Landscape approach in assessing the bioresource potential of specially protected natural areas

There are many different approaches to studying the structure and organization of natural ecosystems. Among those are: geomorphological, landscape and ecosystem. It is generally accepted that a landscape approach has the greatest resolution, completeness and hierarchical depth. Landscape consideration of natural-territorial complexes is a key to understanding the regularities occurring in typological and biogeocenotic structure of natural ecosystems of any rank. A landscape approach to forest areas involves considering a specific forest community along with other spatially adjacent areas that form a system of a higher rank in a specific geographic environment. Any forest area within the facies should be considered taking into account other biogeocenoses existing next to it, not only forest, but also others (bog, meadow, etc.). Landscape properties are determined in many respects by the type of forest and their biogeocenotic composition, configuration of stands, their size and spatial relationship. Typological structure of forests determines many aspects of forest management strategy. The resource potential of the territory, economic value and economic accessibility are directly related to it. Landscape characteristics of forest lands often determine the degree of their development and general level of forestry activities. Forest cover, swampiness, basis of erosion, slope, length, steepness and exposure of slopes, type of geochemical circulation are main interesting characteristics of forest landscapes. The listed number of characteristics is included in the forestry-biogeocenotic attributes in the study of natural-territorial complex.