The Soils of Serbia

The Soils of Serbia by Pavle Pavlović, Nikola Kostić, Branko Karadžić, Miroslava Mitrović.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia. It focuses on giving a detailed description of the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and their geomorphological forms, as well as the geological characteristics of parent ma...

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Main Authors: Pavlović, Pavle (Author), Kostić, Nikola (Author), Karadžić, Branko (Author), Mitrović, Miroslava (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:World Soils Book Series,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Sedimentology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Soil research history
  • Ecological and economical importance of soil
  • Aims of the book.-Climate
  • Geographic position of Serbia
  • Latitudinal and altitudinal variability of temperature and precipitations
  • Main climate types in Serbia
  • Geology (parent material)
  • Geomorphology with geomorphological maps
  • Vegetation
  • Forest ecosystems
  • Natural and anthropogenic meadows
  • Serpentine vegetation
  • Halophytic vegetation
  • Chasmophytic vegetation
  • Soil
  • Major soil types with maps of soil distribution
  • Soil classification
  • Harmonization of national and FAO classification of Serbian soils
  • Soil management (Land Use and Vegetation, Crops, Human influence)
  • Irrigation
  • Fertilization
  • Anthropogenic degradation of soils
  • Driving forces of soil degradation
  • Soil contamination
  • Land use in Serbia
  • Erosion
  • Wind erosion
  • Fluvial erosion
  • Salinization
  • Soil protection and remediation
  • Legal framework
  • Main projects of soil remediation
  • Future soil issues.

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