Pedodiversity and Its Significance in the Context of Modern Soil Geography
- Authors: Krasilnikov P.V.1,2, Gerasimova M.I.1, Golovanov D.L.1, Konyushkova M.V.1, Sidorova V.A.2, Sorokin A.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Institute of Biology, Karelian Science Center
- Issue: Vol 51, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 1-13
- Section: Genesis and Geography of Soils
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/224358
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229318010118
- ID: 224358
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Abstract
Methodological basics of the study and quantitative assessment of pedodiversity are discussed. It is shown that the application of various indices and models of pedodiversity can be feasible for solving three major issues in pedology: a comparative geographical analysis of different territories, a comparative historical analysis of soil development in the course of landscape evolution, and the analysis of relationships between biodiversity and pedodiversity. Analogous geographic concepts of geodiversity and landscape diversity are also discussed. Certain limitations in the use of quantitative estimates of pedodiversity related to their linkage to the particular soil classification systems and with the initial soil maps are considered. Problems of the interpretation of the results of pedodiversity assessments are emphasized. It is shown that scientific explanations of biodiversity cannot be adequately applied in soil studies. Promising directions of further studies of pedodiversity are outlined. They include the assessment of the functional diversity of soils on the basis of data on their properties, integration with geostatistical methods of evaluation of soil variability, and assessment of pedodiversity on different scales.
About the authors
P. V. Krasilnikov
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Biology, Karelian Science Center
Author for correspondence.
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, 119991; ul. Pushkinskaya 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910
M. I. Gerasimova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, 119991
D. L. Golovanov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, 119991
M. V. Konyushkova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, 119991
V. A. Sidorova
Institute of Biology, Karelian Science Center
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Pushkinskaya 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910
A. S. Sorokin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: krasilnikov@ecfs.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, 119991