The Features of Urban Ecosystem Litters According to Type of Planting Care

• Published in: Moscow University soil science bulletin Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 47 - 53
• Main Authors: Semenyuk, O. V., Telesnina, V. M., Bogatyrev, L. G., Benediktova, A. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Historical Geology; Litter; Organic matter; Paleontology; Soil Genesis and Geography; Wind; urban stands; biological cycling; litters
• ISSN: 0147-6874; 1934-7928
• DOI: 10.3103/S0147687421020058

This paper studies the litter properties of Moscow State University urban stands using the examples of birch, linden, and maple forests with a different type of care, varying from periodic care, regular care, and lack of care. Simplification of the vertical structure as a result of care increases the open space inside the stands, changing the degree of shading and wind regime. For park stands, the special role in litter formation belongs to lateral wind transfer and care regularity; these factors influence litter pool and fraction composition. The use of stand care is accompanied by the withdrawal of from 50 to 90% of the stocks of litter, which leads to decreasing recycling of organic matter and ash elements in urban ecosystems.