The role of topography in forming the thermal regime and biological diversity of relict ecosystems on limestones in the northeast of European Russia

Autor: E. M. Lapteva, V. V. Elsakov, L. V. Teteryuk
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Ecology. 43:433-439
ISSN: 1608-3334
1067-4136
DOI: 10.1134/s1067413612060082
Popis: Integrated studies on the temperature regime in a limestone outcrop area have been performed, including analysis of the latitudinal trends and dynamics of direct solar radiation input onto slopes of different exposures and the redistribution of temperatures depending on mesotopographic features of the slopes. Assessment of the diversity of ecological conditions in this model landscape has shown that about 3.3% of its area is potentially suitable for the formation of a relict lithophytic floristic assemblage.
Databáze: OpenAIRE