Land Use History as a Factor of the Contemporary State of Plant Cover (Using the Example of the Southeast of Belarus)
A. P. GUSEV
F. Skorinа Gomel State University, 246019, Gomel, Sovetskaya str., 104
Keywords: vegetation, landscape, land use history, forest ecosystems, succession, Belarus
Abstract
Legacy effect of land use history on the contemporary state of the plant cover in the southeast of Belarus was studied. Forest ecosystems formed on arable lands, meadows and other non-forest lands are characterized by: few forest species and many synanthropic species, high level of invasion, low occurrence of late successional species, braking of successions.
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