Publication details
Vegetation diversity of salt-rich grasslands in Southeast Europe
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Applied Vegetation Science |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12017 |
| Field | Ecology |
| Keywords | salt marshes; vegetation survey; grasslands |
| Description | We found that the vegetation changed along the salinity gradient from sub-halophytic grasslands, through steppe and wet inland halophytic vegetation towards the extreme halophytic vegetation. This gradient was longer in the Balkan region, where it spanned from the sub-mediterranean salt-rich grasslands to the extremely halophytic vegetation at the Black Sea coast. The second most important gradient coincided with the water regime. Some vegetation types appeared to be confined to either the Pannonian or the Balkan region (especially within dry sub-halophytic and steppe halophytic grasslands), while others were distributed across the entire study area. |