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Spatial Distribution of Organic Matter and Nitrogen in the Entic Podzols of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Reserve and Its Relationship with the Structure of Forest Phytocenoses

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Estimates of the spatial heterogeneity of the organic matter distribution in forest soils determined by the influence of the species and spatial structure of phytocenoses are relevant for many environmental problems, including the calculation of carbon sinks and modeling of the dynamics of forest ecosystems. We analyzed the data on the organic carbon (Corg) and total nitrogen (Ntot) contents in the O (forest litter) and AY (humus) horizons of Entic Podzols in the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Reserve (54.89° N, 37.56° E). The studied site is located in a coniferous–deciduous forest formed after overgrowing of the cutting area of pine stands. We sampled the O and AY horizons along transects between trees of different species, i.e., near the trunks, under the crown, and in the intercrown space. The contents of Corg and Ntot in the O horizon varied within 17.6–44.9 and 0.84–1.79%, respectively. The ranges for the AY horizon were greater: 0.71–8.5% (Corg) and 0.035–0.33% (Ntot). The relationship between the contents of Corg and Ntot in the O and AY horizons was close to linear (rs = 0.72 and rs = 0.96, respectively). We also obtained similar C : N ratios for the both horizons. The litter thickness and the content of Ntot in the O horizon, as well as the content of Corg in the AY horizon, significantly differed in different parts of the transects (P < 0.05). The differences in the litter thickness and the Corg content in the O horizon under the crowns of different tree species were also significant. In samples from the AY horizon taken in intercrown spaces, the Ntot content correlated with the demand of plant species of the ground cover for soil fertility. The data obtained reflect the influence of specific features of spatial patterns of surface and root litterfall in multispecies communities of mixed forest stands on the spatial variability of Corg and Ntot contents in soil.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the administration of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi State Natural Biosphere Reserve for the opportunity to perform field researches in its area. We are also grateful to our colleagues from the Laboratory of Ecosystem Modeling of the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, the Russian Academy of Sciences, for helping in field work.

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The studies of the spatial distribution of Corg and Ntot in Entic Podzols of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Reserve were supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 18-14-00362. Data on the distribution of physicochemical characteristics of soils were obtained by IP and TM within the framework of the researches of the IPBPSS of RAS (AAAA-A18-118013190176-2).

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Priputina, I.V., Frolova, G.G., Shanin, V.N. et al. Spatial Distribution of Organic Matter and Nitrogen in the Entic Podzols of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Reserve and Its Relationship with the Structure of Forest Phytocenoses. Eurasian Soil Sc. 53, 1021–1032 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229320080128

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