Contents

Eurasian Soil Science


Vol. 51, No. 1, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Eurasian Soil Science ISSN 1064-2293.


Genesis and Geography of Soils

Pedodiversity and Its Significance in the Context of Modern Soil Geography

P. V. Krasilnikov, M. I. Gerasimova, D. L. Golovanov, M. V. Konyushkova, V. A. Sidorova and A. S. Sorokin p. 1  abstract

Ecological Functions of Landscapes

V. I. Kiryushin p. 14  abstract

Soils of Agricultural Terraces with Retaining Walls in the Mountains of Dagestan

A. V. Borisov, D. S. Korobov, I. A. Idrisov and P. I. Kalinin p. 22  abstract


Soil Chemistry

Alkanes as Components of Soil Hydrocarbon Status: Behavior and Indication Significance

A. N. Gennadiev, Yu. A. Zavgorodnyaya, Yu. I. Pikovskii and M. A. Smirnova p. 32  abstract

Markers of Soil Organic Matter Transformation in Permafrost Peat Mounds of Northeastern Europe

A. V. Pastukhov, C. Knoblauch, E. V. Yakovleva and D. A. Kaverin p. 42  abstract


Soil Physics

Effects of Rainfall-Induced Topsoil Structure Changes on Root-Zone Moisture Regime during the Dry Period

Feng Wang, Jiazhou Chen and Lirong Lin p. 54  abstract

Surface Runoff and Snowmelt Infiltration into the Soil on Plowlands in the Forest-Steppe and Steppe Zones of the East European Plain

A. T. Barabanov, S. V. Dolgov, N. I. Koronkevich, V. I. Panov and A. I. Petel’ko p. 66  abstract

Numerical Investigations of Moisture Distribution in a Selected Anisotropic Soil Medium

M. Iwanek p. 73  abstract


Soil Biology

Physicochemical and Microbiological Characteristics of Tundra Soils on the Rybachii Peninsula

G. A. Evdokimova, N. P. Mozgova and V. A. Myazin p. 81  abstract

Comparative Analysis of the Number and Structure of the Complexes of Microscopic Fungi in Tundra and Taiga Soils in the North of the Kola Peninsula

M. V. Korneikova p. 89  abstract


Mineralogy and Micromorphology of Soils

Specific Features of Profile Distribution and Crystallochemistry of Phyllosilicates in Soils of the Cisbaikal Forest-Steppe

N. P. Chizhikova, G. P. Gamzikov and E. S. Chechetko p. 96  abstract


Degradation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Soils

The Relationship between Bulk and Mobile Forms of Heavy Metals in Soils of Kursk

N. P. Nevedrov, E. P. Protsenko and I. V. Glebova p. 112  abstract

Dynamics of Physical and Physicochemical Properties of Urban Soils under the Effect of Ice-Melting Salts

N. A. Azovtseva and A. V. Smagin p. 120  abstract