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The current dynamics of ecosystems of the forest-steppe system is most adequately described via determining the probable trajectories of changes in its elements in a simple Markov chain. The obtained data have made it possible to determine the direction of succession and draw its scheme. Theoretically possible series of community development are presented. The succession of community restoration from the spread of shrubs over steppificated fallow lands to the formation of low forests of European bird cherry has been analyzed. The restoration cycle of ecosystem dynamics is described by eight age stages.
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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Kudryavtsev, 2007, published in Ekologiya, 2007, vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 323–330.
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Kudryavtsev, A.Y. Vegetation restoration dynamics in the forest-steppe system of the middle Volga region. Russ J Ecol 38, 299–305 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413607050013
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