Mirko Vidakovic
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Mirko pl. Vidaković was Croatian botanist
and dendrologist
and the expert for the genetics
of the forest
tree
s.
, to a family of Bunjevci
Croats
. He attained a professional qualification of engineer of forestry before 1949, when he was first employed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb
.
He was a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
(HAZU) since 1981.
He was the predstojnik (chairman) of the arboretum in Trsteno
since 1970.
He worked as UNDP's and FAO
's expert in Pakistan
, Vietnam
and Hungary
.
Together with forestry of Našice
, in 1996 he founded first clone
seminal plantation
of pedunculate oak
in Croatia.
He died in Zagreb
at the age of 77.
, adaptation of forests to climate change
etc..
He published his works in Annales forestales.
(HAZU) Klonska plantaža hrasta lužnjaka
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and dendrologist
Dendrology
Dendrology or xylology is the science and study of wooded plants . There is no sharp boundary between plant taxonomy and dendrology. However, woody plants not only belong to many different plant families, but these families may be made up of both woody and non-woody members. Some families include...
and the expert for the genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
of the forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s.
Biography
Vidaković was born in Lemeš, BačkaBacka
Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...
, to a family of Bunjevci
Bunjevci
Bunjevci are a South Slavic community and ethnic group living mostly in the Bačka region of Serbia and southern Hungary...
Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
. He attained a professional qualification of engineer of forestry before 1949, when he was first employed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
.
He was a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...
(HAZU) since 1981.
He was the predstojnik (chairman) of the arboretum in Trsteno
Trsteno Arboretum
Trsteno Arboretum, located in Trsteno, Croatia, is the oldest arboretum in this part of the world.The arboretum was erected by the local noble family Gučetić/Gozze in the late 15th century, who requested ship captains to bring back seeds and plants from their travels...
since 1970.
He worked as UNDP's and FAO
Fão
Fão is a town in Esposende Municipality in Portugal....
's expert in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
Together with forestry of Našice
Našice
Našice is a town in the Osijek-Baranja county of Croatia, population 7,894 , total municipality population 16,228 . It is located on the northern slopes of Krndija Mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of Osijek; elevation 157 m....
, in 1996 he founded first clone
Cloning
Cloning in biology is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or...
seminal plantation
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...
of pedunculate oak
Pedunculate Oak
Quercus robur is commonly known as the Pedunculate Oak or English oak. It is native to most of Europe, and to Anatolia to the Caucasus, and also to parts of North Africa.-Taxonomy:Q...
in Croatia.
He died in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
at the age of 77.
Works
His works were published in various editions from international scientific gatherings, symposiums and consultations, mostly in area of ecological valorization of littoral carst, mechanization of agricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, adaptation of forests to climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
etc..
He published his works in Annales forestales.
- Golosjemenjače , (co-author) 2004
- Obična bukvaEuropean BeechFagus sylvatica, the European Beech or Common Beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae.-Natural range:...
(Fagus sylvatica L.) u Hrvatskoj = Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Croatia , (co-author), 2003 - Obična jela (Abies alba Mill.) u Hrvatskoj = Silver fair (Abies alba Mill.) in Croatia, (co-author), 2001
- Estimation of genetic gain in a progeny trial of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), (co-author) 2000
- Hrast lužnjak (Quercus robur L.) u Hrvatskoj = Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in Croatia, (co-author), 1996
- Experimental plots of some hard pine hybrid families in Croatia, (co-author) 1995
- Izravna sjetva da ili ne?, (co-author), 1994
- Tehnika za obradu tla, sjetvu i borbu protiv korova , (co-author), 1994
- ZrinjevacZrinjevacZrinjevac may mean:* Zrinjevac , a park and square in Zagreb, Croatia* Zrinjevac , a park in Osijek, Croatia* Zrinjevac , a central park in Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
: spomenica : priroda, vrtovi, perivoji i uresno raslinstvo u Zagrebu, (co-author), 1995 - Novosti u tehnici obrade tla, (co-author), 1993
- Hrvatski umjetnici za Trsteno = Kroatische Kuenstler fuer das Arboretum Trsteno = Croatian artist for the Arboretum of Trsteno, (co-author) 1993
- Arboretum Brijuni, (co-author), 1993
- Radovi na podizanju klonske sjemenske plantaže hrasta lužnjaka na području Š. G. "Krndija" i Š. G. "Papuk", (co-author), 1992
- Čuvanje genskih resursa šumskog i hortikulturnog drveća i grmlja u Hrvatskoj , 1992
- Doprinos OLTOLTOLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH is an airline based in Emden in Germany. It operates regional scheduled and charter flights linking northern Germany to other parts of the country and Bremen to other European destinations...
-a integralnoj tehnici biljne proizvodnje , 1992 - Svjedočanstva: razaranje Dubrovnika, (co-author with few HAZU-members), 1992
- Kako agregatirati traktor za oranje? , 1991
- Growth of some interspecific hybrid pine seedlings and their cuttings , (co-author), 1991
- Prilog sanaciji erozijeErosionErosion is when materials are removed from the surface and changed into something else. It only works by hydraulic actions and transport of solids in the natural environment, and leads to the deposition of these materials elsewhere...
na području izvorišta rijeke Une, (co-author), 1991 - Sjetva jednosjemenim pneumatskim sijačicama , (co-author), 1990
- Uspijevanje nekih vrsta i hibrida dvoigličavih borova na području Arboretuma Trsteno , (co-author), 1990
- Arboretum Lisičine, (co-author), 1986
- Genetika i oplemenjivanje šumskog drveća , (co-author) 1985
- Zakorjenjivanje reznica ranog i kasnog hrasta lužnjaka = The rooting of cuttings of the early and late flushing Slavonian oak , (co-author), 1983
- Četinjače : morfologija i varijabilnost, 1982, 1991 (in English) i 1993
- Genetics of Pinus peuce Gris = Genetik der Pinus peuce Gris = Genetika Pinus peuce Gris , (co-author), 1978
- Genetics of European black pineEuropean Black PinePinus nigra, the European Black Pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the Crimea, in Asia Minor and on Cyprus, and in the high mountains of the Maghreb in North Africa....
(Pinus nigra Arn.) , 1974 - Oplemenjivanje ekonomski važnijih vrsta šumskog drveća jugoistočne Slavonije , 1974
- Prilog proučavanju morfološke varijabilnosti spontanih križanaca između alepskogAleppo PinePinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo Pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. Their range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Tunisia, and Libya, with an outlying population in Syria, Lebanon, southern...
i brucijskog boraTurkish PinePinus brutia, the Turkish pine, is a pine native to the eastern Mediterranean region. The bulk of its range is in Turkey, but it also extends to the East Aegean Islands of Greece, the Crimea, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, northern Iraq, western Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus...
, (co-author), 1974
Sources
Umro akademik Mirko Vidaković, Vjesnik, 17. kolovoza 2002.External links
Imenik hrvatskih šumara Biography Spomen ploča Mirko Vidaković biography at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...
(HAZU) Klonska plantaža hrasta lužnjaka
