Biodiversity and Living Ground Cover Resources Analysis As a Result of Postagrogenic Succession

Forestry, forestry, forest crops, agroforestry, landscaping, forest pyrology and taxation (agricultural sciences) (сельскохозяйственные науки)
UDC 630.182
DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2023.123.4.005.36-40
Sergey G. Paramonov, sergei.paramonov@pharminnotech.com, Cand. Sci. (Biol.), ORCID 0000- 0003-3016-9010 associate professor of the department of industrial ecology,
St. Petersburg
Chemical and Pharmaceutical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, e-mail:
rectorat.main@pharminnotech.com,
197022, Professor Popov str., 14a, Saint Petersburg
Abstract.The paper considers the problem of the use of abandoned agricultural lands and
postagrogenic succession on them. In the studied region (Pskov Region), a significant part of the
agricultural land is abandoned. Field description of the living ground cover species diversity on
biocenoses formed over a period of more than 20 years has been carried out in order to
determine the ecosystems resource capabilities. The resource capabilities of postagrogenic
ecosystems were evaluated in terms of nectar productivity of the honey-bearing vegetation and
medicinal plant raw materials. A list of species on postagrogenic lands is given, species of honey
plants and medicinal plant raw materials are identified on the basis of the State Pharmacopoeia of
the Russian Federation. It has been established that both medicinal plants and honey plants are
available at the studied sites regardless of the succession direction. The assessment of honey-
bearing potential, which depends on two factors: the percentage of illumination at the site and
species diversity has been made. At the same time, the potential nectar productivity of living
ground cover decreases over time either due to a decrease in illumination as a result of
overgrowth, or due to its increasing biodiversity, which results in a decrease in thecertain species
of honey plants projective coverage.
Keywords:postagrogenic succession, living ground cover, honey plants, medicinal plant matter
Citation:. Paramonov S.G. Biodiversity and Living Ground Cover Resources Analysis As a Result of
Postagrogenic Succession. Scientific Agronomy Journal. 2023;4(123):36-40.
DOI:10.34736/FNC.2023.123.4.005.36-40
Поступила в редакцию: 17.11.2023
Accepted for printing: 07.12.2023