Open AccessINFLUENCE OF OVERGRAZING ON FORBS GRASS STEPPES IN SOUTH DAURIA
Author(s) -
L. I. Saraeva,
Т. E. Tkachuk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
èkobioteh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2618-964X
DOI - 10.31163/2618-964x-2021-4-3-167-170
Subject(s) - overgrazing , grazing , transect , forb , environmental science , pasture , ecological succession , steppe , vegetation (pathology) , agronomy , shrub , litter , ecology , geography , forestry , biology , grassland , medicine , pathology
The article presents the results of changes in vegetation, in 2012-2020, under the influence of overgrazing. Depletion of the species composition and the succession of predominants to grazing-resistant species (Carex duriuscula, Cleistogenes squarrosa), decrease of the grass stand cover and height, decrease of the litter, were revealed at the transect. The destruction of the sod and the layer of litter leading to water and wind erosion was recorded. The stage of pasture digression was assessed as “strong influence of grazing” and “semi poaching”.