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The biochemical properties inherent to the main types of automorphic soils developed in different bioclimatic conditions of Elbrus and Terek variants of the vertical zonality within Kabardino-Balkaria were compared. The natural-climatic conditions of these variants noticeably affect the soil cover pattern. The ratio of the oxidase and hydrolase activities is sensitive to the moisture conditions in which these soils are formed. The redox processes are more active in drier conditions, whereas hydrolytic processes are more active under higher moisture. The level of the biological activity of the automorphic soils is estimated using the integral index of the ecological-biological soil status.
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Original Russian Text © O.N. Gorobtsova, F.V. Khezheva, T.S. Uligova, R.Kh. Tembotov, 2015, published in Pochvovedenie, 2015, No. 3, pp. 347–359.
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Gorobtsova, O.N., Khezheva, F.V., Uligova, T.S. et al. Ecological and geographical regularities of changes in the biological activity of automorphic soils on the foothills and adjacent plains of the Central Caucasus region (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic). Eurasian Soil Sc. 48, 303–313 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106422931501007X
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