Abstract
Steppe soils are assailed by various phenomena that diminish their fertility and degrade their physical properties. Afforestation is an effective way to arrest soil degradation. In the steppe zone of Ukraine, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and pendunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) are most often planted but, in Calcic chernozem, plantations bring about changes in soil physical properties that are poorly understood. The most dramatic changes are observed in the A horizon: compared with soils under arable, the soil under woodland exhibits a lesser clay content and a greater content of silt and sand, a shift towards a greater proportion of larger water-stable aggregates, lesser particle density and greater total porosity.
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The presented work is part of the scientific research of the Dept of Geobotany, Soil Science and Ecology of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, which is devoted to establishing the influences of forest plantations on steppe soils.
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Gorban, V. (2021). Robinia Pseudoacacia and Quercus Robur Plantations Change the Physical Properties of Calcic Chernozem. In: Dmytruk, Y., Dent, D. (eds) Soils Under Stress. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68394-8_10
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