Head of the Institute
Principal Research Associate
Journal Hacquetia- Editor-in-Chief
Associate Professor
+386 1 470 63 35
urban.silc@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
- vegetation database Vegetation of Slovenia
- vegetation syntaxonomy and ecology
- macroecological analysis of large datasets
- weed and ruderal vegetation
Teaching
- Biodiversity evaluation. Lectures at Nature conservation program – Biotechnical Centre Naklo – Vocational College
- Ecosystems equilibrium. Lectures at Nature conservation program – Biotechnical Centre Naklo – Vocational College
Changes in structure, floristic composition and chemical soil properties in a succession of birch forests, Andraž Čarni, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Urban Šilc, Igor Zelnik. 2007
Synanthropic vegetation: pattern of various disturbances on life history traits, Urban Šilc. 2010
Morphological, chorological and ecological plasticity of Cistus incanus in the southern Balkans, Andraž Čarni, Vlado Matevski, Urban Šilc. 2010
Weed vegetation in the north-western Balkans : diversity and species composition, Urban Šilc, Sava Vrbničanin, Dragana Božić, Andraž Čarni, Zora Dajić Stevanović. 2009
Phytosociological alliances in the vegetation of arable fields in the northwestern Balkan Peninsula, Urban Šilc, Sava Vrbničanin, Dragana Božić, Andraž Čarni, Zora Dajić Stevanović. 2008
Vegetation of temporary ponds in cold holes in the Taurus mountain chain (Turkey), Ali Kavgaci, Andraž Čarni, Saime Başaran, Mehmet Ali Başaran, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Urban Šilc. 2010
Long-term post-fire succession of Pinus brutia forest in the east Mediterranean, Ali Kavgaci, Andraž Čarni, Saime Başaran, Mehmet Ali Başaran, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Urban Šilc. 2010
Revegetation of motorway slopes using different seed mixtures, Igor Zelnik, Urban Šilc, Andraž Čarni, Petra Košir. 2010
Plant communities in gradients, Andraž Čarni, Nina Juvan, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Andrej Paušič, Urban Šilc. 2011
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 in a scale of 1:50.000 - section Novo mesto, Lojze Marinček, Andraž Čarni, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Urban Šilc, Igor Zelnik. 2003. Ljubljana: Biološki inštitut Jovana Hadžija, ZRC SAZU
Flora and vegetation of the Macedonian steppe = Flora i vegetacija na makedonskata stepa = Flora in vegetacija makedonske stepe, Vlado Matevski, Andraž Čarni, Mitko Kostadinovski, Petra Košir, Urban Šilc, Igor Zelnik. 2008. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU
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 in scale 1:50.000 - section Murska Sobota, Andraž Čarni, Petra Košir, Lojze Marinček, Aleksander Marinšek, Urban Šilc, Igor Zelnik. 2008. Murska Sobota: Pomurska akademsko znanstvena unija - PAZU
Forest vegetation of the Galičica mountain range in Macedonia = Šumskata vegetacija na planinata Galičica vo Makedonija = Gozdna vegetacija gorovja Galičica v Makedoniji, Vlado Matevski, Andraž Čarni, Oliver Avramoski, Nina Juvan, Mitko Kostadinovski, Petra Košir, Aleksander Marinšek, Andrej Paušič, Urban Šilc. 2011. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, Nacionalen park
Naravni sestoji macesna v Sloveniji (target research program • September 1, 2008 - September 30, 2010)
Pregled živalskih in rastlinskih vrst, njihovih habitatov ter kartiranje habitatnih tipov ... na območju srednje Save (od HE Medvode do HE Vrhovo) (applied project • September 17, 2009 - October 30, 2010)
Pregled živalskih in rastlinskih vrst, njihovih habitatov ter kartiranje habitatnih tipov ... na območju spodnje Save oziroma na vplivnem območju predvidenih HE Brežice in HE Mokrice (applied project • January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2009)
Pehotna strelišča kot dejavnik tveganja za okolje s poudarkom na ekološki sanaciji pehotnega strelišča na vojaškem poligonu Poček (target research program • August 1, 2007 - July 31, 2009)
Mapping of non-forest habitats of Slovenia: Reka, Marindol, Volčeke, Kras, Mirna (applied project • November 11, 2011 - November 11, 2011)
Floristical, ecological and structural changes of shrub vegetation in the transitional zone between Mediterranean and Eurosibirian regions (bilateral project • January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011)
Forest Vegetation of the Galičica mountain range (applied research project • June 1, 2009 - November 15, 2010)
Analysis of the succession and structural changes during vegetation regeneration on the site of Pinus brutia forests after fire (bilateral project • November 11, 2011 - November 11, 2011)
Impact of Past Landscape management on Current Forest Vegetation (applied research project • July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010)
Gradients and biodiversity: flora, fauna and vegetation (January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2012)
Education
- 1996: BA, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology
- 2000: MA, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology
- 2003: PhD, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology
Employment
- 1996- Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2011- Biotechnical Centre Naklo – Vocational College