ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Role of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) Shelterbelts in the Stabilization of Carbon Pools and Humic Substances in Chernozem
Ryszard Mazurek1, Romualda Bejger2
 
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1Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, University of Agriculture in Kraków,
Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
2Department of Physics and Agrophysics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin,
Papieża Pawła VI nr 3, 71-459 Szczecin, Poland
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(4):1263-1271
 
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The purpose of our study was to evaluate the spatial arrangement of carbon pools and humic substances maturity in cultivated chernozem soil adjacent to black locust shelterbelt. A plot on arable land adjacent to midfield shelterbelts in southern Poland (Proszowice Plateau) was chosen. Soil samples were taken at different distances from the shelterbelt from a depth of 0-25 cm. Samples were also collected from under the shelterbelt. The pools of organic carbon were highest in samples taken from the farmland closest to the black locust trees. As distance from trees increased, content of humic substances and fulvic acids was found in cultivated soil to be significantly lower. Based on the van Krevelen diagram, it can be concluded that the most mature and the most stabilized humic acids are those in the soil located directly adjacent to the trees.
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