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The physical and physicochemical parameters of soils in the Ussuri Reserve presenting the typical soils of the Southern Sikhote-Alin were determined for the first time with consideration for the composition and structure of the soil cover. The soils in the surface horizons had loamy and clay loamy texture. It could vary depending on the overlain soil processes. All the soils were characterized by the minimum base saturation and an increase in the actual acidity down the profile. The organic matter was characterized by an abrupt decrease down the profile and the high mobility of the humus substances. The fractional-group humus composition was analyzed, and the humus status of the soils was characterized. The burozems were regarded as background soils, while a humus-illuvial podburs were referred to the rare ones. Recommendations were developed for the organization of soil monitoring with key test plots in different ecological conditions as examples.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Semal’, 2010, published in Pochvovedenie, 2010, No. 3, pp. 303–312.
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Semal’, V.A. Properties of soils in Southern Sikhote-Alin using the example of the Ussuri Reserve. Eurasian Soil Sc. 43, 278–286 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229310030051
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