Ivana Vitasović Kosić

Personal information

Ivana Vitasović Kosić
young researcher - assistant (2003.)
Department of Agricultural Botany
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb
Hall I, II Floor
+385 /1/239 3808
e-mail: ivitasovic@agr.hr

Teaching

Graduate program

Botany (6 ECTS)
Agroecology, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Organic Agriculture, Plant Protection, Plant Sciences

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Principles and methods of plant determination (3 ECTS)
Rare and endangered flora of Croatia (3 ECTS)
Phytomedicine, Horticulture 

Professional degree course

Polytechnic study Marko Marulić, Knin

Research interests

Botany floristic and vegetation research,
Ecology and environmental protection,
Feed value of grassland,
Geobotany and using GIS technology (GIS, GPS and RS) and fotointerpretation

Current projects

2006.

Plant diversity and nutritional value of sheep pastures on Adriatic region, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Choregus: Mihaela Britvec, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

Academic qualifications

2006. - M.Sc.

Faculty of science, Biology, University of Zagreb
Grassland flora on the family farms in Istria

2001. - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Evaluation of Park Maksimir and possibility of its reconstruction

Training and research experience

2006.

scholarships: Scientific research centre Slovenian Academy of Science in Art, Biology Institute Jovan Hadžija, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2004.

BKAE University, Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Horticultural Sciences, , Department of Botany (and Botanical Garden), stipend

Employment and work experience

2002. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2002. - 2005.

Preservation of pasture plant diversity in the Adriatic region
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Mihaela Britvec, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

2003. - 2005.

Management of semi-natural pastures in the Adriatic region
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Croatia
Mihaela Britvec, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

2004. - 2006.

Karst Ecosystem Conservation
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Croatia, World bank

2003. - 2004.

Wild grown flavourings and aromatic plants of the Adriatic coust on the web
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Ivana Vitasović Kosić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2002. - 2003.

Digital atlas of grassland flora
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Mihaela Britvec, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

2008.

Workshop "NATURA 2000 in the sector of agriculture," State Institute for Nature Protection, Zagreb, Croatia.
Workshop "How to successfully get the FP7 project and commercialize the results," Medora, Zagreb.
Workshop 'Plant functional types and CSR strategies and their use in phytosociology, Croatian Botanical Society, Zagreb, Croatia.
the course "Analysis of molecular diversity", the Croatian breeding, seed and rasadničarsko Society, Zagreb, Croatia.

2005.

educational program, "Active learning and critical thinking in teaching visokoškolskoj" within the project Reading and writing for critical thinking (RWCT), Forum for the freedom of education, Zagreb.
course, "Using a GIS in environmental protection." Oikon doo-Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagreb.

2004.

Course "Advanced GIS Modeling (I)". University of Zagreb.

Scientific publications

Vitasović Kosić, I., Britvec, M. (2007). Plant Diversity of Pastures on the Family Farms in the Southern Part of Istria (Croatia). Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 72, 2; 141-147.

Vitasović Kosić, I., Britvec, M., (2006). Taxonomic Composition of Pasture Flora on Ćićarija (Istria, Croatia). Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus. 71 (1), 1-9.

Vitasović Kosić, I., Britvec, M., Ljubičić, I. (2006). Trave (Poaceae) na livadama i pašnjacima obiteljskih gospodarstava u Istri. Sjemenarstvo 23, 391-398.

Britvec, M.,  Vitasović Kosić, I., Ljubičić, I., (2006). Endemične biljke na travnjacima obiteljskih gospodarstava u Istri. Agronomski glasnik. 4; 275-286.

Vitasović Kosić, I., Britvec, M., (2005). Floristic characteristics of pastures on family farms in Istria. Nat. Croat. 14, 273-287.

Vitasović Kosić, I., Britvec, M., (2005). Floristic characteristics of pastures on family farms in Istria. Nat. Croat. 14, 273-287.

Britvec, M., Vitasović Kosić, I., Ljubičić, I. (2005). Flora pašnjaka na obiteljskim gospodarstvima u Istri: Lamiaceae. Agronomski glasnik 5, 359-369.

Šugar, I., Britvec, M.; Vitasović Kosić, I. (2005). Florističke značajke pregonskih pašnjaka u Punteri (Istra). Agronomski glasnik 6, 469-479.

Franjić, J., Škvorc, Ž., Filipović, K., Vitasović Kosić, I. (2005). Phytosociological characteristics of Quercus cerris L. forests in east Slavonia (Croatia). Hacquetia. 4, 2; 27-35.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=270794