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Halophytic Vegetation in Bulgaria

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Handbook of Halophytes

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The study provides summarized information for the halophytic vegetation in Bulgaria. This vegetation is traditionally split into two main ecological groups – euhalophytic or typical halophytic (Therosalicornietea, Juncetea maritimi, Crypsidetea aculeatae, Festuco-Puccinellietea) and subhalophytic (Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Phragmito-Magnocaricetea) communities. Totally, 19 halophytic and subhalophytic associations are found in Bulgaria until now. However, some important questions about their syntaxonomic positions on the association and on the higher level, as well as their phytogeographic relationships, are still not resolved. There are many halophytic and especially subhalophytic vegetation types which are only fragmentarily known or even not completely studied. This research has summarized the existing information for this vegetation type and has also identified some gaps and probable future efforts for improving the knowledge of this vegetation type.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Rossen Tzonev

  2. Department of Applied Botany, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Chavdar Gussev

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Tzonev, R., Gussev, C. (2021). Halophytic Vegetation in Bulgaria. In: Grigore, MN. (eds) Handbook of Halophytes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57635-6_8

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