Email this article The Influence of Vegetation on the Forest Soil Properties in the Republic of Karelia
- Authors: Lukina N.V.1, Orlova M.A.1, Bakhmet O.N.2, Tikhonova E.V.1, Tebenkova D.N.1, Kasakova A.I.1, Kryshen A.M.2, Gornov A.V.1, Smirnov V.E.1, Shashkov M.P.3, Ershov V.V.4, Knyazeva S.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Forest Research Institute, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Science
- Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North
- Issue: Vol 52, No 7 (2019)
- Pages: 793-807
- Section: Soil Chemistry
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/225098
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229319050077
- ID: 225098
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Abstract
The effect of vegetation on soil properties (acidity, C/N ratio, content of exchangeable nutrients) was assessed for the northern and middle taiga forests in the Republic of Karelia. The forests occupy autonomous positions in the landscapes; the soil-forming rocks are diverse. The study objects were Al–Fe–humus soils on Quaternary sediments, common for taiga forests. Albic Podzols predominate among them. The differences in the properties of organic soil horizons (corresponding to the taxonomic levels of forest types and formations) within and between the taiga subzones may be explained by variations in the composition of soil-forming rocks and the amount of precipitation, as well as by the influence of vegetation. It is shown that, along with the quality of plant residues produced by the predominant functional groups, the soil properties depend on the regulation by trees of the amount and composition of precipitation penetrating through their crowns and affecting the intensity of nutrients leaching from the soils.
About the authors
N. V. Lukina
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
M. A. Orlova
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
O. N. Bakhmet
Forest Research Institute, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185910
E. V. Tikhonova
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
D. N. Tebenkova
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
A. I. Kasakova
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
A. M. Kryshen
Forest Research Institute, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185910
A. V. Gornov
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
V. E. Smirnov
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
M. P. Shashkov
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Science
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290
V. V. Ershov
Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, 184209
S. V. Knyazeva
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: lukina@cepl.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
