Yakovlev I.G., Levykin S.V., Grudinin D.A. Identification, Classification, Mapping of Model and Secondary Steppe Ecosystems Within the Orenburg-Kazakhstan Cross-Border Region
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu11.2014.3.7
Yakovlev Ilya Gennadyevich
Candidate of Geographic Sciences, Researcher, Laboratory of Agroecology and Land Management, Institute of Steppe, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Levykin Segrey Vyacheslavovich
Doctor of Geographic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Land Management, Head of the Laboratory of Agroecology and Land Management,
Institute of Steppe, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Grudinin Dmitriy Alexandrovich
Associate Researcher, Laboratory of Agroecology and Land Management,
Institute of Steppe, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Abstract. The article deals with the current issues of modern steppe management in the Orenburg-Kazakhstan cross-border region. The authors use the data of their own field research over the period of 2009-2014 aimed at detection and classification of model and secondary steppe ecosystems in the region. For the last 6 years it has been revealed that some steppe and fallow lands have different squares. The detected lands are multiple-aged and differ according to their qualitative composition depending on aged-specific (time for completion of agricultural activity), soil-lithogenous and floristic features.The authors detected sites of anthropogenic influence on steppe ecosystems as well as the factors that have favorable affect on restoration of natural ecosystems. The article also reveals the centers of restoration of traditional steppe fauna within the Orenburg-Kazakhstan region and the distribution area of marmot, little bustard, bustard, saiga antelope. The authors carried out the comparative analysis of agro-ecological situation in the region for a few last years as well as over long period of time according to archival and polling data.
Key words: model and secondary steppe ecosystems, fallows, steppe management, Orenburg-Kazakhstan cross-border region.
Identification, Classification, Mapping of Model and Secondary Steppe Ecosystems Within the Orenburg-Kazakhstan Cross-Border Region by Yakovlev I.G., Levykin S.V., Grudinin D.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.