Population monitoring of steppe vegetation successions in the «Balka Sukhaya» nature sanctuary of local significance

The paper studies condition of edificatory species’ cenopopulations in the «Balka Sukhaya» nature sanctuary of local significance (Ukraine, Donetsk region). The study revealed some indicator features in ecologic and demographic structure of cenopopulations of steppe phytocenoses’ edificators. These features are indicative of the condition of plant communities that are at different stages of mixed grasses-fescue-feather grass succession.