RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE, 2022, No.1, P. 47–60


SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF PODZOL PROPERTIES DEPENDING ON THE PLANT MICROGROUPS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE COWBERRY PINE FORESTS
O. N. Bakhmet, M. V. Medvedeva, Ye. V. Moshkina, Yu. N. Tkachenko, A. V. Mamay, S. G. Novikov, S. A. Moshnikov, V. V. Timofeeva, A. Yu. Karpechko
Forest Research Institute, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaya st. 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russia
E-mail: obahmet@mail.ru


Received 29 May 2020
The research was carried out in a specially protected natural area in the western part of the European North. On the example of podzols, the spatial variability of soil properties was studied depending on the plant microgroup type (lichen, cowberry, blueberry, green moss). The morphological and physicochemical characteristics of the studied soils are presented in paper, as well as the taxation description of the stand, and the plant species composition in ground layer. Correlations between some tendencies of edaphic conditions changes and the heterogeneity of the ground cover have been established. The most pronounced changes in the soils’ morphological properties were uncovered in the upper organogenic horizons; the mineral layer is more inert to the spatial heterogeneity of plants in the ground cover. The change in the forest litter thickness occurs in the following order lichen < green moss < blueberry, cowberry. Despite the fact that no sharp changes in soil acidity parameters under various microgroups have been revealed, a tendency for an increase in pH value was noted in the blueberry microgroup. The results of mathematical and statistical analysis showed that the variation coefficients of the carbon content in the studied soils vary in a small range. Coefficients of variation of biogenic elements N, P, K vary in a wider range and range from 17 to 115%. The reserves of C, N, P, K in the forest litter are significantly lower in the lichen microgroup in comparison with other plant groups. Cluster analysis showed that, according to the overall analysis of the studied properties, the organogenic horizon of the lichen microgroups, as well as the podzolic and illuvial horizons of the blueberry microassociation stand out the most. The data obtained can be used in the organization of nature conservation measures that are integral for monitoring the natural environment of Eastern Fennoscandia.
Key words: Eastern Fennoscandia, special protective forest areas, soil, ground cover plants, morphological and chemical properties of soils.
Acknowledgements: The study was carried out within the framework of the State contract with Karelian Scientific Centre (Forest Research Institute) of 2017-2021.
DOI: 10.31857/S002411482105003X


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