Russia, Mongolia

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  • Scientific Code
    (PA0609)
  • Ecoregion Category
    Palearctic
  • Size
    77,400 square miles
  • Status
    Vulnerable
  • Habitats

Description


Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
This tundra is comprised of the bare summits, plateau tops and gentle high altitude slopes of the Stanovii, Aldanskii, and Dzhudzhur Ranges. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to montane tundra in Central Siberian, East Siberian and Okhotsk-Manchurian vegetation provinces (Kurnaev 1990).

References
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Logachev, N. A. 1974. Sayano-Baikal’skoe Stanovoje nagorje / Nagorye Pribaikalya i Zabaikalya [Sayano-Baikal’skoe Stanovoje Nagorje. / Mountains of Pribaikalje and Zabaikalje]. Moskva, "Nauka".

Logachev, N. A. 1974. Vvedenie / Nagorye Pribaikalya i Zabaikalya. [Introduction./ Mountains of Pribaikalje and Zabaikalje]. Moskva, "Nauka".

Endrichinskij, A. S. 1974. Vitimskoe ploskogorje / Nagorye Pribaikalya i Zabaikalya. [Vitimskoe ploskogorje / Mountains of Pribaikalje and Zabaikalje] Moskva, "Nauka".

Gotvanskii, V. I., and S. D. Shlotgauer. 1972. Gornie tundri basseina reki Mai Polovinnoi [Mountain tundra of the Mai Polovinnaja River basin]. Pages. 230-242. Voprosi geografii Dalnego Vostoka. Rastitelnii mir. Khabarovsk.

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Kurnaev, S. 1990. Forest regionalization of the USSR (1:16,000,000). Department of Geodesy and Cartography, Moscow.

Malyshev, L. I. editor. 1972. Vysokogornaja flora Stanovogo Nagorja. [High elevation flora of Stanovoj Chrebet]. Novosibirsk, "Nauka".

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Ufimtsev, P. F., and A. I. Sizinov. 1974. Nagorja Tsentral’nogo i Vostochnogo Zabaikalja i Olekminskogo Stanovika / Nagorye Pribaikalya i Zabaikalya. [Mountains of central and east Zabaikalje and Olekminskij Stanovik / Mountains of Pribaikalje and Zabaikalje]. Moskva. "Nauka".

Voroshilov, V. N. 1966. Flora Sovetskogo Dalnego Vostoka. [Flora of the Soviet Far East]. Moskva, Nauka.

Zabelina, N. M., L. S. Isaeva-Petrova, and L. V. Kuleshova. 1998. Zapovedniki i natsionalnye parki [Zapovedniks and national parks of Russia]. Rossii. M. LOGATA.

Zolotarev A.G. Baikalo-Patomskoe nagorje / Nagorja Pribaikalya i Zabaikalya. [Baikalo-Patomskoe Nagorje / Mountains of Pribaikalje and Zabaikalje]. Moskva, "Nauka".

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