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The Influence of Vegetation on the Forest Soil Properties in the Republic of Karelia

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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.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The information was collected according to the state assignment of the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences “Preservation and Restoration of Ecological Functions of Forest Soils” (project no. 0110-2014-0004) and the Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Biodiversity of Natural Systems”, project “Forest-forming Species of Russia: Spatial Distribution, Reserves, Contribution to Ecosystem Functions and Services"(project no. 0110-2015-0005). The chemical analyses of soils were performed under support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 15-29-02697 ofi_m). The processing of the data was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 16-17-10284).

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  1. Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    N. V. Lukina, M. A. Orlova, E. V. Tikhonova, D. N. Tebenkova, A. I. Kasakova, A. V. Gornov, V. E. Smirnov & S. V. Knyazeva

  2. Forest Research Institute, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 185910, Petrozavodsk, Russia

    O. N. Bakhmet & A. M. Kryshen

  3. Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Science, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, Russia

    M. P. Shashkov

  4. Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North, 184209, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, Russia

    V. V. Ershov

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Lukina, N.V., Orlova, M.A., Bakhmet, O.N. et al. The Influence of Vegetation on the Forest Soil Properties in the Republic of Karelia. Eurasian Soil Sc. 52, 793–807 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229319050077

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