Microzonal Distribution of Soils and Plants along the Catenas of Mound Structures
F. N. LISETSKII1, P. V. GOLEUSOV1, B. SUDNIK-WOJCIKOWSKA2, I. I. MOYSIYENKO3
1Belgorod State Nationаl Research University, 308015, Belgorod, Pobedy str., 85
2University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie, PL-00-478
3Kherson State University, 73000, Kherson, 40 let Oktriabrya str., 27
Keywords: burial mounds, steppe vegetation, soil catena, habitat, ecological niche, biodiversity, geoarchaeology
Abstract
The results of a comprehensive study of soil and vegetation on the hills, which are located in four sub-areas of forest-steppe and steppe, were presented. After studying the sloping vertical micro-zonality on the example of mounds, the general and specific features of the distribution of soil properties (40 indicators), in terms of geographical position and in respect of catenary and expository aspects, were shown. Functional changes of interdependence in the system of soil-vegetation as a result of thousands of years of ecosystems’ evolution were identified.
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