Soil erosion rates during the Holocene continuity in a forest-steppe landscape

0576775 - BÚ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Püntener, D. - Šamonil, P. - Tikhomirov, D. - Daněk, P. - Christl, M. - Roleček, Jan - Egli, M.
Soil erosion rates during the Holocene continuity in a forest-steppe landscape.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Roč. 48, č. 3 (2023), s. 504-524. ISSN 0197-9337. E-ISSN 1096-9837
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA20-09895S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : biodiversity * Holocene continuity * soil erosion
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 3.3, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5499

The soils of the Transylvanian Plain formed over a long period and reached a quasi-steady state (soil production equals denudation) that contributed to the maintenance of a biodiversityrich forest-steppe landscape. The slightly elevated erosion rates are an effect of factors that contributed to the Holocene continuity (fire, grazing) and indicate open rather than a forested character of the landscape during soil development. During the last few decades, the erosion rates increased by a factor of 5–10. These large differences are caused by changes in human management of the soils. The biodiversity-rich forest-steppe landscapes are now under threat.
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