The Soils of Serbia (World Soils Book Series)

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 material. An integrative approach is used to study the interaction between climate, vegetation and geology in soil formation. Special attention is paid to human-induced soil degradation due to the erosion and contamination of soils in Serbia. The book includes a harmonization of national soil classification systems, with the FAO, WBR and ESD systems. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-23 Soils as Natural Resources....Pages 25-29 Climate....Pages 31-39 Vegetation....Pages 41-54 Geology....Pages 55-86 Soil Classification....Pages 87-99 Order of Automorphic Soils....Pages 101-156 Order of Hydromorphic Soils....Pages 157-173 Order of Halomorphic and Subaquatic Soils....Pages 175-180 Land Use....Pages 181-189 Environmental Issues....Pages 191-221 Back Matter....Pages 223-225 This book offers a detailed survey of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soils of Serbia, and their their geomorphological forms, as well as information on human-induced soil degradation due to erosion and contamination, and more