Biodiversity, utilization and management of grasslands of salt affected soils in Serbia

Abstract

Salt affected soils especially in the arid arid semi-arid regions of the world exhibit a significant increasing tendency. The relationship between plant/vegetation richness and soil salinity was assessed for 2 1 grassland asscociations arid one sub-association of Serbia. Among Studied grasslands, the ass. Halo-Crypsidetum aculeatae, Suaedetum maritimae and Salicornieto-Suaedetum maritimae were found to be indicators of the extremely saline soils (solonchak), whereas the ass. Lepidio crassifolio-Festucetum pseudovinae, Trifollietum subterranei and Peucedano-Asteretum punctati were typical indicators of sodic soils (solonetz). Management and use of grasslands of salt affected soils arid evaluation of pastoral value arid salinity tolerance of the studied grasslands was performed.