Anthropogenic Transformations of Vegetation in the Kuyalnik Estuary Valley (Ukraine, Odesa District)

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 12; p. 1115
• Main Authors: Dubyna, Dmytro V., Ennan, Alim A.-A., Dziuba, Tetiana P., Vakarenko, Lyudmyla P., Shykhaleyeva, Galyna M., Kiryushkina, Hanna M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2022
• Subjects: afforestation; anthropogenic activities; anthropogenic factor; Anthropogenic factors; basins; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Black Sea; climate; Climate change; Degradation; Desertification; dynamics; Environmental aspects; Estuaries; Global climate; grasses; Human beings; Human influences; humans; Influence on nature; Limestone; Military operations; Mowing; Quarrying; recreation; River valleys; Rivers; runoff; sand; Social aspects; steppe; Steppes; Terracing; the Kuyalnik Estuary valley; Ukraine; Valleys; Vegetation; Vegetation changes; Vegetation dynamics; Ukraine; Black Sea
• ISSN: 1424-2818; 1424-2818
• DOI: 10.3390/d14121115

Human influence on the steppe ecosystems of Ukraine caused irreversible loss of biodiversity in the natural zone. Currently, this problem is aggravated by military operations which cover almost half of the steppe zone and are unprecedented in the entire history of their existence. This actualizes th...