TY  - JOUR
AU  - Štrbac, Snežana
AU  - Veselinović, Gorica
AU  - Antić, Nevena
AU  - Mijatović, Nevenka
AU  - Stojadinović, Sanja
AU  - Jovančićević, Branimir
AU  - Kašanin-Grubin, Milica
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rims.institutims.rs/handle/123456789/655
AB  - The main objective of this study was to analyze the capacity of Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière 1855 to accumulate macro- and microelements in order to assess the environmental status. The element concentrations were measured using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis. The obtained pH values in this study show that the urban soils are neutral to slightly alkaline with low OM content. Macroelements with the highest mean concentrations in soil are Si, Al, Fe, K, Mg, and Ca. The ratio > 2 was determined for mean concentrations of Ca in the soil and Mg in needles from the Zvezdara forest, and for mean concentrations of Cl, Ti, and Fe in needles from the Byford’s forest in relation to the reference site. The accumulation pattern of the macroelements based on the Biological Concentration Factor (BCF) values > 1 for needles is for P, S, Cl, and Ca. Microelements with the highest mean values in soil are Ba, Zr, Ce, Cr, Zn, Rb, Sr, V, and La. Microelements with the highest mean values in Atlas cedar needles are Ce, La, Ba, and Cs. The ratio > 2 was determined for Cr and V concentrations in the needles from the Byford’s and Zvezdara forests and for Cu concentrations in needles from the Byford’s forest in relation to the reference site. The accumulation pattern of the microelements based on the BCF for needles is higher for I, Cs, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, and Tl. Since differences in the concentrations of macro- and microelements in the urban areas and the reference site can be identified C. atlantica can be recommended for assessing the environmental status.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Trees
T1  - The macro- and microelements content in Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière (Pinaceae) needles as an indicator for assessing the environmental status
DO  - 10.1007/s00468-023-02401-9
ER  - 

@article{
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year = "2023",
abstract = "The main objective of this study was to analyze the capacity of Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière 1855 to accumulate macro- and microelements in order to assess the environmental status. The element concentrations were measured using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis. The obtained pH values in this study show that the urban soils are neutral to slightly alkaline with low OM content. Macroelements with the highest mean concentrations in soil are Si, Al, Fe, K, Mg, and Ca. The ratio > 2 was determined for mean concentrations of Ca in the soil and Mg in needles from the Zvezdara forest, and for mean concentrations of Cl, Ti, and Fe in needles from the Byford’s forest in relation to the reference site. The accumulation pattern of the macroelements based on the Biological Concentration Factor (BCF) values > 1 for needles is for P, S, Cl, and Ca. Microelements with the highest mean values in soil are Ba, Zr, Ce, Cr, Zn, Rb, Sr, V, and La. Microelements with the highest mean values in Atlas cedar needles are Ce, La, Ba, and Cs. The ratio > 2 was determined for Cr and V concentrations in the needles from the Byford’s and Zvezdara forests and for Cu concentrations in needles from the Byford’s forest in relation to the reference site. The accumulation pattern of the microelements based on the BCF for needles is higher for I, Cs, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, and Tl. Since differences in the concentrations of macro- and microelements in the urban areas and the reference site can be identified C. atlantica can be recommended for assessing the environmental status.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Trees",
title = "The macro- and microelements content in Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière (Pinaceae) needles as an indicator for assessing the environmental status",
doi = "10.1007/s00468-023-02401-9"
}

Štrbac, S., Veselinović, G., Antić, N., Mijatović, N., Stojadinović, S., Jovančićević, B.,& Kašanin-Grubin, M.. (2023). The macro- and microelements content in Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière (Pinaceae) needles as an indicator for assessing the environmental status. in Trees
Springer..
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-023-02401-9

Štrbac S, Veselinović G, Antić N, Mijatović N, Stojadinović S, Jovančićević B, Kašanin-Grubin M. The macro- and microelements content in Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière (Pinaceae) needles as an indicator for assessing the environmental status. in Trees. 2023;.
doi:10.1007/s00468-023-02401-9 .

Štrbac, Snežana, Veselinović, Gorica, Antić, Nevena, Mijatović, Nevenka, Stojadinović, Sanja, Jovančićević, Branimir, Kašanin-Grubin, Milica, "The macro- and microelements content in Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière (Pinaceae) needles as an indicator for assessing the environmental status" in Trees (2023),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-023-02401-9 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Veselinović, Gorica
AU  - Štrbac, Snežana
AU  - Antić, Nevena
AU  - Ferreira, Carla
AU  - Dinca, Lucian
AU  - Mijatović, Nevenka
AU  - Kašanin-Grubin, Milica
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rims.institutims.rs/handle/123456789/653
AB  - The quality and vitality of cities largely depend on the design, management, and maintenance of green areas, including urban protected areas (UPAs), since they provide multiple benefits for the city. Due to urbanization and higher anthropogenic pressure, green areas are decreasing which directly affects natural habitats and biodiversity. This study aims to assess soil and vegetation chemical status in UPAs in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, and to understand how their distance from pollution hotspots affects soil and vegetation quality. Additionally, this paper considers the inclusion of soil and vegetation conditions in the urban protected areas management as a basis for introducing a connectivity approach to expand green infrastructure throughout the city. Chemical properties, the content of nutrients (C, N, P, and K), and microelements (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sn, Pb, Zr, U, and Th) in soil and conifer needles were analyzed. Results showed that the distance of pollution hotspots does not affect nutrient and microelements concentrations in soil, i.e., they do not vary significantly between sites and do not exceed remediation intervention values. However, the microelements status of vegetation is affected since Cr, Cu, Zn, Sn, and Pb are higher in needles from trees from the city center. The state of soil and plant composition supports the establishment of a network of green corridors and should become a part of management strategies, thus helping biodiversity protection, climate change mitigation, and human well-being in the cities.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Environmental Geochemistry & Health
T1  - Connectivity approach in urban protected area management based on soil and vegetation chemical status
DO  - 10.1007/s10653-023-01553-4
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Veselinović, Gorica and Štrbac, Snežana and Antić, Nevena and Ferreira, Carla and Dinca, Lucian and Mijatović, Nevenka and Kašanin-Grubin, Milica",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The quality and vitality of cities largely depend on the design, management, and maintenance of green areas, including urban protected areas (UPAs), since they provide multiple benefits for the city. Due to urbanization and higher anthropogenic pressure, green areas are decreasing which directly affects natural habitats and biodiversity. This study aims to assess soil and vegetation chemical status in UPAs in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, and to understand how their distance from pollution hotspots affects soil and vegetation quality. Additionally, this paper considers the inclusion of soil and vegetation conditions in the urban protected areas management as a basis for introducing a connectivity approach to expand green infrastructure throughout the city. Chemical properties, the content of nutrients (C, N, P, and K), and microelements (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sn, Pb, Zr, U, and Th) in soil and conifer needles were analyzed. Results showed that the distance of pollution hotspots does not affect nutrient and microelements concentrations in soil, i.e., they do not vary significantly between sites and do not exceed remediation intervention values. However, the microelements status of vegetation is affected since Cr, Cu, Zn, Sn, and Pb are higher in needles from trees from the city center. The state of soil and plant composition supports the establishment of a network of green corridors and should become a part of management strategies, thus helping biodiversity protection, climate change mitigation, and human well-being in the cities.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Environmental Geochemistry & Health",
title = "Connectivity approach in urban protected area management based on soil and vegetation chemical status",
doi = "10.1007/s10653-023-01553-4"
}

Veselinović, G., Štrbac, S., Antić, N., Ferreira, C., Dinca, L., Mijatović, N.,& Kašanin-Grubin, M.. (2023). Connectivity approach in urban protected area management based on soil and vegetation chemical status. in Environmental Geochemistry & Health
Springer..
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01553-4

Veselinović G, Štrbac S, Antić N, Ferreira C, Dinca L, Mijatović N, Kašanin-Grubin M. Connectivity approach in urban protected area management based on soil and vegetation chemical status. in Environmental Geochemistry & Health. 2023;.
doi:10.1007/s10653-023-01553-4 .

Veselinović, Gorica, Štrbac, Snežana, Antić, Nevena, Ferreira, Carla, Dinca, Lucian, Mijatović, Nevenka, Kašanin-Grubin, Milica, "Connectivity approach in urban protected area management based on soil and vegetation chemical status" in Environmental Geochemistry & Health (2023),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01553-4 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Antić, Nevena
AU  - Stefanović, Milica
AU  - Mijatović, Nevenka
AU  - Kašanin-Grubin, Milica
AU  - Veselinović, Gorica
AU  - Stojadinović, Sanja
AU  - Jovančićević, Branimir
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rims.institutims.rs/handle/123456789/912
AB  - Badlands are areas with scarce or completely absent vegetation formed in a wide range of lithologies in different climate conditions and exposed to a wide range of geomorphological processes [1]. Generally, rapid evolution governed by erosion processes is a consequence of complex mineralogical and physico-chemical sediment composition and climate conditions. Because of that, badlands are often described as natural field laboratories and, furthermore, badland material is suitable for laboratory experiments that can, in controlled conditions, provide insight of changes that occur in the field. As indicated above, beside lithology, climate is one of the most significant factors in badlands forming. Since human activities have great impact on the environment and since climate changes present one of the biggest environmental pollution problems nowadays, in this research badland material was exposed to different conditions with the aim of monitoring changes caused by extreme climate conditions and acid ice. Three samples from badlands in China organized in six sets were treated with ice (representing snow) and acid ice (frozen acid rain) during fifteen cycles, dried in the oven for three cycles and afterwards again threated with ice and acid ice for additional five cycles. After each cycle samples were photographed, so that physical changes can be tracked, while leachate was collected and analyzed for monitoring changes in its volume, pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and cation concentration. Beside slight oscillations in parameters through cycles of samples treated with acid ice, extreme changes in observed parameters were not noticed neither between samples, nor between treatments. Leachate EC were a bit higher in samples treated with ice, leachate volume was higher for samples treated with acid ice, while pH was similar in both cases. Cation concentrations are similar in the leachate of all tested samples. In most of cases, the highest concentrations were measured at the beginning of the experiment, during the first two cycles or during the first “ice” cycles after drying. This indicates the high cation concentrations originate from the sediment surface or washing along the crack that appeared after drying. Physical changes that occurred through cycles implied that heat/drought is more aggressive agent of sediment decay. Decay caused by ice is slower, not as aggressive as drought, but not negligible, causing noticeable and significant cracks and fissures of fragments. This experiment confirmed that drought has high impact on sediment weathering, but more importantly, pointed out the impact of ice and its thawing, opening new questions about climate impact on forming, erosion processes and evolution of badlands which need to be further examined.
PB  - Belgrade : Serbian Chemical Society
C3  - 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC21 - Book of Abstracts, November 30 – December 3, 2021 Novi Sad, Serbia
T1  - Anthropogenic and Climate Influence on Land Degradation
SP  - 141
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rims_912
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Antić, Nevena and Stefanović, Milica and Mijatović, Nevenka and Kašanin-Grubin, Milica and Veselinović, Gorica and Stojadinović, Sanja and Jovančićević, Branimir",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Badlands are areas with scarce or completely absent vegetation formed in a wide range of lithologies in different climate conditions and exposed to a wide range of geomorphological processes [1]. Generally, rapid evolution governed by erosion processes is a consequence of complex mineralogical and physico-chemical sediment composition and climate conditions. Because of that, badlands are often described as natural field laboratories and, furthermore, badland material is suitable for laboratory experiments that can, in controlled conditions, provide insight of changes that occur in the field. As indicated above, beside lithology, climate is one of the most significant factors in badlands forming. Since human activities have great impact on the environment and since climate changes present one of the biggest environmental pollution problems nowadays, in this research badland material was exposed to different conditions with the aim of monitoring changes caused by extreme climate conditions and acid ice. Three samples from badlands in China organized in six sets were treated with ice (representing snow) and acid ice (frozen acid rain) during fifteen cycles, dried in the oven for three cycles and afterwards again threated with ice and acid ice for additional five cycles. After each cycle samples were photographed, so that physical changes can be tracked, while leachate was collected and analyzed for monitoring changes in its volume, pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and cation concentration. Beside slight oscillations in parameters through cycles of samples treated with acid ice, extreme changes in observed parameters were not noticed neither between samples, nor between treatments. Leachate EC were a bit higher in samples treated with ice, leachate volume was higher for samples treated with acid ice, while pH was similar in both cases. Cation concentrations are similar in the leachate of all tested samples. In most of cases, the highest concentrations were measured at the beginning of the experiment, during the first two cycles or during the first “ice” cycles after drying. This indicates the high cation concentrations originate from the sediment surface or washing along the crack that appeared after drying. Physical changes that occurred through cycles implied that heat/drought is more aggressive agent of sediment decay. Decay caused by ice is slower, not as aggressive as drought, but not negligible, causing noticeable and significant cracks and fissures of fragments. This experiment confirmed that drought has high impact on sediment weathering, but more importantly, pointed out the impact of ice and its thawing, opening new questions about climate impact on forming, erosion processes and evolution of badlands which need to be further examined.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Serbian Chemical Society",
journal = "21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC21 - Book of Abstracts, November 30 – December 3, 2021 Novi Sad, Serbia",
title = "Anthropogenic and Climate Influence on Land Degradation",
pages = "141",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rims_912"
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Antić, N., Stefanović, M., Mijatović, N., Kašanin-Grubin, M., Veselinović, G., Stojadinović, S.,& Jovančićević, B.. (2021). Anthropogenic and Climate Influence on Land Degradation. in 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC21 - Book of Abstracts, November 30 – December 3, 2021 Novi Sad, Serbia
Belgrade : Serbian Chemical Society., 141.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rims_912

Antić N, Stefanović M, Mijatović N, Kašanin-Grubin M, Veselinović G, Stojadinović S, Jovančićević B. Anthropogenic and Climate Influence on Land Degradation. in 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC21 - Book of Abstracts, November 30 – December 3, 2021 Novi Sad, Serbia. 2021;:141.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rims_912 .

Antić, Nevena, Stefanović, Milica, Mijatović, Nevenka, Kašanin-Grubin, Milica, Veselinović, Gorica, Stojadinović, Sanja, Jovančićević, Branimir, "Anthropogenic and Climate Influence on Land Degradation" in 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC21 - Book of Abstracts, November 30 – December 3, 2021 Novi Sad, Serbia (2021):141,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rims_912 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Veselinović, Gorica
AU  - Životić, Dragana
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Kašanin-Grubin, Milica
AU  - Mijatović, Nevenka
AU  - Malbasić, Jovana
AU  - Sajnović, Aleksandra
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rims.institutims.rs/handle/123456789/410
AB  - In this study, a multidisciplinary approach was used for a detailed characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vina. - Belo Brdo, Serbia, one of the most important Neolithic settlements in Europe. This research aimed to determine the paleoenvironmental conditions during Pleistocene and Early Holocene sedimentation prior to Early Neolithic settlement (similar to 5800 cal BC) and provide novel insight into the interaction between humans and the environment during the Middle and Late Neolithic (5300-4550 cal BC). For the first time, organic geochemical characterization, combined with organic petrography, grain size, mineralogy, and inorganic analysis were done on sediment samples from geological and archaeological sections of the Vina. - Belo Brdo site. In the archaeological section, the layer with remains of the burned house and the overlaying leveling layer were particularly interesting. The samples from the oldest geological layers were characterized by the relatively high content of carbonates, the largest amount of soluble organic matter (OM), predominance of liptinite macerals, along with the prevalence of short and mid-chain n-alkanes indicating a marsh-lake depositional environment. The sedimentation of overlaying geological layers continued in an oxbow lake, followed by a shallow depositional environment with stronger input of vascular plants. This was indicated by an increase of the terrigenous component, a high amount of huminite maceral, especially textinite, the predominance of odd long-chain n-alkanes, as well as the presence of diterpanes, pimarane, and 16 alpha(H)-phyllocladane. Quartz was the most abundant mineral in paleosol, while the OM had a mixed origin with a major input of microorganism in the precursor biomass. Estimated average paleosol temperature around 12-16 degrees C and mean annual precipitation of 938 mm/yr were favorable for ancient civilization settlement. In archaeological samples, the OM was predominantly formed by microorganisms, with a certain contribution of terrestrial plants. Their occurrence was substantiated by the presence of telohuminite, detrohuminite, resinite, and sporinite. The prevalence of n-alkane C-18, along with the occurrence of inertinite macerals, semifusinite and fusinite, in the layer with the burned house remains confirmed the incomplete combustion of woody biomass at temperatures  lt  500 degrees C. Organic and inorganic geochemical parameters for the leveling layer covering the destroyed buildings showed analogous composition as the lowest geological layers. This proved that Vina inhabitants excavated material for leveling at a site in their vicinity, and used it for covering the burnt debris, clearing the areas for a new settlement. In this context, the decades long archaeological dilemma of the origin of the leveling material was resolved.
PB  - Elsevier, Amsterdam
T2  - Catena
T1  - Geochemical characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vinca - Belo Brdo, Serbia
VL  - 196
DO  - 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104914
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Veselinović, Gorica and Životić, Dragana and Penezić, Kristina and Kašanin-Grubin, Milica and Mijatović, Nevenka and Malbasić, Jovana and Sajnović, Aleksandra",
year = "2021",
abstract = "In this study, a multidisciplinary approach was used for a detailed characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vina. - Belo Brdo, Serbia, one of the most important Neolithic settlements in Europe. This research aimed to determine the paleoenvironmental conditions during Pleistocene and Early Holocene sedimentation prior to Early Neolithic settlement (similar to 5800 cal BC) and provide novel insight into the interaction between humans and the environment during the Middle and Late Neolithic (5300-4550 cal BC). For the first time, organic geochemical characterization, combined with organic petrography, grain size, mineralogy, and inorganic analysis were done on sediment samples from geological and archaeological sections of the Vina. - Belo Brdo site. In the archaeological section, the layer with remains of the burned house and the overlaying leveling layer were particularly interesting. The samples from the oldest geological layers were characterized by the relatively high content of carbonates, the largest amount of soluble organic matter (OM), predominance of liptinite macerals, along with the prevalence of short and mid-chain n-alkanes indicating a marsh-lake depositional environment. The sedimentation of overlaying geological layers continued in an oxbow lake, followed by a shallow depositional environment with stronger input of vascular plants. This was indicated by an increase of the terrigenous component, a high amount of huminite maceral, especially textinite, the predominance of odd long-chain n-alkanes, as well as the presence of diterpanes, pimarane, and 16 alpha(H)-phyllocladane. Quartz was the most abundant mineral in paleosol, while the OM had a mixed origin with a major input of microorganism in the precursor biomass. Estimated average paleosol temperature around 12-16 degrees C and mean annual precipitation of 938 mm/yr were favorable for ancient civilization settlement. In archaeological samples, the OM was predominantly formed by microorganisms, with a certain contribution of terrestrial plants. Their occurrence was substantiated by the presence of telohuminite, detrohuminite, resinite, and sporinite. The prevalence of n-alkane C-18, along with the occurrence of inertinite macerals, semifusinite and fusinite, in the layer with the burned house remains confirmed the incomplete combustion of woody biomass at temperatures  lt  500 degrees C. Organic and inorganic geochemical parameters for the leveling layer covering the destroyed buildings showed analogous composition as the lowest geological layers. This proved that Vina inhabitants excavated material for leveling at a site in their vicinity, and used it for covering the burnt debris, clearing the areas for a new settlement. In this context, the decades long archaeological dilemma of the origin of the leveling material was resolved.",
publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam",
journal = "Catena",
title = "Geochemical characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vinca - Belo Brdo, Serbia",
volume = "196",
doi = "10.1016/j.catena.2020.104914"
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Veselinović, G., Životić, D., Penezić, K., Kašanin-Grubin, M., Mijatović, N., Malbasić, J.,& Sajnović, A.. (2021). Geochemical characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vinca - Belo Brdo, Serbia. in Catena
Elsevier, Amsterdam., 196.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104914

Veselinović G, Životić D, Penezić K, Kašanin-Grubin M, Mijatović N, Malbasić J, Sajnović A. Geochemical characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vinca - Belo Brdo, Serbia. in Catena. 2021;196.
doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104914 .

Veselinović, Gorica, Životić, Dragana, Penezić, Kristina, Kašanin-Grubin, Milica, Mijatović, Nevenka, Malbasić, Jovana, Sajnović, Aleksandra, "Geochemical characterization of sediments from the archaeological site Vinca - Belo Brdo, Serbia" in Catena, 196 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104914 . .