Diversity and distribution of vascular plants within the treeline ecotone in Mount Iremel (Southern Urals, Russia).

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the last 100 years, rapid advances of trees towards higher elevations and latitudes have been recorded for various regions worldwide, including the Ural Mountains. Climate warming and tree cover increases can lead to significant changes in the high-mountain vegetation. Direct observations on the vegetation of high-mountain regions provide evidence for an increase in the species diversity of plants at high elevations and changes in the composition of the alpine communities. This study investigated the diversity and distribution of vascular plants within the present-day treeline ecotone in Mount Iremel, the Southern Urals.

New information

The dataset (Trubina and Nesterkov 2021, available from the GBIF network at https://www.gbif.org/dataset/284f1484-10b7-4ef

SUBMITTER: Trubina M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8292284 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature