Plant diversity in the Central Great Caucasus : a quantitative assessment

• Other Authors: Nakhutsrishvili, G. Sh (Editor), Abdaladze, Otar (Editor), Batsatsashvili, Ketevan (Editor), Spehn, E. M. (Editor), Körner, Christian, 1949- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
• Series: Geobotany studies.
• Subjects: Plant diversity > Caucasus.; Mountain biodiversity.; Caucasus.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319557779; 9783319557762
• ISSN: 2198-2562
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (175 pages)

This book presents the first assessment of the high-elevation flora of the Central Caucasus with a community ecology emphasis. Following a geostatistical-climatological description of the region (in comparison to the European Alps), it describes the montane, alpine and nival plant assemblages on the...