Soil cover of the northern most regions of Eurasia are considered as underestimated in terms of their possible role in expansions of current agriculture to the cryolithozone. In this context, abandoned agricultural soils of Yamal region were investigated in terms of morphology, chemistry and taxonomy microbiome compositions and compared in these terms with mature tundra and taiga soils of pristine environments. The level of soil fertility was low in all cases - former agricultural soils and pristine ones. The level of microorganism's biodiversity was higher in soils of agricultural lands. This fact indicates that the agricultural soil treatment in polar terrestrial ecosystem results in increasing of soil microbial biodiversity due to diversification of ecological niches. Also the is an essential lack of nitrogen sources in all permafrost affected soils studied.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012029
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume941
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Nov 2021
Event2021 International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Agriculture and Food Processing, TAFP 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 10 Jun 2021 → …

    Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Science(all)
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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