Abstract:The Mongolian Altai mountain range stretches from east to west for more than 800 kilometers, and its forest cover is considered the southwestern boundary of the distribution of Mongolian forests and is characterized by a unique combination of high-mountain and desert ecosystems. Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) is one of the main forest-forming tree species in the Mongolian Altai and covers 112.0 thousand ha of area and is distributed at an altitude of 2300 to 2700 m a.s.l. In this study, we attempted a … Show more
“…Today, only a few mountains in the Gobi-Altai have conifer forest islands between 2500-3000 m a.s.l. (Miehe et al, 2007;Battulga et al, 2018). Prior to ca.…”
“…Today, only a few mountains in the Gobi-Altai have conifer forest islands between 2500-3000 m a.s.l. (Miehe et al, 2007;Battulga et al, 2018). Prior to ca.…”
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