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Title: THE CHANGES IN THE DRY STEPPE SOIL COVER DEPENDING ON GRAZING INTENSITY

THE CHANGES IN THE DRY STEPPE SOIL COVER DEPENDING ON GRAZING INTENSITY
A. Potapova;M. Eltsov;V. Pinskoy;A. Bukhonov;I. Idrisov
1314-2704
English
19
3.2
Degradation of soil cover is one of the most important problems in modern environmental management. In this paper, the results of field studies of changes in the dry steppe soil cover depending on grazing intensity are presented. The study area is located within the dry-steppe zone of the Russian Plain on the western slope of the Yergeninskaya Upland in Remontnesky District of Rostov Region. The soil cover is represented by Kashtanozems and Solonetz. In the vegetation cover, wormwood-grass associations prevail. As a result of the studies performed, it was established that the soil cover of pastures changes significantly depending on the intensity of pasture load. Therefore, on the area with the maximum pasture load (at a distance of 200 m from the sheep farm) in the soil cover solonetz prevailed (60%). At the same time, about a third of the area (35%), eroded solonetz occupied, which were in elongated erosion depressions. In these soils, the AE horizon had a thickness of less than 2-3 cm. At the site, located 600 m from the farm, where pasture load was less strong, solonetz were also prevailed in the soil cover (61%), but at the same time, eroded solonetz occupied only 3% of the total area. At the site with a minimum grazing load (at a distance of 1300 m from the farm), solonetzes are virtually absent, and kastanozems occupy more than 90% of the soil cover. Thus, it has been shown that grazing leads to an increase in the share of solonetz in the ? the soil cover of dry steppe.
conference
19th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2019
19th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2019, 30 June - 6 July, 2019
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
Bulgarian Acad Sci; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Slovak Acad Sci; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; World Acad Sci; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Ac
475-482
30 June - 6 July, 2019
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cdrom
5755
steppe; grazing; erosion; chestnut soil; kashtanozems; solonets.