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Mountainous systems of Kazakhstan occupy less than 9 % of the country’s area, but they embody over 60 % of Kazakhstan’s plant species diversity. Being the centers of floristic genesis, mountainous ecosystems are characterized by a maximum diversity of rare, endemic, and economically valuable species. We investigated the current state of flora and vegetation and patterns of altitudinal zonality in three mountain systems: the Altai (the southern Altai ridges), the North Tien Shan (the Kyrghyz Alatau range), the western Tien Shan (the Talass and Ugam ridges) to reveal plant response to the climate change as well as to identify vulnerable species and predict possible ways of migration and dynamics of the mountain belts. |
