The Far North Plant Biodiversity and Ecology of Yakutia

Outside Russia very little is known about the terrestrial ecology, vegetation, biogeographical patterns, and biodiversity of the enormously extensive ecosystems of Yakutia, Siberia. These systems are very special in that they function on top of huge layer

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PLANT AND VEGETATION Volume 3

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The Far North: Plant Biodiversity and Ecology of Yakutia E.I. Troeva, A.P. Isaev, M.M. Cherosov, and N.S. Karpov Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone

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Editors E.I. Troeva Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone 41 Lenin Ave. Yakutsk Russia 677980 [email protected] M.M. Cherosov Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone 41 Lenin Ave. Yakutsk Russia 677980 [email protected]

A.P. Isaev Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone 41 Lenin Ave. Yakutsk Russia 677980 [email protected] N.S. Karpov Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone 41 Lenin Ave. Yakutsk Russia 677980

ISBN 978-90-481-3773-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3774-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3774-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943432 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

1 Natural Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.P. Chevychelov and N.P. Bosikov

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2 Flora of Yakutia: Composition and Ecological Structure . . . . . . . L.V. Kuznetsova, V.I. Zakharova, N.K. Sosina, E.G. Nikolin, E.I. Ivanova, E.V. Sofronova, L.N. Poryadina, L.G. Mikhalyova, I.I. Vasilyeva, P.A. Remigailo, V.A. Gabyshev, A.P. Ivanova, and L.I. Kopyrina

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3 Vegetation of Yakutia: Elements of Ecology and Plant Sociology . . A.P. Isaev, A.V. Protopopov, V.V. Protopopova, A.A. Egorova, P.A. Timofeyev, A.N. Nikolaev, I.F. Shurduk, L.P. Lytkina, N.B. Ermakov, N.V. Nikitina, A.P. Efimova, V.I. Zakharova, M.M. Cherosov, E.G. Nikolin, N.K. Sosina, E.I. Troeva, P.A. Gogoleva, L.V. Kuznetsova, B.N. Pestryakov, S.I. Mironova, and N.P. Sleptsova

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4 Vegetation and Human Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.M. Cherosov, A.P. Isaev, S.I. Mironova, L.P. Lytkina, L.D. Gavrilyeva, R.R. Sofronov, A.P. Arzhakova, N.V. Barashkova, I.A. Ivanov, I.F. Shurduk, A.P. Efimova, N.S. Karpov, P.A. Timofeyev, and L.V. Kuznetsova

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5 Insect Impact on Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.I. Averensky, I.I. Chikidov, and Yu.V. Ermakova

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6 Structural and Functional Peculiarities of the Plants of Yakutia . . . T.Ch. Maximov, A.V. Kononov, K.A. Pet