Transformation of biocenoses in the southern districts of Makeyevka

Anthropogenic influence caused the formation of a complex structure of transformed biocenoses in the southern districts of Makeyevka. Natural and insignificantly transformed communities have survived mainly on outcrops and slopes. The waste lands are covered with succession communities, those characterized by delayed development without inflow of subsequent succession stage species from native communities. Isolated cases of mass development of natural species on disturbed lands are confined to small areas in favorable environments. Upland natural communities are practically absent, there are only some of their species, which slows down succession at intermediate stages with a predominance of ruderal and alien species. As a result, there is a possibility of blocking the succession series in abandoned lands at intermediate stages.