Microbial properties and ecological functions of mountain soil
On November 13, 2024 the Research center “Smart technologies for sustainable development of the urban environment in the global change” Agrarian and Technological Institute RUDN University organizes an international scientific seminar “Microbial properties and ecological functions of mountain soil”. The event will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform and off-line in Agrarian and Technological Institute RUDN. The working language is Russian.
The seminar will discuss the consequences of global warming on soil processes related to C, N, P cycling in mountain ecosystems. As a result of climate warming, there is a shift from the mountain forest belt to subalpine meadows, which affects the structure of their plant community and soil processes. Soil microorganisms play a key role in these processes, participating in the decomposition of organic matter and the cycling of biophilic elements. The seminar will consider possible scenarios for changes in the ecological C:N:P stoichiometry in the plant biomass, in the soil pool, in the microbial biomass, and their relationship with the functioning of the soil microbial community under tree line shift for reserved and grazed mountain slopes.
Event program:
17.30 — 18.00
“C:N:P stoichiometry and microbial activity of soils at the tree line shift to subalpine grasslands of reserved and grazed mountain slopes in the Northwest Caucasus”
Kristina Ivashenko, ph.D, head Laboratory of Carbon Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
19.00— 19.30
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