Ecological and cenotic peculiarities of meadow and steppe associations of PA "Besputskaya polyana"

The tract "Besutskaya Polyana" is located in Stavropol Territory near the farm Molochny. It belongs to specially pro- tected natural territories of Stavropol Territory with the status of the State Nature Reserve, popularly known as the “Cross”. The Sengileyan hollow with a picturesque lake of the same name adjoins the territory of Besutskaya Polyana reserve, which also belongs to specially protected natural area Priozerny Reserve. Under the influence of economic activity of the man the shape of the nature is changed. There is a change of specific structure of plants and animals. And there is a sharp loss of endemic types being the edificators for this district. In this regard there is specific impoverishment leading to natural ecosystem degradation. Degradation processes of ecosystems, as a rule, are also followed by the processes of introduction. There are types, not characteristic for this cenosis. The shape of phytocenosis, behind it and zoocenosis completely changes...