Plant diversity in the Central Great Caucasus : a quantitative assessment
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...
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| Other Authors | , , , , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer International Publishing,
2017.
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| Series | Geobotany studies.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319557779 9783319557762 |
| ISSN | 2198-2562 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (175 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- About the Series; Foreword; Contents; 1: A Geostatistical and Bioclimatological Comparison of the Central Great Caucasus and the Central Alps; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 The Elevation Structure of the Great Caucasus and the Alps; 1.1.2 A Bioclimatic Stratification of the Caucasus and the Alps; 1.1.3 The Treeline Climate; 1.1.3.1 Alpine Temperatures in the Great Caucasus in the Context of a Europe Wide Comparison; 2: Vegetation of the Central Great Caucasus Along W-E and N-S Transects; 2.1 Svaneti and Racha-Lechkhumi Regions; 2.2 Kazbegi Region; 3: Plant Diversity of the Central Great Caucasus.
- 3.1 Flora and Vegetation of the Different Elevation Belts3.1.1 History of Flora and Vegetation; 3.1.2 Floristic Overview and General Scheme of Vegetation Belts; 3.1.3 Mid Montane (1500-1750 m a.s.l.) and Upper Montane (1750-1900 m a.s.l.) Belts; 3.1.4 Subalpine Belt (1900-2500 m a.s.l.); 3.1.4.1 Subalpine Woodland and Shrubland; 3.1.4.2 Subalpine Tall Herbaceous Vegetation; 3.1.4.3 Non-tussock Grasslands; 3.1.4.4 Tussock Grasslands; Box 3.1 Erosion Controls Plant Species Diversity on Steep Mountain Slope in the Sno Valley (Kazbegi Region, the Central Great ...
- 3.1.4.5 Forb and Grass-Forb Communities3.1.4.6 Tragacanthic Vegetation; 3.1.4.7 Montane-Subalpine Rock and Scree Vegetation; 3.1.4.8 Ephemeroid Species in Various Plant Communities; 3.1.4.9 Subalpine Plant Phenorhythm-Types; 3.1.5 Alpine Belt (2500-3000 m a.s.l.); 3.1.5.1 Alpine Grasslands; 3.1.5.2 Alpine Snowbed Carpet-like Vegetation; 3.1.5.3 Alpine Dwarf Shrub Heaths; 3.1.5.4 Alpine Rock and Scree Vegetation; 3.1.6 Subnival (3000-3800 m a.s.l.) and Nival (3800 m a.s.l.) Belts; 3.1.6.1 Subnival Plants and Plant Micro-communities; 3.1.6.2 Plants Ascending to the Snowline.
- 3.1.6.3 Subnival Life Forms and Morphological Adaptations3.1.6.4 Subnival Plant Phenorhythm-Types; 3.1.6.5 Spectrum of Adaptive Traits of Plants Close to the Upper Distribution Limits; 3.1.7 Wetland Vegetation; 3.1.8 Summary of Plant Community Diversity in the Kazbegi Region (the Central Great Caucasus); 3.2 A Comparative Analysis of the High Mountain Vegetation of the Caucasus and the Alps; 4: Quantitative Analysis of the Phytosociological Relevés from the Central Greater Caucasus; 5: A Comparison of Climatic Niches of the Same Alpine Plant Species in the Central Caucasus and the Alps.
- 5.1 Introduction5.2 Methods; 5.2.1 Vegetation Datasets; 5.2.2 Climate Dataset; 5.2.3 Quantifying Differences of Probability of Occurrence Along Environmental Gradients; 5.2.4 Transferability of Predictive Models from the Alps to the Caucasus; 5.3 Results; 5.3.1 Quantifying Differences of Probability of Occurrence Along Environmental Gradients; 5.4 Transferability of Predictive Models from the Alps to the Caucasus; 5.5 Discussion; 5.6 Conclusions; 6: New Indicator Values for Central Caucasus Flora; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Definition Indicator Values.