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Using Data on the Thermal Conditions of Soils for the Differentiation of Vegetation in the Exposure-Related Forest-Steppe of Transbaikalia

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The results of the long-term monitoring (from 2008 to 2018) of thermal conditions have been applied to assess the ecotopological differentiation of vegetation in the exposure-related forest-steppe of Transbaikalia. Significant differences are revealed between thermal conditions on northern and southern slopes, as well as between different kinds of forest-steppe along the aridity and continentality gradients. The temperature conditions on southern slopes are relatively unified and determine the formation of vegetation of one steppe class: Cleistogenetea squarrosae. The temperature conditions on northern slopes are more heterogeneous and result in the development of plant communities of different classes: steppes of the class Cleistogenetea squarrosae and forests of the hemiboreal class Rhytidio-Laricetea and of the boreal class Vaccinio-Piceetea. Differences in soil temperature are additionally affected by the size of forest plots in the forest-steppe.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-44-030025, and was performed according to the State Task nos. AAAA-A17-117011810036-3 (Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) and AAAA-A17-117012610052-2 (Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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  1. Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047, Ulan-Ude, Russia

    O. A. Anenkhonov, D. V. Sandanov, B. B. Naidanov & D. G. Chimitov

  2. College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    H. Liu, C. Xu & W. Guo

  3. Central Siberian Botanical Garden, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. Yu. Korolyuk & A. A. Zverev

  4. University of California, 95343, Merced, United States

    W. Guo

  5. Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    A. A. Zverev

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Anenkhonov, O.A., Sandanov, D.V., Liu, H. et al. Using Data on the Thermal Conditions of Soils for the Differentiation of Vegetation in the Exposure-Related Forest-Steppe of Transbaikalia. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 13, 522–532 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425520050029

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