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Contemporary state of vegetation in Baikonur Cosmodrome and estimate of its potential resistance to impact of space-rocket activities

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Abstract

The actual vegetation in the territory of the Baikonur Cosmodrome (the Republic of Kazakhstan) has been mapped for the first time. The potential resistance of edificators and plant associations to the impact of space-rocket activities has been estimated based on this. Weakly and moderately resistant phytocenoses, comparatively resistant phytocenoses, and resistant ones have been ascertained to occupy 43, 18.5, and 38% of the cosmodrome’s territory.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, 119071, Moscow, Leninskii prosp., 33

    V. V. Neronov

  2. Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia, 119991, Moscow

    O. V. Chernitsova, T. V. Koroleva & P. P. Krechetov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Neronov, O.V. Chernitsova, T.V. Koroleva, P.P. Krechetov, 2012, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 3(52), pp. 72–85.

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Neronov, V.V., Chernitsova, O.V., Koroleva, T.V. et al. Contemporary state of vegetation in Baikonur Cosmodrome and estimate of its potential resistance to impact of space-rocket activities. Arid Ecosyst 2, 186–196 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096112030109

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