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

 

 

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