Palynological Indication of Anthropogenic Changes in the Azov Region Vegetation Based on the Bottom Sediments of the Sea of Azov

摘要

At present, the vegetation cover of the Azov Region is suffering an intensive anthropogenic load: natural steppe associations have almost been destroyed and have been replaced by different agricultural landscapes and settlement lands. With respect to this, the role played by anthropogenic activity in formation of the vegetation cover in the Azov Region becomes of high importance to preserve and to restore the natural vegetation in the region.