PRAVOTIAK Igor, Bc.: Structural, production and scientific-cultural characteristics of vegetation in chosen types of biotopes on the northern foot of Muránska planina Mts. [Diploma thesis] – Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology and General Ecology. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Branko Slobodník, PhD. Qualification degree: Master of Sciences („Ingenieur“), abbreviated as Ing. Zvolen, 2018, 47 pp. + 16 pp. annexes.The aim of the thesis is to compare 5 different types of biotopes (meadow, forest margin, thin forest stand, wetland and margin of the forest road) in chosen location on the northern foot of the Muránska planina Mts. using the chosen structural, production and scientific-cul-tural attributes of vegetation. The most important findings can be summarized as follows: (1) the highest species richness of herbal layer was characteristic of the plant community on meadow and the lowest one was typical of the thin forest stand. Nevertheless, the species richness of all layers (including the layer of threes, shrubs and mosses) was the highest on the forest margin, whereas in the thin forest it remained the lowest. (2) The Shannon index of species diversity of herbal layer, considering not only the number of species but also the equitability of their abundance, had the highest values in the disturbed biotope on the mar-gin of the forest road. The lowest value was calculated in the thin forest stand and on the meadow. When all the layers were considered, however, the highest value of the Shannon index were typical of wetland and the margin of the forest road, whereas the species diversity of meadow and thin forest remained the lowest. (3) The highest values of Shaldon equitability were registered in wetland and margin of forest road, the lowest ones on the meadow, where the abundance of species was wery unequal due to the dominating position of the se-veral species of grasses. (4) The highest food potential was (as we expected) registered on the meadow and on the forest margin, the high value was also characteristic of the distur-bed biotope on the margin of the forest road. Very low, even negative value of the food potential was typical of the thin forest stand. (5) The potential for the production of the flower honey was the highest in the disturbed biotope on the margin of the forest road, the lowest values were (surprisingly) registered on the meadow and on the forest margin. (6) The potential for the production of the forest (dark) honey was unambiguously the highest in case of the thin forest stand; the corresponding characteristics of other biotopes were low, inappreciable or equal to zero. (7) The highest phytoterapeutic potential was characteristic of the disturbed biotope near to the margin of the forest road, followed by the thin forest stand; the lowest values were registered on the meadow, in the forest margin and (in case of the herbal layer) also in wetland. (8) The wetland was characterized by the most frequent occurrence of the rare and endangered species. As high as 4 species of national importance for Slovak Republic were registered here in total: Pinguicula vulgaris (marked as the endan-gered species ‒ EN), Epipac¬tis palustris (marked as vulnerable ‒ VU), Dactylorhiza fuchsii (VU) and Gymna¬denia conopsea (VU). Dactylorhiza fuchsii was, as a single protected species, also redistered in the shrubby biotope on the forest margin. In forest biotope, one protected species was registered as well and its name is Goodyera repens (VU). The rare and endangered species were fully absent on the meadow and near to the margin of the forest road.