gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-4-67-84gesj-550Research ArticleENVIRONMENTОкружающая средаREGIONAL FEATURES OF THE ALTITUDINAL GRADIENTS IN NORTHERN TRANSBAIKALIA VEGETATION COVERBocharnikovMaxim V.

Faculty of Geography

Moscow

maxim-msu-bg@mail.ruOgureevaGalina N.

Faculty of Geography

Moscow

JargalsaikhanLuvsandorj

Moscow

Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian FederationThe Joint Russian-Mongolian Complex Biological ExpeditionRussian Federation2018020120191146784Copyright © Bocharnikov M.V., Ogureeva G.N., Jargalsaikhan L., 20192019Bocharnikov M.V., Ogureeva G.N., Jargalsaikhan L.Bocharnikov M.V., Ogureeva G.N., Jargalsaikhan L.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/550

According to the the biome concept, the idea of the orobiome and its significance in the evaluation of the biodiversity for mountain territories are disclosed. Altitudinal gradients of vegetation with certain altitudinal limits of development are the basis for analysing the floristic and coenotic diversity of the orobiome and the ecological and geographical patterns of its spatial organization at the regional level. Based on the example from Kodar-Kalar orobiome, an altitudinal composition of the vegetation of the Northern Transbaikalia has been identified using thematic maps. The statistical evaluation of the altitudinal distribution of 4 vegetation belts (the upper tundra belt, the tundra belt, the sub-tundra belt and the mountain taiga belt) has been made. The regional features of the altitude position of the basic vegetation types forming the belts have been determined for the orobiome. They are reflected in three geographical variants. Orographic conditions and the history of the territory development have been discussed in the analysis of regional features of altitudinal spectra difference.

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