Dzhapova RR, Bakinova TI, Dzhapova VV.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 3. Р. 247-257.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-3-247

Original article

Ecological potential of natural pastures vegetation

 

Raisa R Dzhapova1, Tatyana I Bakinova2, Vita V Dzhapova3

1,2,3Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikova, Elista, Russia

1djapova04@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2197-5451

2bakinovat@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8021-0327

3dzhapova@list.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9615-1214

                                                                    

Abstract. Degradation of pasture ecosystems is a topical issue for the eastern part of Kalmykia, located in the northern subzone of the desert zone. The objective of the study was to compare the dynamics of the aboveground biomass of plant communities in the reserve's buffer zone, where cattle and small cattle graze, with the dynamics of the aboveground biomass of similar plant communities in the reserve's core in years with different moisture conditions. Classical methods of geobotanical study of vegetation were used for the study. The study showed that the aboveground mass of feather-grass-bluegrass (Poa bulbosa, Stipa sareptana) phytocenoses located in the reserve's core in years with different moisture conditions is 2.6-10 times greater than the aboveground mass of the same phytocenoses in the reserve's buffer zone. Fluctuations in the values of the aboveground mass of feather-grass-bluegrass (Poa bulbosa, Stipa sareptana) phytocenoses in the reserve's core in years with different moisture conditions do not exceed 15%. In the protected area of the reserve, the fluctuations in the above-ground mass of the same phytocenoses can be fourfold. Actions are proposed to achieve potential ecological productivity by degraded plant communities

Keywords: pasture ecosystems, aboveground biomass, year-round moisture conditions

Acknowledgments: the work was performed in accordance to the plan of research works Kalmyk State University (No. 075-03-2025-420).

For citation: Dzhapova RR, Bakinova TI, Dzhapova VV. Ecological potential of natural pastures vegetation. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(3):247-257. (In Russ.)]. https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-3-247

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Information about the authors:

Raisa R Dzhapova, Dr. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Biology and Ecology, Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, 11 Pushkina St., Elista, 358000, tel.: +7(937)4629538.

Tatyana I Bakinova, Dr. Sci. (Economics), Professor, Professor of the Department of Biology and Ecology, Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, 11 Pushkina St., Elista, 358000, tel.: +7(905)4848818.

Vita V Dzhapova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, 11 Pushkina St., Elista, 358000, tel.: +7(927)5963695.

Authors' contribution: all authors made an equivalent contribution to the preparation of the publication. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

The article was submitted 07.08.2025; approved after reviewing 05.09.2025; accepted for publication 15.09.2025.

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