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Microaggregation and stability of organic matter in the forest-steppe chernozems of the Volga region

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Based on the regularities of changes in the accumulation, composition, and properties of the microstructural components separated from virgin chernozems by granulodensimetric fractionation, an hypothesis relating the mechanisms of the microaggregate formation and stability with the spatial and temporal distribution of the soil organic matter was confirmed. Schemes were composed for describing the relationships of the soil microstructure with the stability of the organic matter and the dynamics of its renewal in chernozems. Parameters were proposed for characterizing the equilibrium status of soil organic matter.

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  1. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    L. S. Travnikova & Z. S. Artem’eva

  2. Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    T. M. Sileva & I. M. Ryzhova

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Original Russian Text © L.S. Travnikova, T.M. Sileva, I.M. Ryzhova, Z.S. Artem’eva, 2006, published in Pochvovedenie, 2006, No. 6, pp. 712–720.

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Travnikova, L.S., Sileva, T.M., Ryzhova, I.M. et al. Microaggregation and stability of organic matter in the forest-steppe chernozems of the Volga region. Eurasian Soil Sc. 39, 640–647 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229306060081

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