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Население почвенно-подстилочных беспозвоночных как индикатор критического состояния в деградирующих лесных экосистемах
Population of soil litter invertebrates as an indicator of critical condition indegrading forest ecosystems

Author(s): A. K. Ibragimov, G. A. Anufriyev
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, Political Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: soil litter invertebrates; forest ecosystems; anthropogenic degradation;

Summary/Abstract: Conception of three critical levels of the anthropogenic degradation of native ecosystems is proposed. The total crisis of the ecosystem correlates with the entire destruction of the soil environment. The soil invertebrates population may serve as an indicator of this process.

  • Issue Year: 13/2005
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 108-112
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Russian