A phytoindicational assessment of the vegetation of afforestation belts in the Middle Dnipro Region, Ukraine

Goncharenko Igor V., Solomakha Igor V., Shevchyk Vasyl L., Dvirna Tetyana S. (), Tymochko Igor Ya. and Solomakha Volodymyr A.
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Goncharenko Igor V.: Institute for Evolutionary Ecology NAS Ukraine, 37 Lebedeva Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
Solomakha Igor V.: Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, 12 Metrologichna Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
Shevchyk Vasyl L.: Educational and Scientific Center «Institute of Biology and Medicine» of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2, Hlushkova Avenue, Kyiv, 03127, Ukraine
Dvirna Tetyana S.: M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NASU, 2 Tereshchenkivska Str., Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
Tymochko Igor Ya.: Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, 12 Metrologichna Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
Solomakha Volodymyr A.: Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, 12 Metrologichna Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2022, vol. 10, issue 2, 30-39

Abstract: We performed a study of the vegetation of afforestation belts in the Middle Dnipro Region of Ukraine. These were planted to protect agricultural land from adverse climatic conditions. The syntaxonomy of these afforestation belts is, so far, embedded in the synanthropic class of Robinietea tree plantations, but over time, these may need another syntaxonomic solution. Based on the data, a phytoindicational assessment of these communities was performed. The ecological features of the vegetation of afforestation belts have been determined by the mutual influence of ecological factors of different origin, and the extent of these impacts. In particular, the climatic conditions and edaphic factors and also the peculiarities of the environment-forming influence of different dominant tree species in the main layers and the age of these plantations, which determines at different stages of sylvestral succession processes. According to our phytoindicational assessment, use of cluster analysis of these biotopes of afforestation belts, proved their considerable similarity taking into account all ecological factors, and the distribution is mainly due to the predominant tree species. As a result of ordination analysis, it was found that the factors that most correlate with the ordinal axes are light regime, soil nitrogen and humidity. Phytocoenoses of afforestation belts are a very specific component of the forest biome in this region, because they have been artificially created.

Keywords: afforestation belts; phytoindicational analysis; vegetation; Robinietea; Ukraine; cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2022-0009

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