Individual characteristics | Indicators | Degree of anthropogenic impacts | |
Control | Experiment | ||
I Vital states | |||
1. Vitality of dominants | high | high | absent |
high | middle | minimal | |
high/middle | low | minimal | |
middle | middle | absent | |
low | low | absent | |
2. Vitality of rare and endangered species, endemics | high | middle/low | maximum |
middle | low | maximum | |
in other cases, there is no effect | |||
II State of the herbage | |||
3. Projective cover | Kn (%) | 1.5 ˂ Kn (%) | middle/low |
2 - 3 ˂ Kn (%) | maximum | ||
in other cases, there is no effect | |||
4. Species diversity of communities | Ks = ni | 1.5 ˂ Ks = ni | middle/low |
2 - 3 ˂ Ks= ni | maximum | ||
III Biomass states | |||
5. The mass of annual shoots (together with all vegetative and generative organs) | К = ns∙ms (gram) | 1.5 ˂ Кn∙m | middle/low |
2 - 3 ˂ Кn∙m | maximum |