Plant Diversity and Chemical Soil Composition of Rocky Pastures in Relation to the Sheep Grazing Intensity on the Northern Adriatic Islands (Croatia)

Optimal grazing pressure on rocky pastures is beneficial to the development of plant species and maintenance of plant diversity. Both abandonment of grazing and overgrazing gradually reduce plant diversity. This paper correlated abundance patterns of the flora on rocky pastures with the values of the chemical composition of the soil resulting from the degree of sheep grazing intensity. The study was carried out in the period from 2008 to 2010 on...