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Effects Exercised by Artificial Forest Stands on the Restoration of Secondary Virgin Lands in Agroforest Landscapes of Dry Steppes

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For the first time, mathematical methods are used to assess the restoration of secondary virgin lands on dry-steppe fallow lands under the influence of artificial protective forest stands, a mandatory component of modern agroforest landscapes. Using variance analysis, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, and the method of correlation pleiades, it is established that artificial stands significantly affect the species composition of plant communities. The greatest impact of cluster forest stands on the species composition of plant communities is observed in their immediate vicinity. The study objects located far from the forest stands feature the maximum similarity coefficients with the virgin lands. It is shown that fallow lands in edge zones of artificial stands planted in a linear fashion are similar to phytocoenoses of adjacent areas by their species composition.

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Pugacheva, A.M. Effects Exercised by Artificial Forest Stands on the Restoration of Secondary Virgin Lands in Agroforest Landscapes of Dry Steppes. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 199–206 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021020096

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