THE HISTORY OF MAN-MADE TRANSFORMATION OF VEGETATION
ON FOREST-STEPPE LANDSCAPES OF WESTERN SLOPES OF THE VOLGA UPLANDS 

Leonova Natal'ya Alekseevna, Candidate of biological sciences, associate professor, sub-department of botany, physiology and biochemistry of plants, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), na_leonova@mail.ru

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The formation of the vegetation on forest-steppe landscapes of western slopes of the Volga Uplands is strongly influenced by different forms and intensity of economic activities. The spore-pollen analysis, taking into account the archaeological, archival and current data on cohabitation of forest, forest steppe and steppe species of animals and plants, suggests the presence of a mosaic biocenotic cover in the forest-steppe areas during the Holocene: complex combinations of forest, meadow, steppe and forest-edge communities. Prolonged and intensive development of the area has led to significant changes in the vegetation cover. It has been found that over the past 300 years, the forest area has decreased by more than a half, while the area of cultivated land has increased 1,5 times.

vegetation, western slopes of the Volga Uplands, anthropogenic transformation of vegetation, nature management

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