Accumulation of organic carbon in chernozems (mollisols) under Shelterbelts in Russia and the United States

• Published in: Eurasian soil science Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 43 - 53
• Main Authors: Chendev, Yu. G, Sauer, T. J, Gennadiev, A. N, Novykh, L. L, Petin, A. N, Petina, V. I, Zazdravnykh, E. A, Burras, C. L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Springer-Verlag 2015; Pleiades Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accumulation; afforestation; agricultural soils; anthropogenic activities; Biogeochemistry; biomass; Carbon; Carbon content; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate; Climate change; Climatic changes; correlation; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; ecosystem services; Genesis and Geography of Soils; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; land use; landscapes; Meadows; Mollisols; Organic carbon; Organic matter; planting; Russia; shelterbelts; Soil formation; Soil organic matter; Soil sciences; Soils; South Dakota; Steppes; Topsoil; trees; South Dakota; Russia; USA, South Dakota; INW, Russia; Russia, Kursk; USA, North Dakota; USA, Great Plains; USA, Nebraska; soil organic carbon; forest steppe; agroforest reclamation; northern continents; climate change

In modern soil science, one of the most important trends is in research, evaluation and analysis of anthropogenic transformation of soils and soil cover of the Earth and its regions. The complex and interdisciplinary nature of the research problem of anthropogenic transformation of soils and their c...