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Morpholithological genesis and soil properties of the pine forest ecosystems in relation to the North-South transect in Europe

Degórski M.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2003

Vol. 51, nr 4

441-459

The influence of the geographically differentiated pedogenic factors on the properties of the podzolic soils of the pine forest ecosystems located along a meridional transect stretching between northern Finland (69 stopni 44 minuty N) to southern Poland (50 stopni 28 minut N) was studied. The geographical trends in soil properties and the diagnostic soil features were determined. The results of many years of research on the spatial differentiation of the properties of podzolic soils confirmed the relations between the geographical differentiation of the pedogenic factors, the spatial variability of the structures of the soil cover, and the spatial variability of soil properties. In addition, an essential role of the soil in the functioning of boreal pine forest ecosystems was demonstrated. The following results can be drawn on the basis of the results obtained: 1) the spatial differentiation of the soil cover analysed is associated with the age of the original sedimentation, the texture properties of the substrate from which the pedons developed, the hygro-thermal properties of climate, and the structure of the vegetation cover; 2) along with the increase of the age of the soils towards south and the decrease of the humid character of climate the increase of the following parameters was noted: content of quartz and of the resistant minerals, the value of grain abrasion index (Wo), the value of the nonhomogenous index (Nm), the deficit of moisture, the thickness of the soil's solum, the ratio Ch:Cf, the degree of humification, the absolute content of the hydrogen ions, the contents of the bivalent cations in the sorption complex of the soils. The decrease was also noted of: the content of the non-resistant minerals, the value of the average grain diameter indicator (AGD), the thickness of the organic horizon (O), the storage of the organic carbon in the entire pedon, the content of the ammonia salts in the mineralised nitrogen, the saturation of the sorption complex of the soils with hydrogen cations, the total content of phosphorus and of the phosphorus accessible for plants, the value of the Schwertmann's indicator, and the value of the illuviation indicator after Mokma; 3) the highest ecological efficiency, as measured with the enzymatic activity, is displayed by the soils of the central part of the area considered.

Local variability of soil properties of forest stands along the North-South climatic transect in Europe

Degórski M.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2003

Vol. 51, nr 4

461-469

The differentiation of the properties of soils at the level of pedons constitutes one of the most essential elements of the functional-structural analysis of the ecosystems. The purpose of the studies presented in this paper was to assess the spatial variability of the soil cover as conditioned by the micro-habitat differentiation and expressed through the variability of thickness of the genetic horizons for individual pedons, as well as spatial differences in acidity, moisture, conductivity, and organic carbon content. The studies were conducted on podzolic soils covered with forest vegetation. The results of studies carried out and described here indicate an influence of the local topo-habitat conditions on the spatial variability of soil properties. the following results can be drawn on the basis of the results obtained: 1) within the organic horizon the highest spatial differentiation of the properties considered was observed in the soils of Finland and Norway, while within the humus and enrichment horizons it was greater in the soils of the Polish part of the study area; 2) an exception to the above regularity is constituted by moisture; the highest spatial differentiation at this factor within all the genetic horizons was always observed in the soils characterised by its highest values; 3) spatial differentiation of the properties analysed is greater within the organic and humus horizons than in the enrichment horizon; 4) the biggest differences between the particular variants of the experiment, implemented during the four years of study, were displayed by: a) within the organic layer - the pedons of the northern and central parts of the study area, fromm Norway to Latvia, b) within the humus layer - the marginal pedons of FN1 and PL3 as well as the pedons of the central part of the study area - from Lithuania and Latvia, c) within the enrichment layer - the pedons of the Polish part of the study area; 5)interdependence was observed between the length of the micro-transects and the variability of the soil properties analysed; and 6) the strongest interrelation between the analysed properties were registered for the moisture - organic carbon content and moisture - conductivity.