The Soils of Serbia

• Main Authors: Pavlović, Pavle (Author), Kostić, Nikola (Author), Karadžić, Branko (Author), Mitrović, Miroslava (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: World Soils Book Series,
• Subjects: Environment.; Sedimentology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

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...

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.