Ecogeochemical features of ampelocoenoses as objects for soil-ecological monitoring

The article analyzes the peculiar ecogeochemical features of vineyards as an object of soil-ecological monitoring on the example of the authors’ own research, conducted in 2021-2024 in a number of wineries in the south-western part of Crimea and in the Fruška Gora district of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. Considering the pronounced manifestation of environmental risks and the need to apply integrated methodological approaches to systems analysis of problematic environmental situations, it is proposed to supplement the classical program of soil-ecological surveys with ecogeochemical and ecotoxicological studies with the identification of limiting indicators of soil contamination of ampelocoenoses and assessment of risks of migration of pollutants in the system “soil – vine – products of viticulture and wine-making”. A diagnostic tool for the early detection of negative changes in vineyard agroecosystems can be the determination of soil biological activity through soil respiration indicators and ecophysiological indices calculated on their basis, demonstrating the current status of the soil microbiome.

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