Soil carbon in forest regions of the European-Ural part of Russia

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O.V. Chestnykh^1,2*, V.I. Grabovsky¹, D.G. Zamolodchikov¹

¹ Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences Profsoyuznaya st. 84/32 bldg. 14, Moscow, 117997, Russia

²Lomonosov Moscow State University

Leninskie Gory 1 bldg. 12, Moscow, 119991, Russia

^*E-mail: ochestn@mail.ru

Received 17.02.2020

Accepted 12.03.2020

The carbon pool of the soil block of the European-Ural part of Russia was estimated on the basis of land categories adopted in the State Forest Register (21 biotopes in total). Published data of 675 soil sections using the coordinates and descriptions of sections were linked to biotopes and forest areas (13). The total carbon stock in the soils of forest regions of the European-Ural part amounted to 19.3 *10⁹ t C for a depth of 0-30 cm, 26.6 *10⁹ t C for a 0-50 cm depth, and 34.2 *10⁹ t C for 0-100 cm. The total area of the forest sector in the European part of Russia for these forest regions is estimated at 181.13 *10⁶ ha. Aggregated data are given both for biotopes of the entire region and for forest areas. The results we obtained on a top basis of forest-forming species and non-forest lands are compared with estimates of other authors obtained for various types of soils.

Key words: States Forest Account lands of Russia, forest dominant species, data base, forest soils, organic carbon stock (C_soil)

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