THE POSSIBILITY OF MEASURING AGRICULTURAL PRESSURE ON SOIL MAPPING UNITS

Abstract

A generalized “coefficient of agricultural pressure on the soil,” derived from resource-level indices and related to the J. Kostrowicki typological model, is proposed and is related to soil mapping units. The general patterns of its spatial distribution within European Russia, based on experiments with maps, are confirmed by data in the literature. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA 22308 from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 1996, No. 5, pp. 124-134.