The Impact of Anthropogenic Emission of Nitrogen on the Functioning of Forests in the European Part of Russia
https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-2-95-103
Abstract
In recent decades the problem of air pollution with nitrogen compounds is in the spotlight. Due to the fact that nitrogen is actively involved in the natural cycle of substances, even a relatively small input of nitrogen can lead to ecological disturbances of different kind. The estimation of changes that will occur in natural ecosystems while maintaining the current level of anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen is presented on the case of forests in the European part of Russia. The study revealed that the most resistant to the effects of nitrogen emission are mixed-deciduous and coniferous-deciduous forests with a predominance of the meadow-forest edge species, and the most vulnerable are pine forests with a predominance of oligotrophic and mesotrophic species of vegetation.
About the Authors
I. Yu. Averkieva
Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Pushchino
Russian Federation
Pushchino
K. V. Ivashchenko
Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Pushchino
Russian Federation
Pushchino
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Averkieva I.Yu., Ivashchenko K.V. The Impact of Anthropogenic Emission of Nitrogen on the Functioning of Forests in the European Part of Russia. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2015;(2):95-103. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-2-95-103
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