INTENSITY OF THE PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PHYTOMASS IN THE STEPPE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NATURAL RESERVATIONS
The study of the processes of production and destruction of plant substance in the steppe ecosystems of natural reservations with the different level of anthropogenic load was conducted. Influence on these processes of the traditional regimes of the land tenure was examined: hay mowing and pasture. Differences in the intensity of the processes of accumulation and decomposition of phytomass.