Survival is an important criterion for selection of species suitable
for highly saline soils (Marcar and Crawford, 2004). Survival of
E. camaldulensis was virtually unaffected by increased soil salinity,
and reductions in growth performance were mainly due to a reduction
in basal area rather than in tree height (Table 3), an observation
also made by Sun and Dickinson (1995) and Akhtar et al. (2008).
Akhtar et al. (2008) also observed that survival of E. camaldulensis
in Pakistan was not affected by soil salinity (8–31 dSm−1 ECe) or
planting density (818–2500 trees ha−1).