Conservation of forest ecosystems in regional complex nature reserves

Abstract

Based on the analysis of expedition, stock, published and official cadastral materials on the specially protected natural areas, the article characterizes complex (landscape) nature reserves of the Vologda region in the context of the landscape concept of formation of the network of specially protected natural areas in the region, and gives assessment of the compliance of the nature reserves with biodiversity conservation tasks under the taiga zone conditions. The history of establishment of nature reserves, the species and age composition of forests, the typological diversity of forests, availability of valuable natural areas, rare and protected species of plants and animals in 75 nature reserves were analyzed.