Vegetation dynamics of field protective forest strips affected by military actions of various intensities

The article concerns the dynamics of ecosystems of field protection forest belts damaged as a result of military operations. The study is a topical task of modern ecology and has important scientific and practical significance for Ukraine in the conditions of martial law and in the postwar period. The results obtained will contribute to the development of scientifically based strategies for restoring the ecological stability of agroecosystems and minimizing negative belligerent consequences for the environment. The purpose of the study is to predict the dynamics of plant communities of field protection forest belts affected as a result of active military operations. In accordance with the purpose, the following tasks were set: to describe the phytocenotic diversity of field protection forest belts; to determine the main directions of autogenic succession of vegetation of field protection forest belts; to establish the main types of disruption of phytocenoses of field protection forest belts as a result of military operations and their consequences. The phytocenotic diversity of the surveyed areas in cludes 5 classes, 7 orders, 11 unions, 14 associations for the Steppe zone; 12 classes, 17 orders, 23 unions, 47 associations for the ForestSteppe and 11 classes, 13 orders, 16 unions, 24 associations for Polissia. Field protection strips develop according to the model of a «cone of growth», the center of which is woody vegetation, and the edges are ruderal and meadow groups on the periphery. When building plans for the restoration of field protection forest strips affected by hostilities, calculations of forecasts of the dynamics of their ecosystems should be carried out. The dynamics of ecosystems of field protection forest strips damaged by hostilities are affected by damage or destruction of vegetation, destruction of the Ahorizon of the soil and exposure of parent rocks. In case of minor damage to the forest shelterbelt, it is worth conducting controlled selfrecovery. In case of significant damage to vegetation and soil cover, it is more advisable to conduct recultivation on the damaged site with its reproduction on a neighboring site.