Assessment of the Condition of the PA “Tingutinskaya Lesnaya Dacha”

Abstract

The article discusses the results of monitoring the current state of the specially protected natural area (PA) “Tingutinskaya Lesnaya Dacha”, which is of particular value (OPV) for the conservation of flora and fauna listed in the Red List of the Volgograd Region. The causes and limiting factors of the majority of rare species are noted, leading to the need to maintain the regime of special border protection and the OPV category. The initial materials of the study were data obtained during field studies, which were carried out from May to July 2022. The main purpose of the study is to obtain data on the state of the natural complex and rare species of plants and animals. The main methods, used in the study, were the accounting and assessment of the state of populations of rare plant and animal species in the field, digital mapping of the results of field studies. During the study, the dynamics of landscape fires on the territory of the studied OPV for the period 2002–2022 was specially analyzed. The burnt areas in the natural zonal landscapes of the Tingutinskaya Lesnaya Dacha PA were determined on the basis of visual interpretation of the Landsat-5, -7, -8 color RGB composites for 1998–2018, data from active combustion centers FIRMS and the product MCD45A1 version 6 for 2001–2018. The mapping of the modern landscape structure of the OPV was carried out on the basis of visual interpretation of images for the period of summer 2022 of the Sentinel 2 service.