Pedological and Botanical Records of Environment Changes of Yamskaya Steppe (Belgorod Oblast, Russia) in Holocene

Чендев, Ю. Г.; Ershova, Ekaterina; Aleksandrovskii, A. L.; Ponomarenko, Elena; Гольева, А. А.; Khokhlova, Olga; Rusakov, Alexey; Шаповалов, А. С.

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“…However, the properties of the upper horizon of the Bronze Age paleosol also imply that it survived a warmer and drier (subhumid) stage of pedogenesis, probably in Late Atlantic period. The aridization of climate conditions during this period with probable shifts from forest to steppe environment [58] has been registered earlier in the paleosols of the Middle Volga [59] and forest-steppe areas of the Russian Plain [6]. In the buried soil, this warmer and drier stage resulted in the formation of secondary carbonates, as clearly seen at the microscopic level, and in the development of the bioturbated Ahb horizon, with dark mull humus enriched in stable humic acids.…”

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Paleolandscape Reconstruction Based on the Study of A Buried Soil of the Bronze Age in the Broadleaf Forest Area of the Russian Plain

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Late Holocene landscape evolution at the southern frontier of the forest belt of European Russia is studied based on detailed morphological, analytical and microbiomorphic research of a soil chronosequence that included a surface soil and a soil buried under the Bronze Age kurgan. Both soils (Folic Eutric Cambisols) are formed on similar geomorphic surfaces in the same parent material and in close proximity to each other. The soil morphology and the key analytical features are controlled by low-reactive parent material and imply close similarity of the present landscapes and those of the Bronze age. At the same time the morphological features show that the buried soil was influenced by the phase of weak aridization, which led to the formation of a dark mull humus horizon. Microbiomorphic assemblages (phytoliths, pollen) support the earlier conclusion that the soils of the study area had being developed mostly under forest vegetation.

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Paleolandscape Reconstruction Based on the Study of A Buried Soil of the Bronze Age in the Broadleaf Forest Area of the Russian Plain

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Vegetation and fire history of the East-European forest-steppe over the last 14,800 years: A case study from Zamostye, Kursk region, Russia

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Shumilovskikh

Novenko

2022

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Long‐term dynamics of the East European forest‐steppe ecotone

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Giesecke

2017

J Vegetation Science

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Question The European forest‐steppe ecotone extends over 6,000 km from the Carpathian to the Ural Mountains. It is extensively used for agriculture with very few patches of semi‐natural vegetation. Little is known about the history of the forest‐steppe ecotone in Eastern Europe and here we examine its Holocene dynamics and stability and investigate when it was transformed to the modern agro‐pastoral landscapes. Location Mid‐Russian Upland. Methods We summarize the information from five pollen diagrams for the last 7,000 years and estimate forest cover using the best modern analogue technique. We use the PCA and principal curve analysis to evaluate compositional changes. Results The pollen data suggest that the East European forest‐steppe boundary was located 50–70 km further northwest from the presumed present position during the period 7,000–4,500 cal yr BP. After 4,500 cal year BP, it moved approximately 100–130 km to the southeast. Since 2,000 cal year BP land use affected the boundary, while a total forest clearance and transformation to agricultural landscapes took place in the last 400 years. Pollen data indicate a NW–SE direction of the forest‐steppe vegetation gradient. Prior to clearance, open lime–pedunculate oak forests existed in the NW, while the south was characterized by pine woodlands with an admixture of oak and lime with 20%–40% forest cover. Conclusions The East European forest‐steppe ecotone is sensitive to climate change. The Late Holocene expansion of forest cover is in agreement with evidence suggesting an increase in moisture availability during this time. The rapid recovery to a similar composition after human disturbance indicates a high resilience of woodland in the ecotone, which may be connected to a naturally high disturbance regime, possibly through fire. The information revealed on the position of the gradient and natural composition of the forest is currently not depicted in maps of the potential natural vegetation.

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Pedological and Botanical Records of Environment Changes of Yamskaya Steppe (Belgorod Oblast, Russia) in Holocene

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Paleolandscape Reconstruction Based on the Study of A Buried Soil of the Bronze Age in the Broadleaf Forest Area of the Russian Plain

Paleolandscape Reconstruction Based on the Study of A Buried Soil of the Bronze Age in the Broadleaf Forest Area of the Russian Plain

Vegetation and fire history of the East-European forest-steppe over the last 14,800 years: A case study from Zamostye, Kursk region, Russia

Long‐term dynamics of the East European forest‐steppe ecotone

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