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The influence of microtopography on the distribution of soil invertebrates in the semidesert and the ways of soil fauna formation in forest plantations established in mesodepressions at the Dzhanybek Research Station, the Northern Caspian Lowland, are considered. The results of earthworm introduction in pedunculate oak plantations performed more than 40 years ago are summarized. The composition of the soil macrofauna and characteristics of forest litter are compared between forest plantations and natural spiraea brushwood.
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Original Russian Text © T.S. Vsevolodova-Perel, M.L. Sizemskaya, A.V. Kolesnikov, 2011, published in Povolzhskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, No. 2, pp. 142–150.
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Vsevolodova-Perel, T.S., Sizemskaya, M.L. & Kolesnikov, A.V. Changes in the species composition and trophic structure of soil macrofauna upon establishment of forest plantations in the Caspian semidesert. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 38, 1050–1055 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359011100189
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