Carbon and nitrogen inputs from litterfall in the soils of suburban forests of Voronezh city
- Authors: Sheshnitsan S.S.1, Golyadkina I.V.1, Sheshnitsan T.L.1, Tikhonova E.N.1, Gorbunova N.S.1,2, Safonova A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
- Voronezh State University
- Issue: No 5 (2025): SPECIAL ISSUE devoted to the study of the role of natural and anthropogenic transformed soils in urban ecosystems
- Pages: 564-576
- Section: SOIL CHEMISTRY
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0032-180X/article/view/294786
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0032180X25050021
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/BWKFJL
- ID: 294786
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Abstract
Suburban forests play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem functions and the biogeochemical cycling of elements within urban landscapes. The aim of the study was to assess the input of carbon and nitrogen from plant fall, their accumulation in litter and accumulation in soils of suburban forests of Voronezh. The studies were performed in old-growth pine and oak forests. It was found that during the summer-autumn season in oak forests twice as much carbon (12.70 t/ha) and five times more nitrogen (0.35 t/ha) than in pine forests (6.48 t C/ha and 0.06 t N/ha) is supplied. Nevertheless, element stocks in forest litter were highest in pine forests, reaching 13.70 t C/ha and 0.35 t N/ha, due to the low decomposition rate of coniferous litter. Finally, the total soil carbon stocks in the one-metre column of Gleyic Phaeozems (Arenic) of oak forests (118.2 t/ha) were significantly higher than in Someric Phaeozems (Arenic) of pine forests (65.6 t/ha). Comparative analysis revealed that the primary cause of these differences in forest soils was related to the litterfall quality and its decomposition rate across different forest types. The results highlight the leading role of forest vegetation in soil formation and carbon storage in forest soils in in the urban landscape.
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About the authors
S. S. Sheshnitsan
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Author for correspondence.
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8027-855X
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087
I. V. Golyadkina
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4532-3810
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087
T. L. Sheshnitsan
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-2288-4929
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087
E. N. Tikhonova
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9039-9822
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087
N. S. Gorbunova
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov; Voronezh State University
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7986-8106
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087; Voronezh, 394006
A. A. Safonova
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Email: sheshnitsan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0488-1963
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394087
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