 4 Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology, Regional Unit Tolmin, Tolmin, Slovenia 5 Gimnazija Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia 6 Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia DOI: 10.2478/hacq-2023-000823/1 • 2024, 165–173 Dr. Lojze Marinček On April 8, 2023, Lojze Marinček passed away, one of the leading researchers of forest vegetation in the second half of the twentieth century, whose work significantly con- tributed to knowledge of the forest vegetation of Slovenia. Lojze Marinček was born on April 23, 1932 in Lju- bljana. He graduated from the Forestry Department of the Faculty of Agronomy, Forestry and Veterinary Sci- ence of the University of Ljubljana with a thesis entitled Ecological and Vegetational Conditions of Mala Pišnica Forests with Special Regard to Mapping and Categoriza- tion of Forests in 1959. He received his PhD in 1976 at the University of Belgrade with the thesis Forest Com- munities on Clastic Sediments in Southeastern Slovenia. His supervisor was Branislav Jovanović. In 1955 and 1956, he worked at the Radovljica Com- mission for Forestry and Reclamation Planning. In 1961, he was employed at the Forestry Planning Bureau in Lju- bljana as a phytosociologist and from 1971 onwards, he headed the phytosociological department. Within this institution, which had been founded by Živko Košir, he mainly mapped forest vegetation and prepared manuscript studies for the needs of forestry practice. This gave him little time to publish the results of his research. However, he had better conditions for his scientific work when he was employed at the Jovan Hadži Biological Institute at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, where he had the opportunity to publish his results. He joined the Institute of Biology of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts on April 1, 1973, in the year in which the Biological Institute took the name of 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 166 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček His extensive bibliography includes around 250 biblio- graphic items. He received an award from the Boris Kidrič Foundation (the highest reward in science at that time) for his work in 1983. In 2005, he received the award of Ambassador of Science of the Republic Slovenia, from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, for his lifetime achievements in the field of vegetation science, which strengthened and developed the identity of Slovenia. His central research area was the study of the ecology, systematics and dynamics of mesophilous deciduous forests in Slovenia, neighbouring countries and south- eastern Europe. Nearly all of his publications dealt with mesophilous deciduous forests that are nowadays clas- sified within the class Carpino-Fagetea (Mucina et al. 2016). Initially, he mainly dealt with acidophilic beech forests, before starting complex research into beech forests in general. He also dealt with oak-hornbeam and ravine (noble hardwood) forests, as well as the rehabilitation of road slopes with the use of vegetation. He devoted his entire life to research into vegetation, and it is difficult to list all his achievements in a fairly short article. Here, we mention only his activities in the field of vegetation science. He was also active as a politi- cian and poet, though these activities will not be dealt within our overview. He nearly always worked in teams, so we have also mentioned coauthors. We have abbreviat- ed them to the initials of the name and family name (c.f. bibliography). The regions in the description correspond to those proposed by Maks Wraber (Wraber, 1968). He began to study acidophilic beech forests even be- fore he was employed at the Institute of Biology. He elab- orated acidophilous beech forests with saw fern and their developmental tendencies in central Slovenia (Marinček, 1970, 1973). He also described acidophilic beech forests in the altimontane vegetation belt in Slovenia (Marinček, 1983b) and dealt with acidophilic beech forests in low- lands and their nomenclature (Marinček & Zupančič, 1979, 1995), all with MZ. He elaborated acidophilic fir-beech forests in the altimontane belt of the Prealpine region with ID (Marinček & Dakskobler, 1988). Beech forests were one of his best loved topics, which he often revisited. He began the elaboration of submon- tane beech forests in the Predinaric region of Slovenia (Marinček & Zupančič, 1977) (with MZ) and continued with the Submediterranean region (Marinček et al., 1990) (with JP, ID, MZ). He prepared an overview over these forests in the Illyrian floral province (Marinček, 1995b). He reported with UŠ on the degradation stages of beech forests, in which secondary stands dominated by Quercus cerris appear in the Lož valley (Marinček & Šilc, 1999). He prepared a detailed analysis of submontane forests in Slovenia in 2013 (Marinček & Čarni, 2013) (with AČ). its first chair, evolutionary zoologist Jovan Hadži, who died in 1972. Later, in the early 1980s, the Jovan Hadži Biological Institute became part of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Lojze Marinček was elected here to the highest research title of scientific advisor in 1985. At the beginning of the seventies, after the founder of geobotanical research at the Institute of Biology, Maks Wraber, passed away in 1972, a research group was formed that worked together for almost thirty years. The group successfully continued Maks Wraber’s work at the institute and elaborated in detail above all the forest vege- tation of Slovenia, introduced new methods and mapped the vegetation. In addition to Lojze Marinček, Mitja Zupančič, Ivo Puncer, Vinko Žagar and Milan Prešeren also collaborated in this group, to mention only the re- searchers that were in the group the whole time; there were many others. They substantially contributed to pres- ent knowledge of the vegetation of Slovenia. In 1997, he became Minister of Science and Technol- ogy in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. He held this position until the end of 2000. From December 1998 to March 1999, he was also Acting Minister of De- fence. He retired in 2001. He presented his research findings at national and in- ternational symposia. He gave nine papers at meetings of the International Society for the Study of Vegetation in Rinteln (1974–1981) and later in Rome (1989–2001) and he gave ten papers at meetings of the Eastern Alpine- Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology, which he regu- larly attended: in Ljubljana, Trieste, Dubrovnik, Salzburg, Keszthely, Zagreb, Rovereto, Vienna, Trieste and Otočec. He also took part in other meetings and symposia. He shared his broad knowledge and valuable experi- ence with his research team, and especially with younger colleagues. He was supervisor of the MSc of Igor Dak- skobler (co-supervisor) and Petra Košir (also of her PhD). He was also active also in the Eastern Alpine-Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. In 1982, he organized an international excursion through Slovenian and Croatian oak-hornbeam forests. He was the coordinator of the Veg- etation Map of the Alps for the area of Slovenia, a mem- ber of the committee for the Vegetation Map of Yugosla- via, and a member of the editorial board of the journals Ekologija and Scopolia. He was a member of various com- mittees, organizations and societies at home and abroad. He was chairman of the committee for publications at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1979–1983) and chairman of the conference of delegations of research organizations of the municipality of Ljubljana Centre (1981–1983). He was the chair of the scientific commit- tee of the Jovan Hadži Biological Institute (1996–2000). 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 167 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček He also began to elaborate montane beech forests with IP and MZ in the Prealpine and Predinaric regions of Slovenia (Marinček, 1981a; Marinček et al., 1983) and later in the Dinaric region, in Kočevski Rog, with PK and UŠ (Marinček et al., 2001). He also reported on beech forests from Blegoš mountain with PK (Marinček & Košir, 1998). He studied differences between primeval and managed forests in the association Omphalodo- Fagetum in the Dinaric region with IP and MZ (Marinček et al., 1980a). He first reported on altimontane and subalpine beech forests in 1978 from the Pišnica valley (Marinček, 1978). Four years earlier, he had guided an excursion of the Eastern Alpine-Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecol- ogy in this area (Marinček, 1974). He presented altimon- tane forests in the surrounding of Škofja Loka (Marinček, 1981) and elaborated the differences between subalpine and altimontane forests in the Dinaric region (Marinček, 1988b). In collaboration with LP and MZ, he elaborated the association Anemono-Fagetum over its whole distribu- tion area (Marinček et al., 1989). He described subalpine forests (Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum) in the western Di- naric Alps (Marinček 1996b) and elaborated this forest on Snežnik mountain with UŠ (Marinček & Šilc, 1997). He also prepared a synthesis of altimontane beech forests in the whole region (Marinček, 1998). During the last pe- riod of his activities, he elaborated prealpine fir and beech forests with AČ (Marinček & Čarni, 2007), and prepared with him a detailed overview over these forests in Slovenia (Marinček & Čarni, 2010). He wrote his first article on thermophilous beech for- ests in Slovenia in collaboration with IP and MZ in 1980 (Marinček et al., 1980b). This topic was also later revis- ited (Marinček, 1996a) He also provided a general overview of beech forests. He elaborated climatogenic beech forests in Slovenia (Marinček, 1983a) and was involved in an international team, composed of LM, LP, MZ, ID and MA, dealing with the nomenclature of beech forests in the Illyrian flo- ral province (Marinček et al., 1992) One of the fundamental results of his research work is the book Beech Forests in Slovenia from 1987 (Marinček, 1987a). He treated beech forests in a complex manner in the book, whereby he did not limit himself only to his narrow focus (vegetation) but also comprehen- sively covered the ecological conditions, development di- rections, economic importance etc. His knowledge of soil and soil processes, which he connected with individual communities, must be emphasised in particular. He was also interested in oak-hornbeam forests. He first described oak-hornbeam forest in the Preal- pine region (Marinček, 1979). He then elaborated oak- hornbeam forests in the Submediterranean region with LP and MZ (Marinček et al., 1982). He also wrote an article about subpannonian oak-hornbeam forests with MZ (Marinček & Zupančič, 1984a). He continued the elaboration of oak-hornbeam forests with acidophilous oak-hornbeam forests (Marinček, 1987b) and predinaric oak-hornbeam forests (Marinček, 2001). He also pre- pared a nomenclatural revision of Illyric oak-hornbeam forests (Marinček, 1994b) and a synthetic publication on Illyric oak-hornbeam forests with AČ (Marinček & Čarni, 2000). During the last decades of his research career, he was interested in ravine (noble hardwood) forests. He ini- tially published a contribution about ravine forests in Kamniška Bistrica and around Škofja Loka (Marinček, 1992; Marinček, 1995a). He published a preliminary report about ravine forests in 1999 with PK (Košir & Marinček, 1999). Petra Košir later prepared a PhD on this topic and further developed the research of ravine forests (Košir et al. 2008). He was also attracted also by primeval forests (vir- gin forest remnants), publishing an article about Šumik (Marinček, 1995c) and continuing his work with AM in the following years in Pečka, Ravna gora and Strmec virgin forest remnants (Marinček & Marinšek, 2003; Marinček & Marinšek, 2004; Marinček & Marinšek, 2009) He was also interested in the systematics and classi- fication of forest vegetation. He discussed the system- atics of anthropogenous vegetation (Marinček, 1973c). He explored the utilization of geographical attributes and trinomial names for zonal forests in Yugoslavia, in collaboration with IP and MZ (Marinček et al., 1981). He presented problems of the systematics and classifica- tion of forest associations in the eastern Alps and Dinaric region with MZ (Marinček & Zupančič, 1984b), wrote about problems in nomenclature (Marinček, 1988a) and proposed some nomenclature innovations in the classifi- cation of beech and oak forests with MZ (Marinček & Zupančič, 1995). He proposed a new name for the alli- ance of oak-hornbeam forests in the Illyrian floral prov- ince (Mucina et al., 1993). He also elaborated some regions, mainly mesophilous deciduous forests, such as škofjeloško pogorje (Marinček, 1973b), Moravška dolina (Marinček, 1975), Lubnik (Ma- rinček & Wraber, 1977), Ratitovec (Marinček & Wraber, 1978), Blegoš (Marinček & Wraber, 1980), southeast- ern Slovenia (Marinček, 1980), Dražgoše (Marinček & Seliškar, 1982b), Sorica (Marinček, 1986) and Menina planina (Marinček, 2004). He already started mapping forest vegetation in the 60s, when he was employed at the Forestry Planning Bureau. He joined the mapping team at the Institute of 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 168 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček Biology. They have prepared many maps for forestry prac- tice and have also been involved in the mapping project Vegetation Map of Yugoslavia, which was initiated by Ivo Horvat in 1962. Marinček was involved in the prepara- tion of the Map of Potential Vegetation of Yugoslavia on a scale of 1:1.000.000 (Fukarek & Jovanović, 1983) and an explanatory text to this map (Jovanović et al., 1986). He participated in the production of a map of real and po- tential vegetation of Slovenia in the Geographical Atlas of Slovenia (Zupančič et al., 1998a; Zupančič et al., 1998b). He was among the authors (AČ, AS, MZ) of a map of for- est vegetation of Slovenia on a scale of 1:400.000 (Čarni et al., 2002) with an explanatory text (Marinček & Čarni, 2002). He published an article about this map for the wider public (Marinček et al., 2000) (with AČ, TH, MJ). He also published a map of some sections on a scale of 1:50.000, such as Novo mesto (Marinček et al., 2003) (with AČ, BV, BČ, BH, MJ, PK, AM, UŠ, IZ), Ljubljana (Marinček et al., 2006) (with AČ, PK, MJ, AM, UŠ, IZ) and Murska Sobota (Čarni et al., 2008) (with AČ, PK, AM, UŠ, IZ) with an explanatory text. He was also part of a team that compiled a map of the forest vegetation of Slovenia at the Slovenian Forestry Institute, a successor to the Forestry Planning Bureau, where mapping activities were initiated by Živko Košir (Kutnar et al., 2007). He also elaborated the development of forest and re- forestation processes. He studied with MZ the devel- opment process of forests 30 years after abandonment in the Kočevsko region (Marinček & Zupančič, 1978). He analysed the successional stages of vegetation on Menina Planina and on Slivnica mountain with AS (Marinček & Seliškar, 1982a). He also studied the succession of spruce in the Prealpine and Alpine regions of Slovenia with MZ (Marinček & Zupančič, 1982). He proposed changes to the phytogeographic divi- sion of Slovenia (with MZ, IP, AS) (Zupančič et al., 1987). He later proposed himself the demarcation of the Illyrian floral province anew based on zonal vegetation (Marinček, 1994a). He also published several articles dealing with the theoretical background of research and mapping of vegetation, and possibilities for the application of results in practice. He dealt with forests and site fertility (Marinček, 1971), presented the development of research and mapping of vegetation (Marinček et al., 1972), es- timated the contribution of phytosociological research to environmental management (Marinček et al., 1977), wrote about the management of forests based on forest communities (Marinček et al., 1979a) and discussed the scientific background of the systematics of forest com- munities (Marinček et al., 1979b), all in collaboration with IP and MZ. With MZ, he estimated the vulnerabil- ity of the environment (Marinček & Zupančič, 1994). He also wrote about sustainable game management (Marinček, 2011). He is known for his efforts to apply phytosociological research in engineering biology and in the optimal use of the environment, and his actions aimed at the reha- bilitation of road slopes on a biological basis were very popular. He wrote about the role of vegetation in the re- habilitation of road slopes with AS (Marinček & Seliškar, 1995). Later, in collaboration with AČ, TH, PK, UŠ and IZ, he implemented research projects on the rehabilita- tion of slopes (Čarni et al., 1999; Marinček et al., 1999; Čarni et al., 2000). He also worked in other topics dealing with vegeta- tion: he measured temperature in fir forests (Marinček 1977), contributed to a pedological map (Marinček & Seliškar 1985) and reported the new finding of rare spe- cies in Logarska dolina (Dakskobler & Marinček 1995). In addition, he found time to write entries, reviews and short contributions to Krajevni leksikon [Local Lexicon], the Encyclopedia of Slovenia and other publications. He was a researcher with a high level of professional- ism, drive and insightful solutions to scientific problems. His work also influenced the development of general science. His organizational work should additionally be mentioned, especially during his four-year ministry. His efforts to preserve the natural and cultural heritage must also be emphasised. He was active at the Jovan Hadži Biological Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts for many years. We remember him as a kind colleague, always ready to help with advice, ideas, some hard-to-find literature or a joint visit to the field. He worked actively at the institute for almost thirty years, leading many projects and participating in the training of younger colleagues and the management of the institute. On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, we prepared a festschrift, which was published by ZRC Publishing House in 2002. The festschrift contained his biography and bibliography and contributions dedicated to him by researchers from all over Europe. His complete bibliogra- phy since 2001 can be found at the end of this contribu- tion. Slovenian science has lost a top expert, who contribut- ed enormously to its development. We greatly appreciate his work and will hold him in permanent memory! We would like to conclude with the thought of his doc- toral student Petra Košir, which she wrote at the time of his death: He had a long and creative life. He was loved by the girls in his family, which is what counts the most. May he also be happy on the other side of the rainbow! 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 169 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček References Čarni, A., Hrovat, T., Marinček, L., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. (1999). 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Acta Biologica Slovenica, 44, 39–52. Marinček, L. (2004). Forest vegetation on the Menina planina. Kamniški zbornik, 17, 225–240. Marinček, L. (2011). Sonaravno gojenje divjadi [Sustainable game farming]. Gozdarski vestnik, 69, 496–498. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. (2000). Die Unterverbände der Hainbuchenwälder des Verbandes Erythronio-Carpinion betuli (Horvat 1938) Marinček in Wallnöfer, Mucina et Grass 1993. Scopolia, 45, 1–20. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. (2002). Commentary to the vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia in a scale of 1:400,000. Založba ZRC. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. (2007). Illyrian pre-alpine fir and beech forests – the association Homogyno sylvestris- Fagetum Marinček et al. 1993. Hacquetia, 6, 111–129. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. (2010). Altimontane beech forests of the suballiance Saxifrago-Fagenion (Aremonio-Fagion). Scopolia, 69, 1–107. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. (2013). Submontane beech forests of the suballiance Epimedio-Fagenion (Aremonio-Fagion). Scopolia, 78, 1–75. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Babij, V., Čušin, B., Hren, B., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. (2003). Vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia in scale 1:50.000 – section Novo mesto. Založba ZRC. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Hrovat, T., & Jarnjak, M. (2000). Informacija o rastlinskih združbah, njihovih lokaciji in razširjenosti: vegetacijska karta [Information about plant communities, their locations and distribution: vegetation map]. Delo Znanost, 42, 15. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Marinšek, A., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. (2006). Vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia in scale 1:50.000 – section Ljubljana. Založba ZRC. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., & Šilc, U. (1999). Vegetation science in revegetation and stabilization of slopes in the motorway network of Slovenia. In Kovář, P. (ed.), Nature and culture in landscape ecology: (experiences for the 3rd millenium), pp. 273–282. The Karolinum Press. Marinček, L., & Dakskobler, I. (1988). Acidophilous beech forests with silver fir of praealpine area of Slovenia, Luzulo-Abieti-Fagetum praealpinum var. geogr. nova. Razprave IV. razreda SAZU, 29, 29–67. Marinček, L., & Košir, P. (1998). Dinaric fir-beech Forests (Omphalodo-Fagetum (Tregubov 1957) Marinček et al. 1993) on Blegoš. Hladnikia, 10, 29–40. Marinček, L., Košir, P., & Šilc, U. (2001). Contribution to the synsystematics of the association Isopyro-Fagetum Košir 1962. Hladnikia, 12, 41–56. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. (2003). Vegetacija pragozda Ravna gora [Vegetation of virgin forest Ravna gora]. Hacquetia, 2, 53–69. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. 2004. Vegetation of the Pečka virgin forest remnant. Hacquetia 3, 5–27. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. (2009). Vegetation of the Strmec forest remnant. Hacquetia, 8, 5–30. Marinček, L., Mucina, L., Zupančič, M., Poldini, L., Dakskobler, I., & Accetto, M. (1992–1993). Nomenklatorische Revision der illyrischen Buchenwälder (Verband Aremonio-Fagion). Studia Geobotanica, 12, 121–135. Marinček, L., Papež, J., Dakskobler, I., & Zupančič, M. (1990). Ornithogalo pyrenaici-Fagetum ass. nova, a new association of beech forests of Slovenia. Scopolia, 22, 1–22. Marinček, L., Poldini, L., & Zupančič, M. (1982). Ornithogalo pyrenaici-Carpinetum ass. nova in Slowenien und Friaul-Julisch Venetien. Razprave IV. razreda SAZU, 24, 259–328. Marinček, L., Poldini, L., & Zupančič, M. (1989). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gesellschaft Anemono-Fagetum. Razprave IV. razreda SAZU, 30, 3–64. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1972). Die Entwicklung der Forschung und der Kartierung der Vegetation in Slowenien (mit einer Übersichtskarte der Vegetationskartierung). Gozdarski vestnik, 30, 153–166. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1977). Prispevek fitocenološkega proučevanja k oblikovanju optimalnega človekovega okolja [The contribution of phytosociological studies to the creation of an optimal human environment]. Naše okolje, 2, 160–164. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1979a). Gazdovanje sa šumom na osnovu šumskih zajednica [Forest management based on forest communities]. Glasnik šumarskog fakulteta (Beograd), 53, 121–124. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1979b). Scientific efforts for he improvement and completion of the phytozoenological system in Slovenia. Gozdarski vestnik, 37, 49–57. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1980a). Die floristischen und strukturellen Unterschiede zwischen dem Urwald und dem Wirtschaftswald der Gesellschaft Abieti-Fagetum dinaricum. In Willmanns, O. & Tüxen, R. (eds.), Berichte über die Internationalen Symposia der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde: Epharmonie (Rinteln 9.4.–11.4 1979), pp. 249–263. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1980b). Ostryo-Fagetum in Slowenien. Biološki vestnik, 28, 125–135. Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. (1981). Die Entwicklung des pflanzensoziologischen Systems der Waldvegetation Jugoslawiens mit besonderer Berüchsichtigung der klimatogenen Vegetation. In Dierschke H. (ed.) Berichte über die Internationalen Symposia der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde: Syntaxonomie (Rinteln 31.3.–3.4 1980), pp. 579–587. 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 171 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Zupančič, M. 1983. Das vordinarische Lamium orvalae-Fagetum preaedinaricum ass. nova aus dem Bereiche von Ribnica-Kočevje. Prilozi MANU, 4, 103–115. Marinček, L., & Seliškar, A. (1982a). Mosaikkomplex der Realen Phytocönosen und ihre syndinamische Beziehungen auf dem Standort der potentiell-natürlichen Assoziation Ostryo-Fagetum. Studia Geobotanica, 2, 33–40. Marinček, L., & Seliškar, A. (1982b). Rastlinski svet okolice Dražgoš [The flora of the Dražgoše area]. In Ramovš, A. (ed.), Dražgoše (Vodniki po loškem ozemlju 4). Muzejsko društvo, Škofja Loka, pp. 85–98. Marinček, L., & Seliškar, A. (1985). Vegetacija [Vegetation]. In Stepančič, D., Lobnik, F., Vidic, N.J., Kajfež-Bogataj, L., Stritar, A., Marinček, L., & Seliškar, A. (eds.), Komentar k listu Ljubljana. Osnovna pedološka karta SFRJ, Pedološka karta Slovenije 1: 50.000, pp. 12–13. Biotehniška fakulteta, Katedra za pedologijo, prehrano rastlin in ekologijo, Ljubljana. Marinček, L., & Seliškar, A. (1995). Vegetacija Slovenije [Vegetation of Slovenia]. In Obnova vegetacije ob daljinskih cestah: zbornik posvetovanja: Ljubljana, 24. 3. 1995, Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor, Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji, Družba za raziskave v cestni in prometni stroki Slovenije, Inštitut za krajinsko arhitekturo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, pp. 18–27. Marinček, L., & Šilc, U. (1997). A new subass. of Dinaric altimontane beech forest Ranunculo platanifolii-Fagetum Marinček et al. 1993 var. geogr. Calamintha grandiflora Marinček 1996 seslerietosum autumnalis from Mt. Snežnik. Annales, seria Historia Naturalis, 7, 25–32. Marinček, L., & Šilc, U. (1999). Association of Hacquetio epipactidis- Quercetum cerris in the Lož Valley in Slovenia. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen aus dem Niederösterreichischen Landesmuseum, 12, 63–76. Marinček, L., & Wraber, T. (1977). Rastlinski svet Lubnika [Plant life of Lubnik]. In Ramovš (ed.), Lubnik (Vodniki po loškem ozemlju 1. Muzejsko društvo, Škofja Loka), pp. 53–69. Marinček, L., & Wraber, T. (1978). Rastlinski svet Ratitovca [The plant world of Ratitovec]. In Ramovš, A. (ed.), Ratitovec (Vodniki po loškem ozemlju 2). Muzejsko društvo, Škofja Loka, pp. 66–84. Marinček, L., & Wraber, T. (1980). Rastlinstvo Blegoša [Vegetation of Blegoš]. In Ramovš, A. (ed.), Blegoš (Vodniki po loškem ozemlju 3). Muzejsko društvo, Škofja Loka, pp. 69–82. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1977). Fagetum submontanum praedi- naricum in the valley of Ribnica Kočevje. Biološki vestnik, 25, 95–106. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1978). Das Mozaik der Pflanzengesellschaften im Bereich einer verlassenen Kulturlandschaft. In Tüxen, R. (ed.), Berichte über die Internationalen Symposia der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde: Assoziationskomplexe (Sigmeten) und ihre praktische Anwendung (Rinteln 4.–7.4.1977), pp. 213–221. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1979). Beitrag zur Problematik der acidophilen Buchwälder in Slowenien (Querco-Luzulo-Fagetum ass. nova). In Rauš, Đ. (ed.), Drugi kongres ekologa Jugoslavije, pp. 715-730. Savez društva ekologa Jugoslavije, Zadar – Plitvice. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1982). Die Fichte in ehemaligen und rezenten Sukzessionen in der montanen Stufe des slowenischen Voralpen- und Alpengebietes. In Dierschke, H. (ed.), Berichte über die Internationalen Symposia der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde: Struktur und Dynamik von Wäldern (Rinteln 13.–16.4 1981), J. Cramer, Vaduz, pp. 355–370. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1984a). Carpinetum subpannonicum ass. nova. Razprave IV. razreda SAZU, 25, 135–195. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1984b). Syntaxonomische Probleme der Waldgesellschaften in Ostalpin-dinarischen Raum. Acta Botanica Croatica, 43, 217–223. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1994). Prikaz stopnje ranljivosti prostora [Presentation of vulnerability of environment]. Delo, 38, 9. Marinček, L., & Zupančič, M. (1995). Nomenclatural revision of acidophilous beech and sessile oak forests in the western area the Illyrian floral province. Hladnikia, 4, 29–35. Mucina, L., Bültmann, H., Dierssen, K., Theurillat, J.-P., Raus, T., Čarni, A., Šumberová, K., Willner, W., Dengler, J., Gavilán García, R., Chytrý, M., Hájek, M., Di Pietro, R., Pallas, J., Daniëls, F.J.A., Bergmeier, E., Santos Guerra, A., Ermakov, N., Valachovič, M., Schaminée, J.H.J., Lysenko, T., Didukh, Y.P., Pignatti, S., Rodwell, J.S., Capelo, J., Weber, H.E., Solomeshch, A., Dimopoulos, P., Aguiar, C., Hennekens, S.M., & Tichý, L. (2016). Vegetation of Europe: Hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities. Applied Vegetation Science 19, 3–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12257 Mucina, L., Grabherr, G., & Wallnöfer, S. (1993). Pflanzengesellschaften Österreichs. Teil III. Wälder und Gebüsche. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Wraber, M. (1968). Pfanzengeographische Stellung und Gliederung Sloweniens. Vegetatio, 17, 176–199. Zupančič, M., Marinček, L., Puncer, I., & Seliškar, A. (1998a). Potencialna naravna vegetacija, vegetacijska karta, merilo 1:750.000 [Potential natural vegetation, vegetation map, scale 1:750,000]. In Fridl, J., Kladnik, D., Orožen-Adamič, M., & Perko, D. (eds.), Geografski atlas Slovenije, DZS, p. 119. Zupančič, M., Marinček, L., Puncer, I., Žagar, V., Prešeren, M., Seliškar, A., Accetto, M., & Tregubov, V. (1998b). Realna vegetacija, vegetacijska karta, merilo 1:750.000 [Real vegetation, vegetation map, scale 1:750,000]. In Fridl, J., Kladnik, D., Orožen-Adamič, M., & Perko, D. (eds.), Geografski atlas Slovenije, DZS, p. 118. Zupančič, M., Marinček, L., Seliškar, A., & Puncer, I. (1987). Consideration on the phytogeographic division of Slovenia. Biogeographia, 13, 89–98. 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 172 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček Complete bibliography of Lojze Marinček On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, we prepared a festschrift (Marinčkov zbornik), which was published by ZRC Publishing House in 2002. The festschrift con- tained his biography and bibliography up to 2001: Šuštar, B., Čarni A. 2002. Strokovne in znanstvene ob- jave dr. Lojzeta Marinčka. Marinčkov zbornik/Hacquetia 1(1): 11–22. We publish here the list of his publications published after 2001. Original scientific articles Marinček, L., Košir, P., & Šilc, U. 2001. Prispevek k sinsistematiki asociacije Isopyro-Fagetum Košir 1962 [Contribution to the synsystematics of the association Isopyro-Fagetum Košir 1962]. Hladnikia 12/13: 41–56. Marinček, L. 2001. Prispevek k poznavanju asociacije Abio albae- Carpinetum betuli. Acta Biologica Slovenica 44(1/2): 39–52. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. 2003. Vegetacija pragozda Ravna gora. Hacquetia 2(1): 53–69. Marinček, L. 2004. Gozdna vegetacija Menine planine. Kamniški zbornik 17: 225–240. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. 2004. Vegetation of the Pečka virgin forest remnant. Hacquetia 3(2): 5–27. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. 2007. Illyrian pre-Alpine fir and beech forests – the association Homogyno sylvestris-Fagetum Marinček et al. 1993. Hacquetia 6(2): 111–129. Marinček, L., & Marinšek, A. 2009. Vegetation of the Strmec forest remnant. Hacquetia 8(1): 5–30. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. 2010. Altimontanski bukovi gozdovi podzveze Saxifrago-Fagenion (Aremonio-Fagion) [Altimontane beech forests of the suballiance Saxifrago-Fagenion (Aremonio-Fagion)]. Scopolia 69: 1–107. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. 2013. Submontane beech forests of the suballiance Epimedio-Fagenion (Aremonio-Fagion). Scopolia 78: 1–75. Professional article Marinček, L. 2011. Sonaravno gojenje divjadi. Gozdarski vestnik 69(10): 496–498. Disscussion article Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2004. Odgovor na oceno dr. Marka Accetta (Gozdarski vestnik 61(9): 393–396) in repliko dr. Živka Koširja (Gozdarski vestnik 61(9): 397–398) [Reply to the assessment of Dr. Marko Accetto (Gozdarski vestnik 61(9): 393–396) and to the replica of Dr. Živko Košir (Gozdraski vestnik 61(9): 397–398]. Gozdarski vestnik 62(1): 61–63. Popular articles Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. 2002. Dragoceni podatki o naših gozdovih: vegetacijska karta gozdnih združb v merilu 1:400.000 [Valuable information about our forests: vegetation map of forest communities on a scale of 1:400,000]. Delo, Znanost 44(289):13. Marinček, L. 2003. V bistvu gre predvsem za denar: odmev na odmeva [Basically, it’s mainly about money: echo after echo]. Delo, Znanost 45(148): 12. Marinček, L. 2003. Velika strateška napaka [Big strategic mistake]. Delo, Znanost 45(113): 2. Monographs Marinček, L., & Čarni, A. 2002. Komentar k vegetacijski karti gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:400.000 [Commentary on the vegetation map of the forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:400,000]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 79 pp. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Košir, P., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., Zelnik, I. 2003. Komentar k vegetacijski karti gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Novo mesto [Commentary to the vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:50.000 – section Novo mesto]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 103 pp. Marinček, L., & Čarni, A., Marinšek, A., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Šilc, U., Zelnik, I. 2006. Komentar k vegetacijski karti gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Ljubljana [Commentary to the vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:50.000 – section Ljubljana]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 131 pp. Čarni, A., Košir, P., Marinček, L., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2008. Komentar k vegetacijski karti gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Murska Sobota [Commentary to the vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:50.000 – section Murska Sobota]. Pomurska akademsko znanstvena unija (PAZU), Murska Sobota, 64 pp. Vegetation maps Čarni, A., Marinček, L., Seliškar, A., & Zupančič, M. 2002. Vegetacijska karta gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:400.000 [The vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:400,00]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 1 map, 1 CD ROM. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Babij, V., Čušin, B., Hren, B., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2003. Vegetacijska karta gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Novo mesto. [Vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale pf 1:50.000 – section Novo mesto]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 1 map, 1 CD ROM. Marinček, L., Čarni, A., Marinšek, A., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2006. Vegetacijska karta gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Ljubljana [Vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:50.000 – section Ljubljana]. Založba ZRC, Ljubljana, 1 map, 1 CD-ROM. Košir, Ž., Zorn-Pogorelc, M., Kalan, J., Marinček, L., Smole, I., Čampa, L., Šolar, M., Anko, B., Accetto, M., Robič, D., Toman, V., Žgajnar, L., Torelli, N., Tavčar, I., Kutnar, L. (author, editor), Kralj, A., Skudnik, M. (ed.), & Kobal, M. (ed.). 2007. Gozdnovegetacijska karta Slovenije [Forest vegetation map of Slovenia]. Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije, Ljubljana, 1 CD ROM. 23/1 • 2024, 165–173 173 Čarni et al. Reflections on the life and contributions to vegetation science of Lojze Marinček Čarni, A., Košir, P., Marinček, L., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2008. Vegetacijska karta gozdnih združb Slovenije v merilu 1:50.000 – list Murska Sobota [Vegetation map of forest communities of Slovenia on a scale of 1:50.000 – section Murska Sobota]. Pomurska akademsko znanstvena unija (PAZU), Murska Sobota, 1 map, 1 CD ROM. Manuscript report Čarni, A., Jarnjak, M., Košir, P., Marinček, L., Marinšek, A., Šilc, U., & Zelnik, I. 2005. Primerjava biocenoz pragozdov z biocenozami gospodarskih gozdov kot indikator antropogenih vplivov na okolje: poročilo projekta V1-0799-02 (2003-2005) [Comparison of biocenoses of primeval forests with biocenoses of managed forests as an indicator of anthropogenic impacts on the environment: project report V1-0799-02 (2003–2005)]. Biološki inštitut ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 60 pp.