The structure of coenoflora of the living ground cover in post-agrogenic forests in the Kenozero National Park
Elena N. Nakvasina, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk, Russia, nakvasina@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7360-3975
Nadezhda V. Petrova, Researcher
Kenozersky National Park, Arkhangelsk, Russia, fenolog@kenozero.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1637-929X
Abstract
Using the example of post-agrogenic forests of the Kenozero National Park (Arkhangelsk Region), the articles reveals the impact of slash-and-burn and shift farming systems on the subsequent formation of the coenoflora of the ground cover in forests on former arable land and forest fallows in comparison with natural forests. The selection of research objects was carried out according to the plans of surveying a part of the Olonets province of the 19th century, superimposed on modern topographical bases and forest plantation plans. 100 years after the natural overgrowth of arable lands and fallows, characterized by increased soil fertility, did not achieve similarity in the coenoflora of the ground cover with natural biogeocenoses. There are no significant differences in the ground cover of forests formed on permanent arable land and forest fallows, either in the number of species, or in biodiversity, or in the structure of the coenoflora. Short plowing caused heterogeneity of soils on fallows, which led to the diversity of the living ground cover and to differences in the dominants of the coenoflora from forests on permanent arable lands. On old arable lands, Oxalis acetosella dominates the coenoflora, creating an even background with a high participation rate of the species. The former fallows are dominated by Calamagrostis epigeios, the synusia of which are interspersed with Oxalis acetosella.
Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful to A. V. Kozykin, N. A. Prozherina, and A. A. Aleynikov, who took part in the field work. The research was carried out within the framework of the topic “Identification of objects of slash-and-burn and shifting farming in the territory of the Kenozero National Park”
For citation:
Nakvasina E. N., Petrova N. V. The structure of coenoflora of the living ground cover in post-agrogenic forests in the Kenozero National Park. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2023, no. 2 (46), pp. 89—101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2023.46.6.
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