Microbe communities in podzolic soils at logged spruce forest areas of the middle taiga zone

This paper is devoted to the influence of clear-cut forest areas on the health status and structure of soil microorganisms. The initial vegetation cover restoration stages at clear cuttings are characterized with a declining number and biomass of microorganisms, fewer ecologic-trophic groups of microorganisms, and a less functional activity of microbiota, due to bad ecological status of podzolic soils.