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CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 260-274Publisher
VERSITA
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-010-0110-5
Keywords
Phytogeography; Pontic; Richness; Diversity; Flora; Serpentine; Serbia
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- Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [143015]
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Serpentine substrate in Serbia covers wide areas mainly in Kosovo and in central, western and south-western part of the country. On the serpentines of Serbia, particularly on the skeleton soils of hills and on lower elevation mountain slopes, there are some xerophilous and steppe-like vegetations. These xerophilous grasslands include mostly Pontic, Pontic-Submediterranean and/or Mediterranean-Submediterranean-Pontic plants. The distribution of 161 taxa of Pontic, Pontic-Submediterranean and Mediterranean-Submediterranean-Pontic areal - types on serpentinites of Serbia was analyzed in order to distinguish centers of richness and diversity. The distribution of taxa was analyzed with respect to geographic, ecological and climatic factors. The qualitative composition of Pontic flora on the serpentine areas was also compared. The greatest floristic richness and the center of diversity of Pontic flora on serpentine of Serbia was recorded in central part of the area investigated.
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