On the Regularities of the Development Stages of Digression
in Ephemeral Wormwood Associations in Terek-Kuma Lowland

P. M.-S. Muratchaeva^a and A. D. Khabibov^b

^a Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
45 ul. Gadzhieva, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367025 Russia

^b Mountain Botanic Garden, Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
45 ul. Gadzhieva, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367025 Russia

e-mail: pibrdncran@mail.ru; gakvari05@mail.ru

Received February 14, 2012

Abstract—A comparative analysis of the phytocenotic indicators of ephemeral wormwood associations for
2006 and 2008 has shown that degradation processes strengthen due to the joint impact of natural and anthro-
pogenic factors.

Keywords: association, specific diversity, aboveground phytomass, population of species, foliage cover, pasture
digression

DOI: 10.1134/S2079096113010125

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